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Because if she could see it, maybe it was really there. Maybe I could believe in it too.
I closed my eyes. I felt something light and feathery against my lips. I opened them and Zoe was there, in my arms, her face a breath away from mine. She exhaled. I actually shivered.
“I know we said one night,” she whispered, “but…”
“We lied.”
Twenty-Two
Zoe
Carter kissed me again, slowly and patiently, backing me against the wall. I sighed against his lips and pulled him closer, threading my hands through his hair. I couldn’t believe that I was mad at Carter less than an hour ago and now I wanted him to keep kissing me more than I wanted my next breath.
And kiss me he did. Long and deep. Different from the rough, messy kisses from the last time we were like this, in his apartment. He kissed me like he was trying to get under my skin. Like he was trying to leave his mark.
As the kiss broke, I inhaled, sandwiched between the wall and Carter’s hard chest. I opened my eyes. He was hovering over me, lips parted, eyes hooded. I reached for his face, aching to kiss him again, but he caught my hand and brought it to his side.
“I need a yes,” Carter said, breathlessly.
“Yes, I… I want this.”
I glanced at the hallway leading to the bedroom. I knew what I wanted from him.
“Are you sure?” he continued.
“I—”
“Because I want this, right now, more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my life,” he seethed. Something dark and hungry flashed across his face. He looped his arms around my waist and pressed his forehead to mine. I felt fire run through my veins as he spoke. “I want to be that man for you. And I want to be so deep inside you that you’ll feel me long after this night is over.”
“Carter…”
“I need a yes, Zoe.”
I looked up at him, his words tugging at my heart.I want to be so deep inside you that you’ll feel me long after this night is over.That sent heat running through me. My breath caught as I answered him.
“Yes.”
I was breathless, aching for him. I pressed my lips to his lightly, a whisper of a kiss. My body shook with need.
“Yes.”
Carter lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. I gasped. I wasn’t used to anyone being able to lift me so easily. But Carter took me in his arms like it was nothing and carried me to his bedroom, laying me down on the bed gently, his lips on mine as my head hit his pillow.
I ran my hands up his sides, up under his shirt, feeling his warm skin as I tossed his shirt aside. I wished it weren’t so dark in here. I wanted to see him. I wanted to trace every groove of his body with my fingertips. Maybe my tongue. He worked off my scrub top. I cringed, remembering that I’d worn my regular sports bra underneath. Nothing pretty and lacy like last time. But I don’t think he cared.
My scrub top and bra hit the floor. Then his jeans. Then my pants.
I couldn’t stop running my hands over his bare back and shoulders. I could feel his hard cock against my stomach, but he didn’t rush with me. He kissed me like he couldn’t get enough. Like he might be content to stay like this all night. Just touching and kissing.
I wasn’t, however. I needed more. Something inside of me suddenly felt hollow and desperate to be filled. I broke the kiss to plead with him.
“More,” I panted. “Carter, please… I need…”
“I know what you need.”
He slithered his way down my body, trailing wet, open-mouthed kisses over my neck, my throat, and over my stomach. He stopped to graze his teeth over the sensitive skin under my navel, making me seethe. I tugged at his hair, and he positioned himself between my legs, looping my knees around his shoulders.
My breath caught and I closed my eyes, getting overwhelmed with it all.
