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“Tell me you don’t like knowing that,” he said.“Tell me you want me to let you go.”
I understood what he was saying.He wasn’t talking about what he was doing right that second but forever.
“Why are you doing this?”I panted.“Why right now?”
He started to nip and suck my throat.I groaned.
“Because you’re ready for me now but continue to fight it,” he murmured before he found that sweet spot at the base of my neck.
“Molev, I need you to stop.Please.”
His snarl vibrated through me even as he straightened us.He didn’t release his grip on my hair, though, not that I minded.
“I can’t focus when you’re distracting me, and I want a real answer,” I explained.“How did I take three steps back?”
“We kissed, Andie.You said you liked it but needed more time.Then you tried going to bed without me.”
I didn’t bother denying it and shouldn’t have been surprised he’d caught on.Roni had, too, after all.
“How is completely avoiding me not taking three steps back?”
I considered him, noting the growing frustration in the depth of his gaze.
“What would you do if I said I was ready for sex?”I asked.“Right here.Right now.”
His pupils expanded, rounding out in his irises, even as he narrowed his eyes.
“Is that why?You think I’m so mindless that I would forget everything, risk everything to have you?”
“You’ve already said I’m your only reason for living.”
“You are.But I wouldn’t jeopardize your safety to have you.”
“So all of this is because I tried going to bed without you?”
“Do not downplay what is happening in here,” he said, releasing my hair to tap my head.
I stared at him, feeling a healthy amount of frustration of my own.My first thoughts were that he was doing exactly what I’d told him had killed all my previous relationships.That he was trying to force me into some role.But he wasn’t.Not really.The only thing he was asking me to do was to stop denying what I was starting to feel for him.Once I realized that, I took a calming breath.
“I’m afraid that if I don’t try to retreat a little, we’ll advance to a place I’m not yet ready to be.”
“I’ve already told you.If I do something you don’t like, tell me.”
“That’s the problem, Molev.I like everything you do,” I said, letting my frustration show.“I freaking love it when you get forceful.I love the sting of my hair being pulled by you.The way you look when you’re angry is both terrifying and a turn-on.
“If the world were in a different place, I’d already be naked and on my back, enjoying everything you have to offer.But the world is what it is, and I need some damn breathing room so I can keep a clear head and live to see another fucking day.Why is that so hard to understand?”
I slapped both hands on his chest, venting the pent-up frustration I was feeling.“And don’t ever toss me over your shoulder like that again.ThatI did not like.At all.”
He captured my hands and brought them to his mouth, kissing their backs.
“If you promise to stop retreating, I will promise not to carry you over my shoulder.”
I tried to tug my hands free, but he kept them trapped in his.
“You’re asking me to be vulnerable.Take a good look around us, Molev.Is this really where you want me to be weak?”
“Caring about me won’t make you weak, Andie.It will make us both stronger.”
