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“I love it when you play with me and make me feel like I’m the only woman in the world.” My chest is tight now, and I feel a familiar rush building within me, growing stronger and stronger. “Fuck, Carter. Yeah, just like that.”
He digs his nails into my hips and sinks his teeth into my neck.
I throw my head back and let out a deep, throaty groan. “Carter, I… I… oh, God.”
Carter draws back to look at me and places his hands on either side of the headboard. “God has nothing to do with this, dove. Only I do. I’m the only one who can ever make you feel this good. Don’t you ever forget it? You’re mine.”
“I’m yours,” I repeat, in a daze. “I’ll always be yours.”
Carter’s fingers dart to my clit, and with a few quick flicks, my entire body jerks and spasms. The force of my orgasm rips through me as I ride out my high. He throws his head back and gives a few more deep thrusts. I’m still staring at the ceiling, trying to draw air into my lungs when Carter’s release comes. For a while, he stays still and doesn’t move, so much so that I begin to wonder if he’s fallen asleep.
I force both eyes open and wriggle underneath him.
A heartbeat later, Carter unlocks my wrists, and they fall to my sides. With a sigh, I wind my fingers through his hair, and he pressed his forehead to mine. Then I place my hand on his chest, over the pounding of his heart, and try to hear past the pounding in my ears.
I want us to always feel this way, to always feel this close. As if nothing in this world can come between us.
To my surprise, Carter doesn’t move right away, nor does he shift away from my touch. On the contrary, he leans into it, and as his breathing evens out, I wonder if I should say something. I debate whether or not to tell him about the article in the spirit of ensuring there are no secrets between us.
But as soon as I open my mouth, the words won’t come. Because I know what’ll happen if Carter knows I know.
He’ll double down on hunting down Lilian just to make sure the article doesn’t hurt me anymore. And I know he has more important things to worry about than my pride and my ego.
The last thing I need is to find out that Lilian’s name has been added to Carter’s list of collateral damage. With a sigh, I release the back of Carter’s neck and fall backward onto the mattress. He shifts, and I catch the myriad of emotions on his face before he stamps them out. With a smirk, he stands up and pulls on his boxers. He glances over his shoulder at me, which sends a jolt of electricity straight through me.
How am I ever going to leave this man? How am I supposed to walk away from the only man I’ve ever loved?
A lump rises in the back of my throat as I sit up and draw the covers up to my chest. Wordlessly, Carter ducks into the bathroom. A moment later, I hear the sound of running water. Reluctantly, I lower the sheet and swing my legs over the side of the bed. After flipping the suitcase onto its back, I pick my clothes up off the floor and re-fold them.
In a daze, I set them back in the bag, pausing to run my fingers over the edge of the music box.
When I’m done, some of the knots in my stomach have unfurled, and everything doesn’t feel as bad as it did before.
How can it be when I’m still buzzing. When it feels as if every inch of me is thoroughly satiated.
Pushing away all negative thoughts, I step into the bathroom and pull the curtain aside. Carter is underneath the shower head, hair matted to his side and an expectant smile on his face. My heart does an odd little somersault as I step in, and Carter pulls me to him. His lips find mine, and I melt into his embrace. When he spins me around and presses my back against the wall, I want to melt into a puddle at his feet.
I want to be in his arms forever.
He places one arm on either side of me, caging me to him, and I don’t mind. I wish I knew how to stay here with him so nothing and no one can come in between us.
A sigh falls from my lips, and Carter draws back. In silence, he reaches for the bar of soap and lathers it up. He picks up the loofa and scrubs my skin, so I’m spotless and hungry for him. Once he’s done, I take the other loofa and the bar of soap and return the favor. I linger while I clean his body, admiring his lean muscles, the tautness of his stomach, and his strong, powerful shoulders.
When I reach his chest, Carter makes a low growling sound and hoists me off my feet.
This time, when he kisses me, I know he’s trying to run away from something.
We stand there for the longest time, kissing until the need for air becomes too great.
Abruptly, Carter releases me and switches off the water. Then he hoists me over his shoulders and carries me into the bedroom. He returns with a towel, and I wrap it around my waist. I sit back on my legs and watch as he dries himself off, completely and utterly mesmerized by him. Once Carter is done, he pulls on a pair of pants and a button-down shirt.
Through hooded eyes, I continue to watch him. Until he leans forward and gives me another earth-shattering kiss. I move to deepen the kiss, and he growls.
“Where are you going?”
“I have a meeting at Anita’s.” Carter bites on my lower lip. “Come with me, dove. You can keep me company and sit on my lap.”
I choke back a laugh. “I have a feeling you wouldn’t get a lot of work finished that way.”
