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“No, you look comfortable, Luke. You can just stay right where you’re at,” she snipped, looking pointedly at my legs slung across his lap.
I noticed Karina’s glance and jumped like I’d been poked with the sharp end of a stick. I quickly shifted to move my legs off of Luke, but he stilled my movement. He took his time delicately picking up my feet and placing them gently on the couch. Then he stood and walked over next to Karina.
I had convinced myself that my prior relationship with Luke had escaped Karina’s attention. I felt embarrassed that I had unknowingly acted in a manner that had hurt Karina’s feelings so soon after she had gone out of her way to be nice to me. I had grown so blind to the innate intimacy in the way Luke and I interacted with each other. I wondered if Cass had felt the same way as Karina.
“I’ll walk you back,” Luke repeated firmly.
We heard Karina burst into tears before she and Luke were out of sight. Rhett gave me an indifferent smirk.
“I should probably get out of here,” I said, stating the obvious.
“I think I better go check on Karina,” James said.
Rhett nodded, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
“‘Night, Alarie,” James said with a small smile. I appreciated that she was trying not to choose sides.
“Al, I’ll walk with you,” Rhett said, grabbing my arm and tucking it in his elbow as we began to walk back to House Rein.
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I was already in bed reading when I heard a knock on my front door. I had no idea who it could possibly be. Nik didn’t knock. He just appeared whenever and wherever he wanted, so it couldn’t be him.
I opened the door in my golden silk nightgown. He started at my bare feet, moving his gaze up my tanned legs until he focused on the hem of my silk slip. I blinked, and his hands were buried in my hair, pulling my head back to feed on my mouth. He kissed me deeply before pulling away.
“Luke,” I managed to gasp. “What are you—”
“If I’m going to be accused of being with you, then I’m going to fucking be with you,” he said, seething with anger. “Tell me you don’t want this, Al, and I’ll walk away like this never happened,” he offered, his arms tensing around me.
I looked up into his dazzling blue eyes, his hunger for me evident. But I knew he meant it. He would respect my wishes and walk away if that’s what I wanted, and we would go back to being just friends.
I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling his mouth back to mine. Luke picked me up, wrapping my legs around him. I squeezed my legs around him. We fell onto the lounge outside my foyer, Luke’s hulking body pressed down onto me. My hands moved to his belt as his hands pushed the straps of my nightgown off my shoulders, revealing my breasts. His hands fumbled with his pants until he freed himself. I loosened my legs around him just enough for him to angle at my opening. In a matter of seconds, he went from knocking on my front door to pushing my panties to the side. He slid into me, finding me more than ready for him.
“Luke. Oh my gods.Yes,” I moaned, moving against him.
It was like I had been starving for him but had not even realized I had been hungry until the very moment he crossed my threshold. And now I was ravenous. I wrapped my arms around his back, digging my fingers into his skin.
“I missed this, Al. I missedyou,” he murmured against my neck, as he moved in and out of me. “It hurt when I couldn’t be with you,” he whispered.
His words washed over me, mirroring my own thoughts.
“Yes, Luke. Yes,” I chanted, rocking my hips in sync with his thrusts.
I felt the familiar feel of his magic working its way over and through my body, awakening a part of me that had lain dormant during our time apart. I was glowing underneath his touch. The tingling of his light on my skin progressed to a humming and then a throbbing. I was moments away from losing myself in him.
“Come with me, Luke,” I urged, tightening my legs around him, burying him deeper inside of me. I wanted to feel the unity of us crossing our finish lines together.
He plunged into me, grabbing one of my legs and pushing it wide and up to my chest so he could bury himself in the deepest part of my center. I angled my hips, taking him into me until he could go no farther. The glow around us was so bright that I closed my eyes and gave into the pleasure pulsing through me. My orgasm coursed through my body and dragged on as Luke thrust his way to his own release, filling me.
Luke carried me to bed at some point that night. It was late at night, turning into morning. I was lying in the crook of his body, playfully lacing my fingers through his, when he finally spoke. I felt him take in a big breath, his chest expanding.
“What are we going to do, Al?”
“I don’t know,” I said, intertwining my fingers with his and laying our hands on his chest. “Everything else feels so complicated. But this,” I said, indicating our intertwined bodies, “just feels easy. It’s always been easy with you, Luke.”
He brought my hand to his mouth and lightly kissed the back of it.
“So then be with me,” he said, simply.
