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“I don’t want you to leave,” he said, though she could tell those words cost him something.
“Kiss me,” she murmured.
It looked like they were both resigned to paying the piper tomorrow.
He lowered his head and gone was the soft lover. Matt’s kisses took on a life of their own, and he laid claim to her lips, her mouth, her tongue. He took and she gave.
And the need for words vanished.
Her back arched when Matt’s lips drifted along the side of her throat, sucking and biting in such a way that she was grateful it was winter because she was going to be wearing turtlenecks for a week.
She groaned when his lips found her nipple, drawing it into his mouth roughly. She recalled his comment about dangling rubies from her nipples. She wondered if he’d envisioned clamps or piercings, then she realized she’d wear either for him.
Liza wasn’t sure where these desires were coming from, but there was no denying they were genuine. It felt as if she’d finally discovered the woman she was meant to be. No wonder her previous sexual encounters were so lackluster. She’d been a shadow of herself, hiding the truth of who she was and what she needed. Not only from her lovers but from herself.
Matt had reached through all the protective layers, torn down the walls, and dragged out the real her.
How was she going to survive this?
Survive him?
A sharp pain pierced her heart.
Liza cried out again when Matt pinched one nipple while biting the other.
“Don’t go away,” he growled. “Not even in your head.”
“I didn’t.”
“Don’t lie,” he barked.
“I…won’t,” she promised, her words soothing him.
“You’re with me,” he said, before adding that hated last word, “tonight. Only me. Put the bullshit away.”
Her only reply was to nod. She ran her fingers through his hair. He was the most intense, serious, even scary man she’d ever known.
He was also the most handsome, and she found it impossible to look away.
Matt held her gaze for only a second longer, his eyes troubled, and that was when she realized he was asking for something from her he wasn’t giving in return.
“You’re with me,” she repeated, adding as much strength to her tone as she could. “Stay with me.”
Matt blinked once, twice, his frown too pronounced. Then, something lifted in his eyes, his face clearing.
“I’m with you,” he promised.
She lifted her face, kissing his cheek, loving the roughness of his beard, then Matt resumed his travels around her body, kissing, licking, nipping at every bare inch of skin. She’d never had a lover take so long simply exploring.
She loved it as much as she hated it.
“I need you,” she gasped, not for the first time. Hell, not for the thousandth time.
“Keep begging,” he said, darkly, not lifting his head. He was currently nipping at a sensitive spot on the inside of her upper thigh.
“Dammit,” she bitched. “Please!”
“More.” His tongue brushed her clit, but it was too light, not enough.
