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“No. I need them focused.” Her hands shook, and she tucked them into her pockets when she saw.
“You need help, Mari.”
She lifted her chin, haughty and proud. Every bit the queen she was. “So do it.”
I froze. “What?”
“Help me with the crash. I assume you have something in mind, or you wouldn’t have mentioned it.”
I did, but… “It’s not a good idea.”
“Why?”
“Because my idea involves so many orgasms you can’t think anymore. It would be best if one of your boyfriends did it.”
Her lips parted again, and I had the desperate urge to run my tongue across them. Just a lick, a little taste of the forbidden fruit. Fuck, the mere thought made me hard. She had no idea how difficult it was to say no.
“So do it.”
Just kidding, that made me hard.
I wanted her so badly I could taste her on my tongue, but it didn’t feel right to say yes yet. I needed to know she wasn’t having reservations. “Are you sure about this?”
“No, but you’re right. I need it.”
The hesitation was enough for me, sinking deeper than any of my former guilt could. I’d done that. I’d made her unsure of me, and it sucked. “I’ll get one of the others.”
“I just said I needed you, and you’re walking away? Is that your MO now?”
She was snarking at me because she felt rejected. I knew that. But it was too much. Frustration and the ache of not having her pushed me forward until she was caged between my arms, back flat against the wall.
“I’m not a second choice, Mari. If you want me, really want me, I’ll make you come until you cry, but I won’t touch you if there’s a sliver of doubt in your mind. That’s not fair to either of us.”
“You’ll give me to one of the others, even though it’s obvious that you want me?” She pressed her hips forward, rubbing herself against my cock. I barely held back my groan. “Why? Why walk away when I’m right here for the taking?”
“First, I can’t give you to anyone. You aren’t a toy, a prize, or my property. Second, I already fucked this up, and I don’t want to do more damage that can’t be undone. I want to keep you more than I want to fuck you,” I admitted, stroking her hair.
Believe me.
For a long, heavy moment, she just stared at me. I wondered what she saw. Was it the boy who took her firsts or the man who’d broken her heart? Could she see the future that I could, or was she still too blinded by everything I’d done wrong?
Could she see the one thing I was still trying to hide?
Finally, she melted, her hands at my hips pulling me as close as I could get. Having her against me felt like a heaven I never wanted to leave. “I want you, Dominic. I’m just not ready for more.”
She was scared to trust me with her heart, but the way she clung to me told me she was being sincere. She wanted me, and tonight, it would be enough.
“I know, baby.” I gripped her under the thighs and hauled her into my arms. She gasped, nails digging into my shoulders as I started up the stairs at a jog.
“What the fuck are you doing? My men?—”
“Are occupied.” I’d sent most of them out of the house myself before we got back from the hospital. “It’s just us here.”
Greyson and Nate were probably watching us on the cameras, but it didn’t bother me. I’d been known to put on a show before.
The idea of having her in front of them, making her mewl and cry while they watched but couldn’t touch, pushed me to move faster. It was a dream more than a hope, but I wanted it.
I wanted to share Mari with them. I wanted a place in her bed and her heart. I wanted to make up for all the things I’d done wrong.
