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The joining should have frightened him. He felt more connected to another human being than he ever had before. This wasn’t like the other times with her.
This was more.
This was intense.
This was…love?
He wasn’t sure he wanted to think that yet, but it ventured through his thoughts as he held her eyes and moved deep inside her with aching patience.
This did more than relax him. It relaxed his soul. He needed this connection. He needed to feel love for once.
There it was again. The feeling of love. Could he love this energetic, smart-mouthed, strong woman already?
Her lips twisted with bliss, her eyes sparkling with what looked like the same thing he was feeling.
Impossible.
They barely knew each other. Only one week had passed. He shouldn’t be feeling such emotion. Neither should she.
He had to be mistaken. This was only intense lust. That’s what it had to be. Pure lust. He could handle lust. But love? He wasn’t sure he could handle love at the moment. He knew a relationship with Gabriella would not be easy. She hadn’t made anything easy for him since the moment he met her.
He wouldn’t take her any other way either.
Their pace increased as if they both needed to ignore what was floating between them.
The heat increased. Hot and erotic. Each time he thrust into her, he swore he saw the same emotion he felt reflected in her eyes. That only made him increase the movements. They couldn’t be feeling anything but good sex. Yet, the way she devoured him with her eyes made him even hungrier for her. He had to remind himself a few times that what he saw was lust, not love. It couldn’t be love.
They suddenly both exploded into ecstasy together. His body stiffened as she clenched around him. He almost wished the condom would magically disappear so he could feel her skin to skin.
A slice of disappointment hit him. The moment was over. He didn’t want it to end.
His mind trailed to the box of condoms sitting on her nightstand. Thank the heavens he bought the largest pack he could. He planned on using quite a few more before the night ended.
What an idiot he’d almost been. He almost left her place filled with anger, just as he had arrived.
Bending his head, he kissed her neck, his lips lingering. “So beautiful.”
She shifted under him. “Me, or this moment?”
He met her eyes, the teasing light shining within in her depths. “Both. It’s always beautiful with you. You’ve ruined me for any other woman.”
The surprise in her eyes at his candid words mirrored his own. Did he admit he loved her?
Of course not.
He was speaking of lust.
“Let me get rid of this condom. Then some more food—being with you has increased my appetite.” He smiled, trying to clear the sudden awkwardness that shifted between them.
Perhaps it only felt awkward to him. He couldn’t tell if it was disappointment in her eyes or not. Regardless, he needed a moment to himself—some space.
He used the bathroom, taking his time. When enough time had passed, that would make her start to worry—which he didn’t want—he walked back into the room. He climbed back into bed and grabbed his food.
Gabriella didn’t say a word, but she smiled. He could never resist her smiles. It almost made him want to set his food back down and pull her into his arms. Make sweet, sweet love to her once more.
Although he couldn’t quite decipher what her smile meant. Happy and content? Confused and worried and hiding it by smiling? He should’ve never said what he had.You’ve ruined me for any other woman.The magic they shared would not be dampened by what he said afterward. He refused to allow that to happen. Yet, she still hadn’t said a word—only smiled.
He needed to decipher what that smile meant. He wasn’t sure what to make of her silence.
