Page 100 of Ours

I lifted my foot as he straightened and placed my heel on his thigh. But I didn’t rise from the bed, didn’t cover myself, or hide myself at all. When he turned his head, I lifted my other leg and parted my thighs, letting him see what he wanted to see…

“You want me so bad,” I whispered, reaching down to cup my breast. “Then have me.”

He stared, clenching his jaw, his gaze riveted on the juncture of my thighs.

“You know I fucked myself when you left the last time,” I whispered. “Because you watched.”

I moved my hand down past my stomach, to my navel, brushing the top of my mound.

“You want your cock inside me. You want to feel me, taste me.”

He licked his lips.

“You want to take me down to your basement,” I pushed.

With every flare of his jaw.

Every second of silence.

I grew stronger.

Until with a snarl, he tossed the lotion on the bed beside me, rose, and walked out.

Boom!

I flinched at the slam of the door.

My heart echoed the sound.

Panicked and heavy in my chest, until, with a roll of my stomach, I pushed upwards and ran for the bathroom…to be sick.

TWENTY-SEVEN

Ryth

The sudden drawof a breath woke me. A feather-light touch brushed along my arm, pulling me higher and higher to the surface. Warmth pressed against my back, driving harder with every breath. I opened my eyes, to find Nick’s big hand gliding down to swallow mine. I was caught by the sight of those hands, long fingers curling. Fingers that made me feel so fucking good. Just the sight of them made me tremble. Heat flared with the memory and, for a second, there was bliss, where the world was perfect and still, until through the cracks of my mind, a whisper slipped in.

One day you’ll want more.

You’ll want a husband and a family.

When that time comes.

We’ll step away.

Step away.

Step away…

I shifted, hating how those words hurt, and in the cage of his arms, I rolled over. Golden brown eyes met mine. “Morning,” he murmured.

“Morning,” I forced a smile, hiding the sting.

“Sleep well?”

“A little. You?”

There was a flicker of something careful. “Yeah, I did.”

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