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“Are you close, Peaches?”
She nodded frantically, her hands gripping his broad shoulders.He pumped harder inside her.Merciless teeth bit into the side of her neck, then his tongue soothed the pain, only to repeat it again and again.He hooked one knee around his hip, opening her up even more for his penetration.
Then with a grunt, he slammed into her.
“Now, baby.Come for me now!”
She did.Of course she did.Because this man was so in tune with her body, so in control of her emotions, that he could command an orgasm from her with little more than a few thrusts and potent, sexy words.
As bliss cascaded through her in convulsing waves, he snatched his hand away from her mouth and replaced it with his lips.He swallowed her screams of pleasure, devouring them until they became soft, helpless moans.
She was still shuddering through the last of her climax when he sank his teeth into her shoulder with a muffled “Fuck!”
Helplessly, he pumped his seed into her, hot and hard, filling her up until she felt his semen drip down her inner thighs.
“Zach,” she murmured, overcome by the emotions storming through her.She touched the side of his face, expecting him to turn and kiss her palm as he usually did.Instead, he remained still for several seconds, then he pulled out of her.
He stepped back and adjusted his pants.Plucking her panties from his back pocket, he used them to clean her up.
Then in silence, he slid his fingers through hers and led her out of the dark alley.
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He didn’t say another word as he helped her into the car, but he kept his arm around her shoulders and her head tucked beneath his chin as they were driven back home.
Her furtive glances showed his face set in hard lines, his eyes containing a faraway look that made her chest tighten.
“What the hell just happened?”she blurted before she could stop herself.
“We broke the law but didn’t get caught,” he replied.
“I’m not talking about?—”
His grip tightened around her shoulders.“I know.I don’t have any answers, Bethany.This is a first for me, too.”
She noted that his fingers trembled against her naked skin.It sent a shudder through her to think that whatever was happening affected him just as unnervingly as it did her.
“That’s it?We’re both just going to flounder without talking about it?”
His sigh held a wealth of weariness.“What do you want me to say?That I don’t know what possesses me when we touch?That I crave you beyond reason?You already know that.I want you dripping in sweat, pleading for mercy, and screaming for more when I fuck you.I want you mindless.I want you insane for me.Then I want us to repeat the cycle all over again until one of us passes out.”
An icy shiver bumped along her skin.“What I’d like to know is why that makes you unhappy.”
“Perhaps because I’ve never felt like this before.And it scares the crap out of me.”
Her breath caught.Pulling back, she looked into his face.
Darkened grey eyes stared deep into hers, letting her see the truth of his words.Her heart beat a tattoo far different and far more soul-shaking than the sex they’d just had against the alley wall.
Zach Savage was baring a little of his soul to her.The knowledge made her reel.“Zach…”
He sucked in a long, slow breath.“I’ve been your slave since the moment I laid eyes on you.Nothing pleases me more than to see you smile, see you laugh, see you happy.I’m sorry my thoughtlessness tonight made you jealous.But even when I looked at another woman, I was thinking about you.That’s what you’ve done to me, Peaches.And yes, it scares me like nothing ever has before.”
That floored her.He said it so simply, so matter-of-factly.But then no one had put her first.Ever.Not when it counted and certainly not like this.And she found it really hard to deal with.
She was still trying when he grabbed her by the waist.
“Now you need to say something before I lose my mind.”