Page 135 of Kiss of Deceit

“Quiet?” She let out a small laugh. “I think I made it pretty clear you were an asshole during our first interaction.”

“I am an asshole,” I agreed. “One who’s in love with you.”

She froze, her wide eyes finding mine. My heart thudded painfully, studying her reaction. Why was fear her first emotion?

“You don’t have to say anything,” I said, detesting how my stomach was knotting. I didn’t realize until just now how fucking badly I wanted her to feel the same way.

“Kole—” she cut herself off, licking her lips. “You can’t say that.”

I stared at her in disbelief. “I can’t?”

“You don’t know enough about me,” she whispered, the pain in her voice shattering my heart. “You might hate me.”

“I could never hate you.” My words were nothing but the truth. “It doesn’t matter what I learn about you, Dani. You’re it for me.” I gripped her chin, tilting her face up. “You’re scared.”

“How I feel about you is the only thing that scares me.”

I couldn’t smother my grin. It might not be the exact answer I wanted, but she just proved she wanted me—maybe she did love me. But something was holding her back.

“Keep your secrets,” I told her quietly. “I’ll wait.”

“Wait until what?”

“Until you’re ready to share everything with me.”

I didn’t miss the flash of sadness in her eyes before it was gone. But she masked it easily, wrapping her arms around my neck and kissing me. Was she using me instead of confronting her emotions?Yes. But I wasn’t going to stop her. Not when she was leaving in the morning.

Reaching behind her, I unclipped her bra, quickly pulling it off her. I didn’t stop kissing her as I found her breast and teasedher nipple, rolling it between my fingers. She moaned in my mouth, her fingers sliding through my hair before gripping it tight.

I reluctantly released her nipple, so I could tug off her jeans. I pulled her boots off one at a time, each of them dropping to the floor with a thud. As soon as she kicked off her pants, I picked her up, putting her in front of the same shelf she’d been pressed up against the first night we were in here all those months ago. From her small smirk, she realized it too.

I ran my hands down her soft skin, my dick already rock hard. “So fucking beautiful.” When my fingertips reached the scars on her stomach, she didn’t flinch or move like she did in the past. She was comfortable with me.Trusted me.

I sank to my knees and placed her leg over my shoulder. I groaned when I was eye level with her pussy. Without wasting a second, I buried my face between her thighs, tasting my favorite meal. She jerked in my hold as I licked and sucked her clit. Her hand tangled in my hair, her grip going tight as I grazed her lightly with my teeth.

Keeping one hand on her hip, I slid my finger inside her. My cock pressed against my jeans painfully as her pussy tightened around my fingers when I added one more.

“I want you…inside me. Right now,” she panted. She was still gripping my hair, and I let out a noise of annoyance when she pulled me away from her pussy.

My gaze cut to hers as I kept fingering her. “I’m not done eating.”

“Fuck me,” she demanded, her eyes full of lust.

“We don’t have a condom. I’m more than happy to stay on my knees until you’re satisfied. Hearing you come is my favorite fucking thing.”

“Fuck me without one.”

I went utterly still. “What?”

There was no hesitation on her face as she stared down at me. “Experience another one of my firsts with me. I’ve never had sex without a condom.”

“Never?” I bit the tip of my tongue, already imagining how she’d feel.

“I want it to be with you.” She paused, her words lost for a moment when I curled my fingers inside her. “Just don’t get me pregnant. My period just ended, so I doubt I can right now but still.”

“I’ll pull out,” I promised. I didn’t care if I had to finish myself off. If she was trusting me to do this, I wasn’t fucking it up.

“Good.” She grinned, pulling her leg off my shoulder. “Then fuck me, Kole.”