Page 114 of Tempting the President

He placed his phone back on the bedside table before turning to face Aria. She was rubbing her eyes like a little kid. The sight of if made his heart clench hard, and he didn’t even know why.

Until she looked at him.

Until she smiled at him.

Until she told him, “Love...you.”

That was when it became so painfully clear.

Rebound.

Aria was his rebound girl, and even now, even knowing what the right thing to do was, Kellion couldn’t make himself tell her the shameful truth. Guilt turned into a noose around his neck, andthe need to make it up to her became overpowering. He heard himself saying, “Move in with me?”

As soon as the words were out, Kellion couldn’t say who was more stunned, Aria...or him.

The sensible part of him urged Kellion to take it back, to not make matters worse by doing something so drastic. But he couldn’t. He just couldn’t, not when Aria’s blue-violet eyes were filled with so much fear. She was scared that she had heard him wrong, scared that she had heard him right – it was so damn clear in her eyes that she was scared of hoping, of eventhinkingwhat those words could mean.

“The bed broke.”

Aria swallowed. “But...”

“And...” His gaze strayed towards the wall. “We’ve got cracks there, too. For all I know, people in the other room could see us now.” When she still didn’t say anything, he moved towards her. In a second, she was flat on her back and he was looming over her.

“Move in with me.” Suddenly, it had become so goddamn important that he would be able to make her say ‘yes’.

“Don’t you...think—-” Aria bit her lip, the fear in her eyes still evident. “...it’s toofast?”

Yes.He was sure it was too fast. But whether it was right or wrong? That was what he wasn’t sure of, and it was what he was willing to take a risk on. Kellion bent his head, kissing her, their lips brushing in a soft, sweet kiss. When he pulled away, he repeated simply, “Move in with me.”

The fear in her eyes was like a silent, unconscious plea for him to take the words back if he truly didn’t mean it.

“Move in with me.” He knew he was demanding for her to trust him like she had tried so hard not to trust anyone again. He knew he was asking more than what he deserved, and the knowledge raised him up and weighed him down at the same time.

Even so, he heard himself saying, “Move in with me, baby.” Kellion was no longer sure what he really wanted. All he knew was that he would never ever want to hurt this girl.

“Okay.”

A smile wobbled on her lips as she said it, and as relief exploded inside him, Kellion found himself returning the smile.

Under him, Aria was blinking. “Your...smile,” she whispered.

Kellion was bemused. “What about it?”

She said with uncharacteristic shyness, “It...dazzles.”

Ah, God.

The words had him groaning as he took her lips for a kiss.Aria, Aria, Aria.For so long, no one had been able to see him, but with this girl – she didn’t just see him. She wasdazzledby him, like he was really everything she could see.

The thought made him shudder, made him kiss her harder, wanting to give her all the pleasure he could with his hands and mouth. The sound of her whimpers was the sweetest music he had ever heard, and he moved down her body, kissing every inch of it, intent on worshipping her.

“Kel-lion.”It was a sweet moan that had him lifting her up to his mouth so he could devour her soaking wet essence. At the first touch of his mouth on her highly sensitized flesh, Aria’s body arched up, and Kellion saw her eyes rolling back, her lips parting, releasing another moan.

Her responsiveness fed his desire, making his cock rise and throb even more insistently, and Kellion thrust his tongue faster and harder into her folds. He shaped her butt, slapping each cheek twice before he started playing with her clit.

“Kel-lion.”She was moaning his name over and over, her body tightening around him. When her voice started to fracture, Kellion knew it was time, and he rose up, sinking his entire length into her in one deep thrust.

Aria screamed, and he began to thrust in and out of her, angling his body so each stroke would stimulate her clit.