Page 69 of Unearthed Dreams

I reached between us, palming him through his jeans. His breath hitched, and I savored having this effect on him. “I’ve never been more sure of anything.”

He captured my lips in a searing kiss before pulling back to shed his remaining clothes. I watched hungrily as each new inch of skin was revealed. When he was finally naked, I ogled him shamelessly. My fingers itched to touch, to explore.

“Like what you see?”

“You know I do.” I ran my hands up his chest, feeling the steady thump of his heart. “I love you.”

His eyes softened even as his jaw clenched with restraint. He didn’t say it back—couldn’t say it back yet—but I saw the truth of his feelings in the tender way he touched me, the care he took in preparing my body for his.

“Last chance to change your mind,” he murmured, positioning himself at my entrance.

I wrapped my legs around his waist, pulling him closer. “I want this. I want you.”

“Fuck, wait.” He slammed his eyes shut.

“What? Why?”

“Condom,” he gritted out as he dragged his tip back and forth between my legs.

“Do we have to? I’m, um, on the pill?”

It came out as more of a question than a statement, and Kai’s eyes bounced between mine. “You want me bare?”

“That’s better, right? That’s what the books seem to suggest.”

Kai pressed his forehead against mine and chuckled. I knew he wasn’t laughingatme, but still, I bristled.

“Hey,” I said, swatting his muscled arm. “Don’t laugh.”

“I’m sorry.” He kissed me, long and languid. “I’d love to fuck you bare, Charlie. Can’t think of anything I’d love more, actually.”

“Throwing that ‘L’ word around a lot there, mister.”

His soft gaze swept over my face. “Yeah,” was all he said.

It was enough. For now, anyway. Someday soon, I’d need his words, but for now, it was enough.

My heart thundered against my ribs as Kai positioned himself, the hot length of him pressing against my center. His eyes locked with mine, hazel depths swimming with a mix of desire and concern that made my chest ache.

“Ready?”

I caught my bottom lip between my teeth and nodded,unable to form words as anticipation coiled low in my belly. His muscled shoulders tensed beneath my palms.

“It might hurt.”

“I know.” The simple confirmation was breathy and desperate and wanton. The voice of a new me—one who knew what she wanted and was willing to risk a little pain for it.

Kai’s jaw clenched, the tendons in his neck standing out as he fought for control. A bead of sweat rolled down his temple. “Fuck, I don’t wanna hurt you.”

Frustration and need clashed inside me. My nails dug into his skin. “Kai?—”

His lips curved into that dangerous smile that never failed to make heat pool between my thighs. “Iknow. Fuck you, or you’ll scream. Demanding little thing.”

He rolled his hips and the tip of his… God, if I was going to be having sex, I needed to learn to saycock,at least in my own head

The tip of his cock nudged against my opening, then retreated, nudged again, and retreated.

“What are you doing?”