Page 53 of Unstoppable Billionaire (The Hardcore Novels: Special Editions #2)

His deep tone strikes a raw cord down deep, jolting my wild nature, giving me the strength I need to say what I must say because I know I will never be able to resist him. His touch. His tone. His magnetism. I am his. I belong to him.

"Please, Baby Thang." He whispers.

I steal myself for his searching look and do what he requests. I open my eyes and look into his gorgeous green pools of peace. He smiles that 'sexy as hell' smile at me and winks that killer wink. Sweet Zeus, I'm going to swoon.

"But...."He starts where he left off.

I slam my eyes shut as a small whimper escapes my throat and I fan my fingers against his lips, keeping his words from leaving his mouth.

He drops his face into my neck, buries his nose, and nuzzles my neck. He growls that low, almost inaudible throat moan he doesn't know he does as wave after wave of love course through my veins.

Can true love be this easy? Surely, not. I have witnessed too many people in my line of work struggling and failing to be true to the one they say they love. I don't want that. We have to be sure.

I put my arms around him and pull myself tight to him. His hands slide down my back and cup my ass again. I feel so secure in his arms.

Aurei and I must have a relationship built on a solid foundation.

My heart pounds in my chest. I know I have to continue, or I run the risk of losing him one day, but it's so hard to say!

I turn my face to speak directly in his ear. A whisper is all I can manage. "Aurei, I prefer you don't use that word just yet. Not right now. Maybe later."

He nuzzles me, and his hands slide down between the crack of my ass then between my legs. My eyes roll back into my head when he caresses me there. "We have to be sure that this beautiful thing we have is the true version of that."

"But...."

I tell him weakly. "It's too soon for the declarations, that's all. We only met a week ago. Please don't."

He stops his seductive circles, and his hands return to cup my ass. I kiss his neck softly, then lean back to look at his expression.

His eyes are closed, waiting.

"Look at me, Aurei," I tell him. "Please?"

He opens them, and stares into mine. I smile weakly at him, "Nothing's changing. It's just that word. It's too soon to use that word. Let's give it a little time. Ok? Is that too much to ask?"

He studies my eyes for what feels like an eternity, and I can't read his expression. I'm not sure what he's thinking. Then he kisses each one, forcing them closed, releases and walks to the window. When I open them, my Golden God is staring thoughtfully out the window.

My heart nearly leaps out of my throat with the surge of pain I feel believing I have hurt him, and that he feels rejected. Tears well up in my eyes as I walk up behind him and put my arms around him.

He lays his hands over mine, stopping them from traveling downward. I feel the loss of our special connection, and I cling to him, forcing my body into his, pressing myself into him, desperate not to lose him. He removes my hands and turns to me.

He says with pure sincerity. "You are an amazing woman, Siri Wright. I agree with your analysis that we should not be professing that word just yet, and why. But…" His expression is sympathetic, then he smirks. "I was just going to agree with you that I LOVE that you just did that too."

"What?" My mouth falls open, and my face blushes beet red. "Oh, Sweet Zeus!" I laugh as my forehead falls to his chest. "I fucked that up!"

He chuckles then kisses my hair. "No. Really, you didn't." I lift my face to see his sincere expression.

"We both know what we are feeling." He kisses my nose.

"But let's write this on our slate. The word love is a word that reflects what we cherish and value.

And when we are ready to say it, we will do so because we truly mean it.

We won't use it for the sake of saying it, and we will not carelessly profess it.

When we use it, we will be one hundred percent certain. Agreed?"

I release the breath I had been holding. "Agreed."

He pulls me into his embrace, and I inhale his essence, relaxed, thankful he is still here.

"Until you know all of my secrets, we wait."

"When are you going to tell me?" I feel his body tense.

"Later."

"Hmm. I'm not afraid."I assure him.

"Maybe you should be." He puts his hands on either side of my face, cupping it, then turns my face to his and rests his forehead against mine.

Our breath mingles. "Whatever it is, it won't change the way I feel about you"

"It might."

"It won't."

"I need more time."

"Our forever will stand the test of time."

"Good, because I'm never letting you go." He scoops me off my feet, and as he carries me to the bed.

I ask him, "Weren't we in a hurry?"

"We need more of this time together." He stands over me, and our eyes lock.

His hold mine captive; never wavering. The thunder in them grows as he unbuttons each button of his shirt.

When it slides off, my pussy lurches. When he pushes his pants down and I hear the soft landing as they hit the floor in a pile at his feet.

My pussy soaks itself. His eyes still honed in on mine, he crawls on top of me and envelopes my whole body with his whole body.

His lips find mine and whisper against them. "I cherish you, Siri."

I melt complete. "Perfect!" I whisper against his.

His eyes crinkle as he smiles. Just before his kiss consumes me, he hovers and sings in my mouth, "Kiss Me" by Ed Sheeran.

As I surrender to him, relinquishing all of myself to his will, allowing him to cherish me, he cherishes every inch of my body. He brings me to the brink of orgasm, only to ease me back down, extending my pleasure, again and again.

I moan and moan, enjoying the extended foreplay, knowing he is becoming one with me.

When he parts my legs with his and enters my zone, he braces on his forearms and wedges my face between them.

He presses his kiss to my lips again. At the same time, he slides both his tongue in my mouth and his cock in my pussy.

Without thunder, without wildness, only cherishing, he becomes one with me, and I soar into his heaven. As I orgasm, completely abandoning myself in the moment, I hear myself singing sweet, cooing sounds, humming the end of the song.

He stays deep inside me as I lay recovering under him. He kisses my face forming a heart over it, telling me between each kiss. "I ... cherish ... you ... Siri ... Wright."

His sweet words bring joy to my soul that no other words have brought me before in my life.

I hug his body tight. "Rollover, please, Sir.

My turn. I'm going to kiss you like I am because I've already fallen.

" He rolls under me with his cock still pressed into me.

I straddle him and start to move. Slow and steady, kissing his chest, then his neck, as my pussy cherishes his cock completely. I demonstrate how I feel about him.

I cherish you. I choose you. I'm committed to you forever.

He abandons his need to perform and allows me to bring him to orgasm quickly and easily. When I feel his cock about to burst in me, I lay my lips over his and stick my tongue in his mouth. He sucks it with the rhythm of his explosion.

When he is spent, I wedge his face between my arms, and I place little butterfly kisses on his face in the shape of a heart. Between each kiss, I tell him. "Maximus ... Aurelius ... Moore... I ... truly... cherish ... you ... too."

He smiles his big, beautiful smile at me, then he wraps his arms around me and closes his eyes, content. I lay my face on his chest and feel it rise and fall. I close my eyes, content too.

"I am," I whisper.

"I am too." He says as he drifts off to sleep.