Page 92 of Wedlock (Vampire Bachelor Games #3)

The chopper is almost back at the landing strip where my Lear awaits to take me back to my country, when, cursing, I order the pilot to turn around again.

The smell of her is all over me, and it’s driving me insane.

Tonight was incredible, but our dates this past month have all been magical.

She’s everything and more than I could ever have wanted.

And when she kissed me, when she made it obvious that she wanted me, I could have shouted to the moon in jubilation.

After the date I thought I’d finally won her back, that she’d admit she loved me as I loved her and offer to come home. But then, the tears.

‘What the fuck was that about? A charade? What prompted that bullshit? Why come onto me, then cry after we’ve been together?

Did she want me so badly to fuck her that she was disappointed I’d only gone down on her?

Or was it because I didn’t compare to Jag?

No, I’ve buried that concern. I thought it would feel strange being intimate with her knowing she’d slept with him, but it hadn’t.

It had felt right. Only right. She’d been so forceful, so demanding, so unlike herself.

But I don’t think she cried because she hadn’t enjoyed herself.

I’d licked and sucked her perfect body until she’d screamed and bucked, just as I remembered.

God, she tasted so good, it took every ounce of my self-control not to fuck her.

But I wouldn’t. Not yet. I want more, and she deserves more.

Still, afterwards as I held her and whispered my reasoning, there’d been no disappointment in her expression, only sorrow.

Why? Why did she push me away? Why claim it was all an act?

I can see she cares for me. I know women.

I see it, but she won’t say it. Why can’t she just admit she wants me as much as I want her?

What’s really holding her back? And why had she forced my hand tonight?

Why suddenly throw down her walls and come onto me so forcefully?

Shit. Why hadn’t I stopped to question that?

Because I wanted HER so badly, I’ve wanted her for so long, I was blind to anything but her hot body pressing against mine, her breath panting in my ear.

Something was clearly wrong, and I’d missed the cues again. No, I’d ignored them. Fuck!’

“I’ll get to the goddamned bottom of this,” I growl. “Pilot! Speed it up or I’ll rip your fucking heart out!”