Page 75 of A Diamond Deal
‘I want to come in,’ she said.
‘There are no shower doors,’ he reminded her. ‘There is nothing to stop you joining me in here.’ But there was, he knew. It was why he hadn’t reached for her last night. It was why he didn’t reach for her now.
‘We said one last time,’ she said out loud for them both.
‘It wasn’t enough,’ he said. ‘For either of us.’
‘No.’ Heat flooded her freckled cheeks. ‘It wasn’t.’
‘So we should do it again,’ he said, guiding them both to the conclusion they both wanted. Both needed.
Her eyes blew wide. ‘One more time?’
‘As many times as it takes,’ he countered. ‘Until we reach the closure we desire.’
Her pert breasts lifted with a deep inhale.
He hadn’t let himself see her nakedness.
He hadn’t considered his.
He was aware of both now.
‘Okay.’ She exhaled it, her agreement, but there was more.
He wouldn’t question it. He wouldn’t analyse it. It was a requirement. A necessity. He would demand it, and she would give it to him. She’d give it to him because after last night, he saw it in her eyes.
There was no alternative.
‘We will have your things moved back into the main suite,’ he said, watching her watching him.
‘We will,’ she agreed.
‘You will sleep in my bed,’ he said, his voice rough. ‘You will sleep with me every night until…’ His voice simply stopped.
‘Until after we renew our vows,’ she supplied for him.
Stiffly, he nodded.
‘I’ll sleep with you every night, until then,’ she confirmed, and that ache inside him…Thatthing he didn’t know to ask for, because he didn’t recognise it, what he needed to soothe it…
It shifted inside him.
‘You will kiss me,’ he breathed.
‘I will,’ she said and stepped closer to him.
Her toes, so small, so dainty, moved in front of his. His heart thudded as her long, slender fingers reached up to cradle his cheeks.
Then she was on the tips of her toes and her mouth found his.
Konstantinos closed his eyes. He couldn’t move. He stood rooted. The pressure of her mouth, it was so soft. So gentle. Her lips lingered on top of his. Feathering over the seal of his. As if she were learning the shape of his mouth. As if this was new. A first kiss.
His hands went to her hips. He cradled them in his palms. Drew her in closer. The tips of her breasts met his chest.
He moaned. A guttural thing, it escaped his lips. Her mouth opened. She breathed it in. Breathedhimin. As if he was supposed to be in there. A part of her.
His brain was addled. Fuddled by too many hormones, he told himself, and pushed his tongue into her mouth.Deeply.
