Page 255 of Darling Venom
The head of my cock slipped past her folds for a moment.
A fucking flash, I swear.
But her body arched into mine.
And that was it.
The last straw.
I flipped her onto her back and positioned myself at her entrance.
My eyes trailed a path up her body, past her tits, along the curve of her neck, over her lips, to those seafoam eyes.
“Look at you, Charlie. I never stood a fucking chance.”
And then I pushed inside her.
Her walls clamped around me in a vise grip. I’d broken her during my exam, but she was still a virgin and, therefore, so fucking tight, I almost came at first contact like a goddamn teenager.
“Tate.” Her hands gripped my biceps. “Move.”
“Give me a sec.”
My head dropped to her shoulder, burrowing into her neck.
I ran my tongue along the curve and—finally, fucking finally—moved deeper inside her. She met each of my thrusts like she feared I wouldn’t be inside her again, her hips coming at me with so much energy, I hit the back of her pussy each time.
“More,” she begged. “Faster.”
I obeyed, giving her everything she asked for, except the words I could never say. She clung to me. Her nails sank into my shoulder as her walls clenched around me.
“Fuck,” I muttered against her skin, too close to coming.
My hand reached between us, fingers rubbing her clit in circles. She chanted my name again and again, like a prayer.
Like an answer.
Like she loved me.
Her hand drifted to the nape of my neck. I grabbed it, brought her wrist to my lips, and kissed the scar there.
“Tate.”
I moved my lips to her ear, whispering, “Come, Charlie.”
She fell apart around me, nails breaking skin, walls tightening. I followed after her with a growl and collapsed onto her before rolling onto my back.
She rested her head on my chest, tracing a path in the center. “I love you.”
I parted my lips.
She zeroed in on them, something like hope burgeoning in her eyes. But then I closed them again, and she deflated like a popped balloon. A tear slipped down her cheek and pooled onto my chest.
It was almost enough to tell her.
It was the truth, after all.
But I couldn’t bring myself to.
