Total pages in book: 137
Estimated words: 129756 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 649(@200wpm)___ 519(@250wpm)___ 433(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 129756 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 649(@200wpm)___ 519(@250wpm)___ 433(@300wpm)
“If it helps, Dominic, you’re not the only one struggling. You made a few holes in my self-protective walls. Wormed your way inside. I think caring for someone is supposed to be scary. Freaking out is normal. There’s so much uncertainty, and questions constantly prick at me. Will it work out in the long run? Will you get bored with just one woman in your life? Will you really be able to offer the commitment you seem to want to give?”
“You really wonder all that?”
“Yes. Caring for you is terrifying. Realizing I don’t really have as much authority over my own emotions as I thought I did is just as scary. But feeling so strongly for someone, having them so enmeshed in your life, can also be a very special thing. If you let it be. But if you need space—”
“I don’t need space.” Dominic dragged her on top of him and tucked her hair behind her ear. “I freaked out for a minute, but I do not want space. I couldn’t have walked out that front door, baby. Fuck, I doubt I could have even opened it. I’m exactly where I want to be.”
Resting her chin on his chest, Mila petted him. “I believe you. But if you do at some point feel you need space—”
“I won’t, it was just a wobble,” he promised her. “I wish I could tell you that I’ll never act so fucking stupid again, but it’s easy to trip up when you can’t see where you’re going. That’s what this feels like for me. I’ve never been in a relationship before. I’m in brand-spanking-new territory and doing my best to navigate it. I take most of my cues from you, hoping I don’t mess up.”
He let out a heavy sigh. “But I hurt you. I’m sorry for that. I’m sorry I acted like a dick. You’re the last person I’d ever want to hurt.” He caught her face with his hands and brushed his mouth over hers. “Think you can forgive me?”
She drew in a deep breath. “Yeah.”
Dominic swallowed. There were no buts, no deliberation, no holding on to her anger for the sake of it, no threats of what would happen if he messed up again. Just a simple acceptance of his apology, trusting that he meant it. And he fucking adored her for that. “You amaze me.”
Palming her nape, he gave it a little squeeze. “I swear, baby, this is the only place I want to be. I’ve never wanted, never needed, anything the way I do you. I should have known you’d make yourself this important to me. Should have seen it coming. You’re sweet and funny and bitchy and beautiful and so fucking strong. The best thing in my world. No one will ever be—no one could ever be—who you are to me. And I don’t have even the slightest intention of ever letting you go.”
He took her mouth, sweeping his tongue inside, pouring himself into it, into her. He’d meant to go slow, to soothe and comfort and reassure her. But he quickly found himself eating at her mouth.
Possessiveness pounded through him, driving him to take more and more. She fisted his shirt, dragging him closer, giving him what he needed. He feasted, ravished, and dominated, swallowing every smoky, cock-hardening moan. Carnal hunger ravaged his insides and heated his blood.
He needed to touch her. Feel her. Reconnect. Needed to know she still wanted him just as much.
He brushed his nose against hers. “So beautiful. And all mine. Aren’t you?”
“Yours.”
“Then let me get a good look at what’s mine.” Bunching the bottom of her top in his hands, he peeled it off, baring her breasts. Before he could catch one of those hard nipples with his mouth, she was sliding down his chest, dragging the tight buds over his skin. Settling between his thighs, she tackled his fly. His heart slammed against his ribs, and his cock practically jumped into her hand. “Mila.”
Curling her hand around the base of his cock, she lapped at the head, licking up the pearls of pre-come from the slit. His thigh muscles jumped. Instead of teasing his cock with licks and nips, she swallowed him down.
Fisting her hair, Dominic groaned as the heat of her mouth engulfed him. “Fuck, baby.” Keeping her grip firm, she pumped his shaft as she sucked so hard her cheeks hollowed. “That’s it, keep those lips wrapped nice and tight around my cock. You don’t know how many times I’ve imagined bunching these curls in my hands while you suck me off.”
His control frayed as she kept on pumping and sucking, constantly switching from slow and lazy to fast and hard. Just when he thought she couldn’t take him any deeper, she’d swallow a little more. Watching his cock disappear into her hot mouth was a heaven all its own.