Steal My Breath (Elixir 1)

Oh, man.

I’m really going to do this.

When I don’t say anything, he pushes me. “I want you. So damn much.”

Oh, to hell with it.

She lied to him.

He hates her.

It’s complicated.

Fuck, life is complicated.

I reach my hand up to curl around his neck and thread through his hair.

It feels so good.

It feels right.

I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his before pulling away and whispering, “This is going to change everything, isn’t it?”

His chest rises and falls rapidly, and he pushes out a breath as he nods. “Yes.”

I take a deep breath.

And for once in my life, I run completely with my heart rather than with my head.

I kiss him like I did two nights ago.

Deep.

Hard.

Long.

A growl comes from his chest, and he lifts me to carry me to my bedroom. After he places me on my bed, he lifts his T-shirt over his head and drops it to the floor. I’m so entranced by the raw hunger I see in his eyes that I’m not even tempted to shift my gaze to admire his naked chest.

When his hands move to undo his jeans, I finally take in the chiselled muscles of his body.

I need to touch him.

Before my lust-filled mind has a chance to tell my body to move towards him, he strips the rest of his clothes off and kneels on the bed.

Surely, I’ve died and gone to heaven.

Luke’s powerful body moves over mine, and all I can do is lie back and let him take charge.

“Fuck, you’re beautiful,” he says as he slides his hands under my T-shirt. His touch scatters pleasure across my skin, and I arch my back up off the bed.

When his hands glide over my breasts, I moan. I’ve waited so long for his hands on me, and even though I never believed it would happen, I’ve imagined how it would feel. And it feels so much better than I ever dreamed it would.

His eyes meet mine. “This pains me to even say, but I’m not the kind of man who forces himself on women, so tell me again that this is what you want. Just know that once you say yes, there’s no going back because I’m barely restraining myself already.”

There’s no hesitation on my behalf. “Yes, I want this.”

His deep breaths come hard and fast as he walks that tightrope of restraint, and at my words, the rope snaps, and I know the switch has been flipped in his mind.