Heartless (Enemies to Lovers 1)

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Her lips are swollen from the kisses and I reach up to brush my fingertips over them. Her eyes find mine as she sucks in a breath. Staring at each other, the air around us crackles with desire.

I want this woman to be mine. Not just for tonight, but forever. She challenges me like no one ever has.

“I’ve never dated before, Della, so I’m not sure what the right protocol is for dating. All I know is that I don’t want casual with you. I want more. I want it all.”

“We haven’t even been on a date,” she says. “We don’t know each other.”

I don’t want her to panic right now. I place a tender kiss to her mouth and whisper, “I want you. I’ll give you all the time you need to get to know me. I just want you to know that this is not just another screw, Della.”

A sad smile forms around her lips, and it only makes me kiss her until it’s gone.

“I’m a control freak. I want to make it clear that you’re mine. I won’t share. No matter what happens or how long it takes for us to get to know each other, you need to know that you’re mine.”

Her eyes dance over my face as if she’s trying to make sure whether I’m being serious right now.

“So you’re one of those men with alpha tendencies?”

“And I get jealous. I’m an only child. Sharing is not in my DNA.”

“No one has ever gotten jealous over me before. It’s kind of hot.”

She reaches for me and I let her pull me down against her. I can’t believe I wasted so much time by being such an asshole to her. We could have had this so much sooner.

CHAPTER 8

DELLA

This night is turning out to be perfect. Carter seriously just rocked my world.

I don’t give him time to say something else. I reach up and pull him back down on top of me. I can actually hear every beat of my heart as nervous anticipation builds up inside of me.

I’m conscious of everything about this moment, the way his body is pressing into mine in all the right places. The carnal growls he makes when I touch him unravels me.

His mouth devours mine making my mind cloud over with lust for him. I want this moment to last forever. I slide my hands down his back, tracing his spine until I reach his ass, where I let my hands linger.

He presses his body harder down on mine, his chest firm against my breasts. I feel him hard and ready between my legs. My abdomen clenches as my legs fall open for him.

“Fucking perfect,” he groans.

I trail hot kisses along his jaw as he positions himself at my opening.

I know that I’m taking a huge risk, putting all I’ve worked so hard for on the line, but I can’t stop now.

Am I being selfish? Yes.

But, I want this so much. Just this one moment with Carter before we have to say goodbye. A passion filled moment made up of sweet lies. I want something that will be just mine that I’ll be able to cherish and remember forever.

“You’re the one, Della,” he whispers, as he starts to slowly push inside of me.

I kiss him harder, and as he slowly fills me all I feel is a slight discomfort. When he pulls out, I sigh with pleasure and practically melt against him.

Carter slips his arms under me, crushing my body to his.

“I knew you were mine from the second I saw you,” he says, as he rolls his hips into me, making tiny firecrackers explode everywhere inside of me, I feel every delicious, hard inch of him.

My mouth drops open. I can’t even get a sound out as Carter shows me a whole new level of ecstasy.