Kayden’s lips sweep against mine gently at first, stroking my bottom lip with his tongue teasingly before slipping into the seam of my lips. I sigh against him, feeling like the only place where my mouth fully belongs is on his.
My eyes flutter as his hands roam the length of my figure, setting all my nerve endings on fire. When he adjusts himself on top of me, his body dipping to the side to get on his elbows, a glimpse of his back shoots a wave of guilt through me.
“Wait. Turn around,” I murmur, worried. Kayden looks at me, confused, but does what I say and turns his back to me. A hand flies to my mouth to cover up the horror settling into my expression. “Oh my God. I’m so sorry.”
A crease digs into his forehead. “Why? What’s wrong?”
I scoot over to the side of his bed, picking up my phone from the nightstand and snap a quick picture of his back.
“Look,” I say when I show him the picture his muscled back, now scuffed with long red marks.
“Oh, that.” Kayden doesn’t look the least bit fazed, which is surprising to me. “What? You think I mind this?” I nod and he smiles, taking the phone from my hands and setting it to the side. “Nah. It doesn’t hurt. I love the claw marks.
They’re so fucking sexy.”
I bite my lip. “What if people see them? I’m sure the guys at the gym aren’t gonna be as forgiving.”
“I don’t care. Let them,” he drawls, climbing back on top of me. “Let them see what you’ve done to me. You’ve claimed me, Lucky. I want everyone to know that.”
I stifle a laugh with my hand. I guess boys will be boys when it comes to championing claw marks. “You’re crazy.”
“Only when it comes to you.” He looks down at me, his thick eyelashes hooding his mesmerizing eyes. “You drive me insane, Sienna. But I don’t care as long as you’ll have me.”
My heart balloons into the clouds.
“Kayden, is that an offer for me to be your girlfriend?”
I whisper.
He nods, a blush forming on his cheeks.
I flick his nose with my finger. “You’re adorable.”
He rolls his eyes at my comment but is undeterred in his quest to get a straight answer from me.
“So is that a yes?”
“No. That’s a hell, yes,” I say instantly.
The smile that he returns at my confirmation threatens to break his face. His nose grazes my neck as he brushes his lips against the sensitive skin there. A pathetic whimper leaves me at his superpower ability to undo me like this with just a kiss.
“Be careful what you’re agreeing to,” he murmurs against my skin. A wave of arousal swells inside me as his palm brushes against my nipples. His eyes connect with mine again, a smug look on his face as he watches me fall apart at his touch. “I won’t be the most patient boyfriend. I’ll want to fuck you every chance I can get. And I’m not afraid to beat up any person who hurts you. Anyone who hurts my Lucky deserves to go through me and my fucking fist.”
There’s that protective, possessive edge in him that I crave. I love that one second he’s the most gentle, loving giant and the next he’s dominating and fierce, staking his claim over me. I like that I don’t know which side of him I’ll get.
“Do you understand?” He says roughly as his demanding eyes meet mine. My core swells with heat at the primal edge that contours his face. “I want you in any way I can get you and I’m not going down easy. Not after the night we spent together, not after what I told you, and certainly not after everything we’ve been through.”
His words speed up my already racing pulse.
“Yes, sir.” I salute him, like he’d done to me earlier.
He nods, satisfied at my answer. “Good.”
“So are you gonna keep true to your promise?” I say teasingly, arching my back to tease him with the sight of my bared breasts. “About fucking me every chance you get?”
Kayden’s gaze falls to my chest, eyes narrowing with sensuous desire. He sucks in a forceful breath as if trying to contain himself.
Fortunately for me, all that restraint gets thrown out the window when I purse my lips.