Bloom

“You don’t let anything get in your way.” I brush a hand over her cheek. “If you want something, you go for it.”

Her eyes lock on mine. “I want something now.”

I hope to fuck I’m it.

“What do you want, lilac?”

Her thumb jerks to the right. “Get on the subway with me, and I’ll show you.”

Chapter 41

Athena

I can’t move.

Literally.

Liam has me pinned to my bed. Both of my wrists are in one of his hands above my head. He’s on top of me, balancing his full weight on his palm. It’s pressed into the mattress next to my shoulder.

My legs are pushed apart by the width of his hips.

Every inch of my skin is sensitive from his touch. He kissed, licked, and fucked me until I lost my breath.

Judging by the brush of his sheathed cock against my core, he’s hard as nails again.

“Jesus, you’re beautiful.” The words fall from his mouth in a whispered rush. “I think I could spend the rest of my life staring at you non-stop, and I’d still want more.”

Tears threaten to fill my eyes, but I bite them back with a heavy swallow.

I study his face.

I can’t tell if I’m looking at a man who is falling just as hard for me as I am for him, or if he’s speaking out of intense desire.

Maybe it’s both?

He presses his lips to my collarbone. “Tell me who is inside this locket around your neck.”

“ I don’t know .” I mouth the words because I can’t give them a voice.

I’m embarrassed that the piece of jewelry means more to me than almost anything on this earth.

He moves slightly, dropping kisses on the skin of my neck. “Say it’s not your last boyfriend.”

I let out a burst of laughter. “It’s not.”

His lips brush the corner of my mouth before he rests his cheek against mine. “He was a fool to let you go, lilac.”

I dumped him.

It wasn’t working. In addition to the sex being average, he couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that I wanted to start my own business.

He didn’t think I had the experience I needed to succeed.

I proved him wrong.

Talking about an ex while I’m in bed with my current lover is a big no-no to me.

I shift under him, trying to brush my pussy against his cock.