“The thought of any other man touching you drives me fucking crazy. Especially since I haven’t staked my claim yet.” Aiden’s hand wraps around my throat and he caresses the pulse point. “It’s time to change that.”
Chapter Twenty-Eight
It’s time to change that.
My muscles lock at his words.
Aiden hovers over me like a looming danger, a force not to be reckoned with.
The boy with metal eyes, harsh glares, and unhinged character got under my skin. And since he did that, he has the power to break me.
I will destroy you.
His first words to me are the defining point of our relationship. He can’t just erase that with the few thoughtful things he did the past weeks or by holding me to sleep after my nightmare.
All of it could be another one of his mind games so I’ll lower my guard.
Once he has my virginity, he’ll drop me like a bad habit.
He’ll c
rush me and walk on the remains.
Call it old-fashioned or naive, but I always wanted to save my first to someone I deeply care about.
Aiden isn’t that person.
I place a hand at the centre of his broad chest. “I’m not ready.”
He tilts his head to the side, supporting himself on tense hands on either side of my head. “What do you mean by you’re not ready?”
“I… I need more time.”
“More time for what?”
I need more time to understand myself and make sure that I’m doing the right thing.
You’re too safe.
Kim’s words slice through my brain like razor-sharp claws.
“I’ve been patient with you, Frozen.”
I hate when he calls me that.
I fix him with a glare. “So that’s what you wanted all along? You’ve been patient to get your dick wet?”
“If I wanted to get my dick wet, I would’ve fucked you and gotten you out of my system a long time ago.”
Tears blur in my eyes and I loathe myself for ever feeling comfortable in his presence or thinking that there’s another layer beneath the suffocating smoke.
“Then why haven’t you? If you did, we would’ve gone our separate ways.”
Why did you have to trick me into thinking that there could be more?
“I told you.” His tone loses the nonchalance. “Sex isn’t my endgame. And I’ve been patient to communicate that. You should know by now that I’m not a patient person, so don’t push me.”
I’m tempted to scream obscenities and push him off, but that will surely trigger his predatory side.