My heart beats so loud, I’m surprised I’m able to hear him.
“Say you missed me, too.” He continues caressing my scar as he thrusts deeper, hitting that spot inside me.
I open my mouth to say the words, but his thrusts render me speechless.
This intimacy will kill me.
“Say it,” he grunts and pulls one of my legs up to get more depth.
“I missed you,” I breathe as the wave hits me deep inside.
I don’t get a choice as I unravel all around him. My eyes roll to the back of my head as I nibble on my lower lip.
Aiden kisses me again, replacing my teeth with his. His pace grows faster and rougher, filling me to the rim.
My nails dig into his back as if I’m holding on for dear life.
He grunts, and I watch his handsome face turning rigid as warmth coats my insides.
When he pulls out of me, sharp emptiness slashes inside me.
I’m tempted to reach out and put him in me again.
Instead, I wrap my arms around his torso and snuggle to his side, both my arms and legs wrapped around him.
His fingers spread through my hair, stroking it back.
I’m in that dreamy place between wakefulness and sleep when I hear his whisper in the dark. “We’ll never miss each other again, sweetheart.”
35
Elsa
Later on, I wake up to a rustle of clothes.
Blinking the sleep away, I sit up in bed.
I plop my elbow on the pillow and lean on my palm to watch Aiden dress.
There’s such a masculine beauty about the way he yanks his jeans up his muscular football thighs and to the V of his hips.
No boxer briefs. Mmm.
My thighs clench at the thought.
Pity I can’t see the front properly since his back faces me.
My gaze strays to the hard contours of his naked shoulders as he fetches his T-shirt. His tattoos ripple with the veins as if taunting me to watch them up close and personal.
My lusty mode comes to a screeching halt at the full view of his naked back.
It disappears all too soon when the T-shirt covers him, but the view is engraved deep in my memories.
The slash marks on his skin.
The faded scars.
I swallow the sensation gripping me by the gut. Aiden doesn’t parade his scar around.