needed to be smart about this. Just because he’d been open didn’t
mean this would end any better than it had with Beck. A million
things could go wrong. She should be pushing him away and getting
dressed. Instead, when he put his hand possessively over her stomach,
she found herself moving her head to his shoulder, unable to force
herself to break the connection.
“That was fun,” he said with a wicked grin. He was so beautiful it
made her heart ache.
“Is that the way you invite a woman to play?” It would be an
effective seduction technique. Suddenly she felt so vulnerable. She’d
seen his past. He’d had hundreds of women. They lined up for him.
How could she ever compete?
His perfect face was suddenly very serious, looming over her. His
gray eyes looked almost silver in the soft light of morning. He sank
his hands into her hair and turned her face up to his. “I’ve never done
that with any woman before. I’ve waited my whole life to connect
with another soul the way we did, and we could have so much more,
Meggie mine. You’re my wife, my bondmate. It won’t work with
anyone else.”
Bound
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She looked up at him and finally realized he wasn’t his brother.
Technically, he was half his brother, she understood, but they were so
very different. How could she ever find happiness if she never asked
for what she wanted? If she kept telling herself no, she never gave
anyone a chance to say yes.
“I’m scared,” she told Cian quietly.
“I know,” he replied with soft eyes. He leaned down and pressed a
very soft kiss on her forehead, as tender as the pleasure before had
been rough. “How about we do this? Let’s take it slow. No more