He leaned closer, his spicy scent giving life to all those memories. “Tell me you remember coming around my cock. Tell me you remember how I pulsed my orgasm all over your warm, sweaty skin.”
Oh, sweet baby Jesus.
There was no way in hell I could have stopped myself.
I jerked forward and pressed my lips hard against his. A low groan rumbled in the back of his throat, and mixed with the sound of my own moan, it sounded like a goddamn symphony of desire, hunger, and longing finally being swept away by our kiss.
Lorik wasted no time and pushed his hand underneath my dress, palming my ass, clawing his fingers into my skin. My arms were around his neck, and all I could do was push my body as hard as possible against his. I’d craved his heat so goddamn much, wanting to feel his hard body against mine so badly that if it was possible to glue myself to him, I would. There was no way for me to explain what was happening, but the truth was, I didn’t care what was happening—as long as it happened…and soon.
There was no need for him to coax my mouth open with his tongue; I did it of my own accord. With his tongue moving fervently, exploring every corner of my mouth, and the hard onslaught of his lips against mine, my body started to climb, and the need was so intense I couldn’t control it.
“I want you, princess,” he murmured against my lips and jerked my thigh up, forcing me to wrap it around his hip. He moved his lips down the column of my throat, his tongue lapping against my skin. “I want to taste every inch of you. I want you in my bed every goddamn minute of every goddamn day so I can take you whenever the fuck I want.”
I gasped hearing his words, thinking about how it would feel to be able to let him have me whenever he wanted. The thought alone had me aching all over with the need to spread my legs for him, to give him what he craved.
He thrust against me, and I moaned out loud, my breathing accelerating as I found it impossible to get enough air in my lungs. All I felt was heat and scorching flames burning all around us.
“What’s happening to us, Lorik?” I weaved my fingers through his hair when he continued to kiss down my chest, my desire for him getting stronger.
“I have no fucking idea. All I know is I’m not strong enough to control the need I have for you. It’s too damn powerful to ignore or control.”
He palmed my breast, pushing it up as he kissed my nipple over the fabric of my dress, and I sucked in a breath.
“We hardly know each other.” I leaned my head against the wall, closing my eyes as I marveled at his touch and his kisses while my body felt like it was about to burst into flames. “It’s insane. How can all this happen so damn fast?”
Lorik looked up, his gaze etched on mine, and the intensity of his stare momentarily took my breath away.
“We might not be able to explain what’s happening between us, but whatever it is, I don’t want it to stop. And I don’t care if it moves at a thousand miles an hour, I’m going with it, princess, because I don’t want to stay behind and miss a single goddamn moment.”
The emotion linked to the words he spoke caressed every inch of my heart, and that was the moment I realized I had fallen irrevocably in love with Detective Lorik Stone.
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LORIK
My father once told me there came a time in a man’s life when he realized his freedom wasn’t worth living a life without love. And this time was usually when a man found that special woman who had the power to open the eyes of his soul, forcing him to accept that up until then he merely existed and never lived. Once you found the woman your soul refused to let go of, that was when you truly started to live. And while I was staring down into Karina’s eyes, it hit me like a fucking wrecking ball that she was the woman my soul refused to give up on. She was the one who made me realize that up until then I only wallowed in my feeble existence chasing things that didn’t matter. This woman opened my eyes. She was the one who brought me to life.
I palmed her cheek, and when she nestled deeper into my touch, placing her hand over mine, my heart swelled inside my chest to the point of bursting. I’d never felt like this. It was completely foreign to me, but I realized I wasn’t willing to let these insane, yet amazing feelings go. Not ever.
“You are mine, Karina, you hear me? And there is no one on this goddamn earth who can change that. I don’t care what your goddamn surname is. I don’t care who your father is. You’re mine, and that’s that.”
She closed her eyes, her cheek still nestled in my hand. “I’m scared, Lorik. We have everything working against us, and nothing working for us.”
I placed my palm over her other cheek, forcing her to look at me. “Lucky for you, I’m one stubborn son of a bitch, and I won’t stop until I’m able to have all of you. I’m serious, Karina. I’m not letting you go after I just found you.”
With one more kiss against her warm, sweet lips, I dropped my hand to hers and took her car keys.
Her eyes widened. “What are you doing?”
“I’m taking you home because I plan to be inside you within the next ten minutes. And since I came here with my partner and told him to leave because I couldn’t get myself to leave you behind, I’m driving your car.” I winked at her and grabbed her wrist before guiding her toward where I knew her Mercedes was parked.
Like a fucking gentleman—which I’d never been before—I opened the passenger side door for her before slipping in behind the wheel.
I looked at her. “Now, when I start this engine, I want you to spread those legs of yours.”
“What?”
“You heard me.”