.Chapter 26-1
Kane
I was desperate for her to say yes. I could see in her eyes that she wanted to, but she didn’t trust me enough with her heart yet. That was fine. I would earn that trust, just the way I’d earn her
family’s respect.
I was kind of terrified of messing everything up with Troy and Kiana and Dash, but so far they seemed to like me. I was damn proud of that accomplishment, considering I’d basically invaded their territory and announced myself as their enemy’s father.
Of course, they didn’t know I’d already claimed their daughter. Hell. Maybe they’d kick my ass when they discovered that little detail. I was a father, for fuck’s sake. I wasn’t some boy fumbling around with his first crush. Though I’d had my son young, I was still fifteen years older than Simone.
I gulped at that thought. I was a bit ashamed of how crazy I was for a woman so much younger than me, but I couldn’t stop myself. My lycan couldn’t stop wanting her, loving her, needing her with an intensity that bordered on madness. She was ours, whether her family approved or not.
If only Simone would give me a chance to prove myself worthy of her.
“I would move mountains and part oceans to be worthy of your trust, Si,” I admitted, meaning every
word.
Oddly enough, she snorted at my declaration. “Oh my goddess, you’re so dramatic,” she grunted, rolling her eyes. “I will think about it.”
“Really?” I smiled, happiness replacing the fear that had been gnawing at my chest. She was willing to consider giving me another chance. That was more than I’d dared hope for.
She rolled her eyes again, looking annoyed at my obvious joy, but I didn’t care. A second chance was all I wanted. All I needed to prove to her that I was worth the risk.
“Don’t make me regret it, Kane,” she whispered, and I couldn’t take it any longer.
I took another step forward, closing the distance between us until I could feel the warmth radiating from her skin. My thumb traced along her lower lip, and she didn’t pull away.
“I’ve missed touching you so badly, love,” I admitted, my voice rougher than I’d intended.
“You haven’t touched anyone else?” she asked, her big, questioning eyes staring right into my soul. “I thought you’d be making up for the time lost.”
“You thought I’d touch other women?” I grunted, genuinely surprised by the question. Why would
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she think that? “That I’d want to touch anyone that isn’t you? What the hell, Si?”
The idea was so absurd it was almost offensive. As if anyone else could compare to her, could
make me feel even a fraction of what she did.
“So…” she bit her lip in that way that drove me absolutely insane, “you haven’t?”
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“For fuck’s sake, of course not!” I grunted, taking one of her hands and bringing it to my cheek, pressing her palm against my skin. “I cannot stand anyone’s touch unless it’s yours. I don’t want my fingertips tracing patterns on any skin that doesn’t belong to you. You are the one I want, Simone. Your skin, your touch. You. There’s not a single person on this earth or in the stars above that could
tempt me the way you
do.”
“Oh,” she said, shifting backward slightly. “So now I’m a temptation?”
I thought I might have said the wrong thing, since she was looking at me with an annoyed expression. It had been so fucking long since I’d interacted this much with people, especially with her. I was out of practice with conversations that mattered.
“You’re a craving I can never satiate,” I said, the words coming out more honest than I’d intended.
She made a surprised noise at my confession, her eyes widening slightly, and I couldn’t help it any longer. I needed to become alive again. I needed to taste her.
So I yanked her by the waist until her chest was pressed against mine and leaned down, slow enough that she could push me away if she wanted to. She didn’t.
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