He showed no emotion. “Fuck, baby.” He moved next to her and placed his hands on either side of her hips, leaning forward, which caused her to move her upper body back.
She had to tell him what she wanted though, that she wanted Riley, too, that she loved him, as well.
“I…” The words were lodged in her throat.
“What is it, baby?” he said in a low, husky voice, his gaze on her lips.
Just do it.
“I have to be honest with you.”
He lifted his gaze to her eyes.
A moment of silence passed between them.
“I’m in love with you.” There. The words were out. His nostrils flared, but he didn’t move. “But I’m in love with Riley, too.” Her entire body felt like it was shaking as they held each other’s gazes.
“Yeah?” he asked softly.
She nodded. “I can’t lie about it anymore. I don’t want to. I want both of you.” She licked her suddenly dry lips. He was so close she could smell the dark and addictive scent of him, that purely male aroma that had her breath coming out in short pants.
He then groaned. “I’ve wanted you for so long, Lilly. So fucking long. So has Riley.”
Oh God.
Everything was so surreal. First Riley had professed his love to her, and now Tallin was telling her how much he had wanted her.
“We want you, baby.”
“You’ve talked about this?”
He was looking at her mouth again as he nodded. “A lot, Lilly.”
He loomed over her, all hard sinew and tendons straining and bunching above her, making her mouth water. He looked down at her lips, and she involuntarily licked them, hearing his soft groan after the act. “We won’t make you choose. We want to share you, to be there for you.”
He couldn’t breathe. This was all so unreal.
“I want to kiss you so fucking badly. Tell me how much you want me to kiss you. Tell me how much you’ve wanted me.”
She was propped on her elbows, her breasts thrust out as she braced her weight on her arms. She lowered her gaze to his mouth, the need to press her lips to his overwhelming her until she found herself rising up, moving closer to him.
Her mouth was an inch away from his, their breath mingling.
“Tell me, Lilly. Tell me how much you have wanted me, too. Tell me you want to be with us, to have us be the only ones for you.” His voice was low and strained, as if he were having just as hard a time as she was controlling her emotions.
She took a deep, steadying breath before she spoke. “I want you, Tallin, and I want Riley.”
“Tell me you want us both, only us.”
“I only want you two.”
He groaned deeply again, but he didn’t kiss her right away like she’d hoped. He pulled the blankets away from her and slipped onto the bed so that his heat immediately enveloped her.
He leaned over her, his chest parallel to hers, her legs spread, and his big body making her feel so very feminine.
His look became even more heated a second before he pressed his lips to hers, his tongue stabbing into the hot recess of her mouth and controlling every part of her. She moaned when he pressed his upper body forward, forcing her to lie back as he deepened the kiss.
His hand was pressed to her cheek, holding the side of her face, his thumb stroking her skin, and their tongues dueling.