I dipped back down between her thighs, hoisting her up so I could lick between her cleft, tongue stroking her asshole because I was going to take that, too.
Aster was an earthquake in my hands. Vibrating. Shaking. A tremor that would bring down her walls.
I slipped higher until I was back to sucking at her needy clit, and she was begging me all over again.
I pushed two fingers deep into her body, rubbed her in that place that had her losing all sanity. I pressed down on her lower stomach at the same time.
“Oh god, Logan…how…I didn’t think it was real…thought it was a dream.”
“It’s real, Little Star. It’s you and me.”
She came apart right then.
Beauty in my hands.
I led her through, as she tightened and quivered and floated toward the sky.
I held her there, whispering, “You’re mine. You’re mine.”
I was going to keep saying it until she understood it.
She slumped down, gasping for breath.
I eased my fingers out of her, then sat up higher so I could kiss her mouth.
Soft and slow.
Tender.
Because I saw the panic in her gaze, rising up from that place that had been broken apart.
“Wait right there.”
Pushing to standing, I moved into my bathroom where I started a bath in the massive tub because I was intent on taking care of this girl. On showing her what she deserved. Who she was and what she meant to me.
Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised that when I walked back out to get her, Aster Rose was gone. I knew she was afraid.
She had to learn to trust this.
To trust me.
And how would I ever fully trust her if she never stayed?
TWENTY-THREE
ASTER
What was I doing?What was I doing?
I couldn’t stop shaking as I scrubbed my face with cold water in my bathroom.
Every choice I made seemed to bring me closer to disaster. But I couldn’t stop. Not when I was with Logan. Not when he was bringing it all to the surface.
The loss.
The grief.
The fear.