“She’s not yours.”
“I know, and she should have been.” He stroked his thumb across her lips, no longer hiding from the truth. He couldn’t hide, not anymore. She was far too tempting to deny himself any longer. To him, it had already felt like he’d waited a life time to finally have her in his life, and there’s no way he was going to let that happen anymore.
Belle belonged to him. He’d been fighting it long enough, no more.
Dropping his head down, he took possession of her lips.
At first, she froze. Her lips pressed firmly together, refusing to open.
Slowly, as he persisted and she didn’t push him away, he deepened the kiss. When he slid his tongue across her lips, she gasped, opening up, and he took full advantage, sliding his tongue within her mouth, and she moaned.
Sinking his fingers into her hair, he pulled her close, gripping her hip with the other. Her hands slid up his chest, circling his neck, holding him close. Walking her backward until she hit the wall, he took both of her hands, pressing them to the brick, holding her in place.
Only when he heard some whistling in the distance did he stop, realizing they were at an entrance in an alleyway, and he had her trapped against the wall and his body. He had to get control. His cock was rock hard, and he pressed it against her stomach, wanting more than anything to be inside her, to be fucking her. He was addicted to her.
“We shouldn’t be doing this?”
“You’re telling me that right now your pussy isn’t begging for my cock?”
“Drago?”
“No, Belle. I’m not going to hide from this, and I’m not going to let you think you can either. I know that fucker hurt you. Guess what, I’m not Mikey. I never will be Mikey, and you belong to me. I’m not going to let you go. Not now. Not ever. I’ll take care of you, and I’m going to prove that to you by making you safe. Then I’m going to show you in more ways than one that I am the man for you.” He kissed her again.
This time, he didn’t release her though.
Taking her hand, he walked them back to the car. Neither of them spoke as he helped her inside and secured her seatbelt before getting behind the wheel himself.
He was still hard, but he ignored the need building inside him.
“I’ve never felt this way about anyone before,” she said. “I don’t know what to do.”
He glanced over at her, shocked she was even being this open.
Belle was one of the few women who didn’t like to talk about her thoughts and feelings. She played everything close to her chest. He was surprised by her honesty the past few weeks as he saw it was difficult for her.
“What do you mean?”
“Sex. I’m not very good at it. I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. If you’re expecting something great then I’m not your woman.”
He glanced over at her and smiled. “I don’t even want to know why you think that.”
“Mikey told me that I didn’t have the first clue what I was doing. That I’d never be good enough.”
“Seriously, you’re going to throw that fucker in my face as if his word even means anything. He used you and left you high and dry with a kid. I see that guy I’m going to kill him.” He already had Carlos out looking for him and getting contacts to stay on the lookout. There’s no way he’d ever allow a guy like that piece of shit to go on breathing for long. Not only did he pull that shit on Belle, he’d used her.
She thought she could take care of herself, and she wasn’t even close, not even a little bit.
“It’s all the same though, right? You’ve all got the same desires and know what you want.”
“No, we’re not all the same. Not even close. This Mikey, he doesn’t have the first clue what he’s talking about, and seeing as I don’t even consider him a man, he doesn’t get to have an opinion.”
“I’m just saving you from disappointment,” she said.
He was so fucking angry right now. He wanted to find this prick and teach him a lesson.
“How about this? How do you feel about having a wager of some kind?”
“What do you mean? I don’t gamble. That’s my father’s department.”
“You and me. One night. I’ll give you a night you’ll never forget, and if for whatever reason you don’t make me come or you’re really bad at it, I’ll tell you and you can go on believing what that loser says.” He knew for a fact that was never going to be the case. Just from kissing her alone he was ready to blow.
“And if I do make you come?”