Page 114 of Beyond the Badge: Nox

“You say that now…”

“Liyah…”

She lifted a hand and shook her head. “I don’t care how confident a woman is in her everyday life, we still have moments where we question ourselves, our decisions or how we look.”

“That doesn’t only apply to women.”

She lifted one eyebrow and gave him a pointed look. “Obviously.”

With a sigh, she worked the buttons free on her sleeveless blouse until it hung open, exposing her very generous breasts and a bra that did a lot of the heavy lifting.

With a shrug, the blouse slipped off her shoulders and fluttered to the floor behind her. Reaching behind her back, she unclipped her bra and shrugged again. It fell forward, freeing her breasts.

She caught him licking his lips and squeezing the root of his cock. At least his throbbing erection proved he liked what he saw.

He cleared his throat. “Keep going.”

Since she had kicked off her shoes while in the kitchen, she now stood in front of him only wearing shorts.

Since she seemed to be in no rush to remove them, he asked, “Didn’t you suggest that we should have sex in a bed while totally naked?”

“Did I?”

He tipped his head to the side. “Second thoughts?”

“No. But getting naked for the first time in front of someone can be a little nerve-wracking.”

“Keep going,” he urged again, stroking his cock. Every time he got to the head, he squeezed it, forcing out another bead of precum.

“Keep doing that and my panties will be soaked before I can get them off.”

“Then that’s a good reason to remove them.”

Today’s shorts, like the pair she wore the other day, had an elastic waistband, so she easily pushed them and her panties down in one shot. But when she straightened, her hands covered her lower belly.

She was too late. He had already seen what she was now attempting to hide.

Anyway, she wouldn’t be able to hide it when she was spread naked on the bed. And that was where they were headed next.

He understood the hesitation of her wanting him to see it, but she had no reason to worry.

He really did like everything he could see.

Besides the fact that she was the daughter of an outlaw biker with a hatred for cops, she was perfect.Ifhe was looking for more than the reason he was there.

He wasn’t.

He’d been barely ready to have sex with another woman. He certainly wasn’t ready for any kind of relationship, even a casual one. However, being in her bedroom tonight wasn’t about the future, it was about right now.

He stepped up to her and gently peeled her hands off her lower stomach. “Don’t hide yourself from me.”

“My stretch marks…”

“What about them?”

“They’re ugly.”

“They’re not. They were caused from creating life. They’re the mark of a warrior.”

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