“Do you want me to stop?” His words are heated and said with the type of bite that lets me know that he doesn’t want that in the slightest. And neither do I. I know stopping this now would be the smartest thing to do. The logical thing, before things grow more complicated, and difficult. I mean, let’s be real, we work together. We live together. My brother’s his best friend, and Jax would definitelynotapprove.

“You have to tell me that you don’t want this, Aurora. I don’t think I can stop unless you tell me to.”

Aiden’s confession, like all the others tonight, catches me by surprise, but then again, is it really? I know he has to feel something for me, even if it’s just lust. This isn’t the first time, and yet for the first time, I know it won’t be the last.

In Aiden, I’ve rediscovered my love to touch and be touched. I want hot skin and salt on my tongue. I want heated words and to feel someone so close they almost become part of me.

Decision made, I grip his hair and move his head so I can press our lips together again. “Don’t stop.” My words are firm, and as soon as our lips meet again, Aiden seems to let go of whatever had given him pause.

Rough hands grip my thighs and my ass, pulling me into his hard body. I can feel Aiden’s dick pressing against my stomach, and my pussy clenches at the thought of having him in me again. I haven’t been able to pleasure myself to any thought other than how well he fills me. I know it’ll be a problem when we finally end whatever this is. But for now, I’m going to bask in the knowledge that he wants this, and he wants me.

His enthusiasm makes that clear as he walks me backward. I don’t know where we’ll land, his room or mine, but I find I don’t even care right now. I just need more of this feeling.

“Fuck, it should be illegal for you to feel this good in my arms,” Aiden groans against my lips. The rumble spreads through me, reverberating down to my bones, and I want more of it.

I feel out of control and hungry for more. And the best part is that I know he feels the same. The way his lips fall against mineis evidence enough of that. He moves like a man possessed, and I want him to possess me until it feels like I’ve never been anyone else’s.

When we fall together on his bed, my shirt is already halfway up my body. I prop myself up and pull it the rest of the way, baring myself to his ravenous gaze. Warm hands with roughened callouses brush over my skin, making me shudder.

“Look at you,” he breathes, his eyes roaming my body like he’s trying to memorize every inch. “If you were mine, princess, I’d keep you like this all the time. Just so I could stare at you whenever I wanted.”

I giggle, lust-drunk on his words. Feeling courageous, I reach around my back, unhooking my bra and letting it fall into my lap. Aiden’s gaze grows impossibly hotter. Before I can say anything, he reaches out, hand gripping the front of my neck as he tugs. The slight pain has me moaning, and I go with the motion, arching my back into his waiting mouth. Aiden’s eyes flash with hunger before he dips his head, his mouth finding my tits.

Keeping quiet is impossible as he sucks one of my nipples into his mouth. The heat is almost too much for my sensitive skin, but I relish in it. I feel powerful and enticing when he pulls away, only long enough to switch to the other nipple.

I know my skin is probably flushed with red, and the air between us is electric. I don’t fight it when Aiden’s hands land on my ass, pulling me closer.

When Aiden slides down the length of me, his fingers hook into the waistband of my panties. I lift my hips, helping him ease them off. The cool air hits my heated skin, making me shiver.

Aiden settles between my parted thighs, and the sight of him there has my breath catching in my throat.

His eyes, dark with desire, lock onto mine as his hands slide over my thighs. Slowly, deliberately, he pushes them further apart, sliding between them. The anticipation has me trembling, my body aching for his touch.

“Scoot back on the bed.” His voice rumbles like thunder in a storm, and I feel the hairs on my arms rise. Even with his words, he’s being so gentle. It’s nice, but it isn’t what I want right now. I want to burn and to ache. I want to wake up tomorrow with a reminder of what happened tonight. A hand cupping my cheek makes me smile even as I reach out to grip his chin.

“Make me.”

The heat in his gaze flares, and I find myself laughing joyfully when he launches himself at me, taking me down onto the bed. The weight of him is comforting and soothes something wild and restless inside of me. Like a weighted blanket.

“You’re playing with fire, Aurora.”

I smirk before reaching up to wrap my arms around his neck. “Maybe I want to be burned.” I pull his mouth to mine, swallowing his groan.

The temperature between us heats more, and I moan with each brush of his jean-covered leg against my bare pussy. My inner thighs are slippery with my own slickness, and I feel a deep ache inside where I want to be filled.

“Take off your clothes,” I say firmly before gripping Aiden’s shirt. He looks at me for a moment before he smirks and moves to pull them off.

His chest’s a prize from the gods and showcases how much he works out. I grip his pecs, squeezing them slightly. He chuckles.

“I don’t have tits, princess.”

“I know that,” I say with a giggle. “But they still fill my hands so well.”

Aiden snickers before knocking my hands away and switching motions, cupping my breasts. “I think yours fill my hands much better. So much abundance must be rewarded, princess.”

He presses a chaste kiss in the valley between my breasts. The skin is sensitive in a different way, and somehow, he seems to know that, lapping me up and following a line down past my belly button.

“Goddamn, you smell so fucking good. I Can’t wait to taste you.”