Page 58 of Monster

I still felt like a fucking monster, but perhaps that was okay.

I tightened my arms around her, and her face scrunched a bit, her eyes fluttering before slowly opening.

She focused her gaze on me, the sleepy softness in her eyes very much present this morning.

It took a second for awareness to come to her, but when it did, her eyes widened, and she looked around the room.

“Why the hell am I here?”

“I carried you back to my bed last night,” I answered casually.

Her eyes shifted about the room, and I watched the fascinating hazel irises change with her thoughts. “Why?”

“’Cause this is where you sleep.”

Her eyes narrowed. “With you.”

One corner of my lips lifted in a small smirk. “That’s right.”

There was a slight pause on her end. “Why?”

Fuck if I knew.

I didn’t answer her. I didn’t know how. Instead, I reached over for her, and pressed my thumbs against her full bottom lip.

She had the most fascinating lips.

Soft and supple, they settled in a natural pout that made me want to kiss her.

Fuck, but I really wanted to know what she tasted like.

I licked my lips, drawing her attention to them, and she froze.

“Dominic—”

Her words were cut off when I pressed my lips against hers.

Electricity traveled across my skin from our lips, bringing forth a prickling of awareness.

I groaned against her and pressed my lips harder against hers.

Fuck, but she was everything I had imagined her to be. I could be fucking addicted to this. To her.

I tightened my arms around her and shifted over her body, pressing her down on the mattress.

She froze beneath me for a beat, a small sound of protest coming out and vibrating the skin between us. Her hands came out from between us, pushing at my chest and trying to get me away from her.

I grabbed her hands and pressed them down against the mattress, deepening the kiss and molding my lips over hers.

She struggled underneath me, but I could feel the fight leaving her the more I kissed her.

I pulled back slightly so we could both catch our breath.

“Dominic…”

I bit her bottom lip.

She gasped, and I took advantage of that. I moved my tongue in between her lips, pulling her closer to me until there wasn’t an inch of space separating our bodies.

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