Page 147 of Creep

She blinked. I could see her thoughts spinning a thousand miles an hour inside her head. Then she laid her head back on my chest, and I wrapped my arms tightly around her.

“Okay,” she said softly. “Let’s go home.”

* * *

I openedthe door to my apartment and waited for her to go inside.

She hesitated, taking in the space as if she were looking at it for the first time. I patiently stood where I was.

She turned back and looked at me. I didn’t say anything.

Slowly, she took a step inside. I locked the door behind me, pretending I didn’t see her flinch from the sound.

“I’m going to put our bags in our room,” I said. I was about to walk past her when she grabbed my arm, halting me.

I turned and looked at her.

Fuck, but she looked so lost right now.

She opened her mouth but closed it when no words came out.

I put the bags down by my feet and turned to her, lifting her up in my arms. I walked toward our bedroom.

“What about the bags?” she murmured.

“They can wait,” I said, putting her down on her feet when we reached the foot of the bed. I pulled at the sweater she was wearing. She barely had time to resist before I had the sweater off her. I threw it on the floor. She looked at it, then at me.

“What are you doing?”

“What does it look like I’m doing?” I asked, tugging on her shirt. “I’m getting you comfortable.”

“By getting me naked?” She let out a small gasp as I moved my hand around to the back buckle of her bra. I unhooked it and pulled the fabric away, letting it join the rest of her clothes as my eyes honed in on her hardened nipples.

She shivered and crossed her arms over her chest. I tugged on her arms until she was bare to my gaze once more.

“Don’t hide,” I said, bending down and licking one hard nub with the flat of my tongue.

She arched toward me slightly, her hands moving to my hair, pulling on the strands roughly every time she felt my touch. I smiled against her skin.

“You’re so fucking beautiful.”

“Mael.”

“That’s right, baby. Say my name.”

I hooked my arms under her knees, pulling them up until she fell back on the mattress.

“Mael!”

I grinned at her as I stood by the edge and tugged on her jeans. She wiggled her ass, helping me get them off her. I stood back and took in my girl when she was completely naked.

And suddenly, it was just too fucking much. I wanted to be inside her.Now.

I quickly pulled off my clothes, haphazardly throwing them on the floor. She lifted herself up on her elbows and watched me. Her eyes darkened as she looked up and down my body, stopping on my dick, then licked her lips. Fuck me.

I fucking loved the way she looked at me.

She could deny it all she wanted—she could even fear me—it didn’t fucking matter because she wanted me, and that was all there was to it.

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