Page 15 of Unraveled Love

My kiss. My touch. Me.I undid this man, and the revelation was as startling as my feelings growing for him so much faster than I ever could have imagined.

His hand at my chest shoved open the loosely clasped robe I still wore until he could press his hand beneath the shirt I had on. Heat singed the flesh at my hip, trailing north. His touch tensed, like was doing his best to hold back, and a thrill of pleasure took root inside me.

I made this man lose control, and the knowledge had heat and wetness gathering at my core, my hips already rolling and lifting, trying to find relief from the overwhelming arousal he created in me.

This. This was what I needed more than anything, the strong caress of a man who saw me as an equal. A partner.

A man who allowed me to beme,thereby only making me stronger, and it was that reason why I could give myself to him tonight, after everything I’d experienced.

It was Shawn helping me grow that made me yearn for him, made me arch my body into his while I shoved up his shirt until he was forced to remove it.

As he straddled my hips, kneeling above me, I ran my hand down the length of his chest, the curves of his pecs, the blocks of his abs, tracing my fingertip through the thin trail that started above his belly button and disappeared at the waistband of his jeans.

I stared him right in the eye and let the strength he claimed I had and that I was newly discovering shine. “I need you.”

6

Shawn

It was nearly impossible to withstand the temptation of Addi.

If she needed me, she had me, for longer than tonight. I thanked God she was safe.

For now.

I banished the warning and hungrily kissed her. Pressed my mouth to hers and caved to the need she had. The need to feel alive. The need to know she wasn’t back in a dark warehouse with guns blaring around her. I got it. I wanted to protect her and keep her safe and tuck her in a safe house permanently guarded twenty-four hours a day until this mess was settled, but I understood the need she had tonight for connection.

She arched into me, rolling her hips against my arousal and digging her hands into my hair. She pulled me so tightly to her I was losing my grip on where she ended and I began.

This wasn’t the gentle or playful sex we’d had. This was carnal, raging.

I was all in. If she needed to unleash her fears through fucking my brains out, I was more than happy to give that to her.

“Come here,” I growled, shoving my hands beneath her. With a quick twist, I flipped us over, spreading my thighs so her knees were as wide as possible, straddling me.

I slid my hands into her hair while her sounds drove me wild. There was a whisper in my head telling me to slow this down. She’d been through enough in the last few days. Hell, she’d been through enough since the first moment I met her. Maybe now wasn’t the time to unleash all my pent-up attraction to her…

She dropped her head and met my gaze.

Her cheeks were flushed, lips parted, and her green eyes were alight with a ravenous need that had my dickachingto be inside of her. Fuck the warning whispering at me. There was no way I could deny Addi anything when she was on top of me, looking down at me. She was a siren, and I was drawn to her call. Hell, I’d give her anything.

“Take whatever you need from me.”

I expected her to lean down and kiss me softly, tenderly like she usually did, almost hesitantly like she wasn’t quite so confident in her sexual appeal. Instead, she leaned back, resting on my knees. She ripped off her shirt and tossed it to the side, leaving me staring at her full breasts as she cupped and played with them while my fingers dug into her thighs.

“Addi.”

“If it’s up to me tonight, all you have to do is enjoy the ride.” She winked playfully, but I saw the terror lingering at the edges of her gaze, the tightness she was fighting through.

She licked her lips and tugged at her nipples until they were hardened, dark pink points, calling for me to put my mouth on them, to taste her flesh and make her hips jolt with pleasure from the slight sting of pain.

God.The things I wanted to do to her. The roughness in the way I wanted to take her andplayin a way I doubted she’d experienced before. Lying back and taking it wasn’t typically in my skill set when it came to the women I took to bed.

For Addi, I’d do my best to give her the freedom andcontrolshe required tonight.

Instead of sliding my hands up her ribs to her breasts to take over, I pulled at her robe that had fallen to her waist. Done, I moved my hands to the waistband of my jeans, undid the button, and slid my zipper down until my fingers brushed along her covered sex.

She gasped as my knuckle grazed her heat. “Take them off me.”

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