Page 219 of Untamed

“It took everything in me not to walk in,” I grit, the memory spilling from my mouth like it’s been waiting. “To stay outside that door. To not grab you by the hips and give you exactly what you were begging for.”

Her hips roll harder, desperate, but I keep the rhythm controlled and measured. Deep and drawn-out strokes that keep her breath stuttering and her climax close enough she can taste it, but just out of reach.

“So, I walked out.” My voice turns lower, sharper. “Forced myself to leave.”

I thrust once, slow and deep. God, she’s so wet. “But I couldn’t stop hearing it.”

Another grind.

“You. In my head. That breathy sound you made when you came. My name falling off your lips like a secret you couldn’t keep.”

She lets out a broken gasp, her forehead tipping forward to rest against mine. Her lashes flutter. She’s right there, held together only by what little I’m still holding back.

“Do you know what I did that night, bambina?” I whisper and then pause for a breath. Her lips part like she might answer, but nothing comes.

I slide my hands up her back, keeping her close. Keeping her locked to me.

“I fucked my fist raw thinking about you.”

Another slow thrust. “Spent the whole night in my bed, imagining it was you. Imagining I was buried inside you instead of my own goddamn hand.”

Her moan is sharp and breathless, her body clenching around me so tight it knocks the air from my lungs. And still, I don’t let her fall.

She’s trembling above me, breathless, strung tight, so turned on I swear I could make her fall apart with nothing but my voice.

“I couldn’t stop.” My voice is low and gruff, dragging against her clammy skin. “Even after I came… I was still rock hard. Still desperate for you.”

I run my tongue along her bottom lip and suck gently, tasting her sigh before she gives it.

“So, I kept going.” My grip tightens on her hips. “Over and over. The image of you burned behind my eyes. The sound of your voice,my name, echoing in my room like a curse I wanted to keep hearing.”

I feel her clench around me, sharp and sudden, and I moan against her mouth, the sound involuntary and raw.

“I came so fucking hard, bambina…” I lift my gaze to hers, holding it.

“Whispering your name with every wave that hit me. Like you were there. Like you were mine even then.”

Her walls tighten again, fluttering, pulsing around me, and I feel her come apart as the last word leaves my lips.

Fuck.

“Oh god, I’m coming.” She pants. “I’m coming, fuck,Ares!” She cries out, my name on her lips like a prayer, her whole body shaking above me as the climax rips through her, stealing her breath and unravelling her piece by piece.

And she takes me with her.

I bury myself deep, hands gripping her ass as I thrust one final time, hard, full, shattering. A guttural sound tears from my throat as I feel myself spill inside her, every muscle in my body seizing with the force of it.

It’s not just release...no, it’sdevastation.

Like everything I’ve ever needed is right here, in her body, in her arms, in the way she gasps against my mouth as though she never wants to let go.

We cling to each other. Breathing hard, faces flushed, drenched in sweat and shaking with everything we just took from each other.

Jordyn collapses against my chest, her heart hammering like a drum.

And I wrap my arms around hertight.

Because letting go is no longer an option...for either of us.

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