Page 96 of Shadows of You

Roan stepped back, his fingers going to the buttons on his shirt. “You’ve got me.”

I gulped as he tugged his undershirt free. I knew Roan was a large man but seeing all that muscle in the flesh nearly had me swallowing my tongue.

“Like the view?”

My eyes met his. “Could look at you forever.”

His expression softened as he kicked off his boots, and his fingers went to the button on his pants. “Seems like a waste of time to me.” He stilled for a moment. “I don’t have a condom.”

My mouth went dry. “I’m on the pill to regulate my periods. And I’ve had a checkup.”

“I have, too. And it’s been a long time for me.”

There was something about that. The trust he gave me, the way he let me in. This was more than sex.

“It’s been a long time for me, too,” I whispered.

Roan moved in a flash, jerking free the rest of his clothes and then striding toward me. My breath hitched as his big body covered mine. My legs encircled his waist, his tip bumping against my entrance.

Those endless blue eyes sought mine. “You still sure?”

My hand lifted to his stubbled cheek. “Always.”

It was all Roan needed.

He slid inside on a long glide. My eyes fluttered closed at the stretch—so much delicious pressure.

“Need those eyes,” Roan growled.

My lids flew open.

His expression was almost pained. “There she is.”

With that, he began moving. My fingers dug into his shoulders as he thrust deeper, picking up speed. Everything built all over again, quicker this time.

“Torturous heaven,” he gritted out.

My back arched, bringing Roan deeper, and he cursed. It set something free in him—that wildness in Roan finally loose.

He took me.

Each thrust was deeper than the one before. Wave after wave of sensation crashed into me, tears gathering in my eyes. It was almost more than I could take.

“One more, Tender Heart. Come with me.” Roan’s thumb found my clit, circling and then pressing.

I clamped down around him on a cry, the vise grip taking him with me. Roan drove into me again and again. We spiraled together in frenzied need.

Roan collapsed, rolling to his back and taking me with him as he still pulsed inside me.

I struggled to catch my breath. “That was…”

“Fucking awesome?”

That startled a laugh out of me.

“Please don’t,” he groaned. “You’re going to kill me.”

I tried to stop but still grinned against his neck. “For as quiet as you are most of the time, you’re surprisingly verbose during sex.”

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