Page 140 of Unstoppable Billionaire

I hear us panting hard from the exertion.

Synced breathing.Good girl.My mind smiles.

I realize I'm sitting cross-legged in his lap, literally cradled in his arms.One hand cups my ass.The other is at the nape of my neck, securing my head like a baby's.Hmm.I feel so safe in his arms.Forget Tony Stark.I'll take the Bastard son of Thor.My mind smiles again.I'm def gonna learn about that soon!Holy Hades!If he's hotter than what we just did, I'm down for some of him!I feel the sweet sensations of Aurei's thumbs gently stroking me in aftercare.Back and forth.Back and forth.That's comforting.Mmm.They make me feel ...truly cherished.

I turn my head slightly, laying my cheek on him.My forehead touches his neck.I whisper."Aurei?"

"Yes, Baby Thang?"He whispers back.

"Thank you."

"Hmm."I hear his throat hum.

"For owning me."

His arms hug me tight."You … own me."He turns his head and kisses the top of my hair.Then he gently sinks to the floor, holding me close with my head on his shoulder.He lies down.He positions me so I'm curled up on his chest.We lay exhausted.My ear pressed to him hears his heart beating and his breath breathing.The other ear hears the stillness of the air and his breath blowing it around.

When Aurei speaks, it rumbles in his chest and vibrates into the stillness."Siri, promise me you will never attempt that without me.Never.Only bare hands.Onlymybare hands.Do you hear me?"He hugs me tight."It's dangerous."

I hear his plea, and my ear pressed to his chest hears the fear in his darkness, and I remember his warrior's face."Aurei.Have you killed someone like that?"

"No.Not like that."

"But you have killed someone?"

He hesitates, then says."Yes."

"With your bare hands?"

"Yes."

"Was it an accident?"

"No."

"Was it murder?"I lift my head to see his face.My hair envelopes us, shielding us from the rest of the world like a cocoon.

"No.It was in war."

"Oh."I slide up and stare into his face."Does it haunt you?What happened?"

"You don't need to know that, Beautiful Thang.War is ugly."He puts his hands on either side of my face and slides his fingers in my hair."You are simply stunning, Siri."

I smile at him.He puckers his lips, and I lay mine on his.I breathe his breath as I hold them there."Your lips are a contradiction."

"How can lips be a contradiction?"His eyes smile while his lips answer back on mine.

"They are soft and firm."I run my tongue out of my mouth and slide it from one side of his to the other."You do that sometimes when you are thinking."

"Do what?"

"Run your tongue like this, back and forth."I run my tongue back and forth over his lips again."It's sexy as fuck too."

"I didn't know I did that."

"And sometimes you stick your tongue in the corner and flick it."I grin at him."Bet you didn't know you did that either."

He grins."Maybe I did know I do that."I see trickery in his eyes.

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