Page 152 of Caged Between the Beta & Alpha
I froze, slipping the jacket off from around my shoulders, my heart thundering. I turned slowly, looking up at him…Follow your heart, not your mind…
“Yes,” I whispered. He hesitated.
“Do you trust me?” He asked, but I felt the question was, did he trust himself?
“I do,” I said quietly.
I didn’t need to say more as he stepped inside and shut the door behind him.Be still,I told my heart. Suddenly, my room felt far too small.
“I feel like we’re missing something, too,” I said, trying to lift the sexual tension that had settled between us. Trying to ignore the ache between my legs and focus on reality.
“Me too. The pouch was too… classy for Owen. Keeping teeth? Washing them and then placing them in a jar…. He can’t even fucking put his dirty underwear in the wash,” Liam said as I heard him lock the door.
“Good point,” I agreed as I walked over to my dresser and began removing my jewellery.
Liam walked over to me, and my heart thundered as he reached up and began to remove my necklaces. His fingers brushed my neck, making my breath hitch. He slowly dropped the first necklace onto the dresser.
“And how fucking elusive it’s been up to now for us to find evidence, then Owen being poisoned…”
“But no one knew our plan,” I whispered breathlessly before swallowing hard and clearing my throat.Goddess!
“There are ways we could have been heard… I don’t know, I fucking don’t know… but I told Dad I don’t think it’s Owen. He’s too fucking dumb.” I smiled at that.
“Good point. So are you saying the killer’s still out there?”
“I think so, but until Owen wakes up, we won’t know for sure. Dad will lift the curfew, but we are stillgoing to investigate everyone,” Liam said, placing the third necklace down before he started to remove the pins from my hair.
I looked at him in the mirror, our eyes meeting as he ran his fingers through my hair, letting it down. He brushed it over one shoulder, leaving my mark uncovered as he looked down at it. I saw the flash of guilt in his eyes before he looked back up at me.
“I’m sorry… sorry for this,” he said, his fingers brushing over his mark and leaving a whisper of sparks in his wake. He was sorry; I could feel his guilt through the bond before he put his walls up. Taking hold of my shoulders, he turned me to face him. “I can’t fucking turn back time... but I promise, for as long as I live, I’ll make it up to you.”
I wrapped my arms around his neck, my heart pounding as I allowed myself to embrace him. He hesitated before he wrapped his arms around me tightly. Our bodies moulded together as one, and my core throbbed. Although I knew I wasn’t ready to go back to how we used to be right then, something told me our understanding and connection would be so much better this time around…
Liam
I wrapped myarms around her, my hands roaming her back. The feel of her skin through the thin lace of her top sent sparks running through me. Fuck, she felt so good. I throbbed against her, biting back a growl of approval as she leaned into me, her fingers grazing the back of my neck. I nuzzled my nose against her neck, her fresh floral scent clouding my senses as she sighed softly, her lips grazing my earlobe. My eyes flashed, and the urge to kiss her grew stronger, but I couldn’t…
“Liam…” she moaned breathlessly, the tantalising scent of her arousal seeping into the air.
Fuck…
I squeezed her ass, kissing her neck sensually. The moment my lips trailed along her collarbones, she whimpered loudly, sighing in pure bliss the moment my lips touched her mark. Extra sensitive.
I’ll change it. One day I’ll make the memory less painful… somehow.
I wouldn’t last long enough.The negative dark thoughts came to the forefront of my mind, and the doubts grew as the darkness tried to push forward.
Not this time.
I kissed her harder, sucking slightly on her slender neck, guilt wracking me at what I had done. I had no right to-
“Hey…” She pulled back suddenly, cupping my face as I looked away from her.
“I’m fine,” I said, unable to look her in the eye.
“You’re not…” she said softly. Reaching up, she placed a soft kiss on the corner of my lips.
Our eyes met before my gaze fell to her lips. The pull… I was torn. Torn by the animalistic side that wanted to consume her completely, to devour her and fuck her senseless, and the other side that felt guilt for what I had put her through.
