Page 34 of Burdens
I wanted to bury myself in her and remember what she felt like.
She opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out. She licked her lips and tried again, my name coming out of her mouth in a whisper this time.
A low growl slipped past my lips at the sound and my gaze darted back to her eyes to see her studying me. The previous glint I’d noticed in her eyes earlier was now replaced with a hunger that I was sure matched mine.
I pushed up and pressed my lips to hers tentatively, her eyes closing at the contact. When her lips didn’t move against mine, I pulled back, flames of shame that I’d misread the situation licking at my chest. “I shouldn’t have, I’m sor?—”
Dazed, she opened her eyes, leaving the words stuck in my throat because in the next moment, her hands grabbed the sides of my face and she kissed me.
Shewas kissing me, her soft lips moving over mine. I felt an instant rush of relief that she wanted the same. It felt… overwhelming.
Kissing her felt like the wind had gotten knocked out of me, like the earth spun on its axis as our lips met and I was slammed onto my back, the taste of her driving the air from my lungs.
Yet simultaneously, it felt like she breathed life back into me.
I slid my hands around her back and up to her neck, sliding my fingers into her hair and tugging her closer. I licked the seam of her lips, coaxing them further open, and with every swipe of tongue, she rocked her body against mine.
It took everything I had in me not to throw her on the floor, undress, and fuck her until the only thing she could say was my name over and over again in ecstasy.
Lick her everywhere until all I could taste for days was her. Then do it all over again because I knew that once would never be enough. I’d known it that night two months ago and the thought was only being reinforced with the way her sweet moans filled every nook and cranny of my brain.
“Amalia,” I groaned into her mouth.
Her teeth nipped at my lips as she breathed out a, “What?” before kissing me again.
“We should—” I said against her lips between kisses. “We should stop.”
Her lips paused on mine and when I opened my eyes to look into hers, a frown appeared between her brows. Her bruised lips turned down as she lifted her face away from mine.
Before she could misinterpret my words, I moved my hand to cup her cheek, my thumb brushing over her puffed up lips, aiming to replace the scowl there with a smile.
“Let me be clear,” I said, moving my thumb up to gently swipe over her cheekbone.
My eyes flickered between hers as I finally confessed what I’d been denying myself since I met her. Fuck the consequences, I’d deal with them later as long as it meant I could have her. Even if it was just for a little while.
“I want you. In more ways than one.” My hand moved to the back of her head, my fingers gripping her nape and bringing her head down. I pressed a kiss to her lips before pulling away but kept our lips a mere breath away. “I want to see you. I want to fuck you again and again,” I whispered against her lips before nipping at her bottom one and kissing it again. She inhaled a sharp breath and her chest moved up and down, up and down. “But I want to take my time, and not on a gym floor.”
She let out a small laugh and it felt like the greatest reward to draw a smile from her, becauseGodshe was a fucking sight when she smiled.
She groaned. “Fine, when you say it like that,” she said before placing a brief kiss on my lips. She then pushed herself up, removing her weight from my body, and I instantly missed her on top of me.
She stood and I rolled to my knees in front of her. My hands trailed up her bare legs and to her hips, holding her. My lips hovered over her front and I looked up, locking my gaze with hers and watching a blush bloom onto her face.
“It’ll be worth the wait, I promise,” I whispered against the fabric of her biker shorts before moving my mouth upward and pressing a kiss to her covered hip bone.
Then I stood, my body brushing against hers in the process. I stole one last chaste kiss on my way up—I couldn’t help myself—then put a healthy distance between us before I went back on my words and had my way with her right here, right now.
I’d barely gotten a taste and I was already insatiable.
She moved to grab her things and I walked over to the bench to grab mine. When I turned around, her eyes were cast downward, her irises slightly widening.
I adjusted myself in my gym shorts and marched over to her. “Eyes are up here, pretty girl,” I teased, something I rarely did anymore, and wrapped my arms over her shoulder, bringing her into my side.
She chuckled and smacked my chest as I pressed a kiss to the top of her head. Once outside, I kissed her for a few more minutes before we parted ways. She made her way back to the facility where her dorms were while I walked to my apartment situated a few blocks down the road from the Academy.
After I showered and lay in bed attempting to fall asleep, all I could think of was when the next time I’d get to have her all to myself would be.
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