Page 49 of Love Lives
Aldrich's gaze swept lower. "How about your pants?"
"I have two more pairs."
Apparently, Aldrich didn't think I needed more than that. In two seconds flat, he'd torn my pants off me as well.
"What a waste," I said, if only because I didn't want to admit that it was kind of hot. "You really have no manners at all."
Aldrich gave me a saucy smile. "Maybe you can teach me. Is that what you're into? Roleplay?" He lowered his voice, pressing close to speak into my ear. "I can be whatever you want me to be."
He'd made me that promise before, but never in a way that made shivers of anticipation go down my spine. "I don't need you to be anyone but yourself."
"I can be that." His thumb traced my lower lip as he studied my face, suddenly serious. "Trust me?"
I really shouldn't have said, "Yes," as easily as I did. He was a vampire, and he had enough strength to crush me with his hands if he wanted too, but that didn’t scare me. This vampire would never hurt me.
Aldrich rewarded my response with a smile. The next thing I knew, he was throwing me on the bed. "I know exactly what I'm going to do with you," he promised.
"Does it involve you losing any of your clothes?"
Aldrich laughed. "Sure. All of them."He didn't quite tear his own clothes off his body, but close enough. Need built in my groin as his naked body revealed itself under his shirt, under his pants...
I hadn't been wrong about the size of his package. My eyes were glued to it as his underwear came off. "Any illusions?" I asked.
"Nope, that's all real," Aldrich promised. "I could give myself some fake boobs if you would like that."
"That's really not necessary." I got the feeling that if Aldrich was actually female and he had boobs, I would enjoy those, but I didn't need him to magic them up for me.
"You're still wearing your underwear." He climbed on the bed with me. "Can't have that. I've already shown you mine."
He had indeed. My breath caught in my throat as my eyes wandered to his cock again. For some reason, I just couldn't stop myself.
"Look all you want," he said. "But I'll have a look too." He hooked his fingers in the waistband of my boxers and pulled. Not as quickly as he'd dealt with the rest of my clothes, though. He was taking his time now, as if he didn't want to spoil the surprise for himself. I didn't try to rush him either. He'd waited long enough for this moment, after all. Inch by inch, my boxer shorts slid down my legs, exposing my cock to the cool air of the room as it sprang free from its prison. "Very nice," Aldrich murmured. "And already hard for me too."
I swallowed, but my throat was so dry it almost hurt. Aldrich grinned down at me. "Nervous?"
Like hell was I ever going to admit that to him. Truth was, though, I wasn't like him. I didn't just do things without thinking about them. This was no different. Or maybe it was, because when the vampire dipped his head to kiss me again, my thoughts just kind of... stopped.Nothing mattered except for this moment. Except for him and me, in this bed, together. Both of us naked.
Just a week ago I would have denied the possibility of this ever happening, and yet here we were. And I had absolutely no desire to be anywhere else.
His mouth still tasted of blood. One of his hands slid down the side of my body, tracing my bare skin under his fingertips while his tongue touched mine. My skin tingled and my cock pulsed.
God, I'd never wanted to be touched by someone this badly. And not just to be touched. I wanted to feel his teeth again too. That was the weirdest thing. I wasn't going to overanalyze that now, though. Maybe later. When my mind wasn't doused in hormones anymore.
Aldrich's mouth left mine, only to move lower. He kissed my jaw, then my neck, licked his way down to my chest. I inhaled as his thumb rubbed one of my nipples, but he didn't linger there. No, his goal was pretty obvious--and Aldrich always went straight for what he wanted.
One of his hands wrapped around my dick, making me arch my back. It was weird when I thought about it--to have another man's fist around my cock--but I couldn't deny how good it felt. Couldn't deny the way desire pooled in my groin.
"Aldrich--"
"Shh," he shushed me, again with that predatory grin. It was way sexier than it should have been too. "Just lay back and relax."
Well, if that was what he wanted... I tried to relax back into the sheets. Not an easy feat while Aldrich's fingers fondled my balls and I kind of just wanted to reach for myself to take some of the pressure off.
But then Aldrich kissed the inside of my thigh, just to the left of my balls. It would have been an almost innocent gesture--if he weren't showing his teeth now.
God, did he mean to... was he going to...?
He grinned at me again, as if he could tell exactly what was going through my head, and then he bit me. It was a short bite, just a nip, really, but it sent endorphins racing through my bloodstream like nobody's business. A little shot of adrenaline that had me gasping for air the moment his lips left my skin.
