Page 65 of No Apologies
Skylar fought his hold on her hair for the first time and he instantly let go. No doubt he did so now because he thought he’d succeeded in pushing her away. He expected her to shove him off for being so rough and crude and leave him. She pulled off of him so she could speak. She didn’t want there to be any confusion on his part when he thought back on this moment.
“No. Not even close to enough.”
Her refusal to back down made something dark and dangerous flare in his eyes. Since she was on her knees and at his mercy, she wasn’t prepared when he reached down and grabbed her arms. He moved fast, hauling her up to her feet and then spinning her around. He plastered his front to her back and pinned her against the table in one easy move.
When he gripped her chin and dragged her head back for another roughly possessive kiss, her knees went weak. He’d barely touched her. He’d used her rough and hard, just as he’d said he would. And all she wanted was more. He snarled as he broke the kiss and she whimpered at the loss of his lips.
“Goddamnit. You’d let me hurt you?”
“Holding back hurts me. Pushing me away hurts me. This?” She gasped as she tried to suck in much needed air, “This doesn’t hurt. Give me more.”
He growled as he kicked her legs apart and ground his erection into her ass, “You want this?”
“Yes.”
He cursed again and then his hands were moving south. He ripped her jeans down her legs, taking her panties with them. She tried to help pull them off but he smacked her hands away.
“Put them on the table and keep them there.”
She did as she was told. Why wouldn’t she? Everything he’d done to her so far had only made her achy and needy. She needed to come, soon. Felt like she would combust any second and she wanted him inside her when that happened. The memory of having had that last night made her moan when she felt him prod at her entrance.
She opened her mouth to beg him, to plead with him not to tease her, to give her what she needed, but before she could utter a word his hands went to her hips. He gripped her tight and pulled her back at the same time he shoved forward, impaling her. And she saw stars.
“Yes!” She screamed as he pulled out and thrust again, hard enough to have her bending over the table and coming up on her toes to regain her balance.
It was just as hard and rough as he’d promised it would be and her entire body lit up like a live wire. Yes. This was what she needed, what she’d always needed. Colt, completely out of control, needing her and taking her. After a few more brutal shoves inside of her, she was tilting her hips back trying to take more of him.
“You’re soaking wet and gripping me like a vise.” He snarled at her ear, “You like this?”
“Yes. God, yes. Please…” She squeaked when his motions slowed, “Don’t stop. Please don’t stop.”
Despite her protests, Colt jerked free of her body once more and she felt it like the loss of a limb. This was it. He was going to torture her by withholding her release. If he walked away from her now, like this, she feared she might never forgive him.
“Damn it Sky.”
She whimpered, trying to process what was happening through the whirlwind of her desire and her need and her emotions. Colt turned her around and then lifted her to the table. He cupped her cheeks between his hands and forced her to meet his gaze.
She blinked, confused by the sudden softness she saw there. He was studying her face as if she was the confusing one and his brows furrowed at whatever he saw there. She reached for him, already hating the distance between them, and this time he let her wrap her arms around his neck.
“You said you’d take whatever you could get with me?”
She didn’t understand the question so she nodded, “Yes.”
“Even if this is all I can give you?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
With one simple yet complex question, her crazy, swirling emotions stilled and her heart melted. Reassurance. That’s what he’d been looking for on her face. The strong, confident man in front of her needed reassurance and she was helpless not to try and give him what he needed. Colt held his breath but she couldn’t hold back, not anymore, not here and not now.
“Because I love you.”
A pained, almost fearful expression crossed his handsome face and her heart broke all over again. It shattered. Because she could see the uncertainty there and she knew she was on the verge of losing him. She tightened her grip on him and met his gaze, praying that he wouldn’t shut her out for something that had never been in her control.
She loved him but she knew him well enough to know he couldn’t just accept it.
“You don’t have to say it back. You don’t even have to feel the same way. It won’t change how I feel about you, Colt. Nothing will, because nothing can. I love you. I think I’ve always loved you.”
