Page 119 of Stolen Fate

We kept moving until the back of my knees hit my bed.

“Jace, what—oh!”

I fell over onto the bed, and Jace followed, laying himself on top of me, settling himself between my legs. He shifted and I could feel him press against the most sensitive part of me. It was taking everything in me not to let go completely and just let him take over. Let him do with me as he wished.

He braced himself on his elbows and met my eyes, mischief dancing in those deep blue irises. I wiggled against him and he leaned down, nipping my chin playfully.

I laughed. “What are you doing? We have to get Elliot ready for school.”

“Eh, he can be late for one day, no?”

“Oh. That’s very bad, Mr. Reed.”

He grinned at me, one hand moving to the side of my face and cupping my cheek. “We can be bad parents for the day.”

“We?” I thought it was sweet that he was including me in some of the decisions for Elliot’s care, though I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or not. And to slip up and say “we,” as if I was really a part of the family wasn’t something I was sure I was ready for.

Sometimes it felt like Jace was already moving ahead in the relationship, while I spent the majority of the time playing catch up.

Did it make me a coward for guarding my heart just a little tighter?

Perhaps so, but it wasn’t something I could just turn off. Jace didn’t say anything to my question, though there was an unreadable expression in his eyes that I didn’t get to think much about because he leaned down and kissed me.

It took me two quick seconds before I got into the kiss, but when I did…

Wow.

Kissing Jace was in my top two things to do with him, next to having sex with him, of course. And Jace was very good at kissing. Placing just the right amount of pressure to leave me wanting more and using just the right amount of tongue to drive me crazy in the best way possible. I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him down closer to me, and sighed into his mouth.

He pulled back and took me in. My lips felt swollen and tingly from the kiss alone, and the only thing I wanted to do was kiss him again. I moved up and captured his lips once more, and he let me deepen the kiss, feeling the hot velvety slide of his tongue against mine, let me hold onto him and let me push all of my worries away, even if it was for a little while.

He moved his hips against mine, and it was taking everything in me not to beg him to take me then and there. But we couldn’t.

I had to wake Elliot up for school soon, and Jace had to go to work. We both had responsibilities we couldn’t neglect, but…

I just wanted to kiss him a few seconds longer.

He pushed his hips against mine once more, and I moaned into his mouth.

Jace pulled away and looked down at me, his eyes dark and lustful. Unable to help myself, I leaned up and pressed a quick kiss against him once more.

“I missed you last night,” I whispered, taking in his blue eyes and blown pupils. I loved putting that look on his face. It made me feel like a goddess. A powerful, beautiful goddess. And if I only had Jace as my one true devotee, then it was worth it.

I would create an entire religion just for this one man.

“You don’t have to miss me,” he said.

I smiled a little at that. “You know why I can’t spend the night with you. Elliot—”

“Has been sleeping in his own room for the past few nights now.”

“But what if he needs me?”

He traced a single finger around my lips, and I closed my eyes. “I missed you,” he said.

I opened my eyes and looked at him as he added, “Can we tell him about us?”

“It’s too soon, isn’t it? I don’t want to tell Elliot anything. At least not yet. I don’t know if he could even understand if we told him now.”

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