Page 31 of The Photograph

She bites on her smile and grips the edge of my sweater. “Your turn.”

The sweater hits the floor next to her dress while she peruses my body slowly.

“Wow,” she whispers.

Fuck, baby.I sit her down on her bed and kneel at her feet. I place her foot on my thigh and trace the thin leather loop of the sandal to its tiny buckle before undoing it carefully.

When I slide my fingers up her smooth calf and press them in the nook of her knee, she lets out a purring sound that shoots straight to my cock. Her hands fist tight into the duvet on either side of the legs, her head is thrown back, and her eyes are closed, while her chest rises and falls fast under her panting breaths.

I swallow hard and wrap my hands under her knees to part her legs. My mouth waters as I kiss my way up the soft skin of her inner thighs, and I feel her goosebumps under my mouth.

So fucking responsive.

Aelin clenches her hand in my hair. “Gabe…”

I grab her waist to place her in the middle of the bed and lie by her side. She loops her arms around my neck and when she hooks her leg over my hip, I kiss her slow, deep, fucking her mouth with mine. Damn, can she kiss. She sucks on my tongue, and I feel the pull in my cock begging to be inside her. I need to taste her. Every inch of her. I lick her neck, her chest, and dive on the tight nipples. The bite of her fingernails at the back of neck spurs me on and I draw deep.

I need more. I need in.I haven’t been this out of control since…Fuck.

“Gabe…”

When she arches her back and strokes me through my pants, I roll her on her back and dive my fingers into her panties.Wet. Hot—

“No…”

Aelin gasps. Her body stiffens and her fingers clamp on my wrist. I whip my eyes up and freeze.

Her face is pale, her chin’s trembling as she archesdowninto the mattress. Away from my touch.I’m hurting her.I reel up, but she digs her nails into my wrist.

“S-stay…” she hushes out.

Something’s very wrong.I bring the back of her hand to my mouth. “What’s wrong, baby?”

She exhales a sharp breath. “Not … not with your h-hand.”

Moving slowly, with my eyes locked on hers, I shift my weight on my forearms and set my hips between hers. I kiss her trembling lips soft and gentle until she opens wider and sighs in my mouth.The noises she makes…

I slant back, and she opens her molten gold gaze on mine. Flushed. Panting.So beautiful.

Something softens in my chest while my heartbeat rages, and I rub my nose to hers.

“My mouth?”

She bites on her smile, nods, and I get harder.

I nibble on her bottom lip. “My cock?”

Aelin touches my cheek while her eyes darken. “Yes.”

Fuck, yes.“Your wish is my command, beautiful.”

Her mouth opens under mine. She snakes her arms around my neck, and I kiss her. Slow and deep at first, then hard and hungry while she wraps her long legs around my waist.

Yes, baby.

When I kneel up between her legs, she raises on her elbows and flicks back a stray lock of her hair that drifted across her face. Hooking my fingers on the sides of her panties, I slide them down her shapely legs, and swallow hard.Every inch of her is perfect. And ready.

Standing up at the foot of her bed, I undress and toss the rubbers on the bedside table while Aelin’s gaze pans slowly over me.

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