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She sucked in a sharp breath. I felt it in my dick.

“And there is no point begging. You will only come when I say you can.”

Chapter Thirty-Nine

ESMERALDA

Scientists all around Neves needed to conduct an experiment to verify whether it was possible to die from having too many orgasms.

Because I nearly died last night.

I was railed endlessly by an animal who just happened to look and sound like my boyfriend. Thrown into every position my body could contort in until the early hours of the morning. And he didn’t give me mind-blowing orgasm after leg-shaking orgasm. Nope.

Kai controlled my climaxes in every sense of the word.

He didn’t let me have them until I cried and begged and submitted to his every filthy command. Then he demanded them like they were in his rights to have until I sobbed and pleaded that I didn’t have any more to give him. But he found them; stole them like a thief on a most wanted list. He fucking sucked every single one from me like a vampire sucked blood and left me lifeless.

Though I couldn’t complain. I had enjoyed every helpless moment he had me pinned down, strumming my pleasure to whatever rhythm he wanted.

The next morning, I stirred awake under a feather-light caress of fingers shaping my eyebrow. Not to an eyeful of sexy man-chest again—Kai hated the cold too much to be the kind of guy who slept naked or even shirtless. He hadn’t even let me sleep naked. But I did get an eyeful of sexy muscle-bod in a tight white thermal undershirt with an arm folded under his head.

A shy curl pulled at my lips. “Hi,” I croaked, angling my face against the pillow up to his.

“Hi,” he replied, his gravelly voice vibrating in my middle, as he traced his thumb down my jaw.

“How long have you been watching me sleep?”

“Ten, fifteen minutes.”

I scrunched my nose. “Creep.”

I could just see his dimple peeking out against his bicep even though his brows furrowed. “I’m not a creep.” His thumb tugged at my bottom lip. “I like seeing you asleep next to me. It feels like you trust me. Like you feel safe with me, and that makes me…happy.”

Dammit. He wasn’t supposed to give a pure answer that made my heart do cartwheels like a child on a sugar rush.

I could have teased him and said I slept so soundly because he fucked all the energy out of me, but I didn’t want to ruin what he’d said. Plus, maybe there was no scientific evidence that proved it, but seeing as I had lost my ability to sleep when I’d lost my sense of security, I didn’t think he was wrong to say that I had found it again with him. Kai gave me every ounce of security I had ever wanted.

I smiled and wriggled closer to him, hooking a leg over his thighs and an arm over his waist. He chuckled lightly and squeezed his arms around me, tucking my head under his chin.

“No gym today?” I mumbled into his chest. He smelt so good, so warm and masculine with a sweet hint of his cologne from his undershirt.

“No.” He rubbed a hand up and down my back. “I wanted to make sure you were okay.”

My face knew exactly what he was talking about and heated to a hundred degrees. “My thighs are a bit sore,” I said quietly. “I think the hickeys you left on my back are too.”

His hand immediately lifted from my back. “I’m sorry. There is some balm in the bathroom. It should relieve the pain within a few minutes. I’ll go get it and—”

“Wait, I was kidding. It was a joke,” I said with a chuckle and latched onto his arm to stop him from rolling over to the edge of the bed. “Nothing hurts. I’m fine. Just achy—maybe.”

“That wasn’t funny.”

I tipped my chin up audaciously. “Think of it as revenge for making me beg so much last night.”

His lips twitched, but his frown remained stubborn as he rolled back towards me. And closer. And closer. I quickly found myself shrinking into the pillow as he climbed over me, settling his weight between my legs. Oh shit.

“I’m going to remember your revenge, Babble,” he rasped, eyes glinting, “and next time, you will only have yourself to thank when I keep you begging for longer.”

I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t reply, but then he dropped his head and licked straight across my lips, morning breath be damned. I squeaked in surprise, my hands jerking up to cup his face as he chuckled. But he was already dipping his mouth to lick and kiss all over my neck.

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