Total pages in book: 85
Estimated words: 82415 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 412(@200wpm)___ 330(@250wpm)___ 275(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 82415 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 412(@200wpm)___ 330(@250wpm)___ 275(@300wpm)
Despite how irritated he sounds, I feel his smile against my face.
I crush my lips back down against his. Our hands are in a frenzy, pulling off our towels as I guide him to the bed, barely pulling our lips apart to get in it until he’s straddling my waist, his hard cock thrusting against my abdomen.
“God,” he whispers after another lengthy kiss. “Your lips are so fucking incredible.” His gaze meets mine. “You’re so incredible, Alexei.”
“Syphor doesn’t seem to think so.” I meant it as a joke, or I felt like that before I said it, but something about the words as they came out rang true, stung at something in me, knowing I was so disposable to that creature.
Useless, really.
“Sorry, I don’t know where that came from,” I say. “Trauma does weird shit to you, right?”
Matteo’s nostrils flare, his jaw tightening as he rests his hand against the side of my face. “Hey, we both know Syphor was a fucking moron. He underestimated you, and that’s why he’s gone.” He studies my expression. “And I underestimated you too.”
His confession takes me by surprise. “I never felt like you underestimated me.”
“Really? Because a few months ago, I just thought you were a cool, sexy guy. I didn’t have a fucking clue that you could have this kind of power over me. That I could spend my days thinking about this smile. Or these eyes, like bursting stars. Or those lips…and don’t even get me started on the ass.” He says that with a low growl at the end.
Damn, the guy knows how to say the right thing at the right time.
“It’s more than that, though. It’s how easy it is to be with you. How safe I feel when I’m around you. How kind and considerate you are. That you’re willing to put your life on the line to save others. We had a fucked-up start, but I don’t regret any of it.”
“I don’t either.” I trail my fingers across the side of his face. “Because I don’t know that I would have ever known just what kind of guy you were if I hadn’t seen you throw yourself into trying to rescue me from a cult.”
Matteo snickers, tucking his head down like he’s embarrassed about his misunderstanding.
“It’s not funny,” I go on. “You didn’t know me. You could have ignored it, gotten on with your life, but you went out of your way to help me, a guy you barely knew. And I’m glad I got to see that side, and also your sacrifice as you went right into that frat house with me.”
I stare into those gorgeous hazel eyes, hypnotized, as he says, “I love you, Alexei.”
A powerful sensation ripples through me, shaking me to my core. It’s as though I’ve been waiting to hear those words from Matteo my entire life, and mine come so effortlessly.
“I love you too, Matteo.”
His lips are back on mine in no time, and as he rolls over, I roll with him so I’m on top.
When I lean back, he gazes up at me with an eager expression. “Fuck me, Alexei. Take this ass and make it yours.”
“With pleasure.”
As I reach over to the nightstand and grab the lube, he runs his hand down my side, stroking me and looking me over in a way that assures me Syphor didn’t know what the hell he was talking about.
27
MATTEO
“You think you’d like a massage?” Alexei asks, his weight pushing against me. “That made things a lot easier for me.”
Another reminder of what a considerate guy he is.
“I mean, when you were nervous, I thought it would help. But I’m not nervous, Alexei.” Not only am I not nervous, I fucking need him inside me. “Come on. Get inside me. Mark me with your cum. Claim me.”
That adorable smile perks up before he kisses me, then moves down, kissing my chin before trailing kisses down my body. When he reaches my cock, he licks it, then takes it into his mouth. I relax as he pumps me with his lips, pulling the precum right from me as he works me like it’s his fucking job. Then he releases me, letting my cock fall against my abs as he moves farther down, to this ass I’ve gotten ready just for him.
I pull my legs back, displaying my ass for him the way he once did for me. He offers a tender kiss against my hole, then another, before his tongue slips in. It reminds me of the way we make out, even the way he gets greedy for it, hooking his arms under my thighs and really getting in there, like he’s worshipping it. He takes his time the way I did with him, easing a finger in first, then another, reaching that spot, forcing another bead of precum from the head.