Blackbird's Fall - Jenika Snow Page 0,23

because I don’t want you to think I was disregarding you.” He took a step closer. The door started slowly closing on its own once he wasn’t holding it anymore, and her heart beat faster as they became locked in her room, so to speak.

“I’m okay.” Her words came out tight, and she knew he could tell she was still so aroused. But then again, when she lowered her gaze to his chest, and lower still, she could see he was sporting a massive erection behind his towel.

“Good,” he said again and moved closer.

“But I want you to know I didn’t try to kiss you because I was too drunk, or because talking about my parents made me desperate for human contact.” Maya found herself moving back a step. “I tried to kiss you, because I wanted to.”

He seemed frozen for a moment and then moved a step closer. “That’s what I feared, why I pushed you away.”

She shook her head. “I know you thought that, and that’s why I wanted to clear it up.” She swallowed again. Why was her throat so dry all of a sudden?

He moved closer still, and that’s when she scented the soap coming from him. The baths nowadays were cold, unless she had the time to heat the water up and wanted it to be “luxurious.” Anymore, she just washed and got out, not caring that she was shivering by the time it was said and done. Hell, she didn’t even care if it was cold outside and she went for a swim, especially when the weather wasn’t frigid yet.

“I want you, Maya. I want to be the ‘good guy’ for you, but I don’t know if I can be.”

She licked her lips. “You are a good guy.” She moved back another step until the wall stopped her. She was breathing hard now, her pussy wet, her nipples hard. He was close enough now that she felt his warm breath moving along her hair.

“Do you feel the same for me?” he asked in a soft voice.

“Yes,” she whispered.

And then he had his mouth on hers and kissed her hard and with possession. It was exactly what she envisioned a kiss from Marius would feel like.

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Marius was so hard. His cock throbbed behind the towel, and all he wanted to do was rip her fucking clothes away and bottom out inside her. A groan left him at the image that thought conjured up. The only thing that mattered right now was this woman, this sweet, soft woman who was opening her mouth and stroking her tongue against his. He knew she’d seen the erection he sported, knew it turned her on. He’d seen her reaction, the way her breathing changed, her nipples hardened, and her mouth parted.

Marius reached out and took her nape in his hand, pulling her forward. Maya gasped when her chest slammed into his. She braced her hands on his pecs and curled her nails into his flesh. He hissed out from how good it felt.

His cock jerked from the softness of her, from the scent of lemons that came from her, and at the way she broke the kiss and looked up at him with wide, vibrant eyes. Lowering his head toward hers again, he claimed her mouth, licked and sucked at her tongue when she opened for him, and groaned against her lips.

“I need you.”

“I need you too,” she moaned.

He didn’t break their kiss as he reached between their bodies with one hand and all but tore her oversized shirt from her. He was a madman, a beast, and all he wanted was their naked bodies pressed together.

She was hot and sweet and surrendered herself to him, because she wanted this, no, needed it as much as he did. When she put her hands on his chest and pushed him away, taking a step back was really damn hard, but she had control, had the power, even if he was the dominant one.

Marius looked his fill of her now nude body. She hadn’t been wearing a bra or panties, and the sight of her in the candlelight had his cock jerking. Christ, her body was a work of goddamned art.

“I want this, Marius. I really want this.”

He swallowed hard and moved his hand down to rub his palm over his erection. The damn thing was liable to explode if he didn’t add a little bit of pressure to the bastard. He planned on jerking off in the bath, but he