stop, Zoe? When I was going out of my fucking mind thinking you died, did you fucking stop?”
“I…” I gasp when he bites my sensitive nipple. “I won’t do it again.”
“Damn right you won’t.”
“Shadow…”
His finger slips inside me, and my back arches. He cocks an eyebrow. “What?”
“I…”
“What is it?”
I groan my frustration. “You’re such an infuriating bastard and –” He hooks his index finger inside me and adds another finger. “Oooh.”
“Try again.”
I melt into him. Any fight in me dissipates and I cave in.
“Please… please…”
“You won’t leave me again, won’t you, Zoe?”
“I won’t.”
I’d tell him anything if he keeps that rhythm with his fingers.
“Good girl.” His thumb flicks my clit and the orgasm hits me with a strength that blinds me. I nearly black out, but I hold onto him with all my might as the wave sweeps me over.
I’m not completely down when I sense Shadow nudging at my entrance. He’s hard and thick and so ready. I blink a few times, the remnants of tears sticking to my lashes. I didn’t even register when he removed his trousers.
For a moment, I’m worried about how he’ll fit and if I’ll accommodate him. The doctor said sex was fine — even when I didn’t ask — but what if this hurts the baby and –
Shadow holds my face in his strong hands so my whole attention stays on him. The intimacy in those dark overcast eyes undoes me.
He’ll crush me.
He’ll break me apart.
And I’ll let him.
He’s not only fishing into my soul. He’s giving me a piece of his in return. Just like me, he knows that this connection is wrong but nothing has ever felt so right before. He must hate me like I hate him for all the confusing feelings, but he can’t hide his attraction either.
He thrusts inside me, and all I can focus on are those stormy eyes. He rolls his hips slowly at first, but as soon as I move in rhythm with him, Shadow increases his tempo.
It takes a few seconds for him to find his pace. He curses as he goes out of control.
He pounds into me with a maddened urgency that matches my own. I cling to him and whisper in his ear that I hate him and that he drives me crazy. He whispers back that he hates me, too, and that crazy is his speciality.
The orgasm hits me with a harder force than the previous one. My head falls on Shadow’s shoulder. I don’t know if we come at the same time or if he follows, but I can feel him spilling inside me.
I would’ve been worried about that if he didn’t already knock me up.
Our harsh breaths mingle together and our heartbeats throb against one another.
That was mind-blowing. No. It was something that I won’t come back from. From this moment on, nothing will ever be the same.
He rolls on his back and pulls me so I’m splayed on top of him. I lie my head on Shadow’s chest and let my fingers roam over his ink and the hard ridges of his chest. It’s strange how his presence calms me down after so much chaos.
“What does this mean?” I circle the Chinese character atop his pectoral muscle.
“Shadow.” His voice is quiet. The quietest I’ve heard him.
Maybe he’s regretting this?
My heart plummets to the dark pits of my soul at the thought.
“Zoe?”
I’m still in a haze, I don’t realise that someone is calling my name.
It isn’t Shadow.
There’s a knock on the door. Liam.
Oh. Son of a gun. I completely forgot about him.
I jerk up. “Coming!”
Shadow grabs my arm and yanks me back to the bed. A dark smirk on his lips. “You just did.”
I suppress a smile and swat him away. “You have to go.”
I’m not ready to do introductions between him and Liam. What will I say, anyway? ‘Hey, Li, here’s Shadow and he’s one of the criminals you’re trying to catch.’ They’ll kill each other.
Nope. An introduction is off the table.
“Or I can kill him,” Shadow murmurs in a completely serious tone.
“Shadow!” I whisper yell.
“Zoe?” Liam repeats in a cautious tone. “What’s going on?”
“Just a sec!” I push Shadow, but he doesn’t budge.
His brows furrow and a muscle clenches in his jaw. “You don’t kick me out for another man after I blew my load inside you, Zoe.”
“Please,” I beg. “Just go.”
When he still doesn’t move, I stroke his cheek and plant a kiss on the corner of his mouth. “Please.”