Sinful Ever After (Sinful Serenade Book 5) - Crystal Kaswell Page 0,35
that."
She's still baiting me. I do realize I'm easy to bait. My temper has a short fuse. But I'm never going to apologize for protecting the people I love, even if they prefer non-violence.
As far as I'm concerned, any guy who touches Kara doesn't deserve hands. Or breath.
My hand finds the neckline of her shirt. I play with it until her eyes are closed and she's purring lightly. I want to know what's wrong, but she's not going to talk until she relaxes.
I lay Kara on the bed and lie next to her. Immediately, she shifts her body toward mine, hooking her leg over my hip and cupping my cheek with her palm. The tenderness of her touch makes me warm everywhere.
Damn, her body is soft. Her tits pressed against my chest is heaven.
My cock stirs. It's impatient.
She lets out a soft gasp. "Already?"
I bring my hand to her ass to pull her closer. God damn, our bodies feel good like this. My hands want to stroke every inch of her skin.
My hands are greedy fuckers. They want her coming again and again.
As badly as I want to pin her to the bed, hike her skirt to her waist, and plant my head between her thighs, I need to make sure she's okay first.
I press my palms into her upper back, over her shirt, and pull her body into mine. "What's wrong?"
She shakes her head.
"Kara. Whatever it is, I want to help."
Again, she shakes her head. Her hand goes to her cheek. It's hard to make out her expression in the dark, but it looks like she's crying.
She sniffles. A sob breaks through her throat.
"Fuck." She wipes her tears and buries her face in my chest.
Her eyelashes brush against my skin. I can feel her tears against my chest. She's really crying.
I need to make that better.
I bring my hand to her chin and tilt her head so we're eye to eye. "Talk to me."
She wipes her eyes and stares at her palm like it did her wrong.
I've seen it do her very, very right a number of times. Blood rushes to my cock as I replay the image of her fucking herself for my viewing pleasure.
Can't go there yet.
I squeeze her hand.
She sighs with pleasure as she rubs her crotch against mine. "You're still hard."
"You forget the part where I fuck you after you talk to me?"
"That's a when. It's the chronology, so it's a when."
I laugh. "Ms. K is correcting my grammar."
She nods. "I... I don't know what to say." A sob breaks up her words. She blinks away a tear. The break only lasts a moment. She brings her hand to my waist and buries her face in my chest. "I'm not seducing you very well."
"You've done better before."
She laugh-cries. I pull her closer. I need to soothe her somehow.
My hand goes to the back of her head, cradling it. "What is it?"
"I've been moody the last few weeks."
"Me too. It's hard being apart."
"But you're always moody, Drew."
Feel like I should take offense to that, but I can't exactly argue.
"And I've been craving red meat." She presses her palm against my stomach.
"You've been hanging out with Willow." My sister has been a vegetarian since she was nine or ten. She's not pushy about being meat-free, but she does so much cooking that people end up eating vegetarian when they're around her. "Same thing happens to me."
"No. It's more than that." Kara looks up at me. Her eyes fill with guilt. "I can't do this to you."
"What is it you think you're doing to me?" I shift my hips to press my crotch against hers. "Besides this."
"I'd love to help with that." She sighs. "But... I don't know if I, if it's..." She trails off. Her eyes close.
"What is it you think you're doing to me?"
She shakes her head.
Damn. I know Kara has a hard time letting people, even me, in, but this is a whole other level.
"Are you leaving me?" I ask.
"Of course not." She slides her arm under the crook of my neck. Her gaze stays on my chest or maybe my stomach.
"Are you cheating on me?" I ask. Only to prove a point. That's far out of the realm of possibility.
"No." Kara breaks our touch. She shifts to the edge of the bed and stares into my eyes. "How could you say that?"
"If you aren't leaving me and you aren't cheating on me, it can't be that bad."