Zorro (Reapers MC #16) - Elizabeth Knox Page 0,34

I say I told them, I told everyone you were my ol’ lady, babe, and your brothers shook my fuckin’ hand so I don’t think they’ll be a problem anymore.”

My heart shoots up into my throat at his words. Not just at the fact my brothers gave him their blessing, but at every single thing he’s said. I was so worried for such a long time that he wouldn’t want me. That I had a silly, little crush on this masculine man . . . but here we are.

Everything happens so quickly, but the need to kiss him completely takes over me. I snake my arm around his neck and stand up on my tippy toes, pressing my lips onto his in a feverish haze. Every word he’s said is on repeat in my mind, every declaration of his feelings toward me, every confirmation I needed to know this is right. That we’re right.

I push my lips past his, glide my tongue along his teeth, and kiss him like he’s the literal air I’m breathing. He rips his mouth away from mine, panting heavily against my lips. “Not here. I can’t. I’m going to lose my fucking shit with you, sweet girl, but not here.” Zorro hoists me up in his arms and before I know it, we’re walking into the clubhouse. He heads straight for our bedroom and once we’re inside he’s locking the deadbolt, tossing me on the bed and ripping his shirt off. It happens quickly but it’s like my eyes see it in slow motion. The way he pulls it up and his chiseled abs are perfectly on display, revealing more of his god-like physique moment after moment. As he pulls it over his head it messes up his dark hair a bit and he throws it on the floor.

“I won’t always be able to be gentle with you, Ruby. Right now I’m having a really hard time holdin’ back. Fuck, so hard.” The imprint under his jeans shows me just how hard this is, on both accounts.

I know he’s holding back because he’s afraid of my reaction, because he doesn’t want to scare me, but . . . I want this.

I want us.

My past doesn’t define my future, and I won’t let what they did to me that night scare me away from my happiness with him. He was gentle with me the first time and it was amazing, but I need to accept Zorro for everything he is. Even if it’s darkness.

Chapter Eighteen

The universe gave me a relentlessly loyal heart, I could love through a lifetime

~ Butterflies Rising

Zorro

I need to be gentle with her. Even knowing that I couldn’t stop the need to throw her down on the bed. But this moment is unlike any we’ve ever had. Here she is, leaning back on her elbows, smiling up at me. It’s not a jolly smile, but a sinful one. Like she’s ready for what’s coming.

Fuck, I’m so afraid for what I’m about to do tonight. Yet I’m standin’ here tossin’ my shirt on the damn ground, ready to destroy her pussy.

“I won’t always be able to be gentle with you, Ruby. Right now, I’m having a really hard time holdin’ back. Fuck, so hard,” I admit in a hungered growl. I’ve always been the man who’s taken what he’s wanted, but with Ruby I’ll never take a damn thing, even in my sick lust filled gaze I will ask her, because at the end of the day I know what happened to her. And while I might not ever be able to understand the way it makes someone feel, I never want to hurt her. I wouldn’t ever be able to live with myself if I did that.

With those bright blue eyes of hers she stares into mine and utters words I never dreamed she ever would. “I’m not asking you to hold back, Santiago. I’m in this with you. I’m not some delicate little girl. I can handle whatever you’re throwing my way.”

My cock throbs at her words, ready to ram into her sweet heat. I gulp and lick my lips as the throbbing intensifies. My balls tighten up, demanding me to ravage her, but still I’m trying to hold back. I don’t want to do anything that could fuck this up between us. Ruby is too special. She’s too unique.

She’s everything I ever fucking wanted in this life.

And I won’t fuck it up.

Clearing my throat, my voice comes out in a cracked