as if every corner of emptiness I’d ever felt in my body had been miraculously filled. I closed my eyes, basking in the afterglow and loving the touch of his mouth on my most sensitive place. He moved his tongue downward then, licking my ass.
“Mmm. Beautiful,” he said again against my forbidden hole. “Beautiful and delicious.”
Desire swept through me, desire so profound that needed sating now. Right now.
“Please,” I said, not sure what I was asking for. “Please, Bryce.”
“Easy, baby. Let out a breath.”
I obeyed, and a new feeling sucked me in. His finger. His finger, wet with my juices, had breached the tight rim of my ass.
“God, if you could see this,” he said. “Fucking gorgeous.”
He moved his finger in and out slowly at first, and then more quickly, the invasion morphing from a slight pain to an unbelievable pleasure. And then…when his lips touched my clit once more…
A climax so profound hit me like a thunder crash.
“That’s it, baby. I knew you had one more. Give it to me. Give me your orgasm. It’s mine. All mine.”
All his.
It surely was.
As was I.
I was still coming when he removed his finger and climbed up my body, crushed his lips to mine in a searing kiss, and pushed his giant cock back into my pussy.
He pumped into me, mimicking with his tongue what his cock was doing inside me.
I was all out of orgasms, but that didn’t matter. The feel of him, the completeness of us together, overwhelmed me in the best way.
He kept kissing me as he released a second time. Kept kissing me as he held himself inside me for several timeless moments, kept kissing me… Kept kissing me.
And I knew my orgasmic declarations of love had been real.
I was in love with Bryce Simpson.
Completely and hopelessly in love.
Chapter Fifty
Bryce
After staring at her for as long as I could and choking back a tear that threatened, I covered Marjorie’s sleeping body.
I love you.
Had she meant to say the words aloud? They’d come out on a soft sigh during one of her many climaxes, and though I’d yearned to return them, I hadn’t.
I couldn’t go there. Not yet. Not until…
Not until I’d dealt with the demons that plagued me…including the long-buried secret from Joe’s and my past that threatened us now.
I had to move on, make her understand that we couldn’t ever be. I dressed quietly and then walked out to the desk in the kitchen. After finding a notepad and pen, I scribbled down some words.
Noxious words that I didn’t mean but had to say. She needed to move on, and I needed to help her. I walked back into the bedroom where my perfect angel still slept. I kissed her cheek lightly. She moved slightly but didn’t awaken.
I wanted to remember her like this—soft and innocent and beautiful. So fucking beautiful.
I’m sorry, I said silently. I’m sorry I can’t be what you deserve.
One more light kiss to her silky forehead.
Then I laid the note on the nightstand next to her.
I walked out of the bedroom.
Out of the guesthouse.
Out of Marjorie Steel’s life.
Chapter Fifty–One
Marjorie
The note was callous.
The words were cruel.
Even the sheet of paper was crisp and unsympathetic.
Bryce Simpson was heartless.
I’d fallen in love with a heartless man.
My purse sat on a chair on the other side of the room. Still naked from our night of passion, I rose and grabbed it. Inside the hidden pocket was something I kept, even though I’d promised Mel I’d trashed it.
It was a reminder.
It was a security blanket.
Right now I needed it.
Stop.
I could walk to the kitchen. Open the refrigerator. Let the blast of cold air ease the unpleasantness from my mind.
Yes, it would be easier.
Much easier than…
I unzipped the pocket slowly and withdrew the sharp razor blade. I sat back down on the bed and regarded the scar on my upper thigh. It was still red, but it had healed. If I left it alone, it would eventually turn white and then gradually fade over the years.
Slowly, I lowered the blade to my flesh.
Epilogue
I shine my knife. I polish my gun. Always keeping one eye on you.
And I remember.
You will pay.
You will all pay.
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Dante
I used to dream of severed human heads.
They hung above me, their skin gray and pasty as the elixir of life flowed out of