lie, it’s freaking me out,” I tell him the truth, seriously wondering if he should go to the hospital and get checked out.
He stands with me in his arms, forcing me to wrap my legs around his waist as he moves across the room to the bedrooms. He bypasses his and shoves the door to my temporary one open before lowering me to the floor near the bed.
I open my mouth to ask what the heck he wants but snap it shut when he strips off his T-shirt to reveal holy mother of abs. Reid is the very definition of the word ripped, and when he pops the button on his jeans, showing the dark happy trail leading down to the holy grail of dicks, a whimper escapes before I can stop it. His eyes snap to mine, flashing for a moment before a grin spreads over his face, making the cut on his lip start bleeding once more.
He either doesn’t feel it or just doesn’t care. Instead, he stalks toward me until I’m backed up against the bed with nowhere to go but down.
“Kai,” I warn. He freezes and visibly shivers.
“Say it again,” he orders, one large hand cupping my jaw, the other gripping my hip, keeping me in place.
“Say what?”
“My name, say my name, Red,” he urges with a murmur, rubbing his nose from my chin up the side of my face to just behind my ear.
Red? Great now I’m just collecting nicknames left and right.
“Kai,” I whisper, feeling oddly compelled to please him.
He groans, placing a soft kiss on my neck before trailing kisses along my jaw until his lips meet mine once more.
This time his kiss is a tease, a hint of what he has to offer, with a softness to counteract the hardness pushing against my stomach.
Pulling away from me a little, he shoves his jeans down his legs, showing off the deep V that girls must go gaga over. I’m not immune—I have the strongest urge to reach out and touch it—but I know I’m playing with fire, so I squeeze my hands into fists to stop myself from getting burned.
He sits on the edge of the bed and pulls off his jeans and boots before kicking them aside and reaching up for my hand. He tugs me onto the bed, making me squeak in surprise before he rolls us both onto our sides, my back to his front, with his arm banded tightly around my waist.
“Erm, Kai.” I squirm, but he just grips me tighter. I can feel the evidence of his arousal pressed against the globes of my ass, which, of course, just makes me squirm even more.
“Jesus fucking Christ, Red. Either stay still or spread your legs wide and prepare yourself for my cock because if you keep rubbing that ass of yours against me, I’m going to forget what’s right and wrong and fuck you so hard you’ll feel me inside you for days.”
I freeze at his words. Hell, I’m not even sure I’m breathing. I wait for the cold unrelenting fear to wash over me with its memories of icy fingers, and yet I don’t feel cold at all. No, all I feel is hot and very freaking wet.
I’ve never wanted a man before, never felt the raw sexual need to feel rough hands on my body or thick fingers pushing inside me. But Reid makes me feel things that are so alien to me, solidifying the knowledge that if I let him, this man could truly be my downfall.
Chapter Fourteen
My eyes snap open at the sound of ringing. The room is dark now—we must have slept the entire day away. I feel Reid move behind me as he sits up and looks for his phone. I hear the rustle of clothes as he searches through his pockets before the ringing stops.
“What?” his voice asks behind me. I almost answer until I realize he’s not talking to me.
“No, she’s asleep, hang on.”
I close my eyes and keep my breathing even, trying to ignore the encroaching memories of the last time I played possum like this and why.
“Red, you awake?”
I don’t answer, keeping my body loose and relaxed even as he runs his fingers up my leg and over my exposed thigh.
“Nah, she’s dead to the world, I must have tired her out,” he laughs. He climbs off the bed, which is just as well because his words are making it hard for me to stay relaxed.