Stalking His Bride - Lucy Darling Page 0,35

whatever I like with you.” What a fucked-up thing to say.

She doesn't tell me I’m wrong. She really should. That only spurs me on more.

“You have a funny way of showing me that I belong to you.”

I stare up at her wondering what the hell that means. She wants me to show her? I’m going to more than show her. I’m going to fill her with my seed and this time she’ll really need that pregnancy test.

“Do you really want to push me right now, Carly?” I stand and start to undo the buttons of my shirt. I go for my belt next. She licks her perfectly plump lips as her eyes eat me up.

“I’m not scared of you.”

“Maybe you should be.” The belt drops to the floor with a loud thunk. “For so long you’ve been trying to escape your parents' hold to only walk right into mine.”

“If you haven't noticed, I rather enjoy your hold.” Does she? Does she realize I still wasn't holding her as tight as I truly wanted? That might make her change her mind. She’s only gotten a taste of the need I have for her.

“You enjoyed when I had you on your knees? With my hand in your hair not allowing you to move while I fucked your mouth?” I challenge her. I don’t know why I’m doing it. She isn't fighting me now, but here I am trying to give her a reason to run. I watch her as her body reacts to my every word. Her skin is flushed all over with arousal.

“Yes I liked it. Until you changed.” She sounds disappointed. I thought I was protecting her from who I really am. That’s the only reason I had tried to slow things down. I never wanted her to feel caged in. She’s felt that way for too long already. And all I wanted to do was cage her for myself.

“I haven't changed. If anything I’ve let you see more of me.”

“I don’t want more of you, James. I want all of you.”

“Then get on the bed,” I order her. She only smiles and lets herself fall backward onto the bed. Her dark hair spreads out all around her. “You tried to run from me.” I put one knee on the bed. She sits up on her elbows. My eyes wrack over her naked body.

“I was scared of you.” That has me pausing. “Scared you were going to hurt me.”

“I never want to hurt you.” I move her to the center of the bed.

“Break my heart. I’ve been falling in love with you. The more I seem to fall the more you pull away from me.” I close my eyes, my forehead dropping to hers. “That’s why I was scared. Why I was running.”

“Carly.” Her name almost sounds strangled as it comes from me.

“No more talking, James. You’ve been holding back. Show me. Show me what you feel for me.”

I groan, taking her mouth.

She thinks she’s falling in love with me. I know I’m in love with her. All it took was for her to look up at me with those big blue eyes filled with so much innocence and warmth and I’d been done. I knew in that moment that she was it for me. With that one glance she had stolen my heart. Changed the path of my life. I knew in an instant that there was no living without her.

I’d told myself I needed to have her. My mind had instantly determined that I should take her before someone else came along and took that look out of her eyes. That while I wanted to ravage her, I also wanted to spend the rest of my life with her.

That I needed to keep her safe from everyone else but me. I still don’t know if that’s fucked up or not, but now she’s lying beneath me telling me I can have her and there is nothing that could stop me. The whole world could be burning down right now, and I wouldn’t notice as long as she is still here beneath me. There is nothing more in this life that I need than her.

“James.” Hearing her say my name will never get old. Especially when she says it with so much need. I lean down, taking her mouth in a kiss that brands her as mine. One that lets her know how much I want her. That I will never hold back from her again. Her hips raise,