Page 34 of Head Over Heels

“You want me to stop?” He gripped her tighter.

“Yes.” Her fingers came up and clutched the cotton on his shirt.

“You know what I think?” His tone was a low rasp that sent desire rushing through her veins.

“What?”

He leaned forward, raising one hand to tangle in her hair. “I think you like to say no because you want me to overpower you.”

She groaned. That was exactly what she wanted. What she craved. “Why would you think that?”

Their breathing had increased considerably.

His hand tightened at the nape of her neck. “The way your breath hitches when we fight. The way your nipples get hard.” He tugged and she gasped, feeling it low in her belly. “The way you’re rocking your pussy right now.”

Only then did she realize she was unconsciously lifting to meet him. “Oh God.”

In answer, he thrust back. “That’s right, you’re so hot, you’re ready to beg, aren’t you, darlin’?”

“Yes.” She had no pride.

His hard cock rubbed against her clit, sending tiny shock waves across her skin.

He leaned down and bit her lower lip. “You’re such a cocktease.”

His mouth was so close she let her tongue flick along the seam of his lips. “Sorry, not sorry.”

He growled. “You’re not going to let Bill touch you, are you?”

“No.”

They were all gasping moans and harsh breathing.

“Good,” he whispered in her ear. “He’s too nice to ever be able to handle you.”

Her fingers tightened on his shirt. “Are you nice, Ryder?”

“When it comes to you”—he scraped his teeth against her jaw—“I’m as bad as they come.”

Then his mouth crashed on hers.

And it was like an explosion.

There were no calm getting-to-know-you caresses. No soft, gentle teasing.

No, they went at it. With hard mouths, bruising lips, and thrusting tongues. They kissed exactly how she felt.

Like she couldn’t get enough.

Like she was starving.

Desperate for the taste of him to be imprinted on her skin.

It was like he brought out everything primal and consuming inside her. Like he awakened the sleeping beast she’d kept locked tight inside her.

She put her hands on the counter and used it as leverage to rub against his cock shamelessly while their tongues dueled.

He bit her.