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Music to my fucking ears.

“You’ll have to define what ‘more’ means.”

“I need to taste you,” she says, breathing deeply. “I need to taste myself on your fingers and on your mouth. I need you inside me.”

“No one forced you to run away.”

I remove my jacket and loosen my tie.

“I know. And I have no one to blame but myself.”

“Did you learn anything?” I twist her nipple between my fingers. I’ve missed her moans.

“I learned that I can’t live without you.”

I know exactly how that feels, but she’s asking me to trust her again. She has already burned me twice. One more time, and there won’t be anything left of me. Sucking her toes, I press my thumb against her clit. She’s already wet and ready for me. I lower myself onto the bed, kissing her inner thighs before burying my face between her legs. Sticking my tongue out, I barely graze her clit. Her body jerks as I run my tongue in circles. I kiss her pussy slowly. I have all the time in the world. This time, Caelia is not running away from me. I tease her entrance with my index finger, rubbing my finger up and down and focusing on her body’s reactions. Digging my fingers into her waist, I try to keep her still. Fuck, she’s dripping. She bends her leg, placing it on my shoulder, her fingers entwined in my hair. I haven’t fucked anyone else since she left. Now that I think about it, I haven’t fuck anyone else since I met her. What would even be the point? No one could compare to her. I push a finger inside her, sucking on her clit. She releases a half-moan and a half-scream, trembling under my touch. I know her body like my own. I stop when she’s seconds away from coming, grinning at the confused expression on her face when I stand up.

“I suppose I deserve this.” She laughs, breathless.

Resting on her elbows, Caelia watches as I undress, her surprise evident. I should continue punishing her, but she has earned this. It wasn’t easy for her to return to me and confess her feelings. It goes against her very nature. Caelia shifts onto her side as I settle beside her, my hands crossed behind my head. She struggles to contain a smile. Seizing her wrist, I pull her toward me. Straddling my thighs, she positions herself close to where I want her. Cupping a hand behind her back, she wraps her fingers around my erection, stroking it up and down. I groan, licking my lips. She lowers her body, rubbing her clit against the tip.

“What am I going to do with you, Caelia?”

“Whatever you want.” Her hand rests on my chest as she guides me inside her.

She’s my private hell and heaven combined. I wrap an arm around her waist, placing my other palm on her ass. She moves her hips lazily, and I let her, not doing anything to rush this. She leans forward, her forehead resting against mine.

“I missed you so much,” she confesses. “I should’ve never left. I should’ve come back sooner.”

Caelia stares into my eyes as she leans in and kisses me, doing the same thing I’ve thought of doing since she stepped through that door. She still fits perfectly against me. I can try fighting her, but it won’t get me anywhere. I slip my tongue inside her mouth. Her body is barely moving as she’s pouring all her focus into kissing me. Eons pass before she gasps for air. I continue kissing her neck, her arm, and every inch of her skin within reach. She moans when I suck on her nipple, her pussy throbbing with need. I cup her chin and kiss her again, realizing I will never have my fill of her.

“Kaz?”

“Yeah, baby?”

“Marry me,” she says against my lips. “Even if you can’t forgive me now, I promise I’ll do whatever it takes to earn your forgiveness.”

That will prove quite the challenge.

CHAPTER 86

Caelia

My heart threatens to burst as I wait for his response. The words slipped out, although I don’t remember even thinking of them. Kaz straightens his back, sitting up, and I wrap my legs around his waist, securing my hold on him. I cross an arm around his neck, clinging to his arm with the other. He cups my breast, his mouth descending on it as I slowly roll my hips on top of him. He doesn’t ravage me as I imagined he might. Instead, he takes his time, showing me what I’ve missed and lost. Tilting his head back, he gazes up at me. His gray eyes have softened, and his embrace around me is tighter. I don’t think I’ll survive this night. Kaz doesn’t answer me. Instead, he kisses me again, tender and passionate, giving me everything I don’t deserve. He presses his forehead against my collarbone, guiding my movements with one hand. Fire consumes me from within. There’s too much pain and uncertainty, but I don’t deserve an immediate answer. We remain locked in this embrace until tears threaten to spill from my eyes again.

He lies me on my back, never slipping out, as he looms over me. I cup his face, fighting the urge to look away. I can’t hide anything from him.

“Repeat it,” he growls, biting my shoulder.

“What is it you want to hear again?”

“All of it.”

Oh, God. It was nearly impossible to summon all those words for the first time.

“? ???? ?????,” I offer tentatively.

“Are you telling me or asking me, solnyshko? You sound unsure.”