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I lower my lips to hers so she can’t see the tears in my eyes. I want to give Katherine the world. Everything she’s ever wanted is hers, I’ll make sure of it. The life she led has brought her to me, and I’m gonna make the rest of it count for something. I’m going to make her Katherine Carrington or die trying.
Once we’re settled, I show Katherine why I love this place so much. We head off to explore the beach and I love listening to her laugh and see the sparkle in her eyes.
We walk hand in hand like two people in love, which is exactly how I feel.
As the light dims, and the natural is replaced with neon, the day turns to night and the shadows play across the moon, I take Katherine to my favorite beachfront restaurant and stare in awe at the magnificent woman across the table from me.
She leans on the table with her face in her hands and smiles sexily at me.
“You know, as assholes go, you’re not so bad.”
I wink and lean forward so our faces are almost touching.
“I like to protect my asshole status with everything I’ve got. Don’t tell me I’ve failed and you’ve seen through the pretense.”
She smiles, and it takes every ounce of willpower I possess not to pull her from the restaurant and straight to my bed.
Her eyes have this dreamy faraway look in them and she sighs.
“You know, I always thought people lived like this. I just never thought it would be available to me.”
My heart tightens as I see the lost girl return. Reaching out, I stroke her beautiful face and say softly, “Well, look around you, darlin’, because this is all yours forever if you want it.”
I see the brightness in her eyes and she shakes her head sadly. “You say that now, but reality bites hard. This is all another game to you, Sam. You want me, I can tell, it’s in your eyes. But when the reality of life takes over, my past will become too big and too dark for you to live with. When you look at me, you’ll see the whore I am and not a woman who deserves love. You’ll see Ryder behind my eyes and know I loved another before you. You’ll see images on repeat of the five men who brought us together and what I had to do to bring them down. Then you’ll see me for what I really am and probably always will be.”
Grabbing her hand, I raise it to my lips and kiss it tenderly. I see the lost woman inside looking back at me through fear shrouded eyes and I fix her with a hard look.
“Now listen up, darlin’, because I’m only saying this once. You don’t get to play the victim anymore because we’re so over that part of your life. What you did and how you did it doesn’t concern me because life’s all about circumstance. You fell into the life you led because you had no other choice. You don’t get to be the victim anymore because everyone deserves a fresh start. God only knows I needed one. You haven’t done half the fucked-up things I’ve done in my life and if you knew what they were, you’d be running screaming into that fabulous sunset. I’m a killer, baby, and that trumps whatever you’ve done a hundred times over. We’re two damaged souls desperate for a chance at normality. Let me save yours, darlin’ because I need you more than you need me. You’re my future, Katherine. I know it and if you allowed yourself to see past your past, you’d know it too.”
I watch as the tears splash onto my fingers and see her lip tremble. The eyes that now look at me burn with gratitude and love and my heart tightens and my balls throb with an urgent need. Impatiently, I motion the waitress over and say quickly, “I need the check, darlin’.”
I stare at Katherine’s eyes with a hunger I no longer try to disguise.
I say darkly, “Enough talking. I’m gonna show you what you mean to me and then you’ll never doubt what we have again.”
I see the flame of passion ignite in her eyes and she bites her bottom lip nervously.
My dick starts raging and I wonder how obvious it will be as we walk from the restaurant. I laugh softly as she looks at me and raises her eyes.
I look down and she follows my eyes and grins wickedly. She whispers, “You’d better walk behind me, honey. That’s quite some package you’re showing.”
Then she winks and I see the relief in her eyes. She knows I want Katherine the woman, not Kitty the whore. Now it’s time to show her what that means.
We don’t hang around. Almost as soon as the key turns in the lock, I pull her to me hard and kiss those lips that tremble under mine. I devour them with a hunger I’ve always had but never unleashed. I bite them, suck them and claim them as mine. She presses her body into mine and the fabric of our clothes becomes an irritant that needs to be dealt with.
As I tear the fabric from her, she does the same to me. We rip off each other’s clothes in our urgent haste, all the time connected in a powerful kiss that drives an uncontrollable desiretomy raging cock.
As I feel those soft curves under my hands, I think I’ll explode. I groan and fist her hair in my hands and grind her lips to mine. Then I pull her toward the bedroom like a man possessed and lower her gently to the bed.
Pulling back, I stare at her with lust-filled eyes and note the fire in hers. I trace the outline of her curves and feel her respond to my touch as her body shakes with need. Then I whisper, “I love you, Katherine Rogers. And now I’m gonna show you just how much.”
She gasps as my lips burn a trail down her throat toward those magnificent breasts. I groan as I take her hardened nippleinmy mouth and roll my tongue around it. She arches toward me and I laugh softly. “We have all night, darlin’, and this will be the sweetest torture.”
She moans, “Oh my god, Sam, I can’t wait.”
I turn my attention to the other breast and take my time as I familiarize myself with the only body I ever want to touch again in my life. I love how she moans sexily under me and feel her desperation as she thrusts her body to mine. She reaches down and tries to pull me to her and I grab her hands and pull them over her head, grinning wickedly.
“Not yet, darlin’, I’m calling the shots now and I want to take my time and show you what it feels like when a man loves you.”