Page 110 of Total Obsession

She nodded again. "Yes."

I pressed my lips to hers. I wanted to savor every single taste and every single feeling of this moment. I knew that I didn't deserve to be anywhere near Zoey, let alone kissing her. If I died tomorrow, I'd die content knowing that Zoey Campbell loved me.

It's all I'd ever wanted from this life.

"You're crying," she said, her lips pulling back from mine.

"Am I?" I replied not even realizing it.

"I guess we're just a couple of crybabies.” I smiled, and she wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling me back into her.

I moved back in and kissed her deeply. My muscles ached, my ribs were sore, and my shoulder throbbed, but for the first time, that one muscle in my chest felt strong and healthy. It felt like it was finally being given everything it so desperately needed my entire life.

There was no way that I was ever going to let this girl go. For as long as she would have me, I would do everything in my power to make her happy and make up for what I'd tried to do to her.

I climbed on top of her, my knees on either side of her thighs, caging her beneath my frame. She didn't move to stop me. She just continued to encourage me, kissing me deeply and giving me new life through our connection.

Her hand reached down into my boxers, and she gasped, probably at how hard I already was for her. She began to stroke me, and it felt too good to make her stop.

Not that I'd ever want her to stop.

I let my head move down into the crook of her shoulder as she continued to work me. I pressed gentle kisses against her neck, delighting in the feeling of her coming alive beneath me.

My shoulder was burning with supporting my weight above her like I was, but I didn't care. I'd happily endure a thousand more stabs from that blade at her hand if it meant that I got to experience her like this for even one more minute.

"Axe," she said.

"I love hearing my name on your lips," I murmured against her skin.

I could feel her smile through the muscles in her neck where I was currently giving her my attention.

"You're shaking," she said.

"It's nothing," I replied, not wanting any of this to stop.

"Here," she said pulling away from me. She gently guided me so that I was laying back on the bed this time and she was between my spread thighs. She looped her delicate fingers which were still wrapped in bandages into my boxers and began to pull down.

"Are you sure?" I asked her, placing a gentle hand on her wrist to stop her movements.

"Yes," she said with a nod.

I laid back and watched her, knowing that I didn't deserve this woman. She took me into her mouth, and I fought the urge to close my eyes because I didn't want to miss watching her work me for even a second.

Just before I thought I might end things too early, I ran my fingers through her hair and gently pulled her off of my cock. I used my grip on her to pull her face up to me, and I kissed her deeply.

She straddled my body on instinct, and I let my hands trail against her thighs. She rocked back and forth against my cock as we kissed. My fingers stayed in her hair. I didn't ever want to let the feeling of her slip away.

"I want you, Axe," she whispered to me.

"Are you sure?" I asked her, still not believing that something like that could be true after everything we'd been through.

"Yes," she said with a slight nod.

"Okay," I replied to her. "But, I don't deserve you."

She shook her head as my fingers moved down her body, spreading her lips so that she could take me in. "Not true," she replied as she began to take me in. "We all make mistakes. It's how we choose to fix them that decides whether we're worthy of forgiveness."

She gasped as I pushed all the way inside of her. I tried to turn my head so that she couldn't see the tears trailing down my face, but she was too perceptive. Her hands brushed them aside as we continued to rock together. She kissed me even though my face was wet with the guilt I felt over what I'd done to her coupled with the joy I was feeling at being with her.