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Kaiden growls a curse as he goes still, buried to the hilt inside me. And then I feel him coming too. He spills into me in heavy pulses, sending aftershock after aftershock ripping through me.

"Kaiden," I whisper when I float back down to earth and land in his arms.

"You're going to own me, princess," he groans, chasing my lips with his as he wraps me all up in him. "Much more of that, and I'll crawl through hell just to make you happy."

Chapter Three

Kaiden

"You'renothittingmehard enough."

"I don't want to hit you at all!" Laura cries, throwing her hands up in the air in exasperation. "Honestly, Kaiden. This is ridiculous."

"Do you want to be an action star or not, princess?"

"This isn't action. This is…is…insane," she splutters in outrage, her cheeks pink with exertion.

I fight a smile. Fuck, she's sexy when she's pissed.

Her eyes narrow on me, her hands landing on her wide hips. "You're enjoying this, aren't you?"

"You're wearing a sports bra." I rake my gaze over her curvy body, hot and slow. "You're sweating. I've had you pinned to the mat beneath me. You bit me.Twice.Fuck yeah, I'm enjoying every minute of this." I stalk toward her, grunting when she takes a step back and then visibly checks herself. "There isn't a single fucking part of this that isn't doing a number on my cock right now."

"Kaiden," she groans. "You're incorrigible."

"I'm honest."

She snorts, shaking her head. She can't hide her smile or those deadly dimples, though. My little star may think she's fooling me, but I've spent every waking moment of the last few days obsessing over her. Hell, I've spent every sleeping moment obsessing about her too. She loves the way I tell her exactly what I think without holding back.

With her, there is no other option. The truth just spills out. I have no control over it. That's just what she does to me. She has no fucking clue how completely she owns me. It's been a matter of days, and already, I'm utterly obsessed with her. Everything she does fascinates me. I'm falling for her. Hard.

I don't fucking deserve her, but I'm falling anyway. We've spent every moment together since Thanksgiving. Being with her is effortless. I don't find myself eager to escape into the shadows. I'm not crawling out of my skin around her. She doesn't stare at me like I'm a goddamn freak of nature or somehow beneath her. She looks at me like I hung the damn moon just for her.

It's not an act, either. When I touch her, she goes up in flames for me. My little star can't keep her hands off me. We've fucked like rabbits all over her house, and we're still not satisfied. I've already been late to work twice because I can't keep my dick out of her long enough to get there on time.

"I don't want to hit you," she mutters, lifting her gaze to mine.

"Why not?"

"Because you matter." Her earnest green eyes make my heart pulse. "Because…because it's cruel, Kaiden. You aren't even trying to defend yourself."

"Princess." I bite back an amused smile. She's so goddamn cute when she's upset on my behalf. It's been a long time since anyone felt that way about me. Shit, I can't even remember the last time it happened. "You aren't going to hurt me."

"I might."

"I can't teach you how to redirect a punch if you won't throw one."

"I did!"

"No, you poked your arm in my general direction."

She scowls at me.

"You hit like a girl, Laura."

"Is that supposed to offend me?"

"I don't know. Is it working?"