Chapter 121
I’m off the ground the next second. Those large hands of Knox’s are beneath my thighs as he lifts me up. Instinctively, my legs wrap around his valet, and my arms cling to him as tightly as my mouth does.
He moves us across the living room with urgent steps, heading for the stairs. I hear the soft thud of his boots on each step, the creak of the banister as we pass, and the faint sound of our breaths mingling.
When we reach the bedroom, he kicks the door open.
He walks to the side of the bed and sets me down. My head finds the pillow behind me, and I keep my arms wrapped around his neck, refusing to let go. He doesn’t try to pull away. But before climbing on, he bends to tug off his shoes, one after the other, letting them thud against the floor. Then he joins me. He hovers over my head, looking down at me with eyes that still burn with a need I can feel pulsing off his skin.
“Say it again,” he whispers. “Tell me how much you love me.”
I open my mouth. “1-”
But he leans in and kisses the tip of my nose, silencing me.
“Go on,” he urges.
..
Except it’s hard to concentrate when he’s kissing my entire face. His lips leave warmth blooming everywhere–on my nose, my cheeks, my forehead. I feel dazed. My heartbeat is no longer mine; it follows his rhythm now. My brain, too, is betraying me, choosing sensation over sense, drowning in the feel of him.
While he’s kissing my chin, I manage to breathe out, “My love for you is the same as my love for… imported peanut butter.”
“Hmm. The love’s not sounding all that strong right now.”
I chuckle, unable to help it. “Alright,” I concede, grinning up at him. “More than any of my book aliens.”
“Really? I find that hard to believe.”
“Cross my heart.”
“Your tiny heart?”
“It’s big enough to contain you.”
His hands trail gently down my sides. I feel the path of his fingers like electric shocks. When they reach the hem of my shirt, he starts to lift it, eyes never leaving mine. Inch by inch, cool air kisses my skin until the fabric is pushed up and his mouth finds the place just over my heart. He kisses there once. Then again. It makes my throat tighten.
I know what this is.
He’s still carrying whatever happened at Finn’s house. He hasn’t told me any of it, not yet, and I don’t ask. Not because I’m not dying to know, but because I know him. This, what he’s doing now, is how he breathes through it. How he holds the pieces of himself in place. So I let him. I let him kiss me Nike I’m the only thing keeping him tethered. Because maybe right now, I am.
His mouth drifts lower, tracing the dip between my ribs until he reaches the soft curve of my stomach. He presses his lips just below my navel, and I laugh, fingers slipping into his hair as I tug him away.
“Stop now,” I say, still laughing. “I know where this is headed. Any area below my waist is out of service.”
He lifts his head just enough to look at me, a glint of mischief in his eyes. “I’m not afraid of a little blood. I want you all over my face.”
“Eww,” I say.
“No way.”
He crawls back up to meet me. “You’re not being nice. In fact, I have a nine–month solution to the bleeding problem.
I narrow my eyes at him. “What would you even want a kid for?”
“Having two yous around wouldn’t be so bad.”
And that’s when it hits me—this isn’t the first time he’s mentioned kids. As I pull him back into a kiss to shut off the conversation, my thoughts drift Would I even know how to be a parent? What if I messed it up the way our parents messed us up? What if the kid turned out too much like him of to much like me? Or worse—like both of us?
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