Madison only shook her head, her body still rippling with pleasure.
“Mine,” he growled, pressing a kiss against her tender flesh.
He drew back on his knees between her legs and gazed down at her. She was a fucking vision splayed in front of him.
Alex wanted to drown in her, know every little thing about her. She was an obsession he no longer wanted to fight.
Most of all, he needed her.
He stood, stripping off his clothes, unable to hold back any longer and lowered himself over her body, holding his weight off with one arm.
Madison’s eyes sparkled as she wrapped her legs tightly around his waist. Her nails gripped his shoulders like she never wanted to let go, and Alex loved it. Relished it. She whimpered against his mouth as he held her jaw in place as he kissed her and rubbed himself against her over and over, torturing them both with the friction until her eyes rolled back, and Alex thought he would explode.
Wrapping a hand around her thigh, he hitched her leg higher on his hip as he slowly pushed into her, keeping his strokes shallow until she was panting again. Sweat beaded on his forehead at the effort it was taking not to drive into her.
This was about her and making her feel good because he didn’t know any other way to show her how he felt.
“Alex, I need you. Please…” She shuddered underneath him, and he sank fully inside her with a single hard thrust. She clenched tight around him, and Alex saw stars.
His lips found the exposed pulse point at the base of her neck and sucked, as he angled his hips. His own breath was coming in gasps as his name tore from her lips, her body fluttering around him again.
Alex groaned, dropping his forehead against hers, slowing his pace, pulling her back from the edge.
“No, Alex please,” she begged.
Slipping his hand between them, he pressed hard against the bundle of nerves and resumed the pace he knew drove her wild. He waited until Madison was shaking beneath him before he shifted his weight to lean back and look at her face.
“Say it.”
Her head thrashed. “Say what?” she moaned.
His thrusts slowed and his fingers stilled as he whispered in her ear, “Say you love me.”
Madison’s eyes flew open. “What?”
His fingers teased her clit again, dragging her back to the edge.
“Say it again,” he demanded, thrusting hard and deep inside her.
She gasped at the sensation, but he saw her eyes dart to the two baby monitors sitting side by side on the dresser.
He knew the moment she understood—the second when a look of devastation crossed her face.
Madison pressed her lips tightly together, refusing him the words. Alex increased his pace, and her body bucked against his with a cry when he lowered his mouth to suck her nipple into his mouth.
“Oh god.” Her body clenched around him like a vise.
His own body screaming for release, he slowed again, making her whine in frustration.
“Say it.”
She looked so torn, Alex gave her his truth.
“I need to hear it, Angel,” he rasped.
Slowly, her gorgeous eyes lifted to his, and her swollen lips opened. “I love you,” she breathed.
Alex felt like his chest had been cleaved open, but he never stopped moving inside her. Moments later when she cried out, Alex roared into her neck as his release chased hers.
