“Come here.” His tone holds a similar hunger as to how I feel.
My lips curl into a grin, and I take his hand. He pulls me onto his lap, and I giggle, the sound surprisingly carefree, wrapping my arms around his neck. He peers into my eyes, his grin turning deviant as his hand smooths up my naked thigh, his fingers toying with the hem of my silver sequined skirt.
I lean down and kiss him. A soft press of our lips, gently parting for our tongues. It’s our first kiss since our rift, and the wait has made it taste ten times sweeter. When I slide my hand up to cradle his face, he groans as we deepen the kiss, his hand now grabbing a handful of my ass.
Our embrace doesn’t last long, but it’s enough to make me feel flipped on my axis. I keep my hand on his face, my thumb stroking his clean-shaven cheek as he gazes deeply into my eyes.
“I love you,” he says softly.
The pregnancy hormones and my already raw emotions for Gemini threaten a deluge of tears. Thankfully, we are interrupted by the driver opening the door.
With me still in his lap, Gemini lunges forward and barks, “Give us a minute!” Before slamming the car door closed.
His outburst triggers a fit of giggles as I wrap my arms back around his neck. He flashes me a boyish grin, circling an arm around my waist to keep me close.
“I have something for you,” he says, his voice low and conspiratorial.
My brows rise, and my curiosity is piqued, but I say nothing as his free hand opens the middle compartment beside us.
My stomach drops when I hear the sound of a chain before he lifts the leash for me to see. My reaction is instinctual; my mood sours as I push myself off of Gemini’s lap, but he quickly holds me in place.
“Wait!” he says, his fingers digging into my hips.
“I’m not wearing that thing ever again,” I hiss.
“What makes you think it’s for you, pet?” Gemini replies, his smile coy but arrogant, with that telltale shimmer in his eyes.
My breath dies somewhere in my throat, and I grow still in his grasp, my mouth falling slightly open. My gaze flicks to the leash, back to Gemini, then back again.
There’s no denying the spike of heat low in my stomach at the thought of parading one of Pravitia’s most powerful on a leash.Especiallyafter everything he’s put me through.
“You’re serious,” I say, a little stunned.
“Deadly,” he answers with such burning heat that I can’t help but squirm on his lap.
Slowly, I open my palm between us, and his smile widens as he pushes the collar into my hand. I swallow hard as a surge of power zips through my body.
“I haven’t forgiven you,” I say somewhat petulantly as I curl my fingers around the soft leather.
“I know.” The tone of his voice has me glancing up, finding an aching truth in his eyes. “I am not a patient man, Veil Vulturine, but for you, I will happily wait an eternity for your forgiveness. As long as I am by your side as I wait for it.”
I am left breathless. His words, deeply moving, cause another wall to crumble down between us. Dropping the leash beside us, I kiss him with all the words stuck in my throat, curling my fingers into his tank top, dragging him even closer. His hands are in my hair, on my face, my neck, shoulders, breasts.Everywhere.
I’m so close to giving in.
So close to letting him ravage me from the inside out.
Instead, I slowly break off our kiss and reach for the collared leash.
The silent tension pulses around us as I slowly wrap the collar around his neck. My fingers delicately graze his skin, andI watch his Adam’s apple bob around a hard swallow, his gaze searing and locked on me. I notice he’s put his hands on the seat on either side of him, as if trying to hold himself back.
When I successfully fasten the collar to his neck, I trail my hand down the chain, slowly wrapping it around my hand, andtug.
Gemini lets out a low, carnal hiss at the sensation. His lips curl, showing his clenched teeth as he strains his neck, his eyes devouring me on the spot.
Another pulse of power, and this one goes directly to my core. I’m left stunned by the amount of lust wreaking havoc inside of me at the sight of Gemini like this. But most importantly, at the sight ofmelike this.
This kind of control is intoxicating.
