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“You can try to deflect. You can run. You can even hide. But you will bend to my will, luv. I don’t take no for an answer.”
“It’s just sleeping. Nothing else.” I take out one of my hands from under my head to wave her forward. “I’ll be a good boy and I won’t even ask you to suck my cock again. Though, to be clear, you’re free to do so of your own volition.”
Her lips part as she stares at me. “You really are mental.”
“That’s the consensus.” I wave a...
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Reaching out, he brushes his knuckles over my mound. “This belongs to me,” he rumbles. “No one else.”
“Because,” she sighs. “You’re my stalker. I can’t go hanging out at your place. That’s just wrong.”
I don’t release her. “It would make the stalking much easier if you did.”
“I don’t give a shit about stuff, and I don’t care what you take from my life, Chloe. Take as much as you want. It’s still way nicer to have you here.”
And I’m giving her something I’ve never given another woman…my heart. I’m falling in love.
“You are the only woman I have met who has ever made me feel seen. I know I’m not a credit card to you, Chloe, and a man can’t put a price tag on that feeling.”
“You’re the only woman for me, Chloe. There will never be another.”
“I would never hurt you, Chloe. Never. It’s not a promise, it’s a vow. You could burn me to the ground, and I’d still give you everything.”
“I meant what I said, Chloe. You are my forever. It doesn’t matter if you never speak to me again after tonight. You could curse my name. You could turn me into the police and leave me to rot in prison. You’re imprinted inside me, and I will be yours until my last breath.”
I expected revulsion or distance.
I never expected this kind of sweet, sweet acceptance. It takes the connection I already felt for Chloe and amplifies it, makes it deeper, stronger.
“You’re not listening. She is my family. And if anyone, and I mean anyone, tries to hurt her, the consequences are going to send the whole of Vegas crashing down.”
I know that Killian would never hurt me. In fact, he’d move mountains to keep me safe. And whenever I’ve asked him to soften his behavior to accommodate my past, my fears, he’s acquiesced without a word of complaint.
This is a man who loves me. A man I can trust.
But for me, Killian is still my world. My universe. And as long as he’s in it, no matter what happens, I will always be filled with his beautiful starlight.
