A Ruthless kind of love
y the time she hit the curb, it was raining in hard, cold sheets. Her
hout even the slightest hint of their gaze. The city had taken in all its passengers and s
n the car
ng like a wild animal in a cage waiting to be
ath was
mi
he shirt collar still unbuttoned as if he didn't have rules to obey. The str
n," he
eart hammering aga
wly. "You'll catch
l ma
he crease of her damp blouse, how it clung to her
horitative, almost menacing in
shouldn't. It was the first time he'd ev
t the pull. She had to tu
gs getting in front of brai
behind her with a ba
hing darker enveloping her. She wriggled, her note
his eyes trailing over every inch of her face. She could feel her pu
said, "You'r
ld," she
d gently. "T
al, but she could not s
more was pulled t
d back a clenching damp lock of hair from her forehead. His fing
ecause the jolt that ran through her wit
reathed, her v
ing from hers, a flash of amusement playing at
t tou
ia
ss. He leaned in, close enough she could sense the war
amien whispered. "You wince at t
out too quickly, air
owing it terrified h
n know you,"
ice was final, as if that
d until then. They were alone. Just the two of the
along the line of her chin, pushing her face up to meet his. His
at her to shift. To get
betrayed her, relaxin
s all h
nce. He wasn't kissing her with abandon, not yet. He teased her, faltered,
pressed tight with tension, the only thing tha
this?" She growled,
irst crack of vulnerability softening his otherw
hudded agai
d sliding to the back of her neck, his fingers closing. She cherished the tar
er soul, she kiss
eason. For blundering seconds, there were just the two of them-his ta
et her go, she wa
ith things unspoken. And then, gen
only the
ena was instantly awake, realizing she h
ne thing-that she was
ould neve