Bennett by Sybil Bartel

Author:Sybil Bartel [Bartel, Sybil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Uncompromising Series Book Four
Publisher: Sybil Bartel
Published: 2017-12-18T18:30:00+00:00

HER FACE FELL, HER body flinched, and she dissolved into tears.

Jesus fuck.

“Elyssia,” I demanded with more force than I intended. “Talk to me.” Goddamn it, I didn’t mean to sound like an asshole, but the second I came, she looked like she was going to fucking lose it. And now she was crying. Fuck. Fuck.

Her head hit my chest, and she quietly sobbed. It was like everything else about her, delicate and beautiful and heart-wrenching.

Guilt consumed me. “I’m sorry.” Fuck. I stroked her back, wishing I was sorry for being her first, but I fucking wasn’t. “I’m sorry, baby. Don’t cry.” Goddamn it, I didn’t want to make her cry.

My cell vibrated on the nightstand.

She swiped at her face. “You should get that.”

I glanced at the screen. Talon. “It can wait.” I gripped a handful of her hair. “Tell me why I made you cry.”

“You didn’t.” Her eyes averted, she moved to get off me, but it was careful and slow.

Feeling like an asshole all over again for taking her, I lifted her by her waist. “Careful. You hurting?”

“I’m okay.” She untangled herself from me and moved to get off the bed.

Christ, I wanted to hold her in my arms. “Stop. Lie down.” My issued commands making me sound like an asshole, I tried to tone it the fuck down. “Just relax, I’ll get you whatever you need.”

“I’m not an invalid.”

She was exactly that, and I’d taken advantage of her. Worse, my dick didn’t get the fucking memo. Still hard, wanting more of her sweet tightness, it pulsed like I was a goddamn teenager. Ignoring it, I stroked her cheek. “What do you need? Let me get it for you.”

Standing completely naked, she closed her eyes for a second and leaned into my touch, but then she reached for her borrowed T-shirt and nodded at the bathroom. “I’m going to shower.” Still graceful, she moved slower than usual, but not with the pain in her step I’d seen yesterday.

Torn between staring at her gorgeous body and the bruises marring her back, I let her get halfway to the bathroom before I moved. Intercepting her, I grasped the back of her neck, and bent to kiss her once. “I want to hold you and tell you all the ways that felt incredible.” I paused, waiting for a reaction, but I got none. “But you’re pulling away from me, and I don’t know why.”

She averted her eyes. “I’m shy.”

No she wasn’t. “You’re standing in front of me naked.”

“I’m not sure what you want from me.”

Everything. “The reason you cried is a good start.”

“I was… overwhelmed.”

“Did I hurt you?”

One of her shoulders tipped up.

Her half shrug wasn’t what I wanted. “More than taking your virginity.” I laid my hand over her heart. “Did I hurt you here?”

She sucked in a breath. A full breath. One she wouldn’t have managed yesterday, but she didn’t respond.

“I can’t address what I don’t know,” I reminded her.

Her gaze cut to mine and pain etched across her face. “Why did you push me away the first time I kissed you?”

My heart fucking stopped.

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