Crowned In Blood by Melissa Cummins

Author:Melissa Cummins [Cummins, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melissa Cummins

15

Catalina

Marco opened my car door, and I slid inside, then he handed me the leftover food from our lunch.

"I'll follow you home."

I peered up at him and tilted my head. "You don't have to do that."

He grinned and bent over my car door. "I don't do anything I don't want to, Catalina. And I'm always looking for an excuse to spend more time with you."

Heat flushed from my chest to my cheeks. I reached for my seatbelt, but Marco pulled it out of my hands. "What are you⁠—"

Slowly, he leaned over me, reached across my body, and buckled me into my car. Then—as if it was a completely normal reaction instead of something that made the blood rush through my veins faster—he pulled away.

"I've got to make sure my vicious little queen makes it home safe."

I was speechless.

He smirked. "Don't forget to start the car." Then he gently closed my door.

I sat there for a moment, completely frozen, before I finally pressed the start button. The air came on and I folded over the car seat, resting my head on it. "He's going to be the death of me."

By the time I settled, he was waiting for me, and we started the drive home.

He didn't need to follow me. But I liked being able to glance in the rear-view mirror and see his brown eyes staring back at me.

Maybe I liked it a little too much.

There was a spark of electricity every time our gazes met, and between that and the memory of his lips on my skin, I had to clench my legs together. But with each look, my desire grew until I became frustrated with myself.

I thought I was strong. I thought I could conquer anything, do anything I put my mind to. Yet, admitting I didn't know how to be intimate, how to please him—even though I wanted to—made me feel weak.

It wasn't normal, but nothing about this was. Nothing in my life had prepared me for this, and there was nowhere I could turn to get more information.

Sure, there was porn, but that was a fantasy. There wasn't anything I could practice on unless I did so with Marco. And while the thought sent another surge of heat down to my core, I wanted… I wanted to be good for him.

I wanted to make him feel good the same way he'd made me feel in my office. I wanted things to be perfect between us. I didn't want him to be disappointed with me.

But underneath all of that, there was something else, something deeper, darker. I don't want to lose him.

Marco saw through the mask I wore for everyone, through the walls I'd built, the distance I maintained, but he hadn't seen this version of me. The me who was scared of doing something wrong, of everything being my fault… of letting people down all the time.

I knew he liked me. But he didn't know that inside, I was broken.

I had moments where I'd get so wrapped up in my fears and past abuse that it spilled over.

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