Darkest Desire by Tawny Taylor

Author:Tawny Taylor
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2012-07-29T21:00:00+00:00

15

Lei fought like a little hellcat at first. But he just kept on kissing her. She even nipped at his lip a little. But he didn’t release her. With lips, teeth, tongue, he claimed, he seduced, he conquered. Until she was breathless, clinging to him instead of clawing at him.

Just as he’d hoped.

As she softened, the kiss became less urgent. Now it was a patient exploration on both sides. Tongues stroking, tasting. Hands gliding up and down, mapping new terrain. Malek’s body was growing hard, tight. His mind foggy. His nerves electrified. A pounding ache erupted between his legs, and he rocked his hips forward to grind away the burn.

“Malek,” she said into their joined mouths. “Please.”

“Please, what, baby?” He angled back. One hand had found a breast. The other was cupping the back of her neck. He looked into her heavy-lidded eyes. They were watery. “Are you crying?” In response, one fat tear dripped from the corner of her eye. “Why?”

“Because I can’t do this.” She shrank away from him. Wrapped her arms protectively around herself. “Please don’t force me.”

“I don’t want to force you to do anything.”

“Good. Then you’ll go marry April.”

“But what about us? Our feelings for each other?”

She dragged her hand across her face. “You want me, like a man wants a woman. It’s just lust. Nothing more.”

“You don’t know that.”

“I do. Because if it was more, if you really wanted what was best for me, you’d walk away.”

He hated hearing those words. They sliced his insides like razors. Moving slowly, he cupped her cheek and thumbed away a tear. “What do you feel for me?”

She pulled his hand away from her face and took a step back. “Respect. Friendship. Gratitude.”

“Desire.”

She threw her hands into the air and stomped toward the window. “Okay, sure. Desire. But that’s not enough. I’m still not what you want, what you need.” Lei pointed at the doorway behind him. “She is. April.”

“Malek?” a soft female voice said. It was coming from the doorway. “Is something wrong?”

He turned a one-eighty. “No, nothing’s wrong.”

April’s gaze jumped from Malek to Lei and back to Malek again. “I’ve interrupted something.” Visibly shaken, she stumbled backward. “It was a mistake coming here.”

Malek didn’t move.

Lei did. “Wait!” She dashed across the room, grabbing April’s hand and keeping her from rushing away. “I’m sorry if you’ve gotten the wrong impression here. There’s nothing going on between Malek and me. Absolutely nothing.”

“I saw you two.” April’s lip quivered. “You were kissing.”

Shit.

Lei’s gaze snapped to Malek’s.

Malek shook his head. This was all fucked up. April had walked smack dab into the middle of it. She didn’t deserve this. Neither did Lei. If only Drako and Talen had left him to make his own fucking decisions. “I’m sorry,” was all he could say.

“That’s it? I’m sorry?” April’s cheeks pinked. She blinked several times. Her eyes reddened. Dammit, she was going to cry, too. Two women crying, all in the span of maybe ten minutes. He was a fucking asshole. “Is that all you can say?”

“Go talk to her, Malek,” Lei said through visibly gritted teeth.

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