More Than Desire You (Reed Family Reckoning Book 8) by Shayla Black

Author:Shayla Black [Black, Shayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-31T18:30:00+00:00

Her soft entreaty fries my brain. My thoughts race. I can’t breathe.

I’ve been offered sex often. But for the first time, I can’t think of a seductive comeback.

I’m speechless.

Until now, I never thought I owed a woman in my bed anything but pleasure. If she got off a few times, I walked away without an ounce of guilt. I can’t do that to Corinne. On the other hand, if I turn her down, my gut tells me this chance will never come again and I’ll wish for the rest of my life that I’d fucking taken the opportunity to touch her.

“Princess…”

“Say yes. Just this once. All my life, everyone has left me, especially when I needed them. You didn’t and…” She bites her plump lip the way she always does that drives me crazy. “Please.”

Her pleading dark eyes twist me up. Even as I lift my hands to cup her face, I’m making a conscious choice to fall for her, because there’s no way I spend tonight losing myself in her body and I don’t come out of this wrecked.

At the moment, I don’t care. I’ve never agonized over the future. Anticipated, plotted, and put countermeasures in place, sure. But my philosophy has always been that if I spent my time stressing, then when the shit hit the fan, I’d only have forced myself to live through the misery twice. But worry eats at me now. What if I make love to Corinne tonight and she walks away come morning?

I stare down into her eyes…and I see my fork in the road. I hesitate, and that’s not like me. When I see something, I go after it. When I decide something, I do it. When I want something, I take it.

Still, she’s different.

“I don’t have to pretend you matter. But I want you to be sure. If you give me your virginity, I can’t give it back.”

She shakes her head, her dark curls brushing her delicate shoulders. “That’s the thing. I’ve never felt compelled to be with anyone. In high school, waiting felt right because my boyfriends were passing crushes. In college, not getting involved made sense because I didn’t want to regret throwing away my V-card on a random hot dude at a party.”

“And Riley?” I choke out. Admittedly, I’ve fucked so many women that I’ve lost count, but I’ve never been in love. She gave her heart to that man. Despite the fact it shouldn’t, that goddamn eats at me.

“We had opportunities. We made plans. We met for weekends.” Corinne shrugs. “I just…didn’t.”

“But you want me?” More than the man she once hoped to marry?

Slowly, Corinne nods, her solemn stare never wavering.

My pulse surges. I tamp it down and try not to let excitement run away with my common sense. Tonight was heavy and emotional. She probably needs someone to hold her, and I shouldn’t delude myself into thinking I mean more to her.

But what if she’s feeling what I’m feeling? What if she’s asking me to make

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