Secretly Craved (Billionaire Bear Brotherhood Book 1) by Lily Cahill
Author:Lily Cahill [Cahill, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nameless Shameless Women LLC
Published: 2016-03-09T05:00:00+00:00
Chapter Thirteen
Marcus
Oh dear god. What had he done?
They were collapsed on the floor of his home office, still dewy with sweat and limp with satisfaction. Skye was curled against him, as naturally as though she had always been there, and would always be there. Marcus had his arms wrapped around her, stuck between abject panic and utter contentment.
Despite all of his cynical protestations, his certainty that this would be like any other casual, short-term affair, making love with Skye had been ⦠well, âlife-changingâ was the only word for it. She was his. He knew as surely as he knew his own name. They belonged to each other, were made for each other, were fucking fated to be together. He hadnât believed it was possible, and now he couldnât believe anything else.
The idea shook Marcus to his very core. Was this what his father had felt for his mother? If so, how could he possibly have been with other women, even after his mother died? Marcus couldnât imagine wanting anyone but Skye ever again. Even if she diedâand that idea filled him with a whole new kind of panicâhe couldnât fathom ever wanting someone else after what they had just shared. She was his. His. And he was hers.
She stretched against him. The lacy scrap of fabric she wore over her glorious breasts rubbed against his chest. When she spoke, she sounded drunk with pleasure. âThat was ⦠whoa.â
âWhoa,â he agreed.
âIâm still wearing my shoes,â she said, as if realizing for the first time, and smiled when she kicked up her leopard-print boots.
âIâll get them off. Eventually.â
âAh, so Iâve earned a round two, then? Iâm so glad. Once wouldnât have been enough.â
âWhat do you mean?â
âOh, you know. You, me, this.â She was tracing patterns on his chest with her fingertip. âI know itâs temporary, but I intend to enjoy you as much as I can.â
âTemporary?â
She shrugged. Though she was still curled into him, he could swear he felt her pulling away. âMy boss would have my head if he knew Iâd slept with someone Iâm investigating. And youâre great, obviously, but I think ⦠well, weâre from different worlds. That wonât work in the long term.â
âI could take you out of that world. Youâd never have to take the El or go back to that shitty apartment.â
Now she did pull away. âThatâs my shitty apartment that youâre talking about. And I happen to like taking the El.â
âThatâs crazy. Nobody likes the El.â
She huffed out a breath. âThis is exactly what Iâm talking about. Our perspectives are so different.â
He couldnât puzzle out where he had gone wrong. âAre you saying that we shouldnât see each other again?â
âNot necessarily. I certainly enjoyed â¦.â A blush rose over her cheeks. âIâm trying to be mature about this. You said temporary. Iâm trying to tell you that Iâm fine with that.â
With any other woman, he would have been glad to know that she accepted the limitations of the relationship. But this was his mate. He couldnât fathom ever letting her go.
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