The Brody Bunch Collection: Bad Boy Romance by Sienna Valentine

Author:Sienna Valentine [Valentine, Sienna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-05T18:30:00+00:00

16

Ash

Fear seized me as Hannah began to cry again. Goddamn, I thought. What did I do wrong?

I wasn’t annoyed by it. Not at her, anyway. I was pissed at myself for whatever it was, for however I’d managed to screw up this time. I’d been so indelicate with her before, so impatient for answers that I’d made what was surely one of the hardest things she’d ever had to do even harder. Now all I wanted to do was comfort her, make up for what an insistent ass I’d been. Even though maybe I never could.

But as I moved to wipe her tears with my thumb, she looked up at me again and kissed me. Hard. Passionately. On the mouth.

I closed my eyes and surrendered. There was little romance in this kiss—it was more hot desperation, urgent need. She wanted to feel something other than pain. She wanted to be touched in ways that didn’t leave scars.

She really did want to forget.

I kissed her back, opening my mouth to receive her, to flutter my tongue against hers in light, teasing strokes. Hannah moaned, her fingers in my hair, nails on my scalp as she pulled me closer to her, trying to negate the distance between our bodies—inches that felt like entire worlds.

I knew this hunger. I understood it well. It was the same gnawing ache that drove me to drink after Dad got locked up. The same shrieking void that sometimes felt like it could never be filled. And maybe for me, there was no salvation. But for Hannah? I would make damn sure there was.

“C’mere,” I said softly, scooping her into my arms. She didn’t seem like the kind of girl who particularly liked to be carried, but when I stood, she made no fuss. “I’ll make you forget now.”

“Thank you,” she sighed. It broke my heart in two.

I kissed her all the way to her bedroom, already knowing the way, not even having to look. I laid her down on top of the duvet, holding my body over hers, but this time leaving her hands free to roam as they pleased. Most other times I’d bound her in some way, forcing her hands over her head or otherwise limiting her mobility because she seemed to like it rough. But now that I knew why, that it’s all she’s ever known, I also knew that wasn’t what she needed right now.

“If you want me to stop,” I whispered, slowly undoing the zipper at the back of her dress, “you just tell me. Okay?” I brought my free hand up to caress her face. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do.”

She looked at me, her head cocked. “Why are you telling me this?” she asked.

“Because I need to,” I answered, steadily peeling the luxe, textured fabric off her. It felt even better than I’d imagined it would, but Hannah’s soft, naked skin felt better. “I need you to know you’re safe with me, love, and not just because I can knock a man’s teeth down his throat if I have to.

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