Page 32 of The Billionaire's Timed Wife

Those glorious eyes meet mine, confused.

She may not know what she wants, but I do.

To feel that again. To discover what kind of spell has set my veins on fire.

This time, I pull her back intentionally, and what drives me insane is that, despite how she was raised, she lets me hold her.

I forget why I came here in the first place. Her tears are gone now.

Our breaths hang suspended, and our bodies, completely detached from reason, wait for what comes next.

My fingers travel through the silk of her hair, caressing her scalp. She tilts her head back.

Her eyes are half-closed, her long lashes hiding them from me.

I brush my lips against her chin, but it’s not enough. I part my lips, tasting her satin skin.

She trembles but doesn’t pull away.

I can feel the hard peaks of her breasts against my chest.

Whatever restraint I have left keeps me from touching them, but I can’t stop myself from wanting that mouth.

I lean in slowly, afraid she’ll tell me to stop.

I don’t want to stop. I need to feel her.

My heart pounds like a drumbeat, loud, relentless. I’ve never felt anything like this: a hunger so intense it’s almost painful. It only quiets when, finally, my mouth finds hers.

At the first touch, Adeela lets out a soft, startled moan, and I surrender to the need.

Her lips are warm and wet, and maybe I should keep the kiss gentle, but when they part slightly, I can’t resist sliding my tongue inside.

She gasps and clutches my arms, not to push me away, but to hold on.

“I’ve never . . .” she whispers.

“I know I’ll be your first. Let me kiss you, qalbi[29].”

I’m not a tender man, and I didn’t plan to call hermy heart. The words just escaped, but they’re exactly what she needs to hear, because now her body melts into mine, her arms winding around my neck.

Delicious. Yielding.

I deepen the kiss, coaxing her to open to me, swallowing her sighs and moans.

Each sound drives me wilder, feeding an uncontrollable hunger.

I’ve never been with a woman who kissed like this. So full of raw passion.

She gives herself completely, her fingers tangled in my hair, pulling me closer.

I want to strip her bare, to taste every inch of her soft skin. To lick and bite. To make her cry out as she comes in my mouth.

Needing the friction of her body, I pull her tight against my erection.

A second later, when she pushes me away, breathless, I realize I’ve gone too far.

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