Page 97 of Royal Desire

I sit up on a hip and look down at him. “You made a deal so your father would get the maximum sentence?”

He falls to his back and pulls me over him. His hands hold me firmly to him where I’m straddling his waist. “If I didn’t do it, it would never happen. I saw the opportunity and took it. And it wasn’t a hardship taking over this business. I make five times what I would have as a partner at the firm. This house holds some of the best and worst memories of my life. It’s haunted by abuse and addiction. But it’s also where I found you.”

I bend at the waist and lean down to kiss him. “It’s where we found each other.”

His hands slide down my back to my ass. “I’ve loved you at every stage of my life. I can’t hate this house. And someone has to take care of my mother, though that might be the most frustrating part. If she doesn’t want to save herself, I can’t do it for her.”

“Our parents really did a number on us, didn’t they?”

He gives me a squeeze. “That ends with their generation. We’ll change that.”

A smile touches my lips. “Since we said fuck it, that might be sooner rather than later.”

He does a sit up and takes me with him before he flips me to my back. “Nothing will happen at all if we don’t put in the work. Storytime is over, baby. I want you face down with your ass in the air. I want to drive you crazy and feel you inside and out when I make you come.”

Warmth spreads through me and shoots straight between my legs at the thought. “You want a lot of things, Payne Deacon.”

He leans down to kiss me. “I only want you. In every way I can have you.”

I slide one leg up his side and press my foot into his lower back to hold him to me. “Thank you for telling me about your dad.”

“Baby, I’ll tell you anything and everything.” He leans down to kiss me one more time before he shifts away from me. “Roll.”

This time I give him what he wants.

The moment I do, he dips a hand beneath me and hikes my hips up. My knees and cheek are to the bed. He wedges his knees between mine to spread me and instantly fills me with two fingers. All of a sudden, Payne isn’t in the mood to take his time.

His lips land on my ear. “You’re still wet for me.”

I peek up at him. “Always.”

There’s a satisfied look on his face. I lose his fingers and he surges into me in one go. My body forms to his thick cock, and I can’t help but press into him. His chest is glued to my back, his forearms to the bed. I’m surrounded and caged in. He has me pinned. I couldn’t move if I wanted to.

Even with everything swirling around us, I’ve never felt safer.

But then he reaches under me and finds my clit.

My eyes fall shut. “Yes.”

“I want to feel you come while I’m buried inside you.” I feel him inhale where his nose is buried in the side of my head. “I’m going to fuck you so hard, the rest of the world will fade away.” He pulls out almost to the tip and does exactly what he just promised—he slams into me. “I’m going to give you a million new memories here, baby, because this is going to be your home.”

I exhale and force my eyes open. His fingers on my clit aren’t edging me anymore. Between that and him telling me this will be my home, I’m not sure which will do me in first.

My only answer is a lame nod.

He pulls out and slams into me again with more force and power than before. He’s backing up his words with actions.

“I want to hear you say it, Ruby.” He slams into me as his hand slides down to where we’re connected in the most carnal way possible. He presses the heel of his hand into my clit and cups us between his fingers. “Say you’re mine.”

My orgasm is imminent. I’m so close, I can barely speak. “Yes. Yours.”

He slams into me even harder. Again and again. Each time he takes me, it’s more forceful than the one before.

His voice is deep and guttural. “And you’ll stay here with me. Forever.”

I white knuckle the sheets beneath me. I feel the tsunami approach faster than normal, but then again, he’s been edging me endlessly.

I pull in a shaky breath. “I love you. I’ll never leave.”