Chapter 94
-LANA
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Apollo continues to warn me against my actions.
But this is what I wanted. I crave to be closer to him. As I begin to unbutton his shirt, he lets me, though there’s still caution in his eyes. My hands tremble as I fumble with the last button, finally pulling his shirt open.
Before me rests a sculpted chest, its surface smooth and inviting, with defined muscles that ripple beneath the skin. How could he look this good without even trying?
Apolo lets out a low groan as I lean down, leaving soft kisses across his smooth, sun–kissed skin. The warm, golden hue only deepens my desire, and as I trail my tongue along his chest, I feel his muscles twitch under my touch. I revel in his reaction, intoxicated by the connection between us. How could I ever want to be with someone else when this is what it feels like whenever our bodies touch?
If my mate has been feeling everything I have from the very start, why would he choose to keep torturing us both? How could he just let it go?
“I don’t want this part of you to belong to anyone else but me,” I whisper, my hands gliding along his body. “This is meant to be mine.”
He closes his eyes as I move my body against his. “I can’t stand the thought of sharing you. I’ve had to watch you with so many women in the past, and it hurt more than you can imagine. I felt so many emotions during those days, and it took me a while to understand that what I was feeling was jealousy. Only after discovering we were mates did I truly grasp how much your actions affected me. You knew we were meant for each other, yet you kept bringing other girls home. It was like torture.”
He flinches at my words and his eyes flash open, I can see the surprise in his gaze. “I never wanted to hurt you. I thought pushing you away would help; I tried to make you dislike me. I did everything I could to keep you from developing feelings for me, Lana. I was trying to protect you, knowing I could never give you my heart. I wanted to prevent what is happening to us now. You were never supposed to feel anything for me but hatred. I have clearly failed in my plans.”
His actions were starting to click in light of his explanation. Everything he had done in the past–bringing home all those women and sleeping around- seemed to be an intentional way to hurt me, to push me into disliking him. I should feel angry; I should distance myself, knowing he had done those things on purpose to make me hate him. Yet, deep down, I sensed there was a darker reason behind it all. It was the same reason he was skirting around, refusing to share the truth with me. He claimed he was trying to protect me from something, but I couldn’t quite grasp what that something was.
“Please stop pushing me away.” I beg. “Cant you feel what I feel Apollo? No one else has ever made me feel this way. You do things to my body that I have never once allowed anyone else to do. You are the only person that I wish to be with. Why are you giving up before even trying for us to be together? Why can’t you fight for us?”
His jaw clenched and I can tell that my words are having an impact on him.
I can’t stop myself as I press my lips against his. I needed to taste him, I needed to close the distance between us. Apollo groans into my mouth and buries his hand in my hair, I’m scared that he’s going to push me away when he does the opposite.
I gasp when he angles his face and pushes his tongue into my mouth. His kisses are now aggressive as he takes as much from me as I’m giving to him. L wrap my arms around his neck tightly and pull myself closer against him.
We are both breathing hard and can’t seem to get enough of each other. I cry out when he grabs my ass and presses me down on the bulge in his pants. My eyes widen, he was most definitely aroused.
“Fuck.” He growls when I begin to grind against him, rubbing my lower half against his hardness.
“Please,” I wasn’t aware of what I was begging for but I wanted so much more than this. “Tell me that you’ll fight for us.”
cry out when he pushes my pajama shorts to the side and sinks his finger into my pussy without any warning.
He covers my screams with his mouth as he moves his finger in and out of me, I can feel the wetness increase with each movement of his hand. My heart was racing in my chest and I felt like I would get a heart attack before this was over.
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Chapter 94
“I can’t make any promises.” He growls as his teeth grazes my nipple through the satin material.
“Apollo-”
“Shh.” He cuts me off as he covers my mouth one more time. I’m drowning in these kisses as he continues to slide his finger in and out of my pussy.
“I want more than-”
“No.” He stops me before I can finish. “This is as far as I’m taking things with you. You deserve better than me and I will not take this part of you away.”
Was he trying to say that he was okay with someone else doing it?
Just as I was about to voice my complaint, a knock echoed from the door. We both froze.
I couldn’t recall if I had locked the door or merely closed it.
Apollo, are you in there?” I heard his mother call out.
He remained silent.
“Apollo?” she repeated, her tone firm. “I know I heard something! If you don’t open this door, I’m coming in!”
My eyes widened in alarm. I knew she wasn’t joking. This was definitely not good.
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