indignantly. âHave you ever heard of asking nicely?â
âEmma, I donât have anything to prove. I could make you come ten times in a row if I wanted to,â he said levelly.
My traitorous body comes alive at both the thought and his absolute certainty.
âYes, I do want to make you come over and over again until you scream my name, but only because I want to be the one to give you pleasure and fill your every need, not because you are some kind of project. I hope I have ruined you for any other man, because I donât intend to share you. Contrary to your opinion of me, I do not take that many women to bed, and I have never for a second thought of you as a conquest or a challenge. Why would you think what we did together means any less to me than it did to you?â
âBecause Iâm not good at this,â I say. âBecause I overthink things and over analyze everything, and Iâm not good at letting go and being uninhibited, which is what you are obviously used to. You can clearly have any woman you want. Women who are clearly much more experienced than I am.â
Although his grip on me remains tight, his eyes soften as he runs his thumb across my bottom lip. âYouâre the woman I want, Emma. You are the most beautiful, responsive, and sensual woman Iâve ever met. Your asshole of an ex-husband deserves to be shot for making you feel otherwise. You are perfect just the way you are. Iâm sorry about the shower. Iâm not good at asking nicely. Iâm used to demanding what I want and getting it. Itâs who I am, but Iâll try to ask nicely every once in a while if it makes you happy. You have all the power, Emma. You have the power to give me what I want or refuse me.â
With the way heâs looking at me, Iâm having a hard time imagining refusing him anything. âWhat do you want?â I ask.
âYou,â he says simply. âAll of you, exposed and revealed only to me.â
âSo part of your attraction to me is my inexperience?â I press.
âA little,â he admits. âBut only because it makes you mine. It means we get to explore what turns you on together. I love your inhibitions, because that means I get to be the one to push you past them.â
âWhy me?â I want more than anything to believe he wants me as much as I want him, but Iâm not sure.
âI wanted you the first time I laid eyes on you, so much so that I convinced Dr. Matthews to let me meet with you on Monday instead of him. I donât know what it is, but there is something primitive and fundamental between us that compels me to make you mine. You drive me crazy simply by existing. I have never felt like this before. I want to know you. I want to make you laugh and hold you when youâre sad and know the secrets of your soul. I want to push your boundaries and hear you beg. I want to give you everything you want and then more. I donât care about your past, or how experienced you are. Weâll find our own way together. Say you believe me Emma,â he says, his breath ragged. âSay youâll stay.â
I am completely undone. I whisper, âI believe you. Iâll stay.â
He pins me to the wall with his body, his hands on either side of me holding me captive as his lips claim mine with an urgency I donât understand.
Bending his head so his lips are so close to my ear that I can feel his breath, he murmurs, âEmma, please shower with me.â
Giddy with the knowledge that this gorgeous man wants me and impossibly turned on, I look up at him flirtatiously from beneath my lashes. âWell,â I say, considering. âYou did ask nicely.â
I quickly duck under his arm, escaping his confinement. âIâll think about it,â I say mischievously.
Instantly, Beckett lunges toward me, but Iâm smaller and faster and I easily sidestep him. Laughing, I race toward the doorway. He
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