All I could think about was tearing the dress off, pressing her into the mattress, and proving to her all over again that no matter how much time passes, no matter how many kids are sleeping down the hall, I will never stop wanting her with a violence that scares me.
I held her face in my hand, thumb brushing her cheekbone, and forced myself to breathe. “You see what you do to me, kitten?” I whispered, voice shaking with the weight of it. “One look. One damn dress. And I’m ready to burn the whole world down just to keep you here with me.”
She tipped her head just enough to let her hair spill over her shoulder, lips curling like sin itself. “What do you want me to do, Daddy?” she asked, voice soft, knowing, daring.
My blood spiked hot. I didn’t even try to filter it, didn’t bother with r
