She stares at me with weary eyes. Her tear-stained cheeks are flushed, and it takes a hell of a lot of self-control not to act like an animal and clean her skin with my tongue. I’ve quite literally been starved of her for far too long. I just ripped my heart out and fileted the damn organ so that she could see its contents poured out before her. ‘You sounded pathetic,’ Orion muttered, and I imagine him rolling his eyes. ‘I’m sorry, I forgot I lead with my heart and not my dick.’ ‘Asshole,’ he growls, and I block him out. While my d**k ached to be inside of her; That’s not what she needs right now. After what felt like the pause of a lifetime, she nodded timidly, and f**k, the relief that washed over me felt like heaven itself opened up. “Are you sure, B? Because I’m going to pu

