"I'm going to take care of everything for you, Libby," he continued, his voice vibrating through her spine. "Your studies, your future, your friends—you won't have to worry about any of it anymore. I'll handle it all."
His hands moved from her waist to her hair, pulling it slightly to the side to expose the line of her neck. He bit down there, not hard enough to break skin but enough to leave a mark that would linger. The dominance in his tone matched the rhythm of his body—unrelenting, absolute.
"Just focus on me," he commanded. "Everything else is noise."
The room seemed to shrink around them, the vastness of the ridgetop house disappearing until there was nothing left but the sound of their breathing and the heavy friction of their bodies. Victor’
s body reached its limit. He let o
