Page 138 of His Flash Mate
The second that door closed, Konni picked me up and carried me to the lounge, where he settled me on his lap and cuddled me.
“Thank you for today, Sophia.For letting me spoil you.For sharing your thoughts with me.I love listening to the way you think.”He kissed my forehead and hugged me closer.“I want more of all of this.”
“You’re greedy.”
“I am.”
Shaking my head, I hugged him back.
“How long are you going to let me keep you as my dirty little secret?”I asked.
“As long as you need.”
I snorted.
“I’ll try to help you move past it, though,” he said with a grin.“But even if I’m unofficial and have to date you in private, it’s worth being with you.”
“Smooth,” I said.
“Only for you.”
He kissed me tenderly.It conveyed his devotion and made me crave more.From him.For him.
I deepened the kiss, and he groaned into my mouth, switching from sweet to savage in a second.Threading my fingers in his hair, I held on for dear life as he stole my will to resist what was growing between us.
Affection.
A real relationship.
It still terrified me even though I was trying not to let it.
I broke off the kiss, panting.His mouth trailed to my neck, teasing and nipping my skin until it felt like my heart was going to beat its way out of my chest.
“We need to stop,” I said when his hand slid up from my knee to my thigh.
“I’m so hungry for you, Sophia.”
“No.Not here.”
“I know.Let’s skip the dinner and the meeting and go to my townhouse.It’s not far from here.”
“No,” I said firmly, even though I wasn’t stopping that hand that was slowly sliding up my thigh to my hip.
He groaned.The hand stilled even as the fingers pressed more firmly into my skin.
“I need you to be the one to walk away,” he said.
Shit.I wasn’t sure I had the willpower either.
“Okay.Just a second.”I held still, breathing and trying to calm down.
“I’ll give you three more, and then we’re going to?—”
I got off his lap.
He leaned back against the lounge and closed his eyes.The rise and fall of his chest was more pronounced, but not necessarily rapid.More like fiercely controlled.
The tension in his jaw called to me.I wanted to ease it.To comfort him.
