confusion and fear had come to a head.
“Addison,” Nathan breathed, crossing the room to her. He gathered her into his arms and let her cry. He smoothed her hair, and pulled her close.
Eventually, her tears stopped.
“I can’t… I don’t think I can do this,” she said.
He nodded. “My life is complicated, Addison. It’s full of twists and turns and darkness. I will do everything I can to take care of you, to make you happy and to make sure I never hurt you. But I will never be able to give you the kind of life you most likely want.”
“How can you say you’ll never hurt me? I already feel as if you’ve hurt me so much.”
“I know, and for that, I’m sorry. It wasn’t my intention.” His face was close to hers now. “God, Addison,” he breathed. “I know I should let you go, but I can’t.”
And then he kissed her.
His mouth was warm and his lips tasted of champagne. Addison poured her emotions into the kiss. Just tonight , she told herself. I’ll give myself to him just for one more night.
Soon Nathan’s kisses got more aggressive, and his hands began to roam over her body. His mouth moved down her neck, tracing a flaming trail from the hollow of her neck down to her cleavage.
Then his hands were back at the straps of her gown, pushing them down as he tried to get at her breasts. But the dress was too tight, and the straps wouldn’t slide down.
Nathan’s eyes burned with lust as he tore at the straps until they snapped off the dress.
Addison moaned as her breasts burst free.
“God, Addison,” Nathan said. “You are beautiful.”
His tongue moved to her nipples, teasing them into tight little peeks.
Then he moved away from her, over to the other side of the room. She stood there, exposed from the waist up.
“Get on your knees.” All trace of the soft, caring tone that had been in his voice was gone.
Addison did as she was told.
“Come to me.”
She began to move to him on her knees, but he stopped her. “No.” He shook his head. “Crawl.”
She got down on her hands and knees and began crawling to him, not stopping to think about how degrading it was that she was crawling to a man. She didn’t care about anything in that moment except for pleasing him, and the pulsing need that was throbbing through her body.
When she was finally in front of him, he reached down and cupped her chin, tilting it up until she was looking into his eyes. His thumb stroked her cheek gently, and then he slipped his index finger into her mouth.
Her lips closed around it, and then he pulled it out and trailed it down her neck until he reached her breast. His finger found her nipple, moving in a slow, wet, circle.
She arched her back and moaned, but he put his hand on the back of her head, holding her still.
“No,” he said, grinning down at her. It was a wicked grin, the grin of a man who was about to get exactly what he wanted. “Unbutton my pants.”
She did as she was told, reaching up and undoing his belt, then his button, then finally unzipping him. The whole time, his eyes were on hers, burning all the way into her soul.
When his cock sprung free, Addison gasped. Last night he’d been behind her, pushing into her, taking her that way. She’d been able to tell he was big, but now she was surprised that she’d been able to take him.
He held himself at the base of his shaft and rubbed the head of his dick on her lips. “You want to suck it, don’t you?” he demanded.
“Yes,” she breathed. “Please.” She opened her mouth to take it, but he pulled back.
“Beg me.”
“Please,” she said. “Please, I need to feel your dick in my mouth.” The words were just as shocking as they’d been last night. She’d never talked like this to a man before, had never said anything so overtly sexual.
He pushed it between her lips, and she took it in her mouth, his hand on the back of her head, guiding her. The whole time, his eyes were on hers, the intensity and want burning so