Chapter 20 #2
She yanked her blouse off and unbuttoned her jeans.
It wasn’t fast enough for him. He toppled her back against the bed, gripped her waistband, and pulled.
Both jeans and underwear came off in one go.
He needed to taste her, to touch every part of her.
He reached for the back of her neck, gripped her hair in one hand, and pulled her up so that he could devour her mouth.
Her lips were as angry and rough as his. It was a battle of tongue and teeth as they nipped and sucked at each other until Hem was breathless for more.
“I can’t wait to be inside you,” he said when he pulled away. He reached down and plunged two fingers inside her, feeling her soft and wet. He pumped in and out until she squealed and an orgasm gripped her body. She arched against him and he almost roared in triumph.
“What do you want?” he said when she gasped for air. “You want to stop what we have here and send me home?”
“Hem,” she panted. He gripped her hips and yanked her to the edge of the bed before dropping to his knees.
Before she could catch her breath, he feasted on her, lapping her up and sucking until she was screaming with pleasure again. He held her hostage, feeling the pleasure tighten every muscle in her body until she was panting for air.
Just as she was on the precipice of another orgasm, he pulled back, got to his feet, and quickly sheathed himself with the condom he’d kept in his back pocket.
Mina’s legs hooked over the crook of his arms, and she stared up at him, dazed. “Tell me you want me to stop.”
“No,” she said, still struggling to breathe. She reached up and pinched her nipples, tugging them into tight peaks.
“I’ll walk away and go home now.”
“Don’t you fucking dare!” she shouted. “Take me, Hem.”
“You’re the only one for me, and no one else will ever compare to you.” Without another word, he plunged into her. She screamed and the echo reverberated in his head. She was so tight, so soft against him, and all he wanted to do was drown in her. His Mina. His strong, intelligent, beautiful Mina.
He couldn’t slow down, couldn’t stop himself from fucking hard and fast into her now.
Her breasts jiggled, and her hips lifted off the bed with each vicious thrust of body against body.
Hem leaned forward, bending her in half until her knees touched her breasts, and he felt her clench around his cock.
She began to orgasm, her entire body shaking with the force of her pleasure, and her pussy milked him until his balls tightened and electricity shot up his spine.
She was screaming his name as Hem shoved inside of her one last time before erupting.
“Mina,” he cried, and knew he’d be saying it for the rest of his life.
It was a long time later, minutes or hours, when the brain fog began to clear. Hem didn’t know how long they lay wrecked and sweaty, wrapped around each other. Their harsh breathing ripped through the air in tandem, and Hem gloried in the sound.
“You should take care of that,” Mina finally said.
Hem didn’t want to leave her side, but he had to dispose of the condom.
“Be right back,” he said and kissed her forehead.
He made quick work of cleaning up and returned to the room just as Mina slipped out of bed. “My turn,” she said.
Hem hesitated, but when he saw that she’d already withdrawn from him.
The door closed and he heard the water running. He’d just gotten under the covers again when Mina returned, picked up his shirt from the floor and pulled it over her head.
The look didn’t detract from her beauty at all. If anything, she was even more stunning. Outside the bedroom, she was poised and professional, so this mussed look was only for his eyes. “I like you in my shirts.”
Mina curled against his side, and he pulled her close. Her hands were soft as they brushed through his hair.
“Better?” he said softly.
“Mhm.” She was warm. Pliant. His.
He struggled to contain the breadth and depth of feeling for this woman.
It was nearly impossible to keep locked up, controlled, when he finally had her in his arms like this.
And even though their timing couldn’t have been worse, he didn’t want to waste another minute without Mina and the chance to wake up next to her every morning.
“What if I told you— ” His heartbeats were almost painful.
He banged a fist against his chest and cleared his throat.
“What if I told you that I loved you and time means shit when you’ve found the right woman?
I spent years not knowing if I was with the right person.
But with you . . . with you, I knew the minute I saw you in that boardroom.
It was like meeting someone vaguely familiar and new at the same time, and that was it for me. That was it for me, Mina.”
Her mouth fell open. Without preamble, she burst into tears.
“Oh, fuck me. Don’t do that. Don’t cry. I’ll do anything you want. I’ll go.” At that, she started crying harder. He moved on instinct. Hem tucked her against his body and covered her with a blanket. Then he held her close until her sobs softened to gentle hiccups.
“Why is it so hard to hear?” he whispered against her forehead.
“Because I’m so afraid it’s not real.”
“It’s real. Main tuhadi sari zindagi nu pyar karan di udika kara riha hum.” I have been waiting to love you my whole life.
“Main tenu pyaar kardiyaan,” she whispered against his collarbone. I love you.
He shuddered from the force of her words. He hadn’t realized how much he’d needed to hear it back, how much it meant for her to feel the same as he felt. It was a beautiful thing.
He never thought he’d want another person to be a part of his life again, but with Mina, it felt right. He pressed a hand between her shoulder blades and pulled her impossibly closer.
“Move in with me,” he whispered. The request came from the very depths of his soul, from his need to be with her as often as possible. His hope that he could wake up next to her every morning.
“Hem, you don’t know what you’re asking of me. Asking of us.”
“I love you.” Mina closed her eyes, and he could see her thick lashes fan over her cheek.
“I want to,” she whispered.
“My place only feels like home when you’re there. Move in with me. We’ll learn about each other together. We’ll grow together. We’ve started with months and we’ll end with forever.”
She ran her fingertip against his cheek and then tilted her mouth up to his. “I’m not sure yet. This case, my mother’s firm. Give me time. When it’s just you and me, then I’ll give you my decision.”
“Promise?”
“Absolutely. I want to be with you, Hem. That doesn’t change.”
Hem kissed her, and his world was right again.