43. Liam
Chapter 43
Liam
I ’m in the middle of deep cleaning Mariya’s, trying to distract myself from the emotions swirling inside me. It’s been three days since Selene walked out on me, and I can’t shake the emptiness that’s settled in my chest.
As I scrub the countertops, lost in my thoughts, I hear the door open behind me. I glance up to see Layla standing there, looking hesitant.
“Hey,” she says guiltily. “I wanted to apologize for the way I acted the other day with you and Selene.”
I pause, surprised. “It’s okay. We were all under a lot of stress.”
Layla nods, but I can tell she’s still troubled by something. “Are you okay?” she asks, her eyes searching mine.
I hesitate for a moment before letting out a sigh. “Honestly, Layla, no. I’m not. Selene... She rejected me.”
Layla’s eyes widen in shock, and she reaches out to squeeze my hand in sympathy. “I’m so sorry, Liam,” she says softly. “I didn’t realize.”
I offer her a weak smile. “Thanks, Layla.”
We stand there in silence for a moment, lost in our own thoughts. Then Layla speaks up. “You know, Liam,” she says, “you deserve to be happy. And if Selene can’t see that, then maybe she doesn’t deserve you, mate or not.”
”Yeah, maybe you’re right. I can’t let her rejection define me.”
“That’s the spirit,” she says, smiling. “You deserve someone who will love and appreciate you for who you are.”
With Layla’s support echoing in my mind, I finish up cleaning Mariya’s, feeling lighter than I have in days. As I lock up the restaurant and head home, I know what I have to do.
It’s time to show Selene that I’m not giving up on us without a fight.
I stand at Selene’s door, my heart pounding with nervous anticipation. When she opens it, I can see the exhaustion etched on her face, and my heart clenches at the sight.
“Hey,” I say softly, offering her a gentle smile. “Grayson mentioned that you’re off school for a while. How are you holding up?”
She nods wearily. “Yeah, I’m... I’m okay.”
”Can I come in?” I ask, trying to keep my tone casual.
She nods again, stepping aside to let me enter. I step inside, feeling a surge of protectiveness wash over me. Gathering my courage, I turn to meet her gaze. “Selene,” I begin, my voice faltering slightly. “I need to talk to you.”
She looks at me apprehensively.
“I know things have been... complicated between us. But I don’t want to give up on us, Selene. I feel like we’re meant to be together. I’m not ready to lose you.”
Her eyes widen in surprise, and I can see the conflict warring within her. But before she can respond, I take a step closer, closing the distance between us.
“We’ve both said some regrettable things and made some mistakes,” I say, reaching out to gently cup her cheek. “But I believe we can work through them. We owe it to ourselves to at least try, don’t you think?”
She looks up at me, her eyes searching mine. And then, without a word, she pulls me to her, crushing her lips against mine in a desperate kiss.
I melt into her embrace, feeling a rush of warmth flood through me as our lips move together in perfect harmony.
“I missed you, baby!”
“ I missed you too, Liam.”
“Can I kiss you again?” I blurt out, unable to stop myself.
“You better!” she says as her breath comes out in short, ragged gasps. I lean in slowly, savoring the moment, and press my lips against hers. Our breathing becomes heavy as the kiss deepens.
The door is still slightly ajar as I pin her against the wall.
“Fuck!” I moan into the kiss.
My cock is getting harder as I grind into her a little more.
This feeling is all so heady. I want to bottle it up and carry it with me for the rest of my days.
I run my hands up her thighs.
God, her skin is so soft.
How the hell is her skin always so soft?
After that moment in her classroom, I was so turned on that I was afraid I would come right then and there.
But now… Not seeing her and not being sure if I would ever see her again?
That was pure hell.
My cock is so hard it’s barely contained in my boxers.
“Selene! You are so soft.”
“You are going to make me come if you keep touching me like that.”
“Is that a problem?” I ask as I lick her lips. “Don’t you miss coming for me?”
“Yes. But I thought…”
“Thought what? That because we’ve just reconciled, you thought we would take things slow?”
“Maybe…”
“Haven’t you ever heard of makeup sex? But I can stop if you want me to.”
“Don’t you fucking dare!” She giggles. “But the door is open, Liam. Someone could walk out and see us.”
“Like a little show for them?”
She moans.
I use my legs to push her legs apart and then thrust my thigh between hers.
“Then I would suggest you hurry up and come for me, baby.”
Her beautiful eyes are heavy-lidded with desire.
“Liam…”
“Yes, baby.”
“Fuck…”
My hands on her hips help guide her as she rolls her thighs, trying to get closer to me. She is seeking pressure, seeking release, and I am going to give it to her… but first.
“I know what I just said, but I want you to know that we can stop anytime. So, Selene, my little vampire and the sexiest woman I have ever seen, are you sure you want to do this? We still have a lot we need to talk about.”
My eyes are locked on hers.
She darts her tongue out and licks her lips. “Liam Night! We can talk some other time. For now, I am a lot more interested in everything but talking.”
Fuck! This woman! “So, orgasm?”
“Liam, yes, please,” her voice is all breathless, “make me come.”
I take that for the invitation that it is.
I push her dress up to her waist to bare her silky thighs.
She moans a little.
“That feels so good. More.” She is begging me.
She is driving me wild.
I need to see her fall over the edge.
I pull down her dress to bear her breasts to me. She is so beautiful like this, all moaning and breathless.
I lick my way from her neck to her collarbone before taking one of her nipples in my mouth. I bite her gently, then soothe it with my tongue before repeating the action on the other nipple.
She is so close to the edge. I can tell by the way she is riding my thigh.
I want to tip her over, and I want to taste her when she does.
I sink on my knees before her, push her thong to the side, and give her a long lick. I lift her right leg to my shoulder for better access.
“Liam, people could see us.”
“No disrespect, baby, but I don’t fucking care.”
She tastes and smells divine.
“God, Selene. You are ruining me. I need to taste you. Please let me taste you,” I murmur into her flesh before devouring her like a man starved.
“Ye-es,” she moans.
I bite her thighs as I press gentle kisses to her inner thighs.
I lick her clit. I use my hands to knead her perfect round ass and smirk as Selene bucks on my tongue.
She is wild for me.
She grabs my hair and rides my face.
She is messy and wet as she slides over my lips and tongue.
“Right there. Fuck. Fuck, Liam. I am so close.”
Her moans turn into whimpers, then into screams, as she finally falls off the edge.
It’s not enough. I want her to come on my tongue again. She tastes so fucking good.
“Oh, God!” She’s breathing in jagged breaths.
She is squirming, her thighs trembling, her nails digging into me.
“One more, baby . Come on.”
I use my thumbs to part her folds, sliding my tongue into her.
She lets out a loud moan.
I lift my face from between her thighs. “Careful, we might begin to draw attention. Cover your mouth when you come from me, okay?”
Her eyes are glassy as she nods.
I run my knuckles over her already sensitive clit. “I am going to need an answer.”
She nods rapidly. “Yes. God, yes. Please make me come.”
“Your wish, baby.” And then my fingers are parting her as I lick her over and over again.
I feel her thighs trembling, so I lift one and place it over my shoulder to open her up more.
Her heel digs into my back.
I did not even know this was a kink I had, but it is like Selene is unlocking a side of me I wasn’t aware of.
I use one hand to support her.
Her hand is pulling at my hair, the pressure traveling straight to my cock.
“Come for me, baby. I know you want to.” My words are muffled by her thighs.
“Oh God!” she moans before slapping a hand over her mouth, and then she is careening over the edge.
She breaks apart on my tongue, and I savor her.
As she begins to recover a bit, I finally stand up.
She is breathless, her breasts out of her dress, the lower part of the dress rolled up to her waist.
Her panties are askew, too.
“So fucking sexy,” I say before cupping her cheek and pressing my lips to hers.
“Liam,” she moans the moment she tastes herself on my tongue.
I slide my fingers between her legs, finding her wet and messy. “What? Do you think you have one more orgasm for me?”
She shakes her head.
I collect some of her wetness and then bring the fingers to her lips. “Open for me, Selene. I want you to know just how good you taste, and don’t you dare bite me.”
Her pupils are wild as she parts her lips, and I slide my fingers into her mouth.
She rolls her tongue over them, whimpering a little.
Then she sucks me in deeper.
I push down on her tongue, sliding my fingers deeper until she gags a little.
I groan.
The thought of her choking on my cock in the very same way has me almost blinded by lust.
I pull the fingers out of her mouth and then suck them dry.
“You are going to drive me insane, Selene. I just know it.”
She is watching me as I adjust my cock.
“I can help with that, you know.”
Her hand reaches out to touch me, but I am quick to stop her. “I’m okay.”
She cocks a questioning eyebrow at me. “Really? But I want to.”
“There is no way I am letting you kneel here, baby. No one else gets to see you in that position but me.”
She moves her hand to cup my cheek. “But you did.”
“Yeah, that’s different.”
I can see the “ Oh, really?” look on her face before she even voices the question.
“It just is. I am not letting you kneel here in the doorway, okay?”
She must hear the seriousness in my tone because she nods. “What about a hand job?”
I take her hand and lift it to my lips. “I am okay for now, Selene. I promise.”
“But…”
I shut her up by leaning in and capturing her in a kiss once again. My other hand is between us, cupping and massaging her breasts.
She lets out little breathless sighs that threaten to undo me.
My fingers are already sliding between her thighs.
“Fuck!” I whisper.
“Liam…” she moans.
And then I blurt the very first thought that pops into my mind. “I want to date you.”
She watches me in silence as I slide a thumb over her swollen lips before she gasps. “Date?”
“Yes. I know the world is falling apart, and everything is complicated, and I am not even sure what you enjoy eating, but I would like to find that out, Selene. I want to take you to my place and cook for you.”
“I still cannot believe that you are a chef!”
“I am a man of many talents. So, what do you say? Can I take you on a proper date tomorrow?”
“I thought it was complicated with Levi here and…”
“Levi is not here, baby. I am.”
Her cheeks turn red once again. “A date with you?”
“Yes. I want to take you out if that’s okay?”
She nods before pulling me in for another kiss. Fuck! She is so gentle and sweet that it proves almost impossible to pull back from her. “Now, can we go to the bedroom? I think we have done enough of the voyeurism.”
“Just a minute, baby.”
I wipe at her cheeks and then her neck. There is a bit of beard burn from my stubble. I like that I marked her.
For the life of me, I cannot stop touching her.
“What happened to us going in?” she gasps as I cup her breasts and pinch her nipple.
I did not know what to expect but the moment I had seen those rosy pink peaks, I had almost lost my mind. Her breasts had turned out to be a lot bigger than I expected.
Everything about her had turned out to be a lot better than I had expected.
“We are going. Just give me a minute to memorize this,” I say.
My hands move to her ass before sliding underneath.
How is she so incredibly soft?
“You can memorize all of this when I am naked, Liam.”
“So fucking whiney.”
I run a hand over her ass before smacking her gently. Her hands are holding onto my arms to keep her upright.
Then I slide my hand to the front of her panties, where she is so soft and so bare.
“You are soft everywhere, ” I whisper, in complete awe of her.
“That is the benefit of being a vampire. Little unwanted hair,” she gasps.
That is the other thing about her. She is funny.
She is sexy, and charming, and brilliant.
How did I get so lucky?
I lean in and press a kiss to her neck, loving how she shivers for me, and then my hand pulls at the waistband of her thong.
“Can I keep these?”
“What?” she gasps. “My panties?”
“Yes,” I groan into her neck.
“You want them?”
I am already sliding them down her thighs. I have to keep something of hers to remind myself that she is actually real.
“Can I please, baby?”
She lifts one leg for me and then the other as I drag the red scrap of lace from her before putting it in my back pocket.
I have never been like this with anyone else.
I lean in and kiss her. “Do you know what the thought of you bare and wet for me is doing to me?”
She smirks. “Tell me…”
“How about I lock the door and show you.”
She shivers as I walk backward to push the door closed.
As I walk back to where she stands, she is already smiling. I lean in and kiss the corner of her mouth.
“We are really doing this, huh?”
“Yes. Now, can I please feed you?”
Her eyes widen immediately. “Like…”
“Yes. I think I might have bitten you a little as I was sucking on your thighs. It would be a lot safer if I just fed you some blood. You know, just in case…”
“Liam…”
“You protest way too much, Selene.”
And then, instead of arguing some more, I lean in and kiss her.
She is frantic as she sucks on my tongue and lips. And then she is brushing her lips on my jaw and the wide expanse of my throat.
She licks my Adam’s apple in a way that makes the heat bloom everywhere.
“Liam?” She says my name in question.
“Bite me!”
And then her teeth are sinking into my throat.