Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Through the years, I’d watched him string along so many women it made my head spin. When mom and dad were home from their missions, Dane stayed away mostly. But when they were gone – which was more often than not – he’d bring his women
home with him, fucking them in the room next to mine, sometimes two at a time.
“I was a stupid girl to ever find you attractive. I’ve seen the way you play women. I won’t become one of them.”
The mattress dipped even more when he leaned forward. His mouth was so close to my ear that his warm breathed rolled along my neck and cheek, his lips tickling the rim of my ear when he said, “I don’t want you to become one of my women. But that doesn’t stop us from finding a new way to help you sleep better.”
His fingers wrapped over my hip and he pulled me towards him before placing his other handover my stomach. His broad chest was pressed against my back and I trembled at the feel of him, despite how hard I fought to chase away the feelings I’d always had for him.
“I have a boyfriend, Dane.”
He chuckled. “You call the little punk you’ve been hanging around with a boyfriend? I could tell when I first saw him that he wouldn’t be able to take care of you like I can. You know I’m not wrong, Luna.”
He wasn’t. Jack was a nice guy, and at first I thought he was somebody I could fall madly in love with. Unfortunately, months spent in a lukewarm relationship, and having sex that left me unsatisfied and finishing myself off, pushed the two of us apart. Now we could really only refer to each other as friends even though we’d never officially ended our relationship.
I hated that Dane could see though me so easily – that he could dissect every aspect of my life and make me long for him even when I despised him so much.
The hand that he had splayed over my stomach began to move up, slowly sliding beneath my shirt and over my skin until his warm palm cupped the weight of my breast. I trembled, my skin tightening over my breast as he rolled the tip between his thumb and finger. He never moved his head away from my neck and I leaned my head back against his shoulder, giving his mouth access to my skin.
“You like that, don’t you?” His voice was deep and dark like midnight, smooth as satin as he whispered words that turned me on even more. He owned me so easily with just his simple touch. He made me feel things that no man had made me feel before.
“Just give into me for once, Luna. Let me show you what a real man can do for you.” His lips trailed over my neck before he said, “No strings. It’ll be our little secret.”
My body responded to him with are sounding ‘yes’, but my mind still fought the attraction I’d spent years attempting to deny. Dane was everything a man was supposed to be: tall, strong, gorgeous with an air of danger that made him both mysterious and always out of reach. He wasn’t overly emotional, and despite the fact that he could be a jerk most of the time, he was obviously intelligent. Sadly, he chose not to do much with the level of intelligence he has.
It was a constant battle between our parents and Dane – ever since he graduated high school with honors and decided to
bounce at bars and clubs instead of attend college.
“You think you can help me sleep better?”
His chest shook lightly with his mirth. “Yeah, I do.”
I turned around to face him fully, the scant amount of light in the room brushing over his features, giving me just a glimpse of the beauty I knew was hidden within shadow.
There was no point denying that I wanted him – that I wanted for him to make me moan and scream like I’d heard him do for so many women. Was I stupid to make this decision? Yes, of course I was, but my body responded in ways I couldn’t resist, heat pooling between my legs just at the thought of his hands all over my body.
“Then you better not disappoint. I’d hate to waste my time.”
I was using him as much as I assumed he was using me. For him, this was meant for nothing more than pleasure and another notch on his bedpost. For me, it was to feel anything besides the pain of a nightmare that wouldn’t let me go.
He leaned back on the bed, casually tucking his hands behind his head as an arrogant and lazy grinned tugged at his lips. “Let’s do this then. Climb on.”
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