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Feel

I put my hand over his.

"Fu Shao," I whispered.

His eyes met mine. I relaxed slightly. There was still darkness in them but it was more contained.

"I want to feel your body against mine tonight. I want to hold you."

I could almost hear the unspoken words that I need you. I swallowed.

"Only hold me?"

"I swear," his voice was gruff as if he'd spent hours screaming orders.

I lowered my hand and let him pull my nightgown off.

He released a low breath as he gazed at my naked breasts. I had to fight the urge to cover myself.

His fingertips brushed the hem of my panties but when I tensed they retreated and he rolled onto his back and lifted me on top of him.

I straddled his stomach, my knees on either side of him, my breasts pressed against his chest. I tried to keep my weight off him because I didn't want to hurt his wounds, but he wrapped one arm around my back and pressed me tightly against him.

His other hand touched my butt, making me jump. He began moving his thumb across my lower back and butt, and I relaxed slowly.

The entire time his eyes were bore into mine and with every passing moment a tiny bit more of the darkness dissipated.

"Doesn't your cut need stitches?"

He bent forward and kissed me sweetly.

"Tomorrow."

He kept stroking my butt and kissing me slowly as if he wanted to savour every moment.

I was completely overwhelmed but it felt good. I loved that he was suddenly so gentle.

If he was like that when we were intimate for the first time, then maybe it wouldn't be so bad.

My eyelids felt heavy but I couldn't look away from him. I touched his throat, an inch below the cut.

So I wasn't sure why but I leaned forward and pressed a feather-light kiss against the wound.

It was small and wouldn't need stitches, not like the one below his ribs.

When I drew back, he looked almost surprised. His hand on my butt moved lower, cupping my ass cheek.

His little finger was almost touching me there. He squeezed my cheek and for a moment his finger brushed my opening through the fabric.

I sucked in a breath, shocked by the jolt the small touch had sent through me.

Heat gathered between my legs and I could feel myself getting wet. I squirmed in embarrassment, not wanting him to realize that a bare brush and his stroking of my butt had caused such a reaction.

Maybe I wasn't experienced but I'd been imagining certain things, had caressed myself on many nights.

It wasn't that I was frigid.

For real, his body turned me on.

Maybe I wanted love, but my body wanted something else. The feeling of his strong chest and muscled stomach under me, his gentle kisses, his soft touch, they made me want something more, even if my mind told me it was a bad idea.

His eyes narrowed a fraction as he studied me, like I was a difficult equation he wanted to figure out.

Then he lightly graced the crotch of my panties with his fingertips and I knew he could feel it. I could feel that the thin fabric was soaked.