She shifted in his arms so she could straddle him. “I know we only have a little bit of time together, but I would like to stay with you, if that’s okay.”
His brows drew down as he frowned at her. “You not want to go?”
“Look, I don’t like the idea of you touching anyone, especially whores, but Dimitri, you deserve to be loved. While I understand why it can’t go any further than these two days, I’d like to give you what I can.”
Looking totally confused, he leaned back, his palms resting on the hard packed earth and the muscles of his thickly built body straining against his t-shirt. “Why?”
This whole situation was so weird that she floundered when she tried to explain it to him. “Honestly? I don’t have a rational explanation. I just know that everything inside of me wants to stay with you for as long as I can. You are a once-in-a-lifetime thing, Dimitri. If I don’t take advantage of being with you while you’re here I know I’ll regret it for the rest of my life.”
His shoulders flexed beneath her hands and he closed his eyes. “I do not want to hurt you, Rya. You have good heart, good soul. I am not a good man.”
“Yeah, well we all have a little darkness inside of us. I’m not saying that I’m cool with whatever it is you do, but I can’t deny the attraction between us. I’ve never wanted to jump a man’s bones as badly as I want yours.”
That made him open his eyes and his lips quirked. “What does that mean? Jumping bones?”
Flushing, she looked down and played with the collar of his shirt. “Just that I find you very attractive.”
He gave a low, almost purring sound and sat forward, wrapping his arms around her. “And I find you delicious.”
Unable to resist, she ran her fingers through his thick hair. “So, volk moy, are there any plans for a bed somewhere in our near future.”
He nuzzled his lips against her throat, the tip of his tongue tasting her skin. “I need to be inside you, Rya.”
She shivered as he began to kiss along her throat, the delicious scrape of his beard making his lips and tongue seem all the softer, driving her crazy. Something about Dimitri put her into some kind of crazy heat, like a biological imperative was sitting up and taking notice of the total Alpha male ready to take her and make her his. For a moment her heart ached at the thought that whatever it was going on between them wouldn’t last, but right now, she just wanted him.
“Take me someplace where I won’t have rocks or a cactus up my ass and I’m all yours to do with as you wish.”
His startled laughter made her smile and as she looked down at him, at the joy that she had a feeling very few people got to see on his face and wondered if she was already falling more than a little in love with her forbidden Master.
Chapter Ten
Dimitri relished the feeling of Rya’s arms around him, of her warmth pressed up against his back, and the way she’d slipped her hands beneath his jacket to rest them over his stomach. She seemed to love touching him and he had to admit, her sweet caresses aroused him to the point that he was sure the zipper of his jeans was going to leave a permanent mark on his hard cock. They were on their way to the resort he’d booked for them, and during the two and a half hour ride, they’d talked about their past.
He found himself being as open with her as he could, telling her things he thought were inconsequential, but she seemed to enjoy hearing. Rya, on the other hand, was an open book. Anything he asked her she would answer, as long as the question wasn’t embarrassing. Like when he’d asked her how she lost her virginity, her mortified groan came through loud and clear over the speakers in his helmet. Of course, her reluctance only made him want to know more.
“Rya, just tell me. It cannot be that bad.”
“Easy for you to say. Fine. So, I’d been dating this guy for seven months. I was in the eleventh grade and thought I was in love. You know how it is, that puppy love that seems to be all consuming?”
He answered more honestly than he’d intended. “No, I do not know. I have never been in love.”
The stroking of her fingers became more soothing than erotic and she hugged him tight. “Sorry, that was insensitive of me.”
“Is not your fault.” He didn’t like the sudden tension between them, or the reminder of the bleak world he was going to return to all too soon, but she deserved the truth. “Rya, I have no practice with how to deal with a woman I care for. This is all new to me. Is hard for me to even know how to express myself. I feel things for you that I cannot describe. The only things I know how to do well for a woman is to fuck her and spoil her.”