Maybe the best thing to do was just leave and forget she had ever met them. That way she wouldn’t get hurt or be humiliated ever again.
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Luke didn’t know how much longer he could sit next to his mate and not kiss her. His wolf kept pushing at him and urging him to claim her, but he pushed his beast back down. Although he would never mate her against her will or force her to do anything she didn’t want to do, ever, he needed to be closer to her. He used his free hand, palmed her cheek, and turned her gaze back to his. When his eyes met hers, he felt like he was drowning in her gorgeous green eyes. He inhaled deeply and growled low in his throat when he smelled the musky scent of her desire. No other woman would ever do for him or his brother. The thought of being this close to another female was repugnant to him and his animal. But he couldn’t hold off on tasting her any longer.
Luke moved in slowly as he kept his gaze locked with hers. When she didn’t pull away or break their visual connection, he lowered his eyes to her mouth. She licked her lips in what he hoped was preparation for the meeting of their mouths and met his gaze once more. Her pupils started to dilate and he could see the desire in her eyes. Her breathing escalated and her heartbeat picked up speed, too.
With a small, soft groan of hunger, he finally moved the last couple of inches until their lips met. He brushed his lips over hers, back and forth in the slightest of touches, and when she sighed against his mouth in acceptance and leaned into him, he opened his mouth and deepened the kiss.
He started off slow, relishing in the sensations of having her mouth under his, taking in the taste and feel of her soft, moist flesh, but then the hunger simmering inside him grew to raging proportions and the gentleness of their first kiss was no longer enough. Luke swept his tongue over her lips, asking, hoping, and praying for entrance, and joy filled him when she didn’t deny him. She opened to him without hesitation and moaned quietly when his tongue pushed into her mouth and glided along hers. Melissa tasted so sweet, so right, and so addictive. At the first deep taste of her, he knew he would never be able to get enough of her. This first kiss was just an appetizer and he realized that a hundred, a thousand, a million more kisses would never be enough. The only way to satisfy him, if only for a short time, would be to bury his hard cock into her hot, wet little pussy to the hilt and mark her so that she was his for all time.
When she whimpered and reached up to thread her fingers through his hair, he changed the angle of his head, slanted his mouth over hers and kissed her with all the hunger and emotion he was feeling. He didn’t want to overwhelm her, but his need was so great he was losing control. If it hadn’t been for Damian placing his hand on his forearm, he wasn’t sure if he would have been able to stop. Luke hadn’t even been aware of wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her slight feminine body into his. He had no recollection of even moving his arms.
Thank God he and Damian were in this together. If his older sibling hadn’t been there with them he may have done something irrevocable, like claiming Melissa against her will, and that was something he could never have forgiven himself for.
Chapter Four
Melissa was panting for breath and so turned on by the time Luke broke the kiss she couldn’t sit still. When his mouth lifted from hers, she realized her fingers had entwined themselves in his hair and she didn’t even remember doing it. Her heart was racing in her chest and her pussy was so wet her panties were soaked through, and it was a wonder the moisture hadn’t seeped through her jeans to leave a wet spot on the sofa. She hoped to God she hadn’t, because she didn’t think she could handle being ashamed and humiliated again.
Damian distracted her from her thoughts when he tugged on a strand of her hair and when she turned to face him, the hunger in his eyes caused her heart to stutter and her breath to hitch in her throat.
She realized the ache deep down inside her wasn’t just because of physical need. The ache was lodged in her heart and wouldn’t let go. Melissa felt like she was supposed to be here with these two men. The thought of leaving and never seeing them again was so abhorrent that tears burned the back of her eyes.
“What is it, baby? What’s wrong?” Damian asked as he nudged Luke away from her, and then he lifted her up onto his lap.
She could feel the hardness of his muscles beneath her ass and thighs, and the steely strength that was there, too. The heat he emanated was so great she just wanted to wrap herself in the comforting warmth and never let go. But even though the physical closeness was seeping into her, her mind spun in confusion. Could she really do this? Could she tell them what she was thinking and feeling and not end up making a fool of herself? Could she take another chance and get intimate with these two men and come out of it unscathed with her heart intact?