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She took several deep breaths and tried to struggle, but he kept her pinned, watching her fight some inner battle he didn’t understand.

  “Fine,” she said. “You can make me feel like that. I get it. But I’ve had men pretend to want me before. Anyone can fake desire.”

  Chromium’s eyes narrowed as tears welled up in hers. He released her in shock and brought his hand up to brush away a single tear, hating whatever was making her feel hurt. “I don’t understand how anyone could do that. But I’m not.” He stroked along her cheek, trailing to her lips and brushing them before following down to her perfect shoulder and neck. “You’re perfect.”

  She smiled at him, and he was relieved to see that the tears were receding. He couldn’t stand to see her cry. “I’m sorry. It’s just hard to believe that. It’s hard to believe you aren’t using me.”

  He sat back, folding his arms. “What have I done to make you believe I’m using you? What on earth would I be using you for? Sex?”

  She shook her head, giving a bitter laugh. “My money, which I don’t have much of. My company.”

  He stared at her, aghast. “Who would use you for that when there is so much more to you?” He cupped her face, loving the feel of her cheek. “You’re so beautiful, have so much to offer just of yourself. I’m not using you for anything. I promise you.”

  “It’s just…” She gestured up at him. “Look at you. You’re like some kind of Greek god crossed with a runway model. You’re flawless. Then look at me. I’m an average lady of above-average weight.” She ran a hand self-consciously over her tummy. “I have stretch marks and—”

  He pulled up her shirt abruptly, making her gasp. He looked for what she was saying, but saw nothing not worth loving. He gave her a confused glance. “What do you mean?”

  She tried to pull down her shirt, but he grabbed and pinned her hands again.

  “Oh no. You told me to look, and I’m going to get a good look.” He grabbed her shirt and pulled it over her head, letting it pool around her hands. Then he got an idea and used it to quickly tie her wrists to the headboard. Not the best knot, but it would hold.

  She stared at him in utter shock, but didn’t seem angry with him.

  He let out a little growl as he studied her, topless except for that odd undergarment human women used to cover their breasts.

  And hers were magnificent, so soft they could barely be contained by the satiny blue fabric.

  “Stop it,” she said weakly. “You’re embarrassing me.”

  He ran a hand over her stomach, loving the soft, luxurious feel of it. “What could you possibly be feeling embarrassed about?”

  She flushed and looked away, and he knew if she had her hands free, she would have been covering her face. He reached out and caught her chin.

  “Hey.” She looked up at him. “Don’t look away. You wanted me to look at you. Now watch my reaction.”

  She nodded slowly but went an even deeper shade of red.

  He released her and trailed both hands over her abdomen again, feeling the dent of her little belly button and running his fingertips over light, faded marks along her sides. “Are these stretch marks?”

  “Yes,” she choked out.

  He leaned down and kissed them, liking them as a unique marking on his mate. “Adorable.”

  She let out another choked noise of shock as he kissed her belly button, and he looked up to see her looking flustered, turned on, and definitely a bit confused.

  Maybe a lot confused.

  “I always thought that… I don’t know.” She looked away again, but he was pleased when she looked back at him boldly. “I just have a hard time liking my body.”

  “Seems to be common among human females.” He shook his head, splaying a hand over her belly possessively. “But you don’t get to tell me how I feel about it. And you saw how I feel last night.”

  She nodded but still looked hesitant. “But that was dark.”

  He scoffed. “Is it dark right now?” How was he supposed to get through to this woman? And how could he find that stupid ex of hers and every other man who’d made her feel this way and kill them without getting caught?

  “No,” she said, sounding pained. “And now you can see everything.”

  His eyes scanned over her, noting her panties peeking out above her pants, her soft curves in every direction, her breasts that were begging to be free. “And I want everything I see.”

  She pressed her lips together. “So you say.”

  He looked down at the part of himself that was making it painful to even wear pants. “Do I look like I’m faking it?”

  She finally snapped out of her self-loathing long enough to look down at his member, and her eyes widened in response. He stifled a smile as she actually flicked out her small pink tongue to run it across her lower lip.

  “That’s one… big cannoli.”

  He threw his head back and laughed. “That’s right. And it’s all for you.”

  She smiled nervously, but he could tell he’d won the battle, for now. “Um. That’s true. I mean, you couldn’t fake that.”

  He shook his head. “That’s what you do to me. What no one else does.”

  Her eyes widened again. “Really? No one?”

  He nodded.

  She went silent at that, her eyes gazing lustfully at his cock, while it still seemed her heart was undecided. Then she struggled against the bonds. “Can you let me go? I want to touch it. See for myself.”

  He laughed and released her easily. “Go ahead.”

  When she was free, she sat up, and he was pleased when she didn’t worry about covering herself or looking embarrassed because she was so focused on him.

  He chuckled as she lifted his shirt and groaned, her eyes rolling back as her hand grazed his abdominal muscles. What was it with human women and abdominals?

  Her other hand trailed lower, grasping his length through his pants, and she let out another low groan. “Damn, why do you have to be perfect everywhere?”

  He laughed, moving his hand to her hips and squeezing lightly. “So that I can be good enough to deserve you.”

  She sat back on her heels, facing him, and looked up at him shyly. “So you really do want me.”

  “Of course.”

  “Okay.” She looked at him hungrily, her eyes taking in his whole body. “Because I really don’t think I can resist you.”

  He laughed, reaching around to cup her ass and bring her closer. “Good. Because I don’t think you should.”

  Her hands went to his pecs, squeezing lightly and then more aggressively, and Chromium knew, at least for now, he’d won.

  Chapter 10

  What was she doing? She was a grown woman. She should know better. She’d just had a vivid reminder of what happened when you got caught up in a fantasy and ignored the bitter truth hiding in the background.

  Yet, when Chromium reassured her, when he told her he truly wanted her, he made it so easy to believe him.

  He’d kissed her fucking stretch marks. She couldn’t believe that. If he was only trying to con her, he was way too good at it.

  But she really didn’t think this was a con. She’d let herself be caught up in Darren’s negative perception of her for too long. She’d been punishing herself for everything he said and did for too long.

  And while she really appreciated Chromium helping her in coming out of her self-hating misery, she was determined to stay out of it on her own. That shouldn’t have been his problem.

  God, but he was wonderful, his skin silky smooth, his huge muscles feeling just as amazing as they had the night before.

  As his hands dug into her ass hungrily, pulling her up against his hard length, she was pretty sure she’d never felt this wanted before. She could no longer deny there was something between them, something that was much more than a fling.

  When he looked into her eyes, when he reassured her, when he’d wrapped his arms around her possessively in the restaurant, she could tell he had something for he
r in mind.

  She didn’t know what it was, and she wasn’t sure she could believe in love at first sight.

  But she did know that she and Chromium had a powerful connection, one that didn’t come along every day. She was going to take this ride with him and not worry about it. Trust him and let him take control and give her everything she’d been denying, feeling undeserving.

  His hands tugged at the button of her pants and then flicked it open, and his fingers went searching inside.

  She arched and gasped as his other hand planted on her lower back, keeping her from escaping him as he felt through her folds to the warm wetness inside.

  One finger slipped inside her, and she arched as he withdrew and then made his way to her clit, swirling around it. The pants were tight around his hand, and he growled as he took a second to pull them down around her knees for better access.

  She let him finger her, knowing it would take only moments for him to bring her release and that he wouldn’t stop what he was doing until she was there.

  His teeth bit lightly over her shoulder as he worked against her, and she felt the familiar, overwhelming pleasure of last night coming quickly again. He pulled back to claim her lips as his finger pressed down on her center, and she came apart in his arms, writhing and unable to escape his hold as his tongue thrust deep in her mouth and his hand kept her pinned close to his chest.

  When she let out a final shudder of release, he released her onto the bed and looked into her eyes. “What do you want next, mate?”

  “Mate?”

  “Partner where I’m from.”

  “You want to be my partner?”

  He nodded. “Of course. Why else would I be doing this?” He took her hand and kissed it, and she had a hard time focusing over the rapid beating of her own heart.

  “I… Okay.”

  “I want to be one with you, but only if you want it.”

  Her eyes trailed to that monstrous snake he was smuggling in his pants, and she nodded with a grin. Though it was a little scary to think of fitting all of that inside her, she could hardly wait to give it a try.

  Sex with Darren had never been satisfying, but he had been considerably… differently endowed compared to Chromium.

  Then again, she guessed most men were, since he seemed to be one in a million in that department. She reached a hand up and stroked his length, excited to be able to see it without clothing.

  “Take off your pants. All your clothes,” she said boldly.

  He raised an eyebrow but grinned as he got off the bed. “Bossy now, mate?”

  She froze hesitantly, wondering if she shouldn’t have gotten carried away, but he laughed.

  “I like a woman who knows what she wants.” Then he pulled his shirt over his head. “Usually, I would have done that earlier, but I wanted this to be about you.” He pulled down his pants, and she was shocked to see that he apparently went commando.

  His huge, proud member sprang upward, and he stood with his hands on his hips, looking so strong and masculine that she could barely stand it.

  “Come here,” she said, wiggling a finger. He did, utterly naked and magnificent, and then a depressing thought hit her. “Oh no, I don’t have protection.”

  He cocked his head. “Yes, you do. My protection, for the rest of your life.”

  She flushed deeply, wondering how anyone could say something like that and be serious. Yet, looking in his eyes, he totally was, and she was touched by it. Chromium might be a little odd compared to others, but she seriously appreciated it. “I meant a condom. You know, to prevent pregnancy.”

  He scowled for a second, then got up and grabbed his pants, pulling his wallet out. “Zinc put this in here as a joke one day, but I’m glad I didn’t remove it.” He held up a small foil packet. “Is this what you mean?”

  She nodded shyly, wondering if a condom would even fit over him. “Come over here, and I’ll put it on you.”

  He smiled, looking pleased by that, and crawled onto the bed with her, kneeling between her legs. She sat up slightly and rolled the condom over him with great effort, pleased when it barely stretched over him without breaking.

  He winced. “Are they always so tight?”

  She giggled. “I don’t think so.” She ran her hand down his length, enjoying the shape of his head, the beautiful crest, each perfect vein. Truly a beautiful dick.

  He shivered slightly, and she loved the control she had over this big, beautiful man now that he was naked and erect in her fingers. She guided him forward and then released him, lying on her back and wiggling her hips at him.

  He grabbed her pants and pulled them off her hungrily, then slid her panties off as well. He unhooked her bra and left her totally naked, then gave her no time to be self-conscious as he lifted her legs and pulled them up and over his shoulders, leaving her suspended in the air.

  He gave her a wicked grin, looking down at her. “I like this view.”

  She flushed, utterly exposed to him, but felt she had nothing to hide. It was clear that there was nothing he disliked about her, here in broad daylight with his head dipping naughtily between her thighs. As his eyes locked on hers, all thoughts about anything but how good this was going to be flew from her mind.

  Then his tongue flicked out against her clit.

  Her hands flew to her mouth in shock, and as he licked again, she let out a deep moan. “Oh, Chromium. Don’t stop.”

  He gave her a wicked grin. “As my lady commands.” Then he kissed her deeply, right over her center, tongue thrusting out to taste every part of her. It was decadent, scintillating, almost too much to take, but definitely too good to stop. She called out to him, encouraging him with her moans and her thrashes as he worked her into a frenzy even faster than he had with his hand.

  Then, as her sex clenched and orgasm overcame her, drowning her in waves of pleasure, he slowly raised his head and licked his lips, keeping his eyes locked on hers.

  It was the hottest thing she’d ever seen, and as her orgasm continued to rack her, she felt him lower and spread her legs and looked down to see he was ready to press inside.

  He gave her a quick, questioning glance, and she nodded hurriedly, as eager as he was for him to come inside.

  He did, slowly pushing in to become one with her as the last few waves of her orgasm tightened around him, bringing them closer than she’d ever thought possible with another human.

  His eyes closed for a moment, and when they opened, they were full of an intense, unspoken emotion. “I wanted to feel that from the inside.”

  She nodded quickly, squirming slightly at the tightness of him now that her release was subsiding. “It’s amazing. I don’t know how to describe it.”

  “I intend to feel it again, soon.”

  Then, though it almost felt impossible because of how tightly they were together, he began to move, and she screamed in pleasure at the exquisite feeling of the friction inside. “Oh. Oh. It’s too strong.”

  “Should I stop?” He paused.

  “No, no,” she said, wanting to sob at the strength of the feelings he was stirring. She dug her hands into his shoulders and hung on. “Never. Don’t stop until I say so.”

  “As you command,” he said softly, then began moving again. She felt utterly owned by him, her sensitive skin still reeling from what he’d done with his hands and mouth, now overwhelmed by being filled by him completely.

  What he gave was so good that now that she had experienced it, she wasn’t sure how she would be able to go without.

  She dug her nails in, pulling him a little closer. She never wanted to go without.

  Her body was tensing, ready to go over the edge again in what felt like it would be a powerful explosion of pleasure, and she felt him tense was well.

  “Oh, Chromium.” She sighed, already anticipating how strong the next moments were going to be.

  He drove deep inside her, and when she broke, he did, too. She writhed but held on to him as he pinned her there, je
rking against her, huge body totally overcome in the storm of pleasure overtaking them both.

  “Oh God, Helen,” he said quietly as his member continued to jerk and her sex gripped him with another wave of release. “It’s unlike anything I could have imagined.” He cupped her face, looking into her eyes with so much tenderness she could have melted. “You’re truly the most incredible woman in the world.”

  She smiled, putting her hand up to his face as well. “When you touch me like this, I can almost believe it.”

  He leaned into her hand, then trapped it there with his and looked down at her with Caribbean-blue eyes that held a promise. “By the time I’m done with you, you will believe it.” He turned her hand and kissed the inside of it. “I swear that to you.”

  Chapter 11

  Helen had no idea what she was doing anymore.

  Earlier that day, she’d had mind-bending sex with Chromium, a man she barely knew who’d come into her life under mysterious circumstances, yet she didn’t feel even a little bit bad about it.

  It was exciting, a rush, exactly the type of thing she’d read about but never expected to experience for herself.

  She smiled to herself as she placed the drink menus on the tables to get ready for the dinner service. She’d be hosting and going back and forth from the kitchen to the dining room, and she’d called in two waiters so she didn’t have to wait tables if she didn’t want to.

  To tell the truth, her legs were still a little weak from what Chromium had done to her earlier. He’d been so big, so relentless, so… every woman’s dream.

  As she went back to the kitchen to see how they were coming on prep work, she saw him look up and smile at her, a wicked glint in his exotic-looking eyes.

  Despite the fact that she’d showered, gotten ready, and done several things in the hours since he’d been all over her, she still could keenly feel everywhere he’d touched. As if he’d marked her for life.

  But that was impossible.

  She ignored the coy looks from her co-workers, who had obviously all picked up on what was going on. Even shy Jenna, who rarely left her place by the dishwasher, had come up to her and told her she thought Chromium was a good guy and that Helen deserved someone like that.