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keeping his mouth so close to my ear I could feel his lips brushing against it. I’d be lying if I said no. This more aggressive side of his had me firing on all cylinders.
    Peeling my fingers off the chair, I ripped his shirt open. Blinded by the raging lust that overpowered me, I couldn’t move my hands fast enough to undo his belt. If I didn’t have mind-blowing sex with him right now, I’d go insane.
    I stood up and yanked my dress over my head, dropping it to the floor in an unceremonious heap. Pushing himself off the chair like a predator about to strike, he pulled me against his body.
    “You’re wearing too many clothes,” I said, grabbing at the waistband of his pants.
    I was a split second away from shoving him back onto the chair so I could mount him when I was halted by the detached way he looked at me.
    “What is it?” I asked.
    Shaking his head, he lifted my left hand and turned it towards the light so the diamond and emeralds sparkled. Immense sadness seized his beautiful face for the briefest of seconds but it was enough to deflate my mood.
    “This was my mum’s ring,” he said in hushed tone. “It’s been sitting in a box at the house in Ascot for years. My aunt told me it was mine to give to the girl I wanted to marry.”
    Oh my God…NOW he wants to get all emotional?
    “She would have liked you.”
    Partly controlled by my ravenous libido and partly by my fierce love for him, I lunged forward, knocking him back onto the chair and climbed on his lap. Holding both sides of his face, I covered him in kisses before hugging him tight. I knew how difficult it was for him to talk about his parents. Running my knuckles down his cheek, I tried to compose myself. I think he sensed I was having a problem with that and smirked.
    “Did I interrupt your saucy ways by being too soppy?”
    “Yes.”
    He arched an eyebrow.
    “Shit. I mean…you didn’t but…” I was so wired and flustered that nothing was coming out right. “You just have me so turned on and I’m a little buzzed and then you drop that on me out of the blue and it…what you said is so sweet and romantic and I just…I’m so focused on wanting to…to fuck your brains out that—”
    “You thought it was sweet and romantic?”
    “I…yeah. Who wouldn’t? It’s your mom’s ring. And coming from you that means a lot to me.”
    “Does it?”
    “Of course, Alastair. But you could have given me a plastic ring from a toy dispenser at a bowling alley and I would have loved it all the same because it’s from
you
.”
    He looked thoughtful. “So I’ve finally conquered being cheesy, then?”
    I couldn’t help but laugh. “For now, Mr. No-Relationships-Non-Dater.”
    “You,” he grabbed my waist and squeezed, “are asking for trouble.”
    “No. You are. I was all ready to—”
    “Fuck my brains out?” The dominant spark returned to his eyes, which drove me wild.
    “If you keep interrupting me, then no.”
    He squeezed my waist harder, making me jump. “I’m going to keep you up all night, kitten.”
    “You don’t have an off switch, do you?”
    “Not when it comes to you.” Running the pad of his thumb along my mouth, he remained quiet for several seconds. The same sadness that ghosted across his face before returned.
    “Hey,” I said. “What’s going on in there?”
    My pulse revved up as he caressed my cheek. A suffocating aura of want enveloped us. Hovering his lips above mine he said, “I love you.”
    The vulnerable edge to his tone hit me hard. Hearing him say those words to me was a rare occasion. Sure, he showed me in so many ways all the time but hearing it? I never thought three little words could light up my entire being the way they did coming from him.
    Without saying a word, I stood up and led him to the bedroom where I peeled off the rest of his clothes. He finished undressing me, brushing his fingers over every inch of my hyper-sensitive flesh before pulling me down on the mattress.
    We remained