Shaking my head, I rush toward her. She stumbles backward, her body slamming against the locked front door. Dipping my chin, my gaze connects to hers and I don’t break contact, not at all, not eye or body.
Pressing my front against hers, I lift my hand between us and cup her cheek. “Baby,” I rasp.
My thumb slides beneath her eye, collecting the tear that begins to fall. I feel like a complete asshole for saying that to her in my anger, I shouldn’t have, but it came out and I could apologize now, but it won’t make the words disappear.
She lifts her hand, her fingers wrapping around my wrist as she stares up at me. I watch as her lips part and her tongue peeks out, wetting her bottom lip, begging me to taste her.
Patience, I tell myself, at least for a few more minutes. Until I get to the bottom of this shit.
“Talk to me, Avah. Tell me about this stalker.”
Avah’s eyes slide to the side, breaking contact with my own as she inhales a shaky breath, then she shifts her gaze back to meet mine.
“He’s been watching me. I think it’s an old client, but I don’t know who for sure. I have my suspicions, but I can’t be sure and if it’s who I suspect, he’s untouchable and it wouldn’t matter, he’s going to get me if he wants me and he’s going to hurt me, Hawk.”
Her voice is trembling, it’s shaking, and the fear is so strong that I can practically taste it coming off of her in waves.
“You think I’d ever let you get hurt?” I ask.
Her eyes water with unshed tears and she shakes her head. “You won’t have a choice, Hawk. If it’s who I think it is, he’s powerful, so powerful. He’s playing with me right now and when he’s ready, I’m his. It won’t matter. It doesn’t matter.”
“Avah,” I grunt. “Never lettin’ anyone hurt you, honey.”
She leans forward, her lips brushing mine.
“It won’t be your choice.”
Chapter Ten
HAWK
All thoughts of everything go out the window as soon as her lips touch mine. Reaching down, I wrap my hands around the backs of her thighs and pick her up. Her legs wrap around my waist and I hear the fabric of her too-tight skirt rip when they do.
Growling, I turn around and start to walk toward the bedroom. Avah rips her lips from mine, breathing heavily as she looks into my eyes. Her lips are already swollen and pink from my mouth on hers, her breathing coming out in pants.
“Hawk,” she exhales.
“Gonna fuck you, honey, then you can tell me all the details. I can’t fucking think with your cunt being so close and me not being lost inside of it.”
“God, you’re awful,” she moans.
“Fuck yeah, I am.”
Once we’re in her room, I toss her pretty ass on her bed. Walking toward her, I grin at the sight of her disheveled clothes, the way her skirt is torn and her legs are spread haphazardly, her heels still on her feet.
Reaching for my cut, I start to peel it off. She shakes her head, rising to her knees as she tugs her shirt from her skirt waistband. “Leave your cut on, Hawk.”
Chuckling, I reach out and wrap my hand around the side of her throat. “You like it, honey? Fucking a Beast?”
She hums as she begins to shimmy her ripped-up skirt and panties down her thighs. Her green eyes don’t move from mine, they’re unwavering as she watches me, and my heart fucking aches at the sight.
“I do, Hawk. But mostly…” she exhales shakily. “Mostly, I just like fucking you.”
Grinning, I strip my clothes off, even my cut. Later I’ll put it back on and fuck her with it on, but right now, I want all of my body touching and feeling all of hers. It’s been too fucking long. Once I’m completely naked, I look up and chuckle at the sight of her, also bare.
“Avah,” I moan.
She wraps her arms around her middle and shakes her head. “Just come over here and fuck me, Hawk. Don’t look.”
My brows rise in surprise. “Don’t look? That’s like tellin’ me not to breathe.”
“I’m fat, just don’t. I haven’t been exercising or restricting my food.”
I let out a snort, reaching for her hands and tugging them away from her midsection. She’s gained weight, everywhere, and fuck me but does it look good on her, too. Licking my lips, I sink my teeth into my bottom lip and shake my head.
“You’ve never looked better, Avah. Just for that shit, you’re riding me so I can see everything.”
Her eyes widen, but I don’t give her the opportunity to deny me. Leaning forward, I touch my mouth to hers and slip my tongue inside of her mouth, tasting her, claiming her. I cup her breast with one of my hands, the other I slip between her legs and slide it through her folds.
Avah doesn’t hesitate to take what she needs from me, even if it’s just my fingers. Her hips jerk as she begins to search for her pleasure. Breaking the kiss, she lifts one of her hands and wraps her fingers around the back of my neck, with the other she grips my bicep tightly, her nails digging into my flesh.
“Hawk,” she moans, her hips jerking against my fingers. “It’s been so long,” she whispers against my mouth.
I grunt, my fingers slipping inside of her before making a come-hither motion, the palm of my hand pressing against her clit. “Come, honey. I want to feel your pussy clench around my fingers, then I’m going to feel it clench around my dick.”
“Fuck,” she groans just as her pussy flutters against my fingers. “Yes.”
When she comes, it’s with a jerk of her hips and a sigh that escapes her sweet lips, brushing over mine in a way that I didn’t
