Free Inked by Jenika Snow Page B

cat and mouse game, or
listen to you try and justify why you think all we can have is some kind of
physical relationship behind everyone’s back.” She wouldn’t cry. “Because if
you think they wouldn’t be okay with you being with me, then they sure as hell
wouldn’t be okay knowing I am your pussy on the side.”
She stood, her frustration climbing higher.
    “Sit down, Stella.”
    She shook her head. This was her house, and she had
been stupid enough to think his parting words at the shop meant more than what
they really had. But everything inside of her felt like a jumbled mess. It
seemed like an eternity that she had wanted Cadeon, and the very idea that he
might not want her in the same deep way hurt in the worst kind of way. She was
human, after all, and couldn’t help these wild feelings moving through her at a
rate she couldn’t even comprehend.
    “Sit down.” His voice was deeper, harder, and there
was that dominating quality laced in his words like there had been when he had
been inside of her. No she wouldn’t even go there. Hell, no. Cadeon stood before she could even say anything in
response. He had his hand buried in the back of her hair, and had her head
tilted back so she was forced to look in his face. “Stella, I can see on your
pretty little face that you’re jumping to all kinds of fucked up conclusions. I
haven’t even finished what I was going to say.” He had that sandpapery tenor to
his voice, and she clenched her hands at her sides and swallowed the lump that
had formed in her throat from her erratic emotions. “Now, what I was going to
say was that the MC would kill me if they knew what I did with you, and of what
I want to do with you.”
    She blinked, trying to comprehend what he was saying,
and trying to keep her emotions in check so she could think clearly through
this. He didn’t know how deep her feelings went for him, and that she had been
in love with him since she was twenty years old.
    “I don’t give a shit what they try and do to me, because I want you more than for that one time,
Stella.” He used his other hand to cup her cheek, and used his thumb to run it
along her bottom lip. “Maybe I should just walk away? I know what I feel for
you might piss a lot of people off.” It was almost like he was speaking to
himself, but even if she had wanted to respond she couldn’t find the words. “I
wanted you like a fiend before, but I’ve tasted you now, and there isn’t anyone
or anything that is going to stop me from making sure you stay mine.”
    Her breath stopped at his words. “Really?”
    He grinned, and this time it was genuine and heated.
“Yeah, baby. I have never been surer of anything in my life. I don’t know how
your old man is going to take this, or his crew for that matter, but what I do
know is that I will fight for you, no matter what.” He leaned in and pressed
his lips to hers. “I don’t care about age, or connections. When something feels
this right you go with it, hold on tight, and never fucking let it out of your
sight.” He murmured against her mouth, and she molded herself to his body. For
several seconds all they did was kiss. It wasn’t fast or frantic, but it was
filled with a lot of heat and need. “I am not going to let you go, Stella, so
we need to decide how we are going to tell that lot of biker brutes.”
    She smiled, because didn’t Cadeon realize that he
was just like them? “Let me break this news to my dad.” It might be easier and
smoother if she did it. She looked into his face and lifted her hand so she
could smooth her fingers over his stubble covered cheeks. It wasn’t just his
huge size, or the tattoos he had or the Harley he drove. He was a badass all
around, but he wore this confidence that told people not to fuck with him
unless they wanted to regret it in the end. Maybe that was why she had been so
attracted to him? She had lived around men like that all her life, but had
never seen any of them as more than