Free Learning to Trust: Sweet Temptation by B. B. Roman Page A

in pain.
    “Take
off your clothes,” he ordered and Lucie started to do as he said. She hadn’t
expected it to be like this, but the terse words stirred something deep inside
of her. He was turning her on, and she was torn between confusion and desire.
    Quickly,
she managed to unbutton her slacks, but before she could get them halfway down
her legs, Kane was turning her until she was facing the counter, his hand
pushing her down until her breasts were crushed against the granite countertop.
Without warning, Kane slammed into her from behind, and she cried out as pain crashed
through her.
    “Lucie,”
Kane’s voice sounded closer to her ear, and for a second he wasn’t the
demanding, take charge man she’d just been introduced to. “Baby, your pussy
feels so damn good. I’ve dreamed about fucking you just like this.”
    Lucie’s
body tensed at his words, a desperate hunger filling her as she ached for him
to continue. Despite the fact that his demands were making her nervous, her
body still wanted him.
    The
warmth of his body disappeared from her back, his hands gripping her hips
painfully tight before he began slamming into her over and over.
    Lucie
didn’t know what was happening to her, but her body tightened, a sharp, sudden tingle
erupted deep in her core, and she was moaning his name over and over. Her
orgasm slammed into her, making her shake as he continued to fuck her deeper,
harder, over and over until finally, long minutes later, Kane shouted her name
as he came deep inside of her.

Chapter Seven
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    Kane
was leaning over Lucie as she stared up at him. The story she just told him
shattered his soul. To know he had treated her so crudely their very first time
made his gut tighten. No wonder she had kept such a monumental secret from him.
He was lucky she even talked to him ever again.
    “I’m
so sorry,” he whispered.
    Lucie’s
hands came up to cup his face, and she stunned him with a smile. “It wasn’t a bad
thing, Kane. And that’s not why I didn’t tell you.”
    It
wasn’t?
    “I
don’t understand.”
    “In
my head, it all made sense,” she began, running her hand through his hair and
sending a chill down his spine. “I wasn’t trying to keep Haley from you. I was
trying to protect you. I didn’t want to burden you because I knew what happened
between us wouldn’t have happened if you were sober. It was my fault... And you
didn’t remember, so –”
    Kane
cut her off, pressing his fingers against her lips. “Don’t say it. It takes two,
Lucie and I was just as much a part of that night as you were. You can’t even
begin to imagine how many times I wanted to take you just like that,” Kane
said, closing his eyes briefly. “I would have done it differently, I promise.”
    He would’ve
never been so rough on her during their first time. He knew he wasn’t a gentle
lover, and he didn’t make excuses for himself, but he would’ve never put
himself first the way he apparently did that night. He could blame it on the
alcohol, he knew, but it didn’t make a damn bit of difference. He was
responsible for his own actions and what he did was inexcusable.
    “I
never should’ve kept her from you,” Lucie whispered in the dark. “I didn’t mean
to hurt either one of you.”
    Kane
heard her sob, felt the tear that brushed his finger as it slid down her cheek
and into her hair, making his heart seize in his chest. A million times he had
imagined how this conversation would go, but never once had he dreamed it would
be like this.
    “What
do you say we start over?” he asked, knowing it wasn’t entirely possible
because they already had an amazing daughter together and he wouldn’t change
that even if he could.
    “How?”
    “You
and Haley go to Hawaii with me. One week, Lucie. Let’s spend that one week
getting to know each other.”
    The
dim light from the rising sun penetrated the room, and Kane could faintly make
out her face. Lucie was looking at him,