Chapter 172: Control

Moana

As I listened to Edrick playing the piano, I couldn’t wipe the smile off of my face. I wished that I could see him, but if it made him too nervous, then I was happy to just listen. He played beautifully, and I hoped that I could always hear his music from then on.

The song that he was playing came to an end, and was followed by silence. I didn’t realize it, but I had shut my eyes as I lost myself listening to the music. I opened them again and turned, expecting him to still be sitting at the piano, but he wasn’t.

He was standing right behind me, looking down at me with those glowing silver eyes.

Edrick was so close to me that I could smell his cologne coming off of his shirt and could feel his warm breath on my face. Being this close to him made me tremble, but only in a good way.

“Edrick…” I whispered, looking up to meet his gaze.

only his glowing silver eyes conveying his emotion. There was something harsh and dominant about them,

his tongue began to work its way in between my parted lips as our breaths intertwined. I felt his arm wrap firmly around my waist, and he pulled me close. It was almost a little too rough, but at the same time it sent an excited shiver down my spine. My entire body bristled with titillation; finally, after seemingly becoming closer to me after the most recent weeks, I could be intimate with Edrick again. Everything

hair and around the nape of my neck. He tilted my chin up further with his hands as he cupped my face. I felt a soft, involuntary moan escape my lips, and I pressed my hands up against his chest and began to work at his shirt buttons while his

as though I weighed nothing. I wrapped my

kissed my lips. I could feel his erection through his pants, pressing against me and reminding me of the night that

permission to remove my nightgown. I bit my lip and nodded slowly, watching as he slid a finger under

he was about

silver light in his eyes faded back to gray, and he quickly covered my breast again before sitting up and putting distance between us. His face

I asked, feeling a pang in my chest as

scent,” he said, his voice

it later as we had agreed that she would ask for permission first. But at the same time, I didn’t fully understand why

letting my thin nightgown fall back down around my legs. “We want

replied, sounding almost annoyed. “It’s

voice was beginning to raise slightly. “We’ve announced ourselves publicly as a couple. We sleep in

just storm off, just like he always did when we got too close and he felt the need to distance himself from me for no apparent reason. I grabbed his arm, maybe a little harder than I meant to, causing

I said. “This has gone on for too long. I want to know the real

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