Jina should be exhausted. It was the middle of the night and her body was so tired, she wanted to sleep. But being curled up next to Malik, her mind wouldn’t settle down.
After eating a delicious meal in bed with lots of wine and laughter, then making love again, she’d tried to get him to take her home.
“No. You’re staying here with me,” he told her and pushed their meal out of the bedroom door, then came back to bed with her. Turning off the light, he wrapped his arms around her as he pulled the sheet over her body.
Jina wiggled against him, trying to get closer. She loved him. It was a startling revelation, but she couldn’t deny what she was feeling any longer.
In fact, she couldn’t believe how much she loved him! It wasn’t the sex, although she also couldn’t believe how amazing it was with this man. No, the feelings she was experiencing were more about how he treated her, the gentle way he touched her…when they weren’t in bed…the way he waited until she was ready and all of the sweet, kind ways that he showed her that he was a wonderful man.
Jina didn’t delude herself into thinking that he felt the same way. Malik was a powerful, wealthy man and all of the gifts he’d sent, all of the trips and the ways he spoiled her…she suspected that someone else had arranged all of those surprises.
She didn’t care. She loved this man and she was going to be with him for as long as she could.
Yes, it was going to hurt when he left her and moved on to the next woman. Possibly a lot! A smarter woman wouldn’t have put herself into this position. A smarter woman would have run in the opposite direction when Malik walked into the room.
Jina sighed, knowing that she wasn’t that smart woman.
“If you keep wiggling like that, you’re not going to get any sleep,” his deep voice warned.
Jina jerked slightly and looked up at him. He was wide awake! One arm propped behind his head, all of those delicious muscles flexing. She could see him clearly with the moonlight and the lights from the city since they hadn’t closed the drapes over the windows. But there was no noise other than the sound of their breathing.
Lifting herself up, she turned slightly so that she could see him. Unfortunately, that meant she wasn’t fully wrapped around him any longer and she felt cold without his heat.
“No. That’s not going to work,” he told her and rolled over so that she was once more in his arms and their bodies touching as much as possible. “What’s on your mind?” he asked even as his fingers moved along her body.
Jina’s hand grabbed those tantalizing fingers. “Nothing important,” she lied.
Malik looked down into her eyes and knew that, whatever had been going on inside her beautiful mind, it had been very important. As had his own thoughts. “You’re going to have to marry me, you know,” he commented. He’d been tossing that idea over in his mind for the past week. Tonight had only solidified his decision that he had to marry this woman. He couldn’t seem to think without her close by so his only solution was to bring her to Sarkit and love her like this every night, for the rest of their lives.
Jina’s body froze with his words, but she forced her muscles to relax. He was only teasing her, she told herself. It wasn’t truly a marriage proposal. “That would be nice,” she told him, lifting her hands so that her fingers could dive into his hair. It was so thick and felt silky against her fingers. She loved his hair! Goodness, she loved everything about this man. She’d even gotten used to his arrogance. That thought made her laugh.
“What’s so funny?” he asked, bending down and capturing her nipple in his mouth.
Jina gasped at the unexpected pleasure. It was so intense, she couldn’t seem to answer him.
Malik lifted his head but his thumbs and fingers took over. “Tell me what you were thinking about, Jina,” he commanded.
Jina shook her head, her hands coming out of his hair to slap his hands still. “I can’t think with you doing things like that to me,” she told him.
Malik laughed softly. “Good. That was my intention. I want to know the truth. You kept tensing up on me and I want to know what was going through your mind that caused you to worry.”
She shook her head. “My thoughts weren’t important.” There was no way she was going to tell him that she’d fallen in love with him. He’d be running as far away from her as he could get, as fast as he could.
“Then tell me what was on your mind.” His mouth moved lower, nibbling at her stomach. And then lower.
Jina had gone through this enough over the past few hours. She knew where he was heading and her body wanted his touch there! Badly! She was holding her breath, waiting for him to move lower and when he did, she sighed with relief.
“I’m still waiting, Jina,” he said as he blew into her curls that hid her femininity.
She shifted her head back and forth on the bed, refusing to give in to him. She knew that saying those words would cause this affair to end and she wasn’t ready! Not yet!
He slipped one finger inside of her, making her gasp out. “Tell me, Jina.”
“You can’t make me say it, Malik!” she screamed and tried to move away from his tormenting fingers.
Malik only laughed and Jina knew that she was in trouble. “Ah, you think not? Let’s just test out your theory, shall we?” and his mouth moved over her heat, his tongue flicking over that nub of nerves and Jina screamed out as his fingers and mouth worked their magic on her body.
Unfortunately, after hours of making love with each other, Malik knew her body too well. Right before she was about to burst into flames with yet another mind-blowing climax, he stopped and she almost screamed out her frustration.
“Tell me what you were thinking, Jina,” he said and moved his fingers ever so slightly, blew once again on her overly sensitized flesh.
“You’re cheating!” she whimpered and once again tried to move away from his touch.
“Cheating is such a harsh word,” he said as he kissed that sensitive spot over her hip. “Let’s just say that I’m adept at getting what I want.” He kissed her inner thigh and moved his fingers more.
Jina couldn’t take it any longer. His fingers and his mouth were too talented and this man knew her body too well. “I love you! I was just thinking about how much I loved you! I love you!” And she arched on the bed, begging him to finish what he’d started.
Malik was more than willing to comply with her silent demands and lowered his mouth once more, his fingers and tongue bringing her over to a screaming climax. Before she had a chance to come down off of that, he’d already sheathed himself in protection and pressed into her tight sheath.
“See? That wasn’t so bad,” he gritted out between his teeth. “And that only reinforces my decision that we will be married.” He moved in and out of her body, moving to give her maximum pleasure. “Very soon!”
Jina wasn’t sure what was going on outside of this room. All she knew was that Malik was inside of her and her whole body was splintering apart once again. She’d barely come down off of the previous climax and another was almost upon her. It was like one wave of intense pleasure after another and she could only hang on to Malik’s shoulders and trust that he would take care of her through the storm.
And after Malik roared out his own release, he pulled her gently into his arms, cradling her as they both finally fell asleep.