There is no room for talking as our mouths fight for dominance over the other, clashing tongue and teeth and lips and moans and I cling to him, wanting more, more in spite of the fact that I can never get over the high he takes me on with each expert swipe of his tongue against mine. It feels like a lifetime has passed since we were last together like this and yet it feels like we never stopped. Like the past few days away from this all consuming fire between us never happened. Was just a second pause.Somehow we find ourselves in my bedroom and I pull away from him for the split second it takes to get rid of my clothes, his dark eyes watch me in the brightly lit space of my bedroom, the high rise windows bathe the room with natural lighting. The naked hunger in his eyes only makes me want him more. I don't want to think. I just want to feel and Linc is more than capable of giving me that.With a finger I push him onto the bed, he falls back without lifting his eyes from mine, his wet

Linc POV:I saw it earlier and I didn't like it one bit, it made my blood roar in my ears. The look of pure fear on Amelia's soft features when I mention Tyler. I can now ascertain that it is not guilt or any of crazy conclusions I arrived at on my way here. Amelia is an open book. I see her affection for me etched deeply into her face that it genuinely scares me. I wonder if I am worth her love. I can't stop thinking about the fact that she is very young and has her whole life ahead of her."What are you talking about?" Amelia says, I wince at the slight trembling in her soft voice.I will wring the fucking life out of that kid if he had hurt her in any way. God, I am barely keeping myself in control because of her. I feel like I could explode with the quietly powerful rage rumbling inside me.Amelia tries to move away from me but I don't give her the space to, I hold her chin securely with my thumb, her eyes flare with that fear again."Cut it out, Amelia. You are an open book to me

Amelia POV:"Ashley, hi." I say, the phone is pressed to my ear and my hands are busy massaging my cold feet. I am back in my room in Linc's mansion and all the feels are back. He left it exactly how I did. But he must have had someone clean it on a weekly basis. It smells fresh and yet untouched. I miss the room but not the girl I was in it."Hey! Are you out?" She sounds out of breath, she must have just come in from work.We can't deny the strain on our friendship from this Tyler business. I can't get over the fact that she didn't immediately believe me when I told her what he did. That brief moment where disbelief flashed through her face. It felt like an even bigger betrayal than what Tyler was doing to me. She is my best friend. I expect unequivocal trust and loyalty. Just like I give her.But I also understand that she must be grieving her own loss in this situation. She believed Tyler to be what he was not. It is not easy to just move on and forget. Maybe this space would bene

I sigh but it is actually a moan. Linc smirks and I close my eyes because I can't take how close his face is to mine, the wetness of his tongue around my lips, his sweet breath serenading my face. It is too much. I will never get used to this.Linc slips his hand behind my neck and leans in closer, taking my lips gently like he is still interested in just the tiramisu smeared around my mouth. Our lips collide and my breath escapes me.We have kissed a lot of times since I came back. A lot more times than I ever dared to dream about. And each time, it is different. It takes my breath away. It makes my heart skip a beat. It does things to my body that I can't quite put in words yet.The way his firm lips slant against mine. The dominance he exudes without even trying. How easily I surrender. I give in without even thinking about it. I hand over the reins. I become liquid and I just want to flow. Into him.Every single time is different yet he is the same man. I suspect that he could kis

"No, I don't think so." My voice is annoyingly low and I can't look up to see if Linc is watching me because I know he is. I can feel his dark eyes on me. They are warm and they lit me on fire."Okay. I get that he acted violently towards you. Can you tell me how you felt in that moment? Did he seem like he could hurt you worse in a different setting? What I am asking is if he seemed unhinged in his anger towards you." Hernandez moves on like he did not just ask me a gut wrenching question with Linc watching me for a reaction.Does he know about the dumb crush I had on Tyler in our first year? But that is not possible. Even Ashley doesn't know about it."Yes. I was genuinely scared. He didn't seem to be angry about one particular thing. I couldn't understand it. I got the sense that he hated the fact that I got into the firm because of my uhm, my connection to Linc. Like my privilege or something. Yeah, I guess you can say he seemed unhinged." I swallow. I don't know how much Hernande