Chapter 37. Phantom Strikes Back

His fingers tangled in her thick hair while Amelia’s breath hitched with anticipation. But his lips touched her forehead in a tender kiss, melting her heart into a puddle. He withdrew and watched her with an expression of quiet intensity as he drew her slowly into his arms. Amelia couldn’t look away, feeling the heat radiating off him through the thin material of his shirt.

It felt like a dream.

She closed her eyes, turning her face up, inviting him to kiss her, to fill up the vacuum, the incompleteness she had been feeling earlier. Now she realized the reason behind it. She needed him, his kisses, his embrace, his caresses. All of him.

His warm fingers tightened his hold on her nape, angling her head gently to meet his hungry lips. They grazed against her sweet, plump ones teasingly until a moan escaped her. Taking advantage, he thrust his probing tongue deep inside her mouth, deepening the kiss to dizzying heights.

After hungering for her all day, Matteo gr