Chapter 29

It touched her that he’d given her a choice, not just gone ahead without consulting her on protection. He reached for a condom in a drawer beside the bed and sheathed himself. He came back to her, angling his body over hers so she didn’t have to take his full weight. That was another thing that struck Christal about Leon. How many times had partners climbed aboard, so to speak, with little or no consideration for her comfort? He smoothed her hair back from her face, his eyes dark and eager, but with that element of concern that spoke of a man who didn’t take consent for granted at any stage of the encounter.

"It’s not too late to stop if you’d rather not do this."

Christal fisted her hands in the thick pelt of his hair. "If you stop now, I’ll never forgive you. I want you. Want, want, want you."

His slanted smile made something in her stomach swoop. His mouth came down and covered hers in a drugging kiss that escalated her desire to another level that had her panti