Chapter 126

He growled against my mouth, fiercely, and tensed again.

“Please, could you stay still for a moment? Just a few more minutes.”

I laughed, and played at tracing the lines of his solid muscles, down his stomach and down.

Ivan returned the affection, of course, but one of his hands went to my hips, to hold me still in place. A delicious tingling went up my back again when he slowly licked my bruised lip several times from that hard kiss we shared a few minutes before. The gesture, far from making me uncomfortable, seemed strangely tender on his part; even his weak, canine yelps sounded worried.

“I’m sorry about that. It hurts much?” he apologized.

“Calm down, I’m fine. I’ll consider it a love bite, don’t worry.”

I buried my fingers in his short, almost albino blonde hair with delight. When he assumed I was going to stay still, he leaned over me, resting his forehead on mine, and caught his breath in a deep sigh. The hand that had previously held me w