Chapter 189: So sweet

I lost it all and halted pounding in her for a moment.

Elena was mine. She knew it and I knew it.

But did she know that I was also hers? That I would do anything for her if only she asked. I would help her even if it meant money.

It was such a sudden realization that it knocked me off. Elena didn’t look like someone who wanted to depend on me, and I didn’t want to force her.

Her saying that she belonged to me was enough. For now. My wolf purred deep inside, possessive and calm, satisfied that the woman wrapped around me had surrendered to me completely even if she didn’t understand the bond forming between us.

I let go of her hair and smashed my lips again on her lips. This time, I tried to be tender with her. I wanted her to feel the things I couldn’t say. Even my thrusts slowed down, moving deep with purpose. I was filling her in the only way I knew how to show her I cared. My instincts, primal and old, whispered that this woman was becoming something sacred to me, my mate, though she didn’t know it.

Elena bit my bottom lip, and when I opened my mouth, she drove her tongue against mine, wrestling and making the kiss utterly filthy. When she pulled back, I saw the string of drool connecting our tongues, and she went in for more without breathing.

Then her manicured nails scraped my scalp as her tongue explored my mouth. I couldn’t hold back any longer. My cock twitched, and a second later, I was groaning and pumping my load inside of her. My body shuddered, instincts roaring through my blood, the animal in me howling in satisfaction at marking her from the inside out.

Even when I stilled, Elena continued to kiss me. It was fervent and needy, and there was something insanely passionate about the sloppy kisses. It was different this time, and I felt that in the core of my chest. There was something intensely profound between us tonight. All I could do was hold her close and kiss her. My wolf pressed beneath my skin, restless and warm, wanting to keep her in my arms until dawn.

My cock was still sheathed inside of her, and she made no moves to get up. I didn’t want her to. What I wanted was to stay inside of her all night.

But we couldn’t do that here.

Finally, after what felt like an hour of kissing, I pulled away for air.

"Are you ready to go home?" I asked.

She laid her head against my shoulder, but when she wriggled her hips, I knew she was fully aware of my still-erect cock in her pussy. "Are you?" she giggled back.

"Baby, that’s not going anywhere if you’re still sitting on me." I pecked her quickly on her kiss-swollen lips. "Let me get you home, so I can make you scream my name some more."

Not even the darkness surrounding us could hide the furious blush that formed on her cheeks. She nodded her head and finally got up, shifting in the car to sit at my side again.

I pulled out the phone, then called the driver to make his way back to the car. Reaching over, I grabbed Elena’s hand, enjoying the feeling of it curled in my palm. Her pulse was steady but warm beneath my touch, the rhythm echoing in my heightened hearing like a secret melody. We stayed like that the entire way back to my home.

It wasn’t a long car ride, but it seemed as if the night was dragging out. It might have only been ten minutes that passed before Elena’s head leaned into my chest. To my surprise, she quietly fell asleep in the dark, silent car ride.

It made an unusual warmth bloom within my chest that Elena felt this comfortable with me. From her first night in my house, going cold and avoiding me, to this moment right here where she could fall asleep on me during the car ride. Things were changing quickly, and I didn’t know how to feel about it, or what to think.

All I knew, with every fiber of my being, was that we belonged with one another. She was mine, and I was hers, and at the end of the contract, I had to do something to keep her at my side, no matter the consequences. My wolf stirred beneath my skin, already plotting, already certain, wolves didn’t let go of what they claimed.

ELENA’S POV

I woke up to the feeling of a heavy comforter being draped over my bare skin. When my eyes peeled open, I noticed I was in Andrey’s room, and the soft yellow light of the lamp was glowing over his dark walls.

Under the blankets, I was completely naked, and I squirmed against his soft sheets in a stretch.

Movement at the closet caught my attention. I looked up and saw Andrey’s wide back to me as he undressed. I said nothing at first, I just watched as he took off his shirt and revealed the rolling muscles under his skin. My stomach immediately fluttered at the sight. Even though there was still an ache between my thighs, my body reacted to him.

How long had it been since our tryst in the car?! For a moment I tried to think about how I got into bed, but everything was dark after the driver came back in the car.

"Andrey," my voice croaked. At the sound, he turned around and his eyes fell on me as I sat up. The blanket slipped from my body, and I didn’t miss when his eyes flickered from my face to my chest and back up. There was a strange sharpness in his gaze again.

"You can go back to sleep, Elena," he smiled at me, and I remembered riding him in the car’s backseat. My cheeks heated at the inopportune memory.

"How did I get up here?" I pushed my hair from my face, feeling that even my ponytail was undone.

"Hmm." He tossed his shoes in the closet and looked over his shoulder at me. "Oh, I brought you up here. You fell asleep in the car and I didn’t want to wake you up."

"Thank you," I said while thinking about Andrey undressing me so carefully that I stayed asleep the entire time. My body was buzzing and all thoughts of sleep were fading away. "I’m not sure if I’m tired anymore, honestly," I spoke.

"You were sleeping harder than the dead. I’m surprised you’re awake at all," Andrey smirked, and he finished stripping down to his black briefs, then pulled back the comforter. He slid into the bed and wrapped an arm around my waist. His touch was warm, unnaturally and it sent shivers down my spine. "It’s after midnight. There’s not much to do," he spoke.

"I think all I needed was a power nap." Despite not feeling tired, I laid back in bed with him. The quiet hum of his heartbeat against my back lulled me, steady and strong, like a rhythm older than words. I couldn’t explain it, but being near him made me feel safe in a way I’d never known