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Maddox grasped me by the waist and I instinctively
wrapped my legs around his hips. He pushed my back
against the edge.
“What’s with that look, Little Dragon?” he questioned
softly.
“Nothing.” But I was too quick to answer, which only
made him more aware of how uncomfortable I was.
Maddox kissed the corner of my lips. “Tell me.”
His kisses were tender but insistent. His lips whispered
over my cheeks, my jaw… my throat and the collarbone
before dipping lower. “Tell me,” he urged again.
“I’m just… I feel so… not sexy…” I practically choked on
the words.
Speaking of my insecurities out loud felt like I had a
knife dug in my chest, the blade twisting deeper into my
flesh. “How can you still want me?”
Maddox growled, almost angrily. He pulled back, his
eyes hard and his jaw clenched tight. I could see the
muscles ticking in his left cheek. He wrapped one arm
around my waist and lifted me out of the water, sitting my
ass on the edge.
His gaze traveled from the top of my head, my eyes, my
lips… my throat, down to my chest and stomach, my hips,
the juncture between my thighs and then my legs. The
scars between my breasts tingled, like they always did
whenever I was under scrutiny.
There was just something in those blatant blue eyes that
made me trembled. He stared at me, so leisurely, slow and
deliberate. Maddox took his time and goosebumps
peppered my skin and my nipples tightened.
“Lila,” he rasped.
My heart thudded.
His head lowered toward my stomach and his lips
brushed against my stretch marks. He traced every single
indent and imperfection with his tongue before placing the