#Chapter 39: Come home with me

(Violet’s POV) “Come home with me,” Lucian said quietly. My heart leaped out of my chest. I pulled back to glance at the man whose arms remained encircled around me in a protective vise. The day had dragged on for what felt like forever. The exhaustion had already seeped into my bones. I could have fallen asleep. I wish I had. I couldn’t remember the last time I ever felt so safe. Then again, perhaps I never felt truly safe. Not like this. A manner in which I could easily let all my inhibitions down and simply bask in the embrace of his being. My voice was laced with disbelief. “What?” I asked. Lucian’s eyes held a vulnerable emotion that I wasn’t used to seeing in such an open setting. “Come back with me,” he repeated. His words were filled with a heated promise that would guarantee pleasure and a deep satisfaction that the two of us desperately needed. A familiar ache pulsed between my thighs at the mere thought of losing myself in him for the night. Good God. It