Soul-shaterring

This chapter is dedicated to @Sacogun and to all the amazing moms reading this novel! Happy mother's day!

Bracing himself on his elbows, he stared deeply into her eyes, his breathing continued to blow hard and hot over her face.

"You okay?" he asked.

She nodded.

"But you're crying."

"I'm not. And I heard it'll feel better soon…" she replied between her uneven breaths. All the while, she gently stroked his arms that she was holding onto, trying to reassure him that she was fine.

He chuckled low then he kissed the tears away from the corners of both her eyes, one after another. "Yes, it will… but… I don't think I know how to be gentle until you're… f*ck –" he broke off. His eyes gleaming with something so intense it might as well rival madness.

"You don't need to force yourself to be gentle. I want this. I told you, I can handle you –"

He thrusted all the way home as he growled out. It was a powerful stroke.