Fated Enemy

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty

My breath hitched slightly as those four words swirled around my head.

I want you Katherine.

The words didn't initially make the expected impact as it should have, they were soft touches instead of a hard blow. Only after those words repeated a few times inside my head like an echo did it reach its destination and finally land there.

Lorenzo wanted me?

I wasn't going to pretend I didn't know the connotations behind those words. He wanted me, i.e., he wanted to 'do' me. I know it was a crass way of saying it but it was the truth.

Never in a millions years did I ever think Lorenzo Romano would utter those words. What we had between us when we were younger was not heat or chemistry, it was mutual disklike and distain. That's why I had no premeditated reaction on how this was going to go down. I had envisioned and fantasied the way I would react to his heart-wrenching apology or even getting my revenge and letting him know it was me, Katherine Anderson, who was the reason for his downfall.

This was not something I had ever anticipated and I felt completely and utterly shocked and out of my depth. Even though I had not expected anything like this to happen, my initial reaction to his statement after shock should be to push him away or laugh in his face, right?

I shouldn't be moving closer to him, my heart shouldn't be beating a hundred miles per hour and my breathing shouldn't be heavy as though I've ran a marathon.

I certainly shouldn't be leaning into his touch and embracing the warmth his touch was providing me with.

"Katherine." Lorenzo whispered as the air around us buzzed with electricity.

His warm fingers began to stroke my face causing it to sizzle just like the rest of me.

"Katherine."

This time the words came out more like a tortured moan than a whisper.

"Tell me to stop." Lorenzo muttered as his fingers weaved into my hair. "Tell me to stop."

I should have listened to him, I should have told him to stop and move the hell away from me. I didn't. I said and did the opposite.

"I don't want you to." I muttered back, as lust replaced all rational thoughts from my brain.

My words were greeted warmly by a loud growl and within seconds Lorenzo's hands slid down to my waist, squeezing it for a couple of seconds before pulling me onto his lap.

The manoeuvre caused my breath to hit as I grabbed onto his shoulder for support. His eyes that had darkened significantly met mine and I could have sworn tenderness was swimming there before it was replaced with something that should have freaked me out instead of turning me on- lust.

His breathing was just as heavy and intense as mine as he met and held my gaze for a few seconds. His eyes scanned mine as if he was searching for something before he roughly grasped the back of my head and pulled me towards him.

My eyes closed instantly as Lorenzo's warm and soft lips first brushed against mine, so soft, so gentle that I could barely feel it. He did it again as if was testing the waters and my body grew impatient.

Without thinking of the consequences, I opened my mouth and deepened the barely-there touches. Lorenzo caught on and quickly began to caress my lips as his hands feverishly moved through my hair and all over my back.

The feeling of him growing hard underneath me had me moaning into the kiss as my hands mimicked his actions too. Without warning or breaking the kiss, Lorenzo stood up with me still clinging onto him, my legs wrapped around his waist.

The feeling on the table underneath my body had me opening my eyes and meeting Lorenzo's fiery ones. He grabbed the back of my head and tilted my head back before giving me a punishing kiss that I happily returned. The sound of everything that had been on the table clattering to the ground filled my ears but I paid no attention to it.

Nothing mattered right now.

Pushing my body back so I was now lying instead of sitting on the dining table, his hand cupped the back of my neck as he began to mutter something inaudibly. My body remained as still as a statue except my heart that was thundering away, I wouldn't be surprised if you could see it pounding away at my chest.

His hands shifted and moved towards the lower part of my t-shirt, his fingers grasping the bottom for a couple of seconds before sliding underneath. His warm hands crept under my t-shirt and began to move slowly upwards as he leaned in for a kiss.

The sensation of his lips on mine and his hands caressing my body was difficult to describe, it was like something I had never felt before and something I wanted to continue forever.

"Katherine." Lorenzo moaned into my mouth as his hands reached my bra.

This time it was me who let out a moan as he squeezed my chest through my bra, my nipples pebbling at the touch.

"Lorenzo."

The sound of his name suddenly changed everything and he jerked up, his head almost hitting my face. His hands withdrew from my body leaving me cold and needy.

"I can't do this."

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A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter

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