The beast and the blessed novel by Ashley Breanne novel Chapter 110

Five: Tobias

Tobias's P.O.V.

This was not how I had pictured it. Having Joselin on top of me, pleasuring herself by grinding on me. I had wanted her for so long... even when I shouldn't have. Even when it went against the will of the Goddess.

She had always been on my mind. She had always been the most beautiful, funniest, and most brilliant woman I had ever met. What she was offering me was a dream come true for any man.

"You don't want me to seduce you?" Joselin repeated without emotion as her hips stilled and her hands lifted from my chest. Her body was tense, and she lifted herself up until she hovered over me.

She looked horrified, and my grip tightened, wanting to pull her back down and show her just how much I was enjoying myself. But I respected her decision to stop and let her move away.

This wasn't what we needed. No matter how much I wanted it, it wasn't what I needed.

She quickly climbed off my lap until she was standing in front of me. Joselin lifted her elbows as she wiggled her hips away from my grip, not wanting to touch me more than she already did.

"No. I don't think we should fuck right now, Josie." I stood slowly, my heart hammering in my chest as the Goddess before me as she placed one hand on her head with a frustrated groan.

'I have been throwing myself at you for months. Months! I have been humiliating myself trying to get your attention! You should have just told me to stop if you didn't want me. Why didn't you say something?" She bent over, collecting her clothes from the ground and holding them over her exposed body.

I growled lowly as she pulled her shirt on, covering her perfect, perky breasts and the curve of her waist.

"I didn't want you to stop." The admission made my cheeks feel warm, but Joselin's glare made me step forward to comfort her. Her guard dropped, her hands stopping as she pulled her jeans back up, leaving her pants unbuttoned as I lifted her chin with the knuckle of my index finger.

Her lips parted as I ran my nose across hers, our lips just barely brushing as I watched her eyes flutter closed. "I adore your attention, Josie."

I let out a breath of disappointment as she pulled away, moving out of my reach and leaving me feeling cold and empty.

"You adore my attention?" She spat with venom, and my eyebrows pulled together in confusion as she glared at me.

"Yes, your attention, your affection. All of it." I wanted all of it, all of her. But was she ready for that? Was I ready for that?

I had lived a long and painful existence, only ever finding peace when I was near Joselin. That was an issue for me. I couldn't expect her to solve all my problems and fight my demons. There were too many. So, I vowed to never put her in that position, i

I also knew that what she wanted was far less than what I expected of her. For years, I watched as she used her beauty and charm to get any man or woman she wanted into her bed. It was only reasonable to assume that I was her next target, the next name on her list.

She had never been in a relationship that I knew of. She spent one night with a man and pretended they didn't exist to her the next morning. I would smell her on him and him on her, but they wouldn't even look at each other.

I had even seen her join in with a couple or two occasionally. Sex was not taboo for our kinds, and many people engaged in it in public... some were willing to invite others in and share.

I would watch as she approached a pair in the middle of a heated moment with her head held high and ask them if she could join in. They would take one look at her and welcome her in.