Stone met my eye with a serious look "It was probably a good thing you are not home because I would probably end up not going."

Grinning, I turned around to start walking away as I asked "What kind of influence would that make me? Surely you can go a day without seeing me."

His hands were instantly on my hips. He snatched me back to his body and kept me there as he declared "No. I cannot."

Then I was off the ground and floating in the air with his hands still moulded to my side.

When I reached a height that meant that I was at eye level with him then I voiced what I was thinking "Can I ask why I’m levitating?"

With unconcealed smugness, He chuckled "So you do not need to climb me like a tree."

A giggle erupted from me, and I buried my face into the crook of his neck as he lifted me nearer.

Once I had gotten control of my laughter, I then peered out from my hiding spot and teased "Who said that I wanted to kiss you now?"

He kissed my lips lightly. Only once. It was just a gentle brush, but it was enough to make me surrender to him.

I pulled back and silently pleaded for more as I held on tightly to him so that I did not go plummeting to the ground.

My heart pounded in my chest as his gentle fingers lifted my chin so he could devour me. He bent from his neck so there was no space between us. My hands gripped his hair as he cradled my waist.

"I have to go, Lurch." I told him as I tried to pull away from him.

"No." He growled playfully but he walked to the hallway with me in his arms.

Our lips crashed against one another's again, so he redirected his direction and changed course from the bedroom to the kitchen.

Without breaking apart, he continued to brush his tongue over my own and my bottom lip as he set me down on the kitchen counter.

Stone moved to stand between my legs, and I had to part my thighs as far apart as they could go to accommodate his huge build. His lips were gentle against mine as he savoured every touch and stroke of my tongue.

He moved away a little to look me in the eye. I almost forgot how to breathe as the obsidian eyes swirled with emotion.

His mouth took mine again in a long tantalising kiss. Heat filled my body slowly. Inch by inch as he took over my senses. His hands dropped from my face to my back and then it dropped to my butt as he lifted me again.

"Damn, Baby." He let out gruffly as I smiled into his lips.

"You definitely have a thing for kitchen counters, Valentine Stone." I mused with a giggle.