Skin to Skin

“Stella,” he growled. “Come here.”

It was a demand, not a request. It should have hastened my exit from his room, but instead my feet were moving toward him. When I reached his side, he pulled me down to the bed, on top of him, as if he couldn't wait the extra few seconds it would have taken me to get there on my own.

I stared at him in shock, and his gaze locked with mine as he winded his fingers