Page 32 of Tango

“Look at you.” I grinned and nipped at her nipple, loving how fun we both could be in bed. “What else you got?”

“Mmm.” She suddenly tried to flip me with her body weight in an effort to throw me on my back so she could gain the advantage. I didn’t budge. “Mark taught me that move.” She laughed when she caught my expression. “Clearly not when we were naked.” She giggled. “You know what I mean.”

“If you want to learn some moves, come to me.” I kissed her neck.

“Will you teach them to me naked?”

“I’ll teach you one now. Ready?” She nodded, and I thrust deep inside of her, and she gasped. “This is called mine.” I grinned, and she rolled her eyes at my lame joke, but whatever. I was where I wanted to be.

I stopped then and rested my weight on my forearms and stared deep into her eyes. We’d always had hot sex, but tonight I wanted her to see I could offer her more. She stilled under me and seemed to wait.

Never in my imagination could I ever have pictured myself being this vulnerable, until I met this woman. She brought out something in me I never knew I had inside. I felt tenderness, and the fact that I was about to leave her the next day made me suddenly want to show her this side of me. She deserved it. I wanted to express it.

“Do you believe you were meant for me?” I wasn’t looking for an answer, really. I just wanted to say what I felt. “Because I think in some way I wished for you, and you came true.” I brushed her hair with my fingers. “I’ve never known someone as gorgeous as you are on the outside to be the same on the inside.” She blinked a few times as if my words caught her off guard. “To think that your heart wants me, a man who ran from affection his whole life. It kind of makes me want to prove to you that I’m worthy of it.” I started to move my hips and made love to her slowly. She wiggled her arms free and took my head in her hands to show me the pleasure I gave her.

“I’ve never wanted someone as much as I want you.” I sealed my lips over hers and kissed her deeply. With every thrust, I felt both of us pledge our love as we fell harder and harder for one another. I broke free of her kiss and lapped at her neck as I reached back and hiked her leg over my waist. The change in angle made her breath heighten.

“I can’t get enough of you, Ivy,” I panted in her ear. “I can’t get deep enough. I want all of you.”

“You have all of me,” she cried as she climbed her way toward her bliss. My stomach coiled, and I knew I was close. I didn’t want to come. I wanted to spend the entire night like this, deep inside without an end date.

She moaned a warning. “Ty…”

“I’m about to come, too,” I grunted and thrust harder because I couldn’t control it anymore. “Remember me like this inside you when I’m gone and that you’re mine forever.” She came undone, and her spasms sent me right after her. We shot off hard then slowly floated back down together. As she fought for breath, I pulled her limp body off the bed and carried her to the waiting bubble bath.

“Watch your step.” She was like Jell-O as I climbed in with her in my arms. I lay back in the delicious warmth and pulled her against my chest.

“You should get some sleep.” She turned her head to study the clock. “You leave in a few.”

“And leave this?” I kissed the side of her neck. “I’ll sleep on the flight to Washington.”

“Just be careful, okay?” she whispered, and I held her tighter. “Because I don’t want to do this with anyone else.” She craned her neck to look at me, but I couldn’t think of anything else to say. I felt her take my hand, then she sighed and settled back against me.

I promise.

Paul

Formally Eric Noah

“Okay,” Keith rubbed his head as he tried to process what I attempted to explain, “so, what you’re saying is they haven’t gone to your house and done a sweep for bugs, or turned your power off and ransacked the place? They’ve done nothing.”

“No, they’d have no reason to. At least not yet. My buyer got hold of Castillo and told him I’d made contact after what happened. He said I was gonna call today to confirm where I was and what happened.”

“They have that much trust in you?” He eyed me, and I could hear murmurs from the other guys in the room.

“Yes, Keith, they do.” I gave him a direct look back. “Well, up to a point they do.” I glanced at Cole and decided to show them something. “Let me prove it to you.” I reached for Cole’s laptop. “May I?” He nodded. I logged into my account and flashed the live feed of my house up on their big screen.

“Wow,” Cole got up and moved closer to the screen, “the picture’s incredible.”

“I need to see everything, to catch the small things,” I explained.

“So, that’s your place?” He pointed at the screen.

“Yes. I installed cameras in every room, and so far, no one’s discovered them.” I tapped a button and moved the screens around. “Outside, garage, kitchen, living room, dining room, basement.” Keith’s expression changed, and I mentally kicked myself for being so careless. I switched to a different room and quickly addressed him. “Keith, I don’t mean to be heartless. You’ve got my word I’ll walk you through everything that happened there with Lexi and then some, but let me get through this first. Okay?”

“Fine,” he muttered.

“Hang on.” Cole, who’d been studying the screenshots, pointed to one, and as I turned, his eyes burned into me. “That photo!” He leaned closer. “What the fuck is Denton Barlow doin’ there, in a picture with you?”

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