Page 84 of Tempting the Heart

I chuckled, running my fingers along his arm. “You should have been there.”

Tyler cupped my chin in his hands and brushed a soft kiss along my lips, igniting the pent-up need I’d bottled away for so many years.

“I don’t want to hurt you,” he whispered.

I smiled and shook my head. “I don’t want to hurt you either.”

My heart hammered so hard in my chest that my breathing felt shaky. I couldn’t let him see that, though. I drew a deep breath.

“We have two weeks, Tyler. Let’s make them count. I don’t want to keep wondering about it. I want to experience it with you.”

“Mae,” he whispered before his lips came down hard on mine. The sweetness of Coke mixed with my lip balm, and I couldn’t help but smile.

Just like when we were teenagers.

Tyler kissed me harder, nipping and licking like an expert as I nearly fell into him. His mouth moved along my jaw and neck as my hands easily tangled through his dark hair.

Every part of my body ignited with such an intense need it almost hurt. I leaned into his arms as his mouth slowly returned to mine, but this time, a wild look rested behind his gaze.

His mouth swooped slowly along my neck as his fingers played with the hem of my dress, tugging it over me as my breath caught from his fingers skimming my bare skin.

The fabric dropped to the floor as I did the same to him. My palms rubbed against his stomach muscles as my fingertips skirted his chest.

He hissed as I dropped my open mouth to his chest, letting my lips glide along his skin. My hands worked at undoing his pants as his fingers slid down my underwear. As his gaze moved along my body, I kicked my panties to the side, not feeling any nervousness, just excitement.

I took a step back as I unfastened my bra, but before I unclasped it, he brought me into him and gently pressed me against the wall behind us as he kicked off his jeans and boxers.

“I’m only going to ask one more time,” he murmured, propping his hands above me.

“Are you sure?”

I unfastened my bra and dropped it to the floor. “Kiss me, Tyler.”

But he didn’t obey. His mouth quickly found my breasts, slowly licking and teasing each one. His lips nipped at the tenderest of spots while his fingers expertly slid along my waist. My breath shuddered from his tongue, dipping lower and lower as my back arched against the wall.

The warmth of his breath between my thighs threw me into temptation as my fingers slid through his hair, his tongue teasing me with each passing second.

My body trembled from the sweet sensations running through me. Tyler slowed his movements, lifting his head as I was on the brink, and moved his mouth along my stomach.

As he stood, I let out a shaky breath. “I need you, Tyler.”

He kissed my cheek softly, and before I realized what he was doing, he swept me into his arms, carrying me toward the bedroom.

The vulnerability I should have felt at that moment was completely wiped away by the excitement and protectiveness of his embrace. He laid me on the bed, his eyes combing my body as he smiled.

“You’re so beautiful, Mae.” He shook his head. “So beautiful.”

He snagged my wrists and slowly pushed them above my head as he kissed and stroked his tongue along my bare skin, tickling parts of my body that created an intense fervor of longing.

Tyler breathed in sharply as his mouth found mine, and he crawled on top of me, caging me underneath his large, beautiful body.

His kisses started slow, but as I felt him on top of me, I kissed him back harder and faster. My legs clamped around his waist as our kisses intensified and he pushed into me.

With every ounce of strength, I didn’t let myself release as his lips tenderly moved along my breasts. But with every thrust of his hips, it became harder not to let go.

Right when he slowed, I took a breath, and his eyes locked on mine. This moment was everything and more than I’d ever dreamed about.

Tyler smiled and pushed into me so deeply and slowly that it felt like every part of me had unraveled. The need between us was unyielding. Wild sensations shot through me as my body arched, and his mouth found mine with every push and twist of our worlds tangling. Blazing heat shot through me as he led me through wave after wave.

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