Page 26 of Broken Rules

He broke the kiss, and her sigh brushed against his skin.Her fingers dug into his shoulders.

“You’re so beautiful,” he whispered, rolling onto his side and cradling her against him.

“I’ve never…” She closed her eyes, concealing her gaze from him.

Tyler waited.She would talk when she was ready.Their gazes connected once again as she stared at him.

“You’ve improved with age.I’ve never had multiple orgasms before.”

“You’ll have a lot more of them before we’re through.”He was pleased she trusted him enough to tell him about her orgasms.In college, he’d been more interested in his satisfaction than his hers.

He’d learned a lot about how to satisfy a woman.His stomach rumbled, Becca giggled.

“I think someone’s hungry.”

While he didn’t want to leave her luscious body, it was time to feed another hunger.“Be right back.”He dropped a kiss on her rosy lips and slid off the bed.

Once in the kitchen, picked up the large platter of food, then grabbed two bottles of water and returned to the bedroom.A naked picnic in bed sounded good to him.

But Becca wasn’t in bed where he left her.

She was wearing her robe and standing by the window.He fought to hide his disappointment.

Give her time.They might have known each other in the past, but this was a different time and place.They’d matured and changed.

“Shall we go and eat on the back porch?”

“Sure.”Becca shrugged, but didn’t look at him.

That’s not good.His gut clenched.Balancing the food, he pushed open the French doors and stepped outside.He set the platter on the side table along with the water, then crossed to where Becca stood in the doorway.

Without a word, he framed her face with his hands and gave her a hard, deep kiss.Once he finished, they were both breathing hard.He gazed at her upturned face, seeing her desire, but there was something else—a hint of fear, maybe.He reined in his needs.Communication was important.

“Sit down.”He gestured to the porch swing.

“Ummm… Aren’t you going to put something on?”

“No.”He was fine with being nude.He sat on the swing and waited for her to join him.

“But…” Her gaze shifted to his rock-hard cock, and it jumped.“What about the people next door?”

“We have complete privacy.”He gestured to the hedges.It was one of the things he and Jared made sure of when they laid out the cabins and landscaping.

She studied the hedges.“I see it now.”Instead of taking a seat on the swing, Becca chose to sit in the chair across from him.

Masking his disappointment, he grabbed a sandwich and bit into it.“Eat something.”He hadn’t eaten since breakfast, and he needed to keep his strength up.He had a feeling Becca was going to test him at every turn.

Her silence weighed on him as he ate.He waited to see what she would do, but she only sat with her hands folded neatly into her lap.This was the closed-down Becca he disliked.

“Why did you put the robe on?”He wanted her to at least talk to him.He twisted the caps off the water bottles before taking one and drinking.

“I can’t run around naked.”

“Sure you can.”

Her head tilted, and a giggle escaped her lips before she sobered once again.“I sound like my mother.”

“Tell me about her.”Tyler sat back.During their time in college, her mother called her constantly, but Becca never really talked much about her, nor had he met her mother.

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