Page 40 of Whatever You Need

Her slender arms wrapped around my neck, and her eyes were smiling. “I feel the same way about you.”

The way she looked at me was definitely something I could get used to. I brought the pad of my index finger up to trace the few freckles that dotted along her small nose and ran a path down to her neck, which was now exposed. Being with her was easy, and it seemed every time we were together, it just kept getting better and better.

Her eyes darted over to the Bluetooth speaker. “I never took you for a country music fan.”

I reached for my phone and handed to her. “I like a variety. Here, pick something.”

She scrolled through my playlists with interest. “Sinatra, Beyoncé, Maroon Five, and Zac Brown. Wow, that’s quite the selection.”

My lips brushed against hers. “What kind of music did you expect to find?”

“I don’t know, rock, heavy metal, maybe?”

I rolled my eyes. “Do they even make heavy metal anymore?”

She shrugged her shoulders. “No clue.”

I traced her lower lip with the pad of my thumb. “What kind of music will I find on your phone?”

“You’re never going to find out.”

I arched an eyebrow. “That bad, huh?” She laughed, and I pulled on her ponytail, bringing us nose to nose. “What’s so funny?”

She drew in a ragged breath. “Don’t do that.”

“Don’t do what?” Every nerve in my body was aware of our close proximity.

“Give me that detective stare. The one that has me squirming in my seat and ready to confess to crimes I never committed.” She demonstrated by purposely rubbing against my stiff cock. All it would take is one little skilled maneuver and I’d be able to dive right in.

“Are you trying to distract me?” I asked as her mouth moved along my neck. My fingers dug into her side. She was addicting, and my erection wasn’t the only thing growing. My attachment to her was building by the minute. The last thing I wanted was to make myself vulnerable again, but the attraction was something I couldn’t deny.

Her hips moved in a slow circle. “Amelia,” I groaned. My voice was rough, it practically rumbled. My fingers found her nipples, they puckered under my thumb. She pushed against my groin, and it was like a live wire was ready to go off. Her movements were slow and gentle. I was desperate to glide inside her and never leave.

I dragged her mouth to mine; our tongues moved in slow, lazy strokes. Her taste was becoming familiar. There was something growing between us, planting roots in places that haven’t been touched in a while. I kissed her slow and deep, making promises with my tongue that I couldn’t with my words.

My fingers gripped her hair, and I didn’t know what was happening to me or why this woman felt so different than anyone else before her. All I knew was it’s been this way right from the beginning.

Her lips trailed long my shoulder; the sensation caused every cell in my body to tighten. Her body continued to rock into me as my slick fingers found her clit, adding just the right amount of pressure.

“Oh my God.” Her voice broke on a plea.

I twisted her nipples and pinched just enough for her to hiss out a breath. If she kept making those sounds, there was a good chance I’d embarrass myself like an inexperienced teenager. Jesus. What was this woman doing to me?

“Wait.” She pulled back, her eyes looked crazed. “We shouldn’t do this here.”

“What are you talking about?” I asked in disbelief. She couldn’t be serious.

She swam to the other side of the hot tub, as far away from me as she could go. “I don’t want to… you know…” She looked at the water and cringed. “Dirty your water, because then you’ll have to change it.”

My mouth hung open for a full minute before I threw my head back, laughing so hard my stomach hurt. She splashed water on my face. “Why are you laughing? We could get an infection.”

My body was shaking with laughter as I advanced toward her. “People have sex all the time in hot tubs,” I teased, which caused her to glare at me. “Besides, the water temperature would kill any bacteria we left behind. And if you’re worried about if I’ve had other woman in here before you, the answer is no.”

“But you’d still have to empty the water and clean it out.”

I could feel my eyes smiling at her cuteness. “That’s correct, but I change the water pretty frequently, so that’s not an issue.”

Her shoulders deflated. “Oh, well, I guess I killed that moment, huh?”

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