Page 106 of Need You
She felt around for the condom, found it, and ripped it open with her teeth. Impatient, he took it from her and rolled it down his thick length. Then in one fluid motion, he entered her and slipped both hands under her bottom so he could go deeper. She folded her legs up to take all of him and began moving to his rhythm, matching him stroke for stroke.
He pumped harder and faster until all she could do to keep up was wrap her legs around his back and hang on. His mouth clamped onto her nipple through the thin lace of her bra and sucked as he moved in and out of her, the sensation so exquisite she thought she’d died and gone to heaven. Colt switched to her other breast, sucking and laving until she couldn’t take it anymore. Her senses spiraled out of control, her muscles contracted, and she found her release.
Colt pumped a few more times, threw his head back, called her name, and shuddered. He lay there for a second, cradled in her arms, then swung his legs over the bed and disappeared inside the bathroom.
Delaney crawled under the covers. Without Colt’s body heat the room had turned cold. She noticed that in their sex-driven haste, they’d forgotten to close the drapes. It appeared from what little she could make out in the dark that they had a view of the lake. And the mountains. She still couldn’t believe Colt’s impetuousness, but it made a smile bloom in her chest. He was spontaneous, generous, and adventurous.
And she’d fallen for him, hard, despite his efforts to shut her out. He’d made her rediscover herself as a woman, made her feel whole again, and safe. She kept coming back to that word. Safe. Safe to be who she was and not something she could never be. Safe to try something new. Safe to fail.
“What are you doing?” Colt came out of the bathroom unabashed in his nakedness. And why shouldn’t he be? He was gorgeous.
Thinking about how you’ve changed me. “Recuperating. Considering enrolling in an exercise class to keep up with you.”
“No worries there.” He let his eyes wander over her. “You’re in excellent shape.”
She looked around the room. “We’re staying, I presume.”
“Hell yeah, we’re staying.”
“It’s beautiful, but I feel bad that you spent all that money.”
“Because you’re a midwestern girl at heart with simple tastes?” Colt asked facetiously. “Or because you don’t think I can afford it?”
“Because we live thirty miles away and nine hundred dollars is a lot of money on a—”
“On a cop’s salary?” He stood at the side of the bed, putting on his shorts, which was too bad. She liked looking at him.
“On a whim. But yes, it’s a lot of money on any salary.”Sensitive, much?
“It won’t cut into my beer budget.” He plopped down on the bed and kissed her. “And for the record, I wouldn’t have made it the fifteen miles. You do that to me.”
“I do?” She still couldn’t believe it.
“Come on, Delaney. You’ve got to know how beautiful you are, how desirable.”
“Robert didn’t think so.” She stopped, suddenly appalled with herself. “Sorry. I’m not bringing him to bed with us. You’re the only person I want to be here with.”
He fluffed a pillow, put it behind his head, and stretched out next to her. “He told you you weren’t beautiful?”
“No, he told me he wasn’t attracted to me, that I was cold and sexless.”
Colt snorted. “The guy’s a worm and wears shrunken pants.”
“Colt, I designed those pants.”
“That’s okay, you were probably drunk.”
She shoved him but he didn’t budge.
“Baby, you’re smokin’ hot. And sexless?” He jerked his head. “What planet does he live on? If what we just did a few minutes ago was sexless ... maybe we should send him pictures.”
Her face must’ve turned white, because he said, “Delaney, I was kidding.” She remained silent. “Delaney, what?”
“He wanted me to sleep with other men.” This was what she meant about Colt making her feel safe. She’d never told this to another living soul.
“While you were still married?”
She nodded. “He wanted us both to . . . him with other women.”
