Page 37 of Black Bay Enforcer
“Do you want something to drink? I have wine.” There was still a bottle of red left from when the women had dragged him shopping. Did red go with the dinner? Kong knew jack shit about wine pairing or whatever the hell you called it.
Katherine cleared her throat and she suddenly looked nervous. Kong’s chest squeezed.That can’t be good…
“Speaking of wine.”
Kong waited, watching as Katherine seemed to wrestle with her thoughts. What was he missing? She was twisting her fingers nervously, so on impulse, he reached out and held her hands. “You can tell me anything.”
Finally, her eyes met his and she licked her lips. “Would you like to come to my birthday party with me?”
His eyes widened with surprise, but Katherine rushed on before he could say anything.
“It’s a little over three and half hours away by car. When my mom found out I was working in Virginia, she started looking into venues and found this place called Bull Run. It’s a winery. Mom’s theme this year is wine tasting.”
She took a quick breath. “Most of my family lives in Connecticut, but they don’t mind traveling. They say it gives them an excuse to break out the party bus.”
She laughed nervously and Kong gently squeezed her fingers.
He didn’t quite know what was going on inside his chest just then, but it tightened almost painfully. Katherine wanted him to meet her family. He was a Beast. A genetic hybrid. He may not wear it as plainly as some of the others, but the signs were there in his height, his build, and especially his teeth.
In the early years, when they’d all first been freed, he’d been called a freak, an abomination, and an animal by the intolerant. General Davies had done his best to weed those people out of Black Bay, but he couldn’t do shit about how the rest of the world viewed them.
Insecurity flooded him. What would her family think of him? Would they be scared of him?
“Would your family be okay with that?” He cleared his throat, hating this feeling of vulnerability. “With me?”
Katherine looked up at him with eyes that shone with an emotion that made his throat feel thick. “They’re going to love you, Kong.”
Fuck dinner. With a gruff rumble, Kong picked Katherine up in his arms and kissed her.
Chapter Eighteen
Katherine moaned as sheclung to Kong, her fingers digging into his heavy shoulders.This. She’d wanted this all day. She’d daydreamed about it, becoming embarrassingly flushed and aroused at work. But the reality was so much better than anything her imagination could conjure up.
Her belly clenched and a hot rush ran through her as liquid heat pooled down below.
His big hand skated down her back, pressing her closer before it drifted to the curve of her backside and squeezed. She would have wrapped her legs around him, but the narrow width of her skirt hindered her efforts.
Her bra suddenly felt too tight and her nipples were hard points just begging to be touched. Her imagination flared withthe thought of him taking one of them in his mouth while he squeezed her breasts with those strong hands of his. Another moan escaped her and Kong answered it with a rumble that she could feel vibrating through his chest straight into hers.
Kong broke the kiss, moving from her mouth to her jawline and down the line of her throat. She shivered with pleasure and tipped her head to give him better access. They were both panting, their ragged breaths the only sound in the quiet apartment. Katherine swallowed hard and opened her eyes though her eyelids felt too heavy. Everything had a slightly hazy, almost dreamy quality to it. If this was a dream, she never wanted to wake up.
She settled her mouth against his jaw and felt the slight scratch of the whisker grain on his skin. Nuzzling into him, she kissed her way to his ear and nipped the lobe. She was rewarded with another one of those sexy rumbles and a squeeze of her backside that pressed her even closer to him.
Katherine tasted his throat as her fingers stroked over the short length of his hair. Her mouth met the line of cotton at the neck of his t-shirt and she almost growled at the barrier. She wanted nothing between them. She wanted to see him in all his naked glory. She wanted to touch those hard slabs of muscle and discover what they tasted like with her tongue.
“Put me down.” Her voice was almost unrecognizable, low, breathy, and heavily laced with arousal.
He released her slowly, letting her slide down his body so she could feel the thick bulge of his erection. But never once did they stop touching each other. With a gruff sound, he looked down at her through passion-glazed, heavy-lidded eyes, and the air caught in Katherine’s chest. That look. She’d always thought the word smoldering in this context was a silly way to describe someone, but she was experiencing the full brunt of it right now and there was nothing silly about it. That look was hot as hell.
Kong wanted her. Knowing that did something to her. Katherine had always been a somewhat passive lover, letting her partner take the lead for the most part, but tonight, with Kong looking at her like that, she grew bold. She felt empowered. Pulling the pins from her hair, she let the heavy mass tumble down her back.
He let out an inarticulate sound as he stroked his hand over the length, gathering it up and then letting it fall again. “I love your hair.”
Katherine smiled. Her hand skated over the hard muscles of his abdomen and she felt a thrill go through her when she felt them flex and tighten under her seeking fingers. “I want to see you.”
His nostrils flared and he let out a low breathy sound. Reaching down to the waistband of his pants, he yanked the shirt out, dragged it up his body, and whipped it over his head.
Her mouth went dry as her eyes hungrily explored every curve, dip, and plain. She’d seen him shirtless before, that night he’d taken her to the pool, but this was different. Tonight, she knewshe could touch all that gorgeous skin, which made all the difference.
