Page 20 of Seized by Love at Seaside
“Lizzie, if we keep going like this, there’s no turning back.”
She held her breath, trying to grasp her fraying resolve and come back down to earth, trying to make a decision she didn’t want to make. Her heart was pleading for more. Her head was teetering between doing what she knew she should and ending this right here and now and doing what she so desperately wanted and what felt so very right that it couldn’t be wrong. She searched his eyes for answers he couldn’t possibly have, and her heart overruled her head.
“Kiss me, Blue. Touch me.”
He hesitated for only a second before a flash of unbridled passion burned in his eyes and their mouths crashed together, shattering their last bit of restraint. Even through their clothes she could feel his heat penetrating her skin. She shouldn’t do this. Couldn’t do this. She had to stop.
But he feltoh so good!
He gripped her hips, pressing against her, and searching her eyes for approval before taking her in another heated kiss.
She loved the way he was careful with her, making sure he had the green light, and then he took control. This wild, unbridled man could have whatever he wanted. She loved the way he claimed her mouth as if he were branding her as his—andboy, did she want to behis. She was on a bullet train and she wanted to ride it all the way to heaven. He lifted her shirt over her head and stripped off his own. The skin-to-skin contact was almost too much too take.
“Blue.Goodness, Blue.”
“Too much?” He pulled back. He was so thoughtful it made her want to give even more of herself to him.
“No.” She pulled his mouth to hers. “Maybe,” she said between kisses. “No,” she corrected herself. “Definitely not.”
“You’re gonna give me whiplash,” he teased, and kissed her so long, they both came away breathless. “Lizzie, we can stop. I don’t want you to regret this.”
She felt another pang of guilt about hiding theNaked Baker, and she couldn’t be sure if that guilt would lead to regret or not, but she wanted Blue more than she wanted to figure it out right now, so she answered with hope. “I’m not going to.” She pulled him into another kiss.
Being together felt so right, she didn’t want to stop. Time failed to exist as they kissed and touched, greeting the morning in the sweetest way she ever had.
After what felt like hours of reveling in his sweet kisses and loving touch, when she finally opened her eyes, the look in Blue’s was so caring that she had to close hers against the emotions she saw there, for fear of her own tumbling out.
He pressed another kiss to her lips. “Spend the day with me.”
She opened her eyes, reality creeping back in. This was her moment of decision. She knew she should end it here. Take what he’d given and go back to her secret life. But how could she do that when the man she’d wanted for so long was looking at her like she was truly all he ever wanted? She hadn’t counted on this, even though she’d known the dangers of allowing herself to go out with Blue. She hadn’t counted on feeling as if every moment sucked her deeper into him. Reality waited outside these cabin walls. Monday would bring the need to film her webcast. Tuesday, the commitment of editing…She stopped those thoughts by sealing them beneath a hard, painful swallow.
Reality, it turned out, was no match for her heart.
“Okay.”
BLUE COULD HARDLY believe his luck. After a year of asking Lizzie out, not only was he blessed with the most amazing night, but now he was given the gift of another day with her. And that’s how it felt, like a gift. How could an afternoon that had yet to come feel so special? He didn’t need to pick that apart, because he already knew the answer. He’d been falling for her every time he saw her. Falling harder every time she turned him down. He’d seen the way Lizzie looked at him, and he knew it took a strong woman to fight the attraction that had simmered between them for so long—and that strength was just one of the things he admired about her, even if he still didn’t understand why she’d fought it for such a long time.
“Okay? You’re not going to fight me on it? Or give me stipulations?”
“Only one,” she said, wrapping her arms around him. “I need to go home and shower.”
“Darn. I thought I’d convince you to shower with me.” He pressed his lips to hers again. He’d never get enough of her lips, and seeing them pinked up, swollen from their intense kisses, her skin flushed from the heat between them, made her even more alluring.
“If we get naked, we won’t be doing anything today butnakedthings.” She giggled, and he raised his brows.
“And that’s a problem because…?” He was teasing, but her eyes turned serious.
“Because, we’re not there yet.”
“Agreed. Wearestill partially dressed, but we could be there pretty quickly.”
She rolled her eyes.
“We moved too quickly. I’m sorry, Lizzie.” He reached for her shirt and helped her dress.
“No, we didn’t. You’re so careful with me. I appreciate that. But it makes it easy to forget…”
He rose to his feet and brought her up against him. “Forget?” He searched her eyes, and she had anuh-ohlook in them that made his gut clench tight. “What is it? What’s wrong?”
