Page 79 of An Inconvenient Marriage
I shook my head immediately. “I want it so bad, I might just explode if you don’t but…” Bending down, I gazed into her eyes. “It’s going to be messy. The shower would be better than here.”
The pink tip of her tongue slid over her lips, and my hard-on gave a twitch. “Messy?”
“Yeah.” My voice was hoarse, my mind filled with the image of my delicate little wife covered in a white, sticky mess. Shit. I couldn’t even entertain the idea. Clearing my throat, I added, “And besides, in the shower I get to see you naked again.”
The pink blush that stole her cheeks was seriously becoming one of my favorite things. Along with the way her eyes darkened so deliciously.
“Okay.”
As we made our way back upstairs, I couldn’t shake the feeling that we were crossing some invisible line in the sand. That once she had her hands on me, there would be no coming back from it.
It didn’t matter how many times I tried to force it away, the feeling just kept intensifying the closer we got to the bathroom. In the end, I chalked it up to the fact that the only touch I’d had in the last few years had been my own.
So maybe it was a bit of performance anxiety.
With that settled, I turned on the water, then walked to where Natalie was standing. Cheeks stained pink and her hair slightly disheveled, she was so incredibly beautiful it felt like I needed permission just to look at her.
And the best part was, I didn’t even think she knew just how gorgeous she was.
It was about damn time someone told her.
Unable to resist touching her, I trailed my fingers up her arm and over her shoulder. By the time I reached her collarbone, tiny goose bumps peppered her skin. I wanted to bend down and press my lips to every single one of them.
“You’re so damn beautiful,” I murmured.
I loved how her cheeks immediately turned a rosy color. How she couldn’t stop the small smile from playing on her lips. And when she said, “I’ll never tire of hearing you say that,” my heart almost leaped out of my chest.
Ignoring the feeling, I returned her smile and tucked two fingers under her chin to guide her gaze back to mine. “Sure you want to do this?”
“Yes.” There was no hesitation in her voice, only fierce determination. “I really want to touch you. Make you feel as good as you made me feel.”
A shiver ran through my body, because holy hell, yes, please.
Grabbing the hem of her dress, I rasped, “Up.”
When she lifted her arms, I tugged the material over her head and threw it aside. Her underwear came next. And when I felt how wet they were, I wanted nothing more than to drop to my knees and lick her until she came over my tongue.
It was the twitching bulge inside my pants, begging for her touch, that stopped me from doing just that. But I couldn’t resist bunching the material in my hands and bringing it to my nose.
Inhaling deeply, I took her scent straight to my lungs, then dropped the piece of fabric next to her dress. I would have liked for her to undress me, but I was far too impatient to wait.
I tore at my clothes like a wild animal, and within seconds, they joined Natalie’s dress and panties on the floor.
She’d been watching carefully this whole time, her eyes eagerly taking in every part of me I revealed to her. Blue gaze filled with appreciation, she took a slow perusal of my body, pausing and widening her eyes when she reached my hard-on.
Had to admit, I got one hell of a kick out of the astonished look on her pretty face. And when she drew her lip between her teeth and bit down on it, I had a damn hard time keeping my groan inside.
I had an even harder time stopping myself from lifting her onto the counter behind her and just burying myself so deep inside her, she didn’t know where she began and I ended.
Before I really did that, I grabbed her hand and pulled her into the shower with me. My skin was so sensitive, that first warm spray sent a shiver through my body. Tilting my head back, I closed my eyes and let the water run down my face and chest.
I tried to find some sense of balance, to organize my thoughts, but all that went to shit the moment Natalie wrapped her hand around me.
Jerking my head up, I hissed out such an unholy sound, Natalie immediately let go and stared at me with those big, innocent eyes.
“Sorry.”
Without saying a word, I took her hand and put it back. “You startled me, that’s all.” I wrapped my fingers around hers and worked her hand all the way down, then back up again.
