Page 59 of Tempting Levi
Using some kind of crazy guy strength, he shifted and flipped her, until she lay on her back on the bench with him covering her. “Good now?”
Emily grabbed his neck and yanked his head down until it was flattened against her chest, heating her there too. “Much better. Stay like this until my limbs defrost, please.”
He chuckled, and the action caused friction between their bodies. “Told you not to do it.”
“You’ve already rubbed it in my face. And anyway, you swim in the lake at night all the time.”
“I’m a man. The cold doesn’t bother me as much.” He pinched her waist. “Not enough on these bones to keep you warm.”
“I’m athletic, not skinny.”
“Never said anything about skinny.” His hand slid down to her hip, where he squeezed.
Heat burst inside her belly and suddenly she wasn’t feeling so cold. All the places where their bodies touched lit up.
She pulled her hands from where they were tucked up under his chest and wrapped them around his back, feeling the smooth dip along his spine.
“Am I smashing you?” He started to lift up.
“Don’t you dare move.” She held him to her and kept up with her exploration along his spine to his broad shoulders, and down again. She rested her hands on the smooth curve where his back met firm ass. She wanted to slide her hands down farther too, but that might be taking advantage of the situation. Not that she wasn’t, because she was beginning to really enjoy this.
His nose grazed her chest along the curve of her breast. “What am I going to do with you?”
What was that supposed to mean? She could think of a lot of things he could be doing with her, all of which she’d fully welcome.Ifhe truly wanted her.
In defiance of his stubbornness, she reached down and grabbed his firm ass. “I don’t know,Levi. What will you do with me? I’m not going away, you know.”
Though she’d considered doing just that—leaving early and not fulfilling her promise to his father.
Levi let out a long breath. His hand slipped up her side to her breast, and pressed it in, giving his mouth better access to kiss and nuzzle it. “I don’t want you to go away.”
Her hand froze on his ass where she’d been squeezing and getting her fill of him. This was the easy part, she reminded herself. There was never any doubt about their physical attraction to one another. It was the other part that was in question—the relationship side—and whether there could be a future there. “If you don’t want me to go away, then stop pushing me away.”
He scooted up and touched the side of her temple, staring down at her for a long moment. “I can’t make promises.”
Emily swallowed, her heart constricting. She’d shared her heart, stripped nearly bare, and jumped in freezing water…and not a damn thing had changed.
Maybe it was their position, lying so close. Or the dimmed lighting inside the room. Or maybe she didn’t care anymore. She flexed her hips, rubbing against him.
His jaw tightened and his gaze dipped down her body. “You sure you want to go there?”
“I don’t know,” she said saucily. “Can you handle this much intimacy? I wouldn’t want to scare you away.”
He shifted and opened the bottom of her robe, wrapping her legs around his waist. His lips descended in a kiss that stole her breath, hips flexing, rubbing her center and sending heat blasting out from her core.
Emily tore off the towel that had been slipping from his body. He wore nothing but his wet boxer briefs. Between that and her wet lingerie, it felt as though they were naked.
His breathing increased as he ground his erection into her. He pulled the robe off her shoulders.
Before she could worry about all the reasons why this was a bad idea, Emily tucked her now warm hands beneath his boxer briefs and slid them down the back of his ass to his muscled thighs. She glanced up and he was staring at her.
His hand moved to her hip and he dragged her panties down, removing them along with his boxers.
Emily’s heart raced. Her breath hitched and her hands shook. Maybe it was stupid, but she loved him and didn’t want to miss the chance to be with him.
She could do this. Only sex. Because if she didn’t seize this moment, she might regret it for the rest of her life.
Levi fit his hips between her legs, his hot length against her thigh. He kissed her chest, her breast, and lifted her slightly. By the time he’d lowered her to the bench again, her bra was on the floor and his mouth was around her nipple, sucking.
