Next were her shorts.His eyes tracked her movements as she slid them over her hips and down her legs, revealing white bikini panties that matched the bra.“Beautiful.”He should have had oxygen standing by.
“Leave those on, too.”He held out his hand.“Come here.”
She put her hand in his, and he pulled her to him.When she was straddling him again, he moved her hands to the chair arms.“Same rules for you, sweetheart.It’s my turn to play.”He chuckled at her scowl.“Like my Grammie says, ‘You get what you sow.’Now, where should I start?”
He dipped a finger inside the edge of her bra.“I think here with this sexy piece of lace.”
Goose bumps rose on her skin in the wake of his fingers as he trailed them over the curve of her breast.Dropping his hand to her waist, he leaned forward and clenched the bit of lace edging the top of her bra between his teeth.He tugged it down, exposing her nipple.
“My prize,” he murmured, then swirled his tongue around the little bud, and then he sucked it into his mouth.Her breathy sigh was music to his ears, a love song that he could listen to over and over and over.
He reached behind her and unhooked the bra.The straps slid down her arms, and with her eyes focused on his, she removed it, tossed it aside, and then put her hands back on the arms of the chair.
“Carry on,” she said, lifting one hand in a royal wave, as if she were the queen commanding her subject.
“Yes, ma’am.”They grinned at each other, and in the playfulness between them and the silly grins, his heart did that twitchy thing again.Instead of being afraid of it like he had when it first started happening, he welcomed it.Surprised himself with how much he wanted more with her.
He trailed his fingertips down the valley of her breasts, over her stomach, then lower.“I need to taste you.”He slid a finger inside her, into her wet heat.“Here.”
“Yes, please,” she said, making him smile.
“Not an easy thing to do here.”He stood with her wrapped around him.“Bed.”Leaving their clothes scattered on the deck, he carried her inside.Both dogs followed them in, and once again, he closed the bedroom door, keeping them out.
He lowered her until she was sitting on the edge of the bed, and then pulled a pillow behind her.“Lie back and spread those sexy legs for me.”
When she hesitated, he sat next to her, slid his hand around the back of her neck, and lowered his mouth to hers.He’d seen the shyness in her eyes and the pink blush in her cheeks, had understood.He was a man.He had no qualms about walking around naked.Pink wouldn’t color his cheeks if she told him to spread his legs for her.He would eagerly comply.
Women were different, though.They were shy about their bodies and their sexuality.At least that had been his experience.He’d never understand why that was.Women and their bodies were beautiful things to behold.
He peppered kisses over her skin as he worked his way down her body, her tense muscles relaxing under his touch.Reaching his goal, he slid off the bed to his knees.His gaze hungrily roamed over her.
“So beautiful.”
He put his hands on her thighs and set his mouth on her, his tongue relentlessly stroking that secret spot until she was panting and begging for more.She bucked against his mouth, shattering as she cried out his name.Desire crashed through him with the force of an out of control train barreling down the tracks sans brakes.
“Need you, baby.Now.”He pushed up, and after grabbing a condom from the nightstand, he rolled it on, and then stretched out next to her.
She tilted her head toward him, and he lost himself in the eyes that turned soft as she looked at him.He didn’t know what made her different from the next woman, but he honestly didn’t care the reason.It was just what it was.
“Hi,” she said with a dreamy smile on her face.
“Hi,” he answered, smiling back as he trailed his knuckles over the soft skin of her cheek.
There was something deeply intimate in this silent moment between them, a shared connection, one that he’d never felt before.And he knew.This was a girl that he could fall in love with, who he could cherish until his dying day.
“Nichole,” he reverently whispered.A minute ago, he’d been so lust-filled and on the edge that he’d been ready to slam into her, taking her hard and fast.Something had changed in that shared moment, in their exchange of smiles.Now he needed to worship her, show her without words what was in his heart.
He cradled her neck, pulling her mouth to his, brushing his lips over hers.He draped his leg over her thigh, put his hand on her hip, and pulled her close to him, skin to skin, until there was no space between them.
Her body melted into his, and he slowly entered her.When they were face to face, chest to breast, heartbeat to heartbeat, he sighed from the contentment and pure pleasure of finding a home in her.She answered his sigh with one of her own, and happiness filled him from the knowledge that she too was feeling this thing between them.
“Nichole,” he said again as he truly made love to a woman for the first time in his life.
Time seemed to float away, so lost was he in her body, in the scent and touch of her.Her gentle hands explored every inch of him, as if she were learning him.She didn’t shy away from his scars, and the caress of her fingers over his damaged skin brought a sting to his eyes.He closed them, afraid she would see his tears and not understand.He wasn’t sure he understood why he felt like crying.
Maybe because before now he hadn’t believed he could ever be this happy.
As much as he wanted to make love to her like this all night, he was nearing the edge, his release building to the point of no return.It seemed imperative that they share this moment.
“Come with me, baby,” he whispered into her ear.He slid his hand between them, his finger finding her sweet spot.
A shudder traveled through her, one he felt each place their skin touched.“That’s it.”He let go, falling alongside her.Their harsh breaths mingled as they both tried to get air back into their lungs.
“What just happened?”she said when she was breathing again.
He lifted onto his good arm and stared down at her.“Everything.”He kissed her—claiming her—all the gentleness he’d felt earlier gone.
“Everything,” he said again.