‘Is everything okay?’ he said, caressing her cheek, then cupping her chin to raise her gaze back to his, and study her reaction. Was that nerves, insecurity, she could see in his eyes? And hear in his voice? Why did that make him even more delicious?

‘Yes … I … I …’ she stammered.

Breathe, Ruby, breathe.

‘Yes … everything’s good.’ She managed at last past the lump of radioactive lust jammed into her throat. ‘Everything’s absolutely magnificent.’ Actually …

He let out a deep chuckle and the concern in his eyes disappeared. ‘Good.’ He leaned in for another kiss, trapping his magnificent erection against her belly.

She’d never had an orgasm through penetration, but the thought of having that long length inside her made her giddy and wet.

He lifted her into his arms and placed her on to the bed. The soft mattress gave way as he lay down next to her, then plucked her arms away from her chest and cradled one of her breasts.

‘Can I kiss them?’ he asked.

‘Absolutely,’ she said and braced herself for the usual mauling. But instead of sucking her nipples into his mouth, as her other boyfriends had always done. He cupped the hot flesh, stroked his thumb under the underside, then leaned over her to circle the nipple with his tongue.

Her breasts had never been particularly sensitive, or so she’d thought. But his attention was so thorough, so careful, so delicate and yet so decisive, as he licked and nibbled, she found herself gripping the coverlet, the darts of sensation hurtling down.

‘Oh … Oh, yes.’ She sighed as he finally licked across the rigid peak.

Capturing the nipple gently in his teeth he flicked his tongue over the now supremely sensitive flesh. She arched off the bed, the darts in her abdomen becoming flaming arrows of need.

And just when she thought she couldn’t bear the torture any longer, he reached under the waistband of her knickers and found the slick folds of her sex with his other hand.

She gripped his head, holding him to her breast, bucking against his devious fingers as he located her clitoris and stroked over the swollen nub.

The tight coil of sensation released, triggering an orgasm so strong it swelled for an eternity before releasing her from its grip in a shattering rush.

She lay panting and shaking, in a pool of her own sweat, as the last of it finally swept away.

He rose over her, his smug smile somehow sublime. ‘That was awesome to watch, Ruby.’

Her chuckle broke on a sob of surrender. ‘Believe me, it was even more awesome to experience.’

Who knew? Luke Devlin was even more delicious than he looked.

He laughed, but the sound was hoarse and strained. ‘Can I taste you now?’

Is he serious?

‘I don’t think I can come again,’ she said. Reaching down, she found the impressive ridge in his pants and caressed it. ‘Perhaps we should take care of you?’

His erection jerked against her palm, and he groaned as she tugged the waistband of his briefs down and freed him. She explored the magnificent length, her sex twitching and pulsing with renewed enthusiasm.

But then he covered her hand with his and pulled her questing fingers away. After buzzing a kiss into her palm, he adjusted their positions, shifting down on the bed and dragging off her knickers. Suddenly, he was kneeling between her spread legs, her yearning sex open for him.

‘We can take care of me later. Just answer this question: do you like oral sex? Because I really want to feast on you right now.’

He was serious.

‘I … I don’t know,’ she admitted.

His brows flattened. ‘How come?’

She wiggled against his hold, feeling a little awkward. ‘Um … Well, no man’s ever offered to go down on me before.’

‘Are you kidding? You’re a