Page 13 of Baby It's Cold Outside

He reached over to touch her cheek with the backs of his fingers. “If it makes you feel any better, I don’t think you’re easy—I think you’re gorgeous. And I want you very, very much.”

She gave him a wry smile. “That goes for me, too.”

“So let’s take this slowly. Tell me if you like what I do. Tell me when to stop, when to give you more.”

Ellie felt as if the breath had all been knocked out of her. The man who’d been snippy with her earlier for being bossy was actually putting her in charge.

“Bossy English schoolmarm?” she asked, not wanting him to know quite how much he’d just affected her.

“No. Just you and me, finding out what each other likes.” He lifted her leg and kissed her instep. “How’s that?”

“Good.”

He kissed the hollow of her ankle. “That?”

“Better.” Anticipation rippled down her spine.

His mouth brushed all the way down her calf to the back of her knee, and she couldn’t help letting out a breathy, needy little moan.

He gave her another one of those smiles that made her ache. “You like that?”

“More.” She dragged in a breath. “Please.”

“You asked very nicely. And nice manners get results.” He took it really, really slowly as he kissed his way up her thigh.

Her hands were fisted in her pillow. Was he going to…?

As she felt the long, slow stroke of his tongue along her sex, she sighed with pleasure. Yes. He was.

He teased her clitoris with the tip of his tongue, swirling and flicking the tender little bud until she couldn’t think straight. And then he pushed one finger inside her.

Shockingly, Ellie found herself starting to convulse around him, and she cried out his name as her climax hit her.

He shifted to lie beside her and held her close. “Okay?” he asked softly.

“Very okay. I… That’s never happened before.”

He arched an eyebrow. “You’re telling me you’ve never come?”

“Not that fast.”

He grinned. “Good. So I take it you liked that.”

“And how.” She dragged in a breath. “My turn to reciprocate.”

“I don’t give to receive,” he said softly. “And this time’s going to be for both of us. Give me a second.”

Ellie felt the mattress shift as he climbed off the bed. She watched him as he walked over to the pile of discarded clothing to take his wallet out of his trousers and remove a condom. In his suit, Mitch was very easy on the eye; naked, he was magnificent.

He turned around to catch her watching him, and her face went hot. “Sorry. I wasn’t ogling you.”

“Right,” he said. “Just as I’m not ogling you—or wondering just how good it’s going to feel when I’m inside you.”

The sheer desire on his face made her feel even hotter. “Um. Busted.”

He dropped his wallet back on top of his clothes. “Good.” He tossed the foil packet to her. “I’m in your hands.”

She enjoyed exploring him when he came back to bed, finding out where he liked to be touched and where he liked to be kissed. Even more than that, she enjoyed his sharp intake of breath when she bent her head and took him into her mouth.

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