Page 63 of My Highland Fling
“Know what you’ve been through,” he said simply.“Never want to scare you or make you uncomfortable.Never.”
This time, he kissed her with passion and let her feel his urgency.Not fear, but excitement.The pulse at the base of her throat beat a wicked tattoo.He drew back enough to expose her breasts, using the gentle suction of his mouth to tease her while his hands skimmed with purpose.She sighed happily because the man had skills.
“I want you so bad.”The words were a ragged half-whisper, but heat flared in his eyes.
She sucked in a breath and let it ease out again.“Mark me in the feline way.Claim me.”
Ramsay issued a blunt curse that had her freezing.
“You don’t want me.”
“Don’t misunderstand me, kitten.I want to mark you.I want that more than anything, but we have time.It shouldn’t be impulsive.We should make it an extra special moment.”
His fingers strummed the fleshy pad at the juncture of neck and shoulder, pushing a shudder of awareness through Gabrielle.
“This is where I’d bite you.It will hurt at first, and I won’t let go or leave the marking half done.That wouldn’t be fair to either of us.You need to be positive this is what you want because we’d be bound.This is a tie stronger than marriage, and I’d hate to freak you out.”
She gave him a lingering look before reaching up to cup his jaw.“One thing I’m very clear of is that letting you walk away would be the biggest mistake I could ever make.Think again if you believe I’ll freak out when we make love.You are nothing like that monster.Nothing.Since we’ve arrived home, you’ve given me love and affection even when I’ve been bitchy and out of my mind with worry.I’m ready to take control of my life again, and you’re a huge part of my future.I want you, Ramsay.Please, never doubt my love for you.”
“Kitten,” he said, the endearment filled with so much joy and love it made her chest hurt.
He pressed his lips to the wildly beating pulse at her neck.It was a blur of touches and kissing, teasing and sweet words from then on.Gabrielle ran her hands over Ramsay’s chest, his shoulders luxuriating in the freedom to caress her man as she willed.When he finally pushed inside her, it was with sweet tenderness, and she rose to meet him, every part of her desperate to ease the tension rising in her belly.She moved with him, loving the stretch and the fullness.Their lips met again and again as Ramsay took her higher.The powerful thrust of his body finally pushed her into pleasure.On the second spasm, Ramsay ran his tongue over the marking site.
“Bite me.”She shoved upward to meet his next rock into her.
He kissed the patch of flesh, and as her climax surged to a crescendo, he bit down hard.
Pain slashed through her, and she bit back a scream.He hadn’t been kidding when he’d said it’d hurt.
Then his thrusts grew faster, harder, and the sharp throb receded.
He lifted his head and smiled down at her.“I’m told the next bit makes up for the pain.”
Before she could ask, his tongue, rough and slightly abrasive, swept over the spot where he’d bitten her.Sensations streaked down her body to the place where they joined, and when Ramsay drove into her again, he hit the spot inside her that lit her up with bright, beautiful, soul-stealing pleasure and a tightening of her channel.When she’d expected soreness, she received sweet, sweet bliss.
She gasped and rocked into his next thrust.He licked again and lifted his head to smile down at her.
“My beautiful kitten.”He surged into her and halted balls deep.A groan escaped him, heartfelt and guttural, as he spilled into her warmth.His finger stroked across the spot he’d marked her.It no longer hurt, but it pushed happiness through her, made her feel light and whole.Completed.
“I love you, Ramsay.”
“Right back at you, kitten.”He placed his lips on her mark and stroked it with his tongue.Everything inside her lit up again.
“Has it left a big mark?”
“It’s not huge, but it’s slightly raised.Now, every time I touch it, you’ll experience a burst of excitement.Sexual pleasure.”
“I wish I could bite you in the same way.”
Ramsay lifted his head, desire flaring in his gorgeous green eyes.“We’ll both receive the benefits of this mark.That’s a promise.”
“I couldn’t believe I’d be this happy.So lucky to meet with you at that Scottish pub.”
“I believe in fate,” Ramsay said.“Something magical brought us together, and now we have a future to look forward to with our baby.”
Gabrielle laughed.“All I wanted at the time was a little Highland fling with a sexy man, but I received so much more.I love living in Middlemarch and working with London.Now that I know our baby’s parentage, things will be easier.”
He kissed the tip of her nose.“We’ve reached the sweet beyond the pain.”
