Page 30 of The Photograph

I hook up my arms up around his neck and arch my back while he cups my breasts and flicks my nipples with his thumbs. Rivulets of heat course through me, and I push my breasts into his palms. When he pinches my nipples through the material of my dress, I bite on a moan.

He twists me to face him, and dizzy from the maelstrom of sensations, I grip his shirt for balance.

One hand around my nape, the other arm tight around the small of my back, Gabe pastes me against him.

“Give me your mouth, baby.”

After a deep breath, I slide my hand up his chest. “Gabe, I like you…” His growl gives me goosebumps. “…but maybe it’s not a good idea for us to … be together before I finish Holloway, and—”

He swallows the rest of my sentence, and the world fades out.

I part my lips under his while my whole being becomes suspended to his. He licks and nibbles. Soft. Then sharp while teasing my tongue with the tip of his.Gabe…He thrusts his tongue into my open mouth, and I whimper, lost as he kisses me slowly, deeply.

Panting, I break from the kiss and place both my palms on his warm chest. “Gabe, I want you—” He smashes me into his body and takes my mouth again until my skin’s on fire.

Everywhere.

Oh… God.

But I need to say this, at least part of it. So, I pull back to catch my breath and lock my eyes onto his. “I haven’t … I…” Deep breath. “You’ll have to show me how bec—”

Oh, God, the way he looks at me… Our lips collide again, in a kiss so explicit, I moan.

My last retreat.“Just… Let me—”

After shutting off the oven, I turn to him and gasp as he hauls me off the floor.

The growl in his voice pools in my lower belly. “Bedroom.”

I loop my arms tightly around his neck while my legs knot around his waist.

“End of the hallway.”

Once in the bedroom, my feet barely touch the rug that Gabe curls his palm around my nape to eat at my mouth.

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Gabe

She’s trembling in my arms. I shift back, my breathing rough and my cock harder than I can remember.

From the moment she opened the door, beaming at me, there was no going back. I’ll fuck her to get her out from under my skin. Then I’ll send her away and make sure she stays away.

“Gabe.”

My name, spilling out of her sinful, swollen mouth is full of need. Pure sex that gets me so hard, I groan.

Once. I’ll fuck her once.

I kiss her hard and long. Both to worship her and to punish her for the hankering she created that leaves me raw. Reaching behind her, I lower the zipper of her dress slowly, swallowing her soft gasp. Her skin pebbles under the slow glide of my fingertips along her spine.

When the dress falls in a silky heap at her feet, I step back.

Fuck me.

Round breasts, flared out hips encased in lace shorties, small waist, and long legs.

“You’re so fucking gorgeous.”

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