Page 108 of Dearest Protector

She took her free hand and smacked me on the shoulder. “Don’t be silly. Every woman who is single and not completely blind wants you.”

“You do realize that very few people would dare to tell me I’m being silly. And I don’t give a shit what anyone else thinks,” I growled. “I only care what one woman thinks.”

Her.

Just…her.

She sent me a sultry smile that made me completely insane as she wrapped her arms around my neck. “If you’re trying to scare me with that powerful billionaire thing, give it up. I see you, Ben Blackwood. I always have. You’re kind. You’re considerate. You always try to do the right thing, even when it’s difficult. You’re a good brother to Ian, a caring son to your mother, the best friend a person could ask for, and the man of my dreams. Maybe I don’t need you to exist, but I’ll always need you to be happy. I don’t think I could ever stop wanting you or loving you.”

“That’s good, sweetheart, because you’re stuck with me now,” I told her, my heart in my throat.

I felt like I’d wanted this woman forever, and now that I finally had her, all I could feel was fucking gratitude.

“I think I can handle that,” she said, her tone happy and amused as she tugged my head forward. “Kiss me.”

I leaned forward and took her lips until my dick was so hard it was painful and my heart was pounding so hard that I could hardly think.

Slow down, asshole.

Fuck!I’d already mauled her the second she’d walked in the door and told me that she loved me.

Only Ariel could make me this crazy in seconds, but she didn’t really need a repeat of my earlier, very short performance.

I wanted to take my time with her.

I wanted her to feel how much I loved and cherished her.

I wanted to explore every inch of her body until she was begging me to make her come.

Truthfully, I wanted her to need me bone deep, because I needed her exactly the same way.

Even though we’d had sex in almost every conceivable position, she still wasn’t experienced.

She deserved better than to have a guy who couldn’t control himself every damn time he touched her. I wasn’t sure how long it would take before I could get a grip on my emotions when she was this close to me.

Right now, I didn’t see that day arriving anytime soon, but I could try to do a little better than what had happened against the fucking door downstairs.

I was the one with the sexual experience, but I’d certainly performed without an ounce of finesse earlier.

If I felt less, I’d probably perform better, but I knew that was never going to happen.

While I’d always thought that I was the calm, fixer kind of guy in my family, the wordcontrolwasn’t even in my vocabulary when it came to the woman I was holding right now.

Ariel was everything.

She was my entire life, and I really didn’t give a shit who knew that.

She wiggled against my hold and put her palms on my chest.

I grinned and let her push me until I was on my back, bemused, and wanting to see what she’d do next.

I stopped smiling as soon as she started kissing her way down my body.

I groaned as she explored with her mouth on her way down, lovingly tracing her tongue over my abs.

Oh, fuck no!

If she was planning on goingthere,my plan of taking things slower was going to be shot all to hell.

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