Free Scandal Never Sleeps by Shayla Black, Lexi Blake Page A

haste. He unbuckled his belt and shoved his pants down.
    “Foreplay.” Freaking hell. He was so ready to go, he’d forgotten about that. Women liked foreplay. It tended to be necessary for them.
    She shook her head. “The kissing was foreplay. We’re totally good.”
    I wish.
He had to slow down. He wasn’t exactly a small guy. She needed to be ready to take all of him.
    Gabe drew in a deep breath. “Need you aroused. It’s okay. Give me a minute.”
    “Gabriel, I am more aroused than I have ever been in my life. I’m a little worried about what kind of stain I’m going to leave for the staff on their pretty white linens. So really, can we get this train moving?”
    He gripped her ankles and slid her down the bed, spreading her legs wider in the process. His cock twitched when he saw that she was right. Her pussy was wet. Juicy. He could see its slick gloss from above, even in the shadows. A little kissing, some groping, and she was ready to go. He’d never had a woman respond to him so readily. “Tell me again.”
    “I’m ready,” she vowed. “I am
really
ready.”
    “No, tell me this isn’t normal for you,” he corrected. It was stupid.She was right there, able and willing to give him the pleasure he sought—but he craved more. He needed to know that tonight was special for her. “Tell me you want me and not just sex.”
    She gave him a sheepish smile. “This isn’t at all normal. I guess I’ve gone a little crazy tonight, but I don’t do one-night stands. I can count the men I’ve had sex with on one hand and I wouldn’t need all my fingers. And I’ve never, never wanted anyone as much as I want you right now. Gabriel, I don’t need foreplay, just you.”
    Hallelujah.
He needed her, too.
    Gabe fumbled for his wallet, looking for the one condom he kept in case of emergency sex. He hadn’t needed it lately. The sucker had sat there for months while he dealt with everything that had gone wrong in his world. Now something was finally going right.
    He tore the little foil wrapper open and managed to roll it over his dick with shaking hands. He didn’t need to stroke himself to get hard. He was a fucking rock, as though every available ounce of blood in his body had rushed south and stayed.
    Once the condom was secure, Gabe was all over her. He gave Eve his weight, climbing on top of her while parting her legs wider. He pinned her wrists above her head, leaving her open and vulnerable, spread beneath him, a feast for his every sense.
    As he buried his face in her neck and inhaled her scent, he crushed her breasts against his chest. “Wrap your legs around me.”
    His command sounded gruff and thick, but Eve complied, her legs winding around his waist, opening herself fully to him. Gabe groaned.
Hell, yes.
He didn’t need to work to align their bodies. He rubbed his cock against her soft opening. It knew right where it wanted to be, locking in on her pussy like she had a homing beacon.
    He plunged his hands into her hair again, nipping at her lobe, inhaling her skin, savoring that moment before he sank to the hilt and fucked her breathless.
    “Please, Gabriel. Oh, please,” she whimpered against his skin. “Don’t make me wait. I’ve never felt like this.”
    He was fairly certain he never had, either. He’d had so much sex since his first tangle between the sheets at fourteen. The last few years, most of it had been become dull, nothing more than another bodily function. But this felt like something more—something electric, inexplicable. Really damn perfect. He wanted to make the sharp, agonizing moment before he plunged into her last. He needed to enjoy the sizzle burning his skin and feel her slowly set him ablaze. But Eve pressed kisses up his neck and jaw, arching underneath him, silently begging.
    Fuck waiting.
    Gabe pressed in, forcing her to take his full length in one thrust. She cried out, her nails digging into his back. The pain mixed with the pleasure of her snug heat and shot