Free Resounding Kisses by Jessica Gray Page B

time you’ve seen something like this?” he asked next to her ear.
    Ivy nodded. “Yeah.” He stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her as tight as he could without squashing her, much like Grant had done to Samantha earlier. He wanted her close. She was tall, the top of her head reaching almost to his nose, and when he nuzzled her ear, Ivy tipped her head to the side to give him better access.
    When the first detonation went off, she grabbed his hand so hard it hurt. “Easy.” He watched her face, seeing the awe on it and it made him fall for her even more. The second detonation went off and then the third. The building imploded upon itself, almost as if in slow motion, and the tension between them spiraled out of control.
    He could feel her curvy hips pressing in his groin and his heart threatened to beat right out of his chest if he didn’t do something soon. As dust rose from the demolished building, he turned her in his arms and kissed her.
    Ravenously. Passionately. Without apology and without concern for the others who might be watching. He needed to kiss her like he needed to take his next breath.

Chapter 15
    Ivy kissed him back with a passion she’d only imagined before. Watching the building come down had released something inside of her and suddenly she wanted nothing more than to have this gorgeous man make love to her.
    “Ivy? We need to go somewhere else. Somewhere we can finish this.”
    She looked up at him, seeing the question in his eyes and nodded. “We can go back to my place.”
    “What about your roommate?” he asked, not willing to let her out of his arms just yet.
    “She was leaving for the weekend. She won’t be back until tomorrow night.”
    Before she could finish speaking, Ter had her hand in his and was forging a path through the crowd. He didn’t stop until they reached the car, where he settled her in the seat and then drove them back to her apartment as quickly as possible.
    Ivy opened the door to her apartment and dragged him to the couch, but he stopped her. “Where’s your bedroom? I don’t want our first time together to be on the floor or the couch.”
    Her body tensed up and she jumped back into the old patterns she’d learned about how sex was supposed to work between her and a man. “Come on.” She took his hand and pulled him towards the couch, but he resisted.
    “Where’s your bedroom?” he asked again, brushing the back of his finger down her cheek.
    “We don’t need a bed for this,” she insisted. She’d always needed to be in control and something inside told her that if she let this get too intimate, she wouldn’t be able to play her role and they’d both end up disappointed.
    She tried once again to lead him towards the couch, but he pulled her to a stop and then turned her to face him. “Ivy…” He searched her eyes. “I want to make love to you in a bed.”
    He must have felt how tense her muscles were, because he dropped his hands to her shoulders and began to knead them. “What are you so afraid of?”
    She watched him and then sighed. “I’m afraid to disappoint you.”
    The look in his eyes was shock. “Lovey, you won’t disappoint me. Ever. Not if you are yourself.”
    Tears sprang to her eyes. “Maybe I don’t know how to be myself? And then you’re disappointed and then you never want to see me again?”
    He kissed her forehead. “Sshh, lovey. That will not happen. I have a suggestion. Why don’t you turn off that beautiful brain of yours and just relax?”
    “But…” Ivy began, having never had sex where she hadn’t done all the work. She reached for his shirt, but he captured her hands in his own.
    “I want you to hand over control to me. Let me do all the work while you lay back and enjoy yourself.” His eyes were so sincere, so loving and caring. The concept he proposed to her was so foreign and yet so tantalizing, she couldn’t help but hope that maybe this time she’d actually get