Free LEAP OF FAITH by Kimberley Reeves Page B

Jack.”
    He eyed her suspiciously. “Why?”
    “Just do it.” She rose from the sofa and stood in front of him. “Now, I don’t want you to do anything. I want you to remain perfectly still and don’t touch me, okay?” When he nodded, Abby proceeded with her demonstration. Without ceremony, she flopped her arms around his neck and just stood there. 
    “This is what a woman does when she puts her arms around his neck .” She stood on her toes and kissed him quickly, full on the lips, keeping it short and unemotional. “And that’s what happens when their lips meet.”
    Jack shrugged as she dropped her arms to her sides. “Six of one, half a dozen of another; it’s all the same thing.”
    “You think so?” Abby said with a hint of a smile.
    Leaning towards him ever so slightly, she let her palms rest on his chest for several seconds before slowly moving them upward.
    “ She snaked her hands over the hard muscles of his chest to his broad shoulders ,” she spoke softly, drawing in a slow, deep breath. “ Inhaling the pure masculine scent of his skin was like drinking the finest of wines on an empty stomach; it was intoxicating and sent a sliver of fire coursing through her veins . Abby entwined her arms around his neck in a slow, sensual movement. “ Her arms laced around his neck and she found herself leaning into him .” 
    Abby pressed herself closer to Jack and was rewarded when she heard the sharp intake of breath. Oh, yes, he was learning very quickly, but she wasn’t finished with him yet. Tilting her head back, Abby continued the assault on his senses. 
    “ She lifted her eyes to his, her heart hammering so hard she thought he must surely hear and know what she was feeling .” The color slowly drained from Jack’s face as Abby’s hips swayed seductively from side to side. “ How can you not know,” she whispered against his lips. “How can you not know that I’m falling in love with you? ” 
    That’s when the last of Jack’s control snapped.
    He caught her up in his arms, his mouth hungry, demanding, greedy, the fire and passion of it cutting a scorching path through her entire body. There was no ceremony involved when Jack pushed her back onto the cushions of the sofa and fell over her. She’d unleashed a primal beast whose focus and sole purpose was to mate as quickly as possible to satiate the lust and sexual need that drove him. 
    His callused hands roughly pushed the skirt of her sundress over her hips and then reached for her panties, snapping the thin band in his haste to remove them. Jack was breathing in ragged gasps, his face flushed and feverish as he unzipped his jeans and shoved them down. In one fluid motion, he kneed her thighs apart and entered her with a heavy thrust of his hips. 
    He made love to her with an intense fury that had Abby in the clutches of a thunderous climax within seconds. Jack didn’t last much longer. She felt the tension in his muscles, heard the low, rumbling growl, followed by a rush of heat as he buried himself deep inside her one last time. Jack collapsed on top of her, his body trembling for quite some time afterward. 
    Abby sifted her fingers through his hair, a dreamy, satisfied smile on her face. “And that,” she told Jack, “is the difference between putting her arms around his neck and lacing them.”
    ***
    “Your hands have healed nicely,” Jack told her two nights later. “You should be able to do your own typing tomorrow.” 
    They’d spent most of the day working on her manuscript, learning and teaching each other as they went. Jack had carried the grill down from his cabin and they’d eaten steak with a tossed salad for dinner and then settled on one of the lounge chairs just before sunset. 
    “I know,” Abby said in a subdued tone. She was curled up on his lap enjoying the night sounds of the forest and the serenity that being in his arms always brought her. “I’m going to miss it,