this.
If only his erection wasnât begging for more.
He repositioned again, higher to savor the honey of her lips at the same time his touch wove down: over her ribs, the curve of her waist, the subtle flare of a hip, then up over the same terrain. He was performing a repeat descent, stroking and playingâanticipating the added treasures heâd discover this time aroundâwhen she grunted, shifted and pushed against his chest.
He froze. Then, eyes snapping open, he rolled away. What was wrong? Had he hurt her?
When she slid over tooâon top of himâhe held his brow and almost laughed with relief.
âWhat are you doing?â
Crouched on his lap, she slid her hips one way and the other then tossed back the hair fallen over her face. âWhat do you think?â
She slid up a little this time then down over his throbbing shaft. That sent him reeling way too close to the edge. He was thrilled she was so completely in the zone that she wanted to take the reins, but any more of that kind of maneuvering and heâd reach the finish line way too soon.
He flipped her over so she lay on her back again, him firmly on top. While she peered up at him, a saucy glint in her eyes, his hand burrowed between them, down the front of her panties, and his erection grew heavier still. She was warmand moist. When his touch curled up between her folds and pressed against a womanâs most sensitive spot, she let out a time honored sound that told him she was ready.
Leaning over, he opened his bedside drawer, found the pack then tore a single foiled wrap with his teeth. As he rolled on protection, her fingers sluiced up and down his sides. Oh, he wanted to take this slower. Make it last. But this time, with this lady, that wasnât going to happen.
Sheathed, he positioned himself, took a long slow kiss from her welcoming mouth then eased inside. Her walls clamped around him at the same time her hips lifted and she opened her mouth wider, inviting him deeper.
With one arm curled around her head, he drove in and clenched every muscle as a mind-tingling burn hardened him more. He felt as if he was drowning in a lake of fire. All exposed nerve endings and profound sizzling need.
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Bailey trailed her fingers down his neck, felt the cords bulging and pulsing, and melted more. The way he moved with her left her breathless while his mouth on hers raised her up. She wanted this moment to go on forever. Never wanted the steep waves of pleasure to wane or fade. And yet they both needed to go that bit further. Needed to be thrown up to the stars and explode on their way back down.
He was snatching slow kisses from her brow, from her cheek, holding her hip securely as his strokes grew ever stronger and longer. The friction was scolding, the pleasure beyond what she could take.
And then his kisses stopped and his body grew still and hard. She sensed his every tendon stretched trip wire tight, could feel his heart thumping and pounding in his ears. The mind-altering fire at her core intensified, somehow changing in dimension and in shape. Then, in one finite moment, in less time than it took to suck down a breath, all the universecontracted into a single high-voltage speck. Beyond that nothing existed. Nothing but black.
When he thrust againâwhen he hit that secret wanting spotâshe threw back her head, spread her wings and flew.
Seven
âT ell me more about France.â
At the sound of Baileyâs voice filtering though the predawn mist, Mateo lifted his head off the pillow and dropped a kiss on her silky crown.
Theyâd made love well into the night. The first time had been incredible. Incomparable. But over far too quickly. The second time theyâd slowed down enough to thoroughly explore each otherâs bodies and share their most intimate needs. The third time theyâd come apart in each otherâs arms might have been the bestâ¦the time when heâd truly begun to see