Free King’s Million-Dollar Secret by Maureen Child Page B

groaned and arched high off the bed. “Rafe…”
    â€œShatter, Katie. Let me watch you shatter.”
    Her gaze locked on his, she expelled a breath, took another and did as he asked. Her body shook as she cried out his name, her gaze never leaving his. She allowed him to see exactly what he was doing to her. What he was making her feel. And his own passion exploded in response. She bit down hard on her bottom lip and rode the wave of completion he gave her and all Rafe could think was, it wasn’t enough. He had to see her face etched in pleasure again and again.
    The last of her tremors had barely faded away when he pushed off the bed, grabbed his jeans off the floor and dug into the pocket.
    â€œWhat’re you…” She stopped and smiled when she saw him pull out a foil-wrapped condom. Stretching her arms back over her head, she sighed and said, “Pretty sure of yourself tonight then, weren’t you? You came prepared.”
    He ripped open the foil, sheathed himself and turned back to her. “Not sure of myself. Just hopeful.”
    He leaned over her and Katie’s arms encircled his neck. “I think, Rafe Cole, that you’re always sure of yourself and tonight was no different.”
    Couldn’t really argue with that, he thought. But the truth was, he had just wanted to be prepared. Unlike his father, Rafe didn’t run around the world leavingillegitimate children in his wake. In fact, he had no intention of ever having children and he for damn sure wouldn’t create a life because he was too lazy or too selfish to wear a condom.
    None of which Katie needed to know.
    Bending his head to claim another hard, fast kiss, Rafe looked into her eyes and said, “I’m not so sure of myself around you, Katie. And that’s the truth.”
    She smiled, a slow curve of her mouth, then reached up to stroke her fingertips along his jawline. “I like hearing that.”
    Wryly, he said, “Thought you would. Women love to know when they’ve got a man dazed and confused.”
    â€œAre you dazed?” she asked, moving against him.
    â€œWith any luck,” he told her, “I’m about to be.”
    He parted her thighs and settled himself between them. He looked his fill of her then, stroking her center with long, leisurely caresses until she was writhing with the tension.
    â€œYeah,” he whispered, more to himself than to her, “dazed, all right.”
    Outside, the night was cool and quiet. In this room, the only sound was their ragged breathing and the thundering beat of their hearts. All that existed was this moment. This near-electric current of passion was flooding back and forth between them and Rafe knew he couldn’t wait one more second to claim her.
    For more than a week, he’d watched her, laughed with her. He’d spent more time with Katie Charles in the last week than he had with his ex-wife in the last year of their marriage. And he’d enjoyed it more, as well. She was smart and funny and talented and so damn sexy; one look from her green eyes was almost enough to floor him.
    She parted her thighs wider in acceptance and sighed as he touched her. Rafe felt the slam of that soft sound ricochet inside him and ignored it. He didn’t want his heart to be involved in this, so it wouldn’t be. He wouldn’t allow any more connection than the physical between them. And that would be enough, he assured himself.
    He just had to have her, and then everything would go back to normal.
    Lifting her hips to give himself better access, he slowly pushed himself into her heat. Into the very heart of her. And as her body wrapped itself around his, he hissed in a breath and fought for control.
    Instinctively, she moved with him, lifting her legs high enough to wrap them around his waist and pull him in deeper, tighter, harder. He looked down at her and she opened her arms to him. Leaning over, he kissed her as he rocked