Free I'll Be Seeing You Through Time (The Dimension Keepers) by Jennifer Conner Page B

simple and truthful man, two of the things she liked best about him. He dimmed the light on the dresser. The lamp lit the gold in his hair. Slowly he came toward her. He turned her so he could slide the zipper down her wedding dress. It fell off her shoulders and pooled at her ankles. He kissed her neck as he undid the clasp and eased off her bra and panties.
    When she turned, he looked at her with such complete love, her heart skipped a beat. Quickly he stripped off his shirt, trousers, socks and shoes until he stood before her.
    Heat rose in her cheeks. “I’m still a virgin… just… for the record.”
    “For the record, me too.”
    “Really?”
    “Yes, really.”
    As he drew her close, Jewel felt Glenn’s heart beat violently against her chest. This told her that even though he was trying to seem self-assured, he was possibly almost as nervous as she was.
    “This night should be perfect,” he said.
    “It will be.”
    “I want to be the lover you’ve always wanted.”
    “I’ve never wanted anyone but you.”
    He gently kissed her and ran finger across her cheek and then down to trail across her breast. “You’re so damn beautiful. When my ship when down, I got tangled in the decking cables and pulled under the water. I remembered that your picture was still in my pocket. I couldn’t get my hand free, but I didn’t need to see it, your face was etched into my mind forever. You were the last thing I wanted to remember. So many of my shipmates… I felt the water in my lungs.” He closed his eyes and swallowed audibly.
    She laid her head on his warm, bare chest. The coarse hair brushed her cheek and she hugged him close. “You’re here with me now. Make love to me and wash the bad memories away with good ones.”
    He nodded and led her to the bed. He flipped back the covers and waited until she lay down before he joined her. She tried to pull up the sheets, but he stopped her hand. “Let me look at you.” She let him draw the covers away. She held her breath until she saw the look of total appreciation on his face. She relaxed. He flattened his palm on her belly and then kissed her hair, whispering again, “You’re so beautiful.”
    “I convinced myself that you were gone but the dreams felt real.” Glenn had literally moved the heavens and earth to bring her to him. Jewel trailed fingers across his bicep and squeezed. The muscles beneath her touch jumped.
    “This is why our dreams stopped us. This is how it is supposed to be, in this time.”
    Glenn kissed his way down to her achy breast. He lifted her arms over her head, kissed the tip and then took her nipple between his lips. He removed his mouth from one side and moved to the other. His rough chin rubbed over the ultra-sensitive tips. She held his head against her. She wanted more.
    She wanted him feel the same heated desire that pooled in her belly. She wiggled her hand free from his grasp anxious to feel the silky hard length of him that pressed against her thigh. He pulled in a sharp intake of breath. Jewel liked him in her palm. Warm steel. She stroked him from base to tip as he pressed into her grasp.
    “If I wasn’t already dead… I’d say you were going to be the death of me. This is going to be over before it begins if you keep doing that. It’s all too good.” He chuckled, removed her hand and then slid up and over her. “This is the moment of truth. If this is one of our dreams then it’s going to stop right about… now.” He slipped in the first few inches. He stopped at her barrier. “You’re sure about this… I mean, we’re not officially married.”
    “We’re married… and it will be official soon enough. Please… don’t make me beg. Make me your wife.”
    He pressed forward and deep inside her. “Oh… God …” he groaned. “It’s not a dream. Not this time. Are you okay?” He brushed the hair off her face and looked concerned.
    “I’m fine. But you need to move or I’m going to be the one who dies.