A Silken Thread - Brenda Jackson [41]
She heard the love for his mother in his voice and couldn’t help but admire him for it.
“So I guess it’s just me and you for lunch, kid.”
She met Brian’s gaze and smiled. “I don’t have a problem with that.”
She crossed the kitchen to where he was standing and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Thank you.”
He raised a brow. “For what?”
“For knowing I needed reassuring and taking the time to do it. For taking me upstairs and making me feel like I am loved deeply and that I am the most important woman in your life and that I am your life.”
“You are.”
Erica stared up at him. She believed him because he always went out of his way to make her believe. Their love was what storybook romances were made of. From day one their attraction had been magical.
Memories of the summer she’d met Brian flooded her mind. She’d needed to get away that summer because of her mother. Every day she’d concoct a reason to shove Griffin down her throat.
Things had been just as bad at Griffin’s house. So the two had come up with a plan to deliberately go their separate ways for summer. Griffin had escaped to Paris and she had decided to take April up on her offer to spend the summer at her beach house in South Carolina. And the rest, as they say, was history.
She stood on tiptoes and brushed a kiss across Brian’s lips. He hadn’t shaved yet and the shadow on his jaw made him look sexy. She couldn’t help but think of the sweetest chocolate as she looked into his brown eyes, and everyone knew that chocolate was a weakness of hers.
Brian looked down at her. “Hey, I think you can do better than that.”
She met his gaze and could tell by the teasing glint in his eyes and the smile on his lips that he was ribbing her. “Yes, I can do better than that.”
Erica stood on tiptoes again and pressed her mouth to his and, when she felt his arms wrap around her and his hand gently squeeze her backside, she parted her lips on a breathless sigh, giving him the opening he evidently needed.
His tongue delved into her mouth but she refused to let it take control. She was determined to show him just what she could do and how she could do it better than ever before. Passion began filling her bones, but she doubted it had left from the time he’d kissed her when she’d arrived at the airport.
She deepened the kiss and could immediately feel his erection pressed hard against her middle. The man was doomed and she intended for him to stay that way for a while. She always enjoyed assaulting his mouth this way, letting him know she enjoyed his taste and every aspect of their relationship, especially this.
When he pulled her closer, it seemed he had gotten even harder. Shivers raced through her when the hands resting on her backside pressed her even closer to him, letting her feel every hard inch of him.
She finally pulled back, breaking off the kiss and smiling when he gave her wet lips one last intimate swipe. “Was that better?” she asked, keeping a smile on her lips while leaning in closer.
“Yes, and you know what I think?”
“No, what do you think, sweetheart?” she asked.
“I need to go out and get some more condoms.”
She tossed back her head, laughing. She had gone off the Pill last month when they’d both agreed to start a family right after the wedding, since they both wanted kids. It wouldn’t bother her in the least if she were to get pregnant on her wedding night.
“That might not be such a bad idea.” She leaned in for another quick kiss.
His dazzling smile reached his chocolate eyes. “I can’t wait to introduce you to Minor and Talbert Saturday night. Once they meet you they will know what a lucky guy I am.”
“So, you’re back.”
Wilson turned around and met Karen’s gaze. She stood in the doorway of their bedroom. At least it used to be their bedroom. She had suggested once Erica had moved out that he find somewhere else in the house to sleep. He hadn’t wanted to pull rank and remind her that technically the house and everything in it was his and had been in his family for years. Instead, he’d taken up residence