One Special Moment - Brenda Jackson [64]
“Are you ready for the honeymoon?”
Colby blushed when she remembered what Sterling had once told her he planned to do to her during their honeymoon. “It depends on where we’re going.”
Sterling smiled. “I guess I should tell you so you’ll pack accordingly. How does Barbados sound?”
She smiled. “Wonderful. Is that where we’re going?”
“Yes. I’ve rented a very secluded place on the ocean. It will be our fantasy hideaway for a week.”
At that moment, the music stopped and their dancing came to an end. The photographer approached them for more pictures and they happily obliged him.
A few hours later after changing into travel clothes, Colby and Sterling were ready to leave. They had prepared themselves for the chaos they knew awaited them at the airport. The photographers would have questions and the paparazzi would want pictures. Sterling had deliberately kept where they were going on their honeymoon a secret from the media so they wouldn’t be pestered once they got to Barbados.
After Colby gave everyone hugs and kisses, she and Sterling were on their way.
Chapter 15
Colby fell in love with the beach cottage the moment she walked through the doors. It was a huge single-story house that had two connecting bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, an eat-in kitchen and a screen-enclosed patio on the back that faced the ocean.
“Oh, Sterling. It’s beautiful. How did you find it?”
Sterling leaned back against the door. He couldn’t help but share Colby’s excitement. “A friend of mine told me about it, and I knew I wanted to bring you here.”
Colby walked back over to him. She curved her arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek. “Thank you for this and for everything. Today has truly been special.”
“The best is yet to come,” he said, pulling her closer to him. “I missed you,” he said truthfully.
“And I missed you, too,” she whispered, loving the feel of being in his arms.
Sterling lowered his mouth to hers and at the same time his arms drew her hard against him. There was very little gentleness in his kiss. It displayed the deep need he felt. It was a need that had nearly driven him out of his mind during the last three weeks.
Colby had felt his desire for her the moment he had pulled her against him and she’d come into contact with his thigh, and it had sent her over the edge. She couldn’t help the moan of passion that escaped her lips. He was making love to her mouth, just like he had described that day on the telephone.
He slowly lifted his head and slackened his hold on her. He smiled when he looked down at her mouth. “I think you have now been properly kissed.”
Colby smiled back at him. “I think so, too.” Suddenly feeling nervous, she stepped back out of his arms. “You didn’t eat much at the reception, and you didn’t have anything on the plane. Are you hungry?”
“Yeah, I’m starving. Are you going to feed me?”
“Sure, what would you like? I noticed the refrigerator is stocked with all kinds of—”
Sterling laughed.
Colby frowned. “What’s so funny?”
An impish smile curved Sterling’s lips. “Food is not what I’m starving for, Colby.” He pulled her back closer into his arms. “A man can be hungry for more than just food, baby. In my case, I’m starving for you. I want my body to feed off yours.”
Colby blushed. “Oh.”
“Yes, oh. Do you have any idea of just how tempting you are?”
She lowered her head. She had never thought of herself as tempting. “No.”
“Colby?”
Sterling’s voice was soft as silk. Her name on his tongue felt like a warm, velvet caress. She looked up at him and met his gaze. He was staring at her. The look in his eyes was indeed hungry. It elicited a shudder of arousal in her. Swallowing slowly, she answered.
“Yes?