The Cinderella Deal - Jennifer Crusie [65]
He tipped her back onto his bed and slid his fingers inside her again, and she struggled against his hand as the pressure rose in her. “Inside me,” she said again, and he stopped. She clutched at him, loving the heat and the hardness of his body, and he rolled against her, reaching over her to the bedside table. She barely had time to register that she really was in his bed with him—this time she really would have it all—before he had the condom on and had pulled her to him again.
Daisy looked up into Linc’s eyes, so dark with need for her that they were almost black. “I thought I’d never have you like this,” she told him. She eased herself under him, and he arched to let her, and when she wrapped her legs around him and pulled him to her, he closed his eyes and put his forehead on hers. “I’ve never wanted anyone like this,” he told her. “Not like this.” While she was savoring his words and his weight, he lifted his hips and moved into her, thick and hard, and Daisy lost everything in the heat as he thrust inside her, rolling so that she was on top, pulling her tighter to him. She clutched at him, licking her tongue into his mouth and he moaned her name, and his fingers dug into her back and arms while he moved like a madman inside her. He wasn’t what she’d expected, wasn’t the smooth, polished, controlled lover she’d thought he’d be, and knowing that he was going crazy in her arms because he was in her arms, knowing that it was Linc who was surging against her, whispering her name brokenly, telling her he loved her, knowing that it was Linc saying those mad, passionate things to her, all that made her crazy too. Her body went wild because Linc was so big and rough and hard inside her, but her mind pushed her over the edge because she knew it was Linc in her arms, inside her, and because she loved him so. He was so much, then too much, and the pressure built until it all exploded inside and she cried his name, and he rolled again and pinned her beneath him, stroking over and over as she writhed and sobbed mindlessly. Then he shuddered in her arms and dropped his head on her shoulder, whispering her name again and again.
“Stay with me,” she whispered finally when all the shocks were gone and she was soft with satisfaction. “I want to sleep with you all night. I want to wrap myself around you all night.”
“I couldn’t ever leave you,” he said into her hair. “I couldn’t ever let you go.” And she fell asleep holding on to him and to his promise.
Daisy woke the next morning in the wrong bed with the right man. Linc pressed against her back, warm and naked, his hand still curved around her breast, and she closed her eyes for a moment because he felt so good. Then she put her hand over his and pressed it against her breast, and he stirred and kissed her hair.
“It’s Christmas,” she said, and he laughed and said, “It sure is.” He rolled away a little and pulled her onto her back, and he was beautiful in the morning sunlight. He ran his hand up to her neck to cradle her face, and then he kissed her. “Merry Christmas, Daisy Blaise.”
Daisy snuggled against him, resting her cheek on his chest, still amazed that she finally had him naked in bed with her. “It’s so warm with you,” she said, and he said, “That’s you. It’s always warm wherever you are.”
“No.” Daisy raised herself up a little on one elbow so she was nose to nose with him. “I was really cold without you. You heat things up considerably.” She kissed him on the nose, and then on the lips, and then started down his neck. After months of wanting him, she wasn’t going to waste a minute.
“Your Christmas present’s under the tree,” Linc said, and his voice was breathless but happy. “You keep this up, you won’t get it for hours.”
Daisy stopped and grinned up at him, her chin resting on his stomach. “You’re right.” She rolled out of bed and headed for the stairs. I’ll ambush him under the tree.
“Hey,” he said and reached for her, but she grabbed her lace robe and ran downstairs.
Linc grabbed a condom from the bedside table and went downstairs to seduce his wife. He found