The Naughty List Bundle - Kylie Adams [56]
Opening his mouth on her throat, he sucked the delicate skin against his teeth. He wanted to mark her; he wanted to devour her. The primitive urges were new to him, but he no longer fought against them. She was his now, and there was no going back.
He caught her nipple between his rough fingertips and plucked gently. She moaned, then gave a soft sob, and all the resistance left her until she stood limp and trembling against him.
“You want me, Honey.”
Her head moved on his shoulder, and her voice was faint with excitement. “Yes. That’s why I had to leave. It’s…too soon, but I was so disappointed when you said you didn’t want me. I knew I couldn’t trust myself….”
He pressed his erection hard against her and wondered what it would be like to take her this way, from behind, her plump breasts filling his hands, her legs quivering….
“It’s only sex, sweetheart. That’s all I can give you.” The words emerged as a rough growl because he didn’t want to say them, didn’t want to take the chance she’d turn him away. But from somewhere deep inside himself, his honor had forced him to admit the truth to her.
To his surprise, she merely nodded, then repeated, “Only sex. That’s probably for the best.”
A surprising wash of indignation hit him, even as he admitted to himself the reaction was totally unfair. She’d only agreed with him, yet he’d thought she felt more. Hedid. Whether or not he admitted it, he knew it was true, and he hated it. He couldn’t get involved. Never again.
He turned her around, then lifted her in his arms. “So be it. At least we’re agreed.”
She clutched at his shoulders and stared up at him with wide eyes. “What are you doing?”
He was burning up with urgent need, making his pace too rushed. He wanted to take his time with her, but as he looked down at her, seeing the same shimmering heat in her gaze, he wondered if he’d even make it to his room. It seemed much too far away.
“Sawyer?”
Her voice shook, and he bent to place a hard, quick kiss to her soft mouth. “I’m taking you to bed. Then I’m going to strip you naked and make love to you.”
That sexy mouth of hers parted and she gasped. “But…It’s late.”
The bedroom door was already open and he walked in, then quietly shoved it closed with his heel. “If you think I’m going to wait one second more, especially after reading that note, you’re dead wrong.” He lowered her to the mattress, but followed her down, unwilling to have any space between them at all. In one movement he used his knee to open her slender thighs and settled between her legs. He wanted to groan aloud at the exquisite contact, at the feel of her soft body cushioning his. Damn, if he wasn’t careful, he’d come before he ever got inside her.
He cupped her face to make certain he had her attention. “If you’d gotten away today, I’d have come after you.” Her eyes turned dark, her pupils expanding with awareness. “There’s something between us, and damned if I can fight it anymore. I don’t think I could stand going the rest of my life without knowing what it’d be like to have you under me, naked, mine.”
She stared up at him, her breathing fast and low, then with a moan she lifted while at the same time pulling him down. Their mouths met, open, hot, and Sawyer gave up any hopes of slowing down. He’d only known her a few short days, but he felt like he’d been waiting on her for a lifetime.
9
SHE WAS ALIVE with sensation, aware of Sawyer on every possible level, the hardness of his body, his heat, the way his kiss had turned commanding, his tongue thrusting deep into her mouth, stroking. She breathed in his hot, musky, male scent, felt the rasp of a slight beard stubble, and she moaned hungrily. Every touch, every movement, drove her closer to the brink. She’d never experienced this flash fire of desire before and probably would have argued over its existence. But now she was held on