Chapter 18
Chapter Eighteen
T hey were out of their clothes and on the bed within minutes, and Zion allowed his gaze to take in Raven’s gorgeous naked body. Her sepia skin held a tinge of red on her cheeks as she demurely watched him through her long lashes. When her gaze finally met his, he smiled as he stared into her expressive, light-brown eyes.
He pushed a few strands of her long braids, that hung loose around her shoulders, out of her face. “You are so damn beautiful,” Zion said and lowered his mouth to hers, nipping on her top lip, teasing it before nibbling on her bottom one.
She was his. When he’d asked her to be his woman, the words had spilled from his mouth before his brain had been fully engaged. But his heart knew what he wanted before the idea had fully formed in his mind.
Mine.
The word bounced through his head as he kissed her fully, and a passionate heat spread through his body. Raven was his, and Zion was looking forward to what all that entailed. He looked forward to spending a lifetime with her because he was playing for keeps.
He moved his mouth from hers and kissed his way lower to the pulsing hollow at the base of her scented neck. Despite them packing up her apartment since arriving in Houston, Raven still smelled fresh and enticing. The heady scent of flowers and vanilla made his body stir, and his desire for her amped.
While sucking on her neck, he dragged the back of his fingers down her chest to the swell of her full breasts. The feel of her flesh in his palm lit a spark of need within him, and his dick twitched.
Zion had thought it before, and even more so now, that his woman had the most beautiful breasts he’d ever seen. They were perfect in his hands, and he loved that they were larger than when he’d met her in Vegas. He’d thought she’d been breathtaking back then, but now…
Perfection.
He had noticed her physical changes since having the babies. He liked how she had filled out a bit in all the right places, and he planned to worship every inch of her luscious body. Especially since he thought the last time they’d been together intimately was the last time. He was so glad he was getting a second chance with her.
He moved slightly, so he could get his fill of her with both hands. He caressed her breasts, enjoying the way she squirmed and the sexy mewling coming from her. There’d been times that he’d watch in awe as she moved around his home, still shocked that they’d found each other.
Sometimes he’d just stare at her, whether across the dinner table or when she strolled into the room. Raven was everything he hadn’t known he wanted in his life right now. Yes, she was the mother of his kids, but that wasn’t the only reason he wanted her around. He loved the way he felt with her. The feelings he’d been experiencing lately were new, exciting, and charged with energy. She made him look forward to arriving home after a ten, and sometimes twelve-hour shift. The woman was a vessel of light and love, and she made him want to be a better man, worthy of her attention.
“I’ve waited a long time to be with you like this again, and I plan to feast on this gorgeous body of yours,” he said when he lifted his head.
His lips brushed her eyebrow, and her eyes drifted closed as she made a soft sound in her throat. He placed kisses on her eyelids, then sucked on her earlobes, enjoying how sensitive they were. And finally, his mouth covered hers.
Zion smiled against her lips when she shivered against him. By the time he was done with her, he planned to have her trembling with pleasure from his touch and kisses. He wanted to be tender with her and take his time getting reacquainted, but he wasn’t sure if that would be possible. He’d been craving her since she’d come back into his life, and this first time might not be as slow as he wanted. Though he planned to have her several times today, he still wanted to make this first time good for her.
Earlier, after bringing her to a climax with just his fingers, he couldn’t wait to be inside of her again. Watching her fall apart after he’d pleasured her had been so sexy. He wanted to see that expression on her face and hear her scream his name when he made her come over and over again.
While she and Teresa had been talking earlier, he’d made a quick run to the drug store. Buying condoms, he was prepared in more ways than one.
Raven pulled her mouth from his, surprising him, and shocking him even more when she pushed against his shoulder.
“On your back,” she demanded, and a slow smile tugged up the corners of Zion’s lips.
Now this was a side of her that he hadn’t seen before, at least not in the bedroom. Apparently, he was moving too slow for her. She could be a little bossy around the house, but this? This was new.
He did as she requested, curious to see what she’d do next. When they’d been together a year ago, he sensed she hadn’t been very experienced when it came to men. Though he found her to be an incredible lover, she typically followed his lead.
Kneeling next to him, Raven’s gaze skated slowly down his body and lingered on his dick standing at attention. He snort-laughed when she swallowed hard, and her gaze darted back to his eyes. She was acting like she had never seen him naked before. It hadn’t been that damn long ago.
Zion cocked an eyebrow, waiting to see what she was going to do or say. In the meantime, maybe she needed a little encouragement. He gripped his erection and slid his hand up and down his length. He’d had to get himself off a few times lately because hooking up with another woman had been off the table the moment Raven came back into his life. She was the only one he wanted.
As she watched him pleasure himself, her lips parted slightly, and her breathing increased. He grew harder. Longer. Thicker as he watched her watch him with interest.
He wouldn’t say no to having her lips wrapped around his dick, but he sensed she wasn’t ready for that. Which was okay because, right now, what he wanted more than anything was to be buried deep inside of her.
“Come here.” He slid his free arm around her waist and pulled her closer, but her gaze stayed on the way he kept stroking himself.
She had no idea the effect her attention was having on him. Or maybe she did because, right now, he was painfully hard.
“I forgot just how big you are,” she murmured, and Zion sputtered a laugh, but sucked in a breath when she nudged the hand on his dick away and replaced it with hers.
She wrapped her small hand around his erection, and his pulse quickened. The way she was squeezing and gently tugging as she slid her hand up and down his length rhythmically almost did him in.
He slid his arm around her waist, probably tighter than he should. She was going to make him come, and this was not the way he envisioned their first time around going.
“Raven, baaaaby …”
“You like that?” she crooned.
“You know damn well I do,” he said on a groan, barely able to get the words out as she picked up speed. He bucked against her, pumping his hips and driving harder into her fisted hand as she continued stroking him.
Ahhh, shi…
He pulled her closer, and now she was practically on top of him. Her mouth found his while her hand continued working him into a frenzy. It felt too good the way she squeezed him while continuing to slide her hand up and down his shaft.
She was definitely trying to kill him.
“Baby.” He groaned against her lips as he thrust into her palm. It provided just enough friction to push him closer to a release.
“I like the way you feel,” she said quietly between kisses.
Yeah, he did too. A little too much.
Ohhhhh… shit.
He jerked and tore his mouth from hers when his release caught him off guard and ripped through him, sending him careening over the proverbial edge.
Cursing between gritted teeth, his arm tightened around her, crushing her to his side. He couldn’t help it. His body was trembling with a hot tide of passion pulsing through him.
Maaaan …
It took some time, but he slowly loosened his hold on her even though aftershocks continued to rock him.
Boneless. That’s how he felt, and his eyes closed as he struggled to catch his breath. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t speak. He could barely form a coherent thought.
He wasn’t sure how much time had passed, but it wasn’t until Raven had returned to the bed with a wet washcloth that he realized she hadn’t been laying beside him. She cleaned him up and started to move away from the bed, but he caught her. He reached out so fast that he startled her, and she gasped.
“Not so fast,” he said gruffly, pulling her on top of him. Damn, she felt incredible as they lay chest to chest and thigh to thigh. The feel of her curves molded against him had him growing hard again. “I need to be inside you.”
Her lips quirked into a grin. “I can tell,” she said, grinding against his dick and causing them both to moan into the quietness of the room.
Yeah, he was hard already. Normally it would take him a little longer before he was ready to go again, but with this incredibly sexy woman lying on him, he was hard as granite.
“I want you inside me, too,” she said, and slid her hand beneath the pillow where he’d placed a condom.
Once she had the foiled packet in hand, she scrambled upright until she was straddling him.
Talk about a sexy ass view in front of him. Firm, large breasts. Dark pebbled nipples, and her legs were open wide revealing a neat patch of curly hair over her sex. Yeah, this was what wet dreams were made of.
Zion couldn’t ever remember craving a woman the way he wanted Raven, and he wanted her so bad, he feared he might embarrass himself by coming too quickly… again. But it was just something about her that enticed him like no one else. It had been like that the first time he met her, and it stayed that way for the year they’d been apart. He had a feeling with her in his life, this yearning for her would never dissipate.
“Impressive equipment you have here,” she said as she excruciatingly slowly rolled the condom onto his shaft, and he hissed from the torture and the pleasure it caused.
“Yeah, and it’s ready to work inside of you,” he said gruffly.
Zion lifted her slightly and slowly slid into her sweet heat, reveling at how good it felt to have her inner muscles tighten around him.
Raven sucked in a breath, then moaned, and placed her hands on his chest. As he moved inside of her, she began sliding up and down his length, matching him stroke for stroke. Her lust-filled, light-brown eyes zoned in on him, and he couldn’t look away. This beautiful, sexy ass woman was his. Like so often, he silently gave thanks that they’d found each other again.
She lowered her gaze and bit down on her bottom lip as she moaned in pleasure. Zion’s eyes were drawn to her breasts. They swayed and jiggled in his face. An incredible form of torture. Unable to stop himself, he pressed a hand at the small of her back, drawing her closer and sucking one of her nipples into his mouth. All the while their bodies moved in perfect sync.
“Zion,” she whimpered, and the erotic sounds she made while riding him harder and chasing her release was too much.
He groaned and her nipple popped out of his mouth before his head fell back against the pillows. When her muscles tightened even more around his length, an electric current arced inside of him.
Zion cursed through gritted teeth and gripped her hips, his fingers digging into her skin as he teetered on the edge of his release.
What the hell? Normally, he had better control than this, but this woman, his woman, was like a control zapper or something. Damn her! He wanted this to last longer, but he also needed her to come because he didn’t know how much longer he could hold on.
“Oh, yeah, that’s it,” she breathed, her fingernails digging into his chest as she rode him with reckless abandon. “Right there. Right…”
Raven’s words cut off when he started pumping into her hard enough to shake the bed. Zion never felt so out of control in his life, and he needed more. He flipped her onto her back, and her shriek pierced the quietness. Without missing a beat, he slid back into her wetness.
She groaned and twisted beneath him, fisting the sheets at her sides while he drove into her like a hungry man chasing his last meal. Within seconds, she cried out his name as she climaxed.
Zion was right behind her, free falling while his body vibrated with his own release. Stars flitted in front of his eyes, and he collapsed on top of her.
Damn. His chest heaved against hers. He would’ve lifted up on his elbows to take some of his weight off her, but her arms were like tight bands around him, keeping him in place.
“You’re mine,” he ground out, his face buried in the crook of her neck as he panted. “I’m never letting you walk out of my life again.”
After a short hesitation, and with her breaths coming in short spurts, Raven snorted. “Good because I’m going to be wherever you are. I don’t want anyone else but you.”
“Then it’s settled. It’s me, you, and our babies together forever.”