Chapter 26
The intensity of their conversation overwhelmed them both.
Aiden’s lips found hers, and his kiss was passionate and desperate, a mix of relief and yearning.
Katie responded with equal eagerness, her fingers gripping the collar of his shirt tightly as if to anchor herself to the certainty of his words.
As they kissed, their surroundings seemed to fall away.
The desk, the room, the pain of the past weeks all disappeared, leaving only the raw, powerful connection between them.
They pulled away slightly, their foreheads resting against each other, their breaths mingling in the dim light of the study.
Katie looked into Aiden’s eyes, her voice barely above a whisper. “I want to believe you. I really do.”
Aiden’s hand gently stroked her cheek, his eyes filled with both love and determination. “Then, believe me, Katie. I’ll show ye that I’m worth it. I’ll do whatever it takes to make things right between us.”
Katie’s heart swelled with a mix of hope and caution. She wanted so desperately to trust him, to believe that he could be the cornerstone that would rebuild their future. Their lips met again, and Aiden poured his passion and commitment to her into their kiss.
Their embrace was both tender and fierce.
Aiden traced Katie’s face with his finger, delighting in the softness of her dewy skin and wide eyes.
He gently grasped the back of her head and drew her to him, stroking the shell of her ear and tracing a seductive line down to her breasts.
Katie groaned as his touches left trails of heat and goosebumps.
His kiss was intensely penetrating. His tongue darted inside her waiting mouth, making her moan and sigh with pleasure.
Her hands cupped his head, and she played with the whisps of hair at the nape of his neck as his lips trailed across her jaw.
His rough but quick fingers quickly unbuttoned her cloak and tossed it aside.
He kissed down her neck, and both of his hands grasped her hips before pulling her outer gown down to reveal her petticoat and bodice. He groaned longingly as he pulled the sleeves down her shoulders and kissed her bare flesh.
Katie cried out as his rough but vibrant caresses lit a fire inside her.
She wanted more and greedily pulled his face against her flesh as a quiet, knowing laugh escaped his lips.
It was then that his tongue found the swell of her breasts and licked mercilessly as he quickly untied the back of her bodice.
She shivered as he slipped it off, his hungry eyes taking in the sight of her breasts under the thin cotton slip.
He raised his head, nodded in approval, and smiled at her before capturing her lips again.
This was her first time being completely bare before Aiden, and he could sense she was nervous.
However, his reassuring kisses, his touches, and the gentle way he lifted her onto the edge of his desk made her smile seductively at him.
When his hands cupped the swell of her breasts over her slip, she gasped at his brutish but intentional touch. He teased her erect nipples with his fingers and sucked on them through the fabric. He grinned as she moaned, gasped, and cried out while he nipped her tender buds.
“Ye’re beautiful,” he whispered as he rose and removed her thin slip, and buried his face in her neck.
As his hands reached down to loosen and drop his breeches, Katie eagerly pulled up his soiled shirt and ran her hands from his muscular, scarred back to his lean chest. Her fingertips brushed against the soft hair there, and she breathed in the scent of his sweat mingled with freshly cut wood.
His hands encircled her waist as she looked down in awe and met his eyes with sudden trepidation.
“Can ye manage it, lass?” he asked, stepping between her legs as he pushed her slip up over her hips to reveal her bare thighs.
“Manage it?”
“Aye… touch me.”
Katie nodded, her hand slipping down his chest and abdomen until it rested just above the nest of hair that could not hide the power of his arousal. He nodded in encouragement as she slowly wrapped her fingers around him, his eyes closing at the sensation.
“Good girl,” he moaned, his hips bucking as her palm slid over him.
She continued the motion, his lips finding hers again as he reared and writhed in her grasp.
She held on tightly to the stiff member in her hands, so hot and so swollen with need.
His lips and tongue danced across the swell of her breasts again, and he drew one of her erect pink nipples into his mouth with a rough pull and lick of his tongue.
“Oh, Aiden,” she moaned, her grip loosening as his hips kept thrusting.
“Ye’re mine,” he growled against her nipple, making her shiver as his fingers slipped between her thighs. “Relax…”
“I’ve never…”
“Ye’re safe, though it will hurt a wee bit the first time…”
“I know.”
“Ye ken?” He smirked up at her as he drew her nipple back into his mouth.
“I… I m-mean, my friends… they told me what t-to… hmm… expect.” Katie couldn’t stop moaning and arching her back as he grasped her buttocks and relentlessly teased her nipples.
“Good, relax,” he instructed forcefully, smirking up at her as he grabbed her thigh in one hand and himself in the other. Katie knew what to expect, but she didn’t realize how it would feel.
Aiden slowly slipped his rigid member into her warm, wet chasm and nestled his fingers into the soft curls that surrounded it.
As he pushed into her, he could see that the pressure had caused her some pain, but she pulled him closer and urged him to continue.
He carefully thrust his throbbing rod deep into her as she gasped and cried out his name.
Aiden slowed and looked at Kaite earnestly to see if she was indeed ready for the rest of him. She nodded silently and raised her hips to embrace the rest of his pulsing manhood. With a groan, Aiden pushed the rest of himself into her until he could feel the deep resistance and go no further.
Her fingernails clawed at his back, and he increased the intensity and speed of his thrusts as her rhythm began to match his own.
Unified, they pulsed together with heat and intensity.
He could feel her reaching the pinnacle of her climax as her inner walls fiercely gripped his member and she arched her back in euphoria.
She rocked and bucked her hips and begged for more of him.
Aiden could no longer hold back and let out a primal sound of absolute ecstasy, simultaneous with her cry of rapture.
As his movements slowed and Katie’s aftershocks eased, he pressed his palms against her face and kissed her lovingly.
“Welcome to a lifetime of this,” he whispered softly in her ear.