Chapter 4 #2
She reached up and cupped his cheek, his flesh slightly raspy against her palm from late-day stubble shadowing his jaw.
“I love you. And I do not for a second regret us meeting and me joining this circus. But if there ever comes a day you can walk away from your job? I, for one, would be ecstatic about that. I’ll throw you the biggest retirement party ever and promise morning blow jobs. ”
He smiled and laid his hand over hers, kissing her palm. “What’s the line from that movie? You’ve come into my life at an unusual time?”
She smiled. “Somethin’ like that.”
“I wish I could promise you nothing bad will ever happen, but something bad could happen just driving to the grocery store.” His blue eyes gazed into hers, the dark flecks of midnight and light flecks of a stormy day on the Gulf mixed together in a beautiful way.
“I promise to always do my best to come home to you, baby. And to do everything in my power to keep you both safe. Will that do?”
She sighed. “Has to, I s’pose. Not like you can control the world.”
He stood, offering his hands to her. “Come take a shower with me. Let’s relax.”
She took them and let him pull her up. “Not sure I’m in a very romantic mood right now, wolfman.”
“That’s okay.” He pulled her into his arms. “Let’s just cuddle under the warm water and breathe for a few minutes.”
“Deal.”
Five minutes later, however, she draped her arms around him, rising onto her toes to kiss him.
He smiled down at her. “Thought you weren’t in a very romantic mood, baby?”
“Yeah, well, take the offer before it expires.”
“Gladly.” He pressed her back against the wall and dropped to his knees with a wicked grin on his face.
She gasped, pressing her lips tightly together to try to muffle her moans of pleasure. The man was damned good with his mouth. And with other body parts, too.
The way his eyes crinkled at the outer corners as he looked up at her with his face between her thighs was almost enough to set her off right there.
He didn’t just like or enjoy going down on her—he savored it, every time, like a gourmet meal.
There’d been plenty of times he kept going and going, making her come so many times she nearly passed out.
No rush for him to get his pleasure when he was doing it, either.
It wasn’t a means to an end for him—it was fun.
How had she gone through life never before having a partner she had so much fun with before now? Not only in bed, but outside it, too.
But yeah, in bed.
When she started squirming, he grabbed the backs of her thighs, fingers digging in the way she loved, and let out a low, possessive growl.
That’s what tripped her over the edge the first time, between the liquid heat pooling deep inside her from his gaze and his talented mouth—but the growl finished her off, vibrating throughout her body.
She couldn’t help moaning then, because now he had her and he knew it. He’d become an expert in getting her over and then using his tongue and lips to keep her coming, a long, rolling tide of pleasure that relentlessly turned her entire body into a satiated puddle of happy goo.
Every time.
When she patted his head he finally stopped, looking up at her with a happy smile on his face and licking her juices off his lips.
He smoothly rose to his feet and pulled her into his arms again. “How was that, baby?”
She nipped his pec. “How about you get yourself some joy?”
He arched an eyebrow at her. “I need to go grab something first.”
She cocked her head at him until she realized what he meant. “Honey, I’m still nursing. I doubt very seriously anything’ll happen.”
His gaze narrowed. “Are you sure?”
“Yeah. Give it to me before I change my—haha!”
She laughed as he dipped his knees, hooked his arms under her thighs, lifted and easily impaled her, bracing her against the wall as she held on to him.
“Damn, that’s sexy,” she said, slanting her lips over his as he filled her. This was something else that felt like perfection—that their bodies seemed meant for each other.
“And all for you, baby,” he replied through their mate bond.
She playfully nipped his lower lip, earning her another of those soul-melting growls from him, and he drove himself hard and deep inside her.
“Get what you need,” she said.
“All I need is you, mate.”
Even saying it to her mentally still made her shiver with pleasure, and then another unexpected orgasm rippled through her.
He buried his face in the crook of her neck to muffle his loud groan, surging inside her a couple more times before falling still, his lips feathering across her skin. “Damn, baby,” he whispered, his breath warm against her flesh. “That was amazing.”
“You’re always amazing.”
He eased her onto her feet, not releasing her until he was sure she was steady, then proceeded to soap and wash her body before washing himself.
The water was starting to cool off when they finally finished and stepped out. He dried her off first, then himself. And after checking on the baby one more time and making sure the monitor was turned up loudly enough, she snuggled tightly against his side.
“Love you, wolfman.”
He chuckled and kissed her. “Love you, too, baby.”
Then she deeply inhaled his scent, smiling, before crashing into sleep.