Chapter 6 #2
Julie had moved toward him slightly. Though she kept her arms folded, Will could tell she wasn’t as closed off to him as she’d been after their encounter with the Malones the day before.
It relieved a bit of the tension that’d been steadily building inside him ever since then, but there were barriers that were difficult to cross.
How could Will explain what it meant to a shifter like him to find someone like her?
He couldn’t tell her what she meant to him, not without divulging what he really was or what they were to each other.
“Maybe not,” he relented, knowing he’d have to forge ahead and find a way that was good enough in the moment. “I can tell you that’s what I want, though. You mean a lot to me, Julie, more than I ever thought someone would.”
“Will.” The word was barely an echo on her tongue, and her eyes glossed over. “That’s so sweet.”
He grabbed her hips and pulled her close. “You must mean a lot if I let you call me sweet. If anyone else did that, I’d immediately try to prove otherwise.”
“But you are,” she insisted, letting go of her cardigan with one hand and lifting it to touch his jawline. “You’ve got that big personality and rough attitude, but I’ve seen an awful lot of sweetness in you.”
Her compliment stabbed straight into his heart.
It wasn’t easy for people to see past his mistakes.
Julie didn’t know about them all, not yet, but she liked him just for himself.
Will’s bear still moved and swirled inside him, urging him to press forward.
“I’m sorry you had to see a bit of my past yesterday.
I don’t want to hide it from you, but it felt too soon to get into all that. ”
“These things have a way of coming out, though.” Her fingers trailed back, grazing his ear lobe before drifting down his neck. “And maybe it all works out how it’s supposed to, whether we can understand it in the moment or not.”
Fate. Julie knew it from a different perspective than he did, but Will knew it was the same thing. He wrapped his arms tightly around her. “Yes. Maybe it does.”
Will looked into her eyes and saw how desire had dilated her pupils.
The tension that’d been building in him since he’d first seen her was now coming to a head, making his heart race and his breath shallow.
Julie’s body was pressed up against his, her soft curves squeezing against him.
She was delectable, cozy, and attractive, all of those things, but his bear recognized what else she was.
His.
He pressed his lips against hers, reveling in the sheer softness of them.
He pulled his arms more tightly around her waist, leaving no gap between their bodies.
Her breasts heaved against his chest, which sent a whole new streak of lust through his bloodstream.
Will’s boxer briefs had already been getting tight just from being up there in her room with her, but now there was little doubt if Julie could feel the hard throbbing in his jeans as it pressed against her stomach.
He opened his lips slightly, thrilled when she responded by parting her own. Will slipped his tongue past her lips and into the delicate warmth of her mouth. Her tongue was soft as it twined with his, twisting, exploring, dancing.
Her fingers slid around the back of his neck and up into his hair, running loops over his scalp that sent delightful shivers down his spine. Julie pulled her head back slightly, ending their kiss, but she still leaned into him, her eyes focused on his lips. “We should go back downstairs.”
“That’s an option,” he admitted as he bent his head and laid a trail of kisses from her jawline to her collarbone. “Or we could keep ourselves entertained up here.”
Julie gasped as his fingers slid around her cardigan and up the back of her shirt, but she fluttered her lashes and let out a gentle sigh as he spread his palms against the heated skin of her back. “You don’t think we’ll be missed?” she managed.
“It’s a big party,” he reasoned, lowering his hands until his fingers dipped down into the waistline of her pants.
Will could feel the lace that trimmed her panties, and he sank his grip into the generous flesh of her backside.
His bear groaned with need. He yanked her hard against him, thrusting his hips forward at the same time.
“Mm!” Her eyes widened in surprise at the sudden gesture, but she quickly relaxed. Her hands were wrapped around his neck, but now she slid them forward and plucked open the top button of his shirt. “That’s true, but there are a lot of people down there,” she murmured.
“Even less reason for them to need us.” Will stripped her of the cardigan she’d initially come up there for, tossing it on the desk chair. “You said you wanted to get warm, and I know the best way to do it.”
Julie worked the rest of his shirt buttons free and spread her palms over his chest as she pushed the material aside. Her eyes were glazed over with hunger as she pulled his sleeves down his arms. “Yes. You certainly do.”
“We could keep each other warm, you know.” His own body was nearly on fire as he lifted her shirt over her head to reveal a cream-colored bra.
Her ample breasts were glorious and tempting, and he cupped them in his roughened hands.
Reaching behind her, he found her bra clasp and freed it, letting the garment fall away.
She was so beautiful with her clothes on, but each layer he pulled back revealed a whole new level of succulent allure.
“We could,” she whispered, her voice tremulous.
They were already halfway there. Will knew how badly he wanted her. Julie was too strong of a woman to just go along for the ride, but he wanted to be absolutely sure. After all this time, he couldn’t afford any mistakes.
“We could,” he echoed as he bent his head and traced his tongue in a slow circle around her nipple. “If you want to. Only if you want to.”
“Yes,” she panted as her nipple formed a stiff peak. Her hands were running desperately through his hair now. “God, yes.”
Will pulled her nipple into his mouth and savored the way her body shook in his arms. He shimmied her pants off her hips and then regretfully let go of her breast to help with his belt. Their clothes hit the floor, leaving nothing to keep them apart.
He wrapped his arms around her waist and carried her to the bed, laying her on top of the comforter.
Julie pulled him down with her, her arms around his neck and her legs twining around his firm thighs. She found his lips once more. Her breath was heavy and labored as she kissed him, her tongue showing him just how pleasurable it would be to join with her.
Not that Will had any doubts.
When her hips bucked up and pressed against his erection, he angled himself and entered her.
Time slowed as he sank into her warm, welcoming depths.
Will braced his forehead against her shoulder and closed his eyes as he pushed, burying himself to the hilt.
When he lifted his head, he saw her lying back against the pillow, her hair splayed around her.
Julie’s lips were parted, and her eyes held the same sense of awe that Will felt moving in waves through his body.
She inhaled as they began to move, and when she let out her breath, it came as a long, languorous sigh.
She let her hands roam across his chest, up his arms, over his shoulders, and down his back.
She worshipped him with her touch and gaze, and he didn’t know how he was lucky enough to experience such a wondrous thing.
He only knew he wanted to please her. Will dipped and ground his hips, watching her to see what she liked best. He pressed harder when she caught her lower lip in her teeth, and he drove on when she gasped and gripped his shoulders.
Her legs twitched and her stomach trembled.
Will could feel the effect inside her, where seismic waves were forming and began to collide.
Julie clenched along his length, her spasms racking her body. She clung to him, her hips moving on their own volition as she rode out the waves of pleasure.
Experiencing her rapture with her was all Will needed. His muscles tightened as he felt the last of her orgasm pulling him deeper within her. He let himself go, pleasure filling his body and then draining out slowly.
He lay down next to her, both of them catching their breath. Will held her in his arms, knowing he’d never experienced anything like that before.
She laughed against his chest. “I guess we’d better get back downstairs before anyone guesses what we’ve been doing.”
Will took in her mussed hair and flushed cheeks. Her lips were swollen from his kisses, and her bare body lay alongside his. Why would he want to go to a party when he had all this? “If we have to.”