Chapter 31 #3
With his gaze fixed over her shoulder, he seemed to be choosing his words carefully, and Katie was on pins and needles waiting to hear what he would say.
“Last night, when I couldn’t find you and Owen wouldn’t tell me where you’d gone, I was out of my mind.
I felt like I was going crazy or something, knowing you were nearby and that I’d hurt you badly enough to make you cry.
When I heard that, I would’ve given everything I have to be able to touch you and hold you and tell you how much I care about you and how badly I want to be with you.
I had to wait hours—hours and hours—knowing you were upset because of me.
“And then when I walked into Luke’s house and saw you there, everything that was wound up inside of me settled.
Even though nothing had been resolved between us, I felt calm because you were there.
I could see you and touch you and talk to you.
It was like everything I needed to survive was right there in one beautiful, sweet package.
That’s what it feels like to me.” He shifted his gaze to her face. “Why are you crying?”
“Because,” she said, wiping the tears from her cheeks, “that was the most incredible thing anyone has ever said to me.”
“I mean it when I say I’m crazy about you.”
Katie reached for him, and their lips came together in a passionate kiss.
Her mouth opened to his tongue naturally, as if she’d been kissing him for years rather than days.
She couldn’t get close enough to him. Under his T-shirt, she caressed the warm skin on his back and loved that he trembled from her touch.
Breaking the kiss, he reached for the back of his shirt and pulled it over his head, baring his gorgeous chest to her appreciative gaze. “Your turn.” He pulled on her tank and helped her get it off. “Everything. Hurry.”
They pulled at clothes that refused to cooperate, making Katie laugh at the groan of frustration that came from him. “Goddamn it.” His shorts were stuck on the work boots he’d never taken off.
Katie couldn’t stop laughing.
“You’re definitely laughing at me this time.”
“I can’t help it. Who forgets to take off their boots?”
“It’s because you’ve got all the blood in my entire body traveling to one central place. I’m light-headed and woozy.”
Still wearing her bra and panties, Katie sat up on her knees. “Allow me to assist you.” She took her time untying his boots and removing them and his socks. The boots landed with a loud thunk on the floor.
“Someone downstairs is saying ‘There’s Shane McCarthy’s boots landing on the floor in the middle of the day.’”
“No one is saying that.” Katie removed his shorts and boxers, tossing them to the floor as well.
Then she took a good long look at the naked man in her bed, licking her lips in anticipation of what was to come.
Before her eyes, his erection lengthened, stretching past his belly button.
She ran her hands from his shins to his thighs, which quivered in reaction.
His head came up off the pillow. “Katie… Come up here so I can touch you.”
“In a minute.”
He flopped back down, groaning as he went.
Katie bit her lip to keep from laughing at his distress. She bent her head and began to kiss his stomach, using her tongue to outline each cut of his abdominal muscles.
He fisted handfuls of her hair, directing her to where he wanted her.
“Tell me how you like it.”
“Anything you do I’ll love.”
She looked up at him. “Anything?”
“Anything at all.”
“Like this?” She wrapped her hand around the hot, soft skin that covered his shaft and began to stroke him, slowly at first, watching him to determine what he liked.
His hips came off the bed, which she took as a good sign. Since his eyes were closed, she was able to surprise him when she took him into her mouth.
“Ahh, God, Katie… Yes, like that. Suck on me.”
She did as he asked, drawing him into her mouth as far as she could while continuing to stroke him. Going on instinct alone, she added her tongue, which drew a sharp inhale from him.
“Katie… Baby, you have to stop, or I’ll come in your mouth.”
She drew back from him reluctantly, leaving him gasping for air.
The next thing she knew, he had turned them so he was on top and poised to enter her. He pulled away so abruptly, Katie cried out in dismay.
“Condom,” he said through gritted teeth as he reached for his shorts on the floor and nearly fell off the bed. “Don’t laugh.”
“I’m trying not to.”
He rolled on the condom as he returned to her. “You’re laughing.”
“I can’t help it. You almost fell out of bed.”
“It’s your fault for getting me so fired up I can’t function.”
“I did that?”
“Don’t pull that innocent act on me. You know exactly what you do to me.”
“Tell me… I want to know.”
Shane gathered her into his arms, his muscular body pressed against hers.
“You’ve got me completely addicted to you.
Your sweetness, your laughter, your softness.
” As he spoke, he began to enter her slowly, whispering into her ear, “Your tight, wet heat. I like talking to you as much as I like doing this.” He gave her more, making Katie moan from the overwhelming pleasure that overtook her. “God, Katie…
“You make me wonder how I survived for so long without you. Without this.”
After that, there were no more words as they moved together.
It was different this time. Katie couldn’t deny there was a deeper connection between them now.
And as she came apart in his arms, she accepted she was lost to him.
Completely and totally lost. She’d given him everything, her heart, her body and her soul.