He kissed her thighs before dropping open mouthed kisses on her belly and breasts as he crawled up her body to claim the tight space beside her. “How do you feel, gorgeous?”
She could barely breathe and he had to ask? “Pretty sure I’m going to have a heart attack.” She rested his hand on her thumping chest. “See?”
He chuckled. “That’s just the beginning, sweetheart. I am gonna make you feel so good tonight.”
If she felt any better she was pretty sure she’d be catatonic.
His hand glided over her stomach before she grasped his wrist when she realized his intent. “Are you crazy? I can’t—”
“Yes, you can, sexy. Trust me.”
He had been the one to introduce her to multiple orgasms all those years ago. And not the intermittent kind. The ones that stretched one into another, making her feel boneless and brainless.
“I do trust you.”
Chapter Ten
Deke would never tire of hearing Harper tell him she trusted him. Regaining the intimacy they’d once shared was a gift, but earning her trust and love again… that was everything.
He slid a finger through her slick folds while kissing her. It was so easy to get lost in this woman. To forget that anyone else existed. There was never a question about whether she was the one. He knew she was.
The way she kissed him, wrapping her arms around her neck, while she opened for him, inviting his exploration, had him wrestling with the urge to sink inside of her or claim another orgasm. Watching her lose herself to him was the sexiest thing he’d ever witnessed, and he knew he wanted more… every night for the rest of his life if he had his way.
Knowing he couldn’t hold out much longer, he picked up the pace, smirking with satisfaction when her breath stuttered and she moaned, arching her back as she silently pleaded for him to finish her off. He could read her body like a book. A classic he hadn’t picked up in years, but changed his life the first time he read it.
“Feel good, sweetheart?” he asked, his voice husky against her ear.
From now on making her feel good would be his mission. He had the money. He had respect in his field. He was proud of the man he’d become and what he could offer her. The only thing he needed to make his life complete was Harper and he knew if he put her and their relationship first there was no way he could lose her again.
“Amazing.” She closed her eyes and tipped her head back. “Oh God, Deke, right there.”
He felt the tremble shoot through her body, smiling with satisfaction as he watched her ride the crest, experiencing her own seventh heaven, until her whole body finally relaxed, curling into him.
Deke brushed his lips over her forehead, trying to ignore his body’s demands as he cupped the back of her head. He was dying to be inside of her again, but knew she needed a minute to recover. “You need a water or anything, babe?”
“I need you.” Her lips curled against his shoulder. “Just you.”
He closed his eyes, savouring the words he never thought he’d hear again. Knowing that she needed him again, made every grueling day without her worth it. He couldn’t give her everything she needed back then. But now he could. Everything… and more.
“You got me, Harper. Anytime. Anywhere. Anything you need, angel. Just remember that.”
She tipped her head back to look him in the eye, a smile teasing her lips. “How’d I get so lucky?”
He chuckled. “You? Hell, I feel like I just won the lottery.”
“You make me feel…” She curled her hand around his beard-roughened jaw. “So special. I can’t even put it into words.”
He kissed her, closing his eyes, savouring every second. Her taste. The brush of her soft skin against his. Her scent. It was the kind of rush he’d never expected to experience again and they hadn’t even made love yet.
She pushed his shoulders against the cushions as she slung one leg over his waist and straddled him. “Do we need a condom?”
He swore softly, thinking about how incredible it would feel to take her the way he’d always wanted to. “Condoms have always been non-negotiable for me. But with you? Anything goes, sweetheart. You just need to tell me what you want.” He wasn’t even going to ask if she was on the pill. He didn’t care. This was the woman he wanted to make babies with, and it didn’t matter whether it happened tonight or three years from now. It was her call.
She linked their hands, her eyes locked on his, as she claimed him inch by agonizing inch. He tried to focus on the music filtering through the speakers, the glow from the candles, anything except the tight grip she had on his body and heart. He wanted this to last, to take control, and give her his all, but the look in her eyes told him she was taking what she needed from him, and he was more than willing to let her.
Harper licked her lips as she picked up her pace, her eyes glazing over with desire as he struggled to catch his breath. She was grinding on him, stealing pleasure in small doses, while he was trying to prolong the inevitable. She was taking him on a slow and sensual ride, making love to him… and making him lose his mind.
He’d never felt like this before. So lost in a woman that nothing else mattered. His building could burn to the ground and he wasn’t even sure he’d realize it until the smoke enveloped them. All he could see was her. The dazed look in her eyes. The soft sway of her curvy body. The sheen on her full lips. Her peaked nipples, begging for his touch, but she was holding him hostage with her hands, directing the show, and forcing him to let her.