“We’ll never be together. The last thing I want is a relationship.”
“I understand that’s your choice, but before we became lovers, we were friends. If you give me nothing else beyond the day you promised me, I want that friendship back.” She rubbed against him, one eyebrow raised as she encountered his hard cock. “See, and that is what I want right now.”
The need to make love to her one last time thrummed through him, but it would all be for nothing. “You have your whole life ahead of you, and it’s not with me.”
“Ah, but until dawn you’re all mine, and I’ve never known you to back out of an agreement.” Straddling his hips with her knees in the sand, she pulled the ties on the back of her dress and wriggled the fabric down until the soft cotton pooled at her waist. The cool night air tightened her nipples and made him hunger for more.
“You’re using seduction to get your way.”
“I certainly will if it works.” She pressed her breasts together. “Kiss them. I love feeling your mouth on my body.”
Seduction wouldn’t work on him. He rolled her over and came up on top, but when he tried to push up and away, she wrapped her legs around his waist, clutched his head and brought his mouth down to within a breath of those tantalizing mounds.
The sight of her creamy breasts sent his resolve scattering into the wind. He carefully cupped and eased them together then kissed each perfect bud. “I shouldn’t be doing this.”
“That’s your frustration talking. But if you truly want to stop”—she lowered her legs to the sand and spread her arms out wide—“then go. I’d never force you to make love to me. Just know I’ll keep your secret about your father and your birth. I would never judge you.”
“You give so selflessly.” Damn. Walking away from her would be impossible. She’d captivated him from the very beginning. What was one more night? He bent and devoured her breasts, licking and sucking each one in turn. “I wish I could be the man you need.”
“Does this mean you’re giving me a yes?” Arching into him, she stroked his scalp.
“Yes, until dawn, I’m all yours.”
“Thank you.” She unbuckled his belt, slid his zip down and freed him. “Because I want it hard and fast to start with. We could even call this make up sex. I’ve heard it’s fantastic.”
“It better not be.” He didn’t need the sex between them getting any hotter than it already was. He eased the hem of her dress up and rubbed his straining cock against her wet folds. “From now on, you never go out anywhere without any underwear on. That’s an order.”
“If you haven’t noticed, I stopped taking your orders the second I boarded the ship.” She cupped his butt and pulled him into her. “Make me scream, Hammers.”
“We also need to talk about your desire to take control.” He pushed in deeper, until her hot heat pulsed around him. Ahh, he loved the way she held onto him.
“That feels so good. Don’t forget I want it hard.” Panting, she rocked underneath him. “Like really hard. Move. Now. Make me come.”
He claimed her lips and plundered her mouth while below, he plunged into her again and again.
“Oh, purrrfect.” She pushed her hips forward, meeting every single one of his thrusts. His cock throbbed on the verge of release, and as she cried out, he bellowed and sank balls-deep inside her. He came, pulse after pulse jetting from him until every ounce of his energy was gone.
He tipped to his side, rolled and brought her up on top.
With their bodies still joined and limbs tangled, all he wanted to do was lie like this with her forever.
“Sooo good.” Her eyelids fluttered shut and she sighed with a wide smile. “Make up sex is everything I’d hoped for.”
For him too, not that he’d ever tell her that. He closed his eyes. A few minutes’ rest wouldn’t hurt. Then he’d continue to love her throughout the remainder of the night.
He had until dawn, and he intended to make every moment count.
Chapter 5
The sun’s dawn rays crept over Saria and warmed her, not that she wasn’t already basking in the heat from Ben wrapped around her, and the sandy hollow they’d snuggled into a comfy cushion underneath. She opened her eyes to the new day and held perfectly still.
Ben’s long golden lashes swept his cheeks, and his lips tugged upward as he slept. He’d made love to her twice more during the night, those times achingly slow and with complete devotion.
Gently, she kissed his closed eyelids, cheeks and nose. He stirred and his arms banded tighter around her. “You are courageous and determined, Ben Hammers. Never a burden, only a pillar of strength. My lover, and the only one I ever want to take.”
He blinked, then flopped a hand over his eyes. “Ugh, too bright.”