Since You've Been Gone (Welcome to Paradise #4)

Smirking, she glanced at his crotch. “I think your agreement is implied.”


She had him there. Truth was, he didn’t know why he was arguing. Not touching this woman had been pure torture, and now she was giving him the green light to strip her naked and have his way with her? It was a frickin’ no-brainer.

He narrowed his eyes at her. “You sure about this?”

She didn’t even blink. “Yep.”

“Thank God.”

Without another word, he yanked her toward him, captured her chin with one hand and bent down to kiss her.

The moment their lips met, a bolt of electricity streaked down his spine and grabbed hold of his cock. Mari’s lips were so soft, so sweet, and when her tongue darted out to touch his, Austin damn near passed out.

He tore his mouth away. “I’ve been wanting to do that for days,” he ground out.

“Me too,” she said breathlessly, before reaching up and bringing his head back down for another kiss.

She was so much shorter than him that kissing standing up was a challenge, bound to put a crick in his neck, but he solved the problem by lifting her up and cupping that ass he’d been fantasizing about for days. Mari twined her arms around his neck, her groin settling over his as her legs wrapped around his hips. The heat of her core seared his skin right through his boxers, making him groan.

With their mouths latched and their bodies straining to get closer, Austin marched her over to the bed, but a misstep caused them to tumble onto the mattress with zero finesse. His body landed on top of hers with a thump, eliciting a breathy laugh from Mari.

“Someone’s overly eager,” she teased.

His lips found the curve of her neck, tongue darting out to taste her soft flesh. “Do you blame me?” he muttered.

“I actually meant me. I’m the eager one.” She lifted her hips off the bed and rocked her lower body into his aching groin. “I haven’t done this in ages.”

He brought his mouth back to hers, kissing her deeply. “Me too.”

It had been so long, in fact, that Austin prayed he’d be able to last for more than thirty seconds. The feel of Mari’s warm body beneath him sent his pulse careening and made his breathing go ragged, his cock throbbing to the point of pain.

Sucking in a breath, he raised himself up on one elbow and used his other hand to reach for Mari’s tank top. With one swift motion, he brought the shirt up to reveal her bare breasts, and all the breath in his lungs whooshed out in a fast burst.

“Jesus, you’re so fucking beautiful.” His gaze ate up her full breasts and pale-pink nipples that puckered the moment he looked at them.

Those perfect breasts heaved as Mari’s breathing grew labored. When he dipped his head and enclosed his mouth around one nipple, she moaned softly and grabbed at his head to keep him in place. She didn’t need to, though—he had no intention of going anywhere. He spent an obscene amount of time kissing and licking her breasts, sucking her nipples hard enough to elicit a groan from her lips, then flicking his tongue in featherlight movements over those rigid buds until Mari was whimpering and writhing restlessly.

Chuckling, Austin lifted his head and searched her agitated expression. “You okay, baby?”

She groaned again. “No, I’m not okay. You’re teasing!”

“You love it.” With a smirk, he shoved her shorts and panties down her legs, gliding his fingers over her silky-smooth legs as he rid her of the garments.

Mari shivered when he gently stroked her thighs. “That feels good.”

Her arms reached for him, but he moved out of the way, sliding down the bed so that he was at mouth-level with the prettiest pussy he’d ever seen. “I’m not done teasing,” he murmured, grinning when she dropped her arms on the mattress with a frustrated grumble.

“I’ll get you back for this,” she informed him.

“I look forward to it.” Licking his lips, he brought his mouth closer and closer to her glistening folds, wanting so badly to devour her but forcing himself to go slow. He wanted to make her moan and squirm and beg for him to fuck her.

A gentle flick of the tongue directly over her clit got him the moan, but the squirming didn’t come until a few minutes later, after he’d started licking her in earnest. She tasted like heaven, and the sexy sounds she made only fueled his hunger. His cock was so hard it hurt, and he had to shift his lower body so the rock in his pants wouldn’t grind against the mattress as he drove Mari wild.

“Oh, that’s good,” she breathed. “Keep doing that.”

He skimmed his tongue up and down her slit the way she’d requested, but this time he brought his fingers into the mix. When he pushed one finger into her tight core, Mari almost bucked off the bed.