Taking A Shot

“Look at me.”


She swallowed, and he cupped her neck, then took her mouth in a hot, hard kiss, using his tongue to claim hers and leave her weak and defenseless, until all she knew were the raging desires of her own body. He let go of her hands and she wrapped them around him, her nails digging into his shoulders, the passion building inside her until she tore at him with her fingers, pulling at his shirt until he lifted his arms and she drew it off him.

She dragged her nails down his back and bit down on his bottom lip. He growled and jerked at her blouse, fumbling at the buttons until he got tired of it and ripped, the sound of each button scattering across the marble floor echoing in the spacious room.

Her bra went next, it too tearing as he lost patience with anything that wasn’t going to come off easy.

He dragged his pants off while she removed her shoes and pants, sliding her panties off just as he finished getting naked. He pulled her into his arms and they got only as far as the living area carpet before he laid her down and was on top of her, opening the condom package in a split second.

And then he was inside her and she cried out as he filled her, needing this—needing him—so much that tears pricked her eyes. She blinked them back as he lifted up to look at her while he plunged inside her again, bending her knee to widen her so he could thrust deeper, so he could grind against her so intimately she thought she might explode.

She scored her nails down his chest and he gritted his teeth, then bent and took one of her nipples into his mouth, flicking and biting it until she came over and over, until she thought she’d die from the unbearable pleasure.

But he didn’t finish; instead he held and waited until the pulses eased. Then he began to move inside her again, taking her slow and easy, building the pressure again until she was right there with him. And when he draped her legs over his shoulders and penetrated her deeply, she arched against him, giving him everything he asked for and more.

She reached between her legs and rubbed her clit, needing to go over that cliff again—with him this time.

“Fuck. Yes,” he said, pumping into her deep and hard while she made herself come. This time when she climaxed, he went with her, dropping her legs down so he could put his lips on hers and absorb her cries, mingling them with his groan.

It had been intense. Earth shattering. And each time it cemented a bond between them she was afraid to acknowledge, but knew was becoming stronger every day.

TY DIDN’T KNOW WHY HE’D INVITED JENNA TO COME TO Chicago.

He never brought women home to meet his parents. His family was…fractured. Flawed. The last people on earth he’d want a woman he cared about to meet.

A woman he cared about.

Yeah, that’s where he was headed with Jenna. He cared about her. Beyond that, he had no clue what the hell was going on. And now he’d invited her home to meet his family.

What a joke. He must have been insane to do this, but now she was here so there was no going back.

He had so much to explain to her, to warn her about. He should have never brought her here.

But his parents—who they were, why they were who they were—said a lot about who he was. And if they were going to go any further in this relationship, it was important to him that she know where he’d come from.

They’d toured the city and seen all the highlights. It was fun showing her Chicago. Too bad it wasn’t summer, or he’d take her on walks by the lake. But there were still things to do, so they’d gone to the museum and seen a few of the historical sights. She’d enjoyed that. And of course, he’d taken her to a few of what he considered Chicago’s best restaurants and bars.

You didn’t get out of Chicago without having great pizza, so they’d done that. Of course she’d challenged him and they’d entered a long discussion of St. Louis’s Italian pizza versus Chicago-style pizza.

One of the things he liked the most about her was she wasn’t a wallflower, the kind of woman who’d agree with everything he said just to keep him around. She loved to argue with him. She liked being right. And he enjoyed arguing right back with her, but there was no viciousness in their arguments. Neither wanted to hurt the other, they just enjoyed the banter and were both willing to stand up for what they believed in.

Such a difference in his relationship with her, versus the relationship between his parents.

And speaking of his parents, now that he and Jenna had seen the sights and eaten the food and taken in the clubs, he couldn’t avoid that they were going to his mom’s house for dinner. He owed it to Jenna to at least prepare her in advance.

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