Feel the Heat: A Contemporary Romance Anthology

Dan’s low growl reverberated against her skin. “Watching you, you mean?”


She smiled and pulled back enough to see his eyes. The dark brown depths were swallowed by dilated pupils and she could feel the hard press of his erection against her lower back.

Mmm. He had liked watching her with Armando. And for that, she had to reward him. Warm him to her way of thinking.

She eyed the hallway that led to the restrooms, but with the steady line of traffic, in and out, there’d be no chance of privacy. Then again, they were in Cabo. Privacy seemed to be an overrated concept. In fact, that gave her a much better idea...

“Come with me.” She twined their fingers and led him away from their companions.

“You wanna leave already? I was hoping there’d be more dancing.”

Ha. Who knew her straight-laced husband would have such twisted desires. But then, they say it’s the quiet ones you need to worry about. Maybe she should’ve tried pushing his buttons earlier in their relationship.

It was right around ten o’clock so there were now even more people milling about, some enjoying drinks and low-key dancing in the cabanas, others paired off on blankets on the beach, and some were just stumbling from bar to bar.

“We’re not leaving.” She tossed a taunting grin over her shoulder. “We’re just taking a much needed break.”

Dan flashed a knowing smile of his own and his dark eyes sparkled beneath the lanterns hanging overhead. “I like the sound of this.”

And he’d like it better when she showed him exactly what she had in mind.

Ducking off toward the beach, they stepped into the sand and she stopped to pull off her heels.

“Damn, I was really hoping you’d leave those on.” He slammed the rest of his beer and tossed it into a trash bin beside a thicket of shrubs.

She chuckled. “Maybe later.”

“Yep, this is definitely starting to sound like my kind of break.”

Off the beaten path a bit, there were only a few people close enough to witness what she was about to do and they all looked too preoccupied with their own daring behavior to notice.

Unable to contain the anticipation any longer, she pushed him into the shadow of a vending hut that had closed for the evening and tiptoed up to claim his mouth. He tasted of malty beer and, unlike this morning at the café, he held nothing back when he kissed her in return. When she scraped her teeth along his lower lip, pulled it between her own and sucked, he groaned, fisted her hair, and tugged.

Oh, yeah, just like that.



Empowered by her ability to affect him, she let her hands drift down his chest and over his flat stomach, taking her time to enjoy every ripple of muscle, until she arrived at his belt. His erection already stretched the soft denim around his fly and she wasted not a second more, quickly twisting open the button and yanking down the zipper.

Holy. Crap. He’d gone commando and his thick cock bobbled right out into her hand.

A rush of excitement and hunger pulsed along her nerves, and her mouth began to water at the same time arousal dampened her panties. Much as she’d love to have him inside her right now, this moment was about showing him she understood and acknowledged his desire. Telling him, without words, that she’d do whatever she could to make him the happiest, most satisfied man on the planet.

“Babe,” he groaned, his tone questioning, but weakly so. He might try to do the right thing and hint that they should stop, but the painfully aroused haze in his eyes said he didn’t want to postpone this any more than she did. He confirmed her suspicions by pushing his hips forward and gliding his shaft eagerly into her palm.

“You liked watching him touch me, didn’t you?” She wrapped her fingers around his hot, silky skin and stroked him from tip to base. He was wider there and the further down she slipped, the further her fingertips shifted away from each other. She felt him grow harder with her touch and his eyes searched hers. Presumably for something to indicate he could be completely open without scaring her off. “It’s okay—I liked that you liked it. And I’m going to show you just how okay it is.”

She dropped to a squat in the sand and took him into her mouth before he could try and be noble. Gathering her saliva, she wet his cock and took him back as far as she could on the first stroke. As soon as he touched the back of her throat and was reminded of how good this was gonna feel, she knew he’d be a goner.

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