“Can I take your panties off, baby? I don’t want to get them oily.”
“Yes.” She lifted her hips off the bed.
When he’d asked to take off her panties, it had really been to keep them from getting oily. But as he moved to the side and took them off, he gritted his teeth against the dark thoughts going through his mind. And as he touched her, those thoughts came racing forward, testing his control. He was extra careful as he kneaded her bottom. His hands covered the supple globes, and she moved with him, widening her legs as his thumbs neared her sex, an open invitation. It was torture resisting the urge to touch her there, but he didn’t want to assume he’d read her right.
“It’s okay,” she said softly. “Touch me.”
He let out a breath he hadn’t realized he was holding and continued massaging her bottom, teasing her sex with his thumbs. Each stroke earned a needful sound. He open-mouth kissed each cheek as he stroked between her legs. When she raised her ass, it was too much to resist. He spread her cheeks and slicked his tongue over her wet center, coating his tongue with her arousal. Sheer bliss. She moaned, lifting her ass higher, and he didn’t hesitate to move one arm around her belly to tease her from the front as he licked her. His cock ached to get in on the sensual feast.
“Make me come,” she begged. “I need to come.”
Oh, hell yes. He moved one hand to her breast, using his other between her legs, and devoured her with his mouth, thrusting his tongue inside her sweet center to the same rhythm he wanted to use to make love to her. She writhed against his mouth, and he slid his fingers inside her, seeking the secret spot that would give her what she needed. She made a low crooning sound, writhing against him as she cried out his name. He wrapped his arm around her, kissing her back as she rode the waves of ecstasy.
Gently turning her onto her back, he positioned her legs on either side of his knees, and her eyelids fluttered.
“You okay, babe?” he asked, watching a smile lift her lips.
“I’m in a Bear coma. Don’t stop.”
He chuckled as he kissed the center of her chest and brought his mouth to her breast, his tongue circling her nipple. She bowed up, clutching the blanket tighter as he lowered his mouth over the taut peak.
“Bear,” she pleaded. “My whole body feels like a live wire.”
He rose onto his knees, noticing for the first time the tuft of blond curls between her legs. His heart lurched. She’d changed her outward appearance, but she would have no need to change what people didn’t see. A painful reminder of what she’d gone through and even more confirmation of how much she trusted him.
She opened her eyes. “Please don’t stop. I need you.”
Not half as much as I need you.
He lowered his mouth to hers, kissing her with all the love he felt building up inside him. He moved swiftly down her body, wanting her as much as she needed him, and brought his mouth to her slick heat, taking her up and over the edge again.
As she lay on the mattress trying to catch her breath, he lay beside her trying to ignore the pulsing heat inside him.
She opened her eyes and rolled over him, pressing her lips to his chest.
“I love when you touch me.” Her fingers trailed up his sides as she kissed from his sternum to just above the edge of his briefs. “I love how careful you are with me.” She pushed her fingers into the waistband of his briefs.
“Babe,” he warned.
“Don’t.” Her eyes narrowed, challenging his warning. “I’m a big girl. I can decide what I’m ready for. I want you to know how much you turn me on, not to weigh my answers or protect me from my own desires.”
“I’m going to weigh your answers, because I’m falling so damn hard for you I can’t see straight.” The words fell forcefully from his lips. “I don’t want to mess that up by overlooking something or pushing too hard.”
“You never push me,” she said so quietly he nearly missed it. Seduction sparked in her eyes. “I don’t want you to back off, or to make me back off.” She ran her finger along his lower lip, and he trapped it between his teeth. “I’m not ready for sex, but I’m ready for more. I want more with you.”
He took her hand in his and pressed a kiss to the tips of her fingers. “I’m all for more.”
“Good. Then lie there and let me…” She paused, and her cheeks flushed.
“Babe. You don’t have to do anything.”
“Shush up, biker boy. I just realized that I may not be very good at this. All of my experience with this has been in my head.” She wrinkled her nose, looking cute as hell. “Maybe I should go find someone to practice on.” She turned away with a teasing smile, and he hauled her down on top of him, both of them laughing.
“Don’t even joke about that.”
“Thought you weren’t possessive.”
“Your mouth on some other guy? Fuck yeah, I’m possessive in that regard.”
She giggled as she slithered down his body, kissing between laughs. “My biker boy has lots of jealous bones in his body.”
“And you’re torturing every last one of them. Come here, babe.” He reached for her, and she pressed her finger over her lips, shushing him again.
“How hard can it be?” She laughed and dropped her face to his stomach, laughing harder. “I mean, how difficult can it be?”
He sat up, and she pressed her hand flat against his chest, pushing him back to the mattress. “Don’t you dare move. What’s that song? ‘Candy Shop’? I’ll just lick it like a lollipop.”
“Christ,” he mumbled. He grabbed her under the arms, and in one swift move she was under him and he was kissing her until her laughter turned to sexy, needful pleas.
She tugged at his briefs. “Off, Bear,” she said between kisses. “Take them off.”
He pushed his briefs down and kicked them to the floor. Feeling her soft skin against him was almost too much to take. He knew what he had to do. To back off, to hand over the reins completely, but as he moved over her, her fingers grasping at his back, he was powerless to stop kissing her. He wanted to disappear into her.
Love bubbled up from deep inside him. “Baby.” He kissed her again. “This is enough for me.” He kissed her shoulder. “You’re enough for me. Just like this.”
CRYSTAL STRUGGLED TO contain her emotions as she lay beneath Bear. He was falling for her. She wanted to hear him say it again and again.