Up in Smoke (Crossing the Line, #2)

“All of it. You. Please.”

“Soon.” It was becoming exceedingly hard to keep his hands glued to the window frame. His mind screamed at him to lift her skirt and work his lust out. Fuck her until she couldn’t remember life before he was inside her body. Pull back. Don’t ruin it. “Three fingers, Erin. We’re almost there. Finger yourself like a good girl who’s about to be turned bad.” Very slowly, he removed his hands from the window frame and unbuckled his pants, desperate to free his heavy erection. Keeping his attention on Erin, he dispensed with his clothing in record time. The chance of someone seeing Erin naked through the window might make him see red, but he had no such modesty when it came to himself.

Erin sucked in a breath when he rose again, towering behind her in the glass wearing no clothes. Her thighs started to shake around her hand. “Connor, please.”

“Did you use all three fingers?”

“Yes. Yes.”

“Good.” He fisted his cock, pumped the hard flesh, and released a ragged groan that wouldn’t be stopped. Two days wasn’t usually that long a time for him to go without relief. But it was now. Now that Erin kept him aroused around the clock, just by existing. “Take off your panties and bend the fuck over.”

She moved quickly, dragging the silk down her legs and planting her hands on the sill. Her * peeked out at him from beneath the hem of her skirt, just a flash of pink, but it was enough to send hot, mind-blowing lust tearing through his system. It felt primal, ancient. I’m about to claim my woman.

He circled her clit with the head of his cock. “We both took the full physical to get this job. We’re both clean. Are you on the pill?”

“The shot.” A shaky exhale. “I’m on the shot.”

Wet, smooth female flesh. Erin’s flesh. “You want me bareback, beautiful?”

“Yes, please.”

Fuck yes. Nothing between them. He would have resented anything that kept him from feeling all of her. Connor inhaled deeply, grappling for control. Somewhere deep down, he found a reserve of restraint and delved into it. He led his cock to her entrance and encountered the source of her perfect heat for the first time. When she whimpered and arched her back, his careful discipline almost fled. He grabbed on to the final thread in his possession and thrust deep.

Jesus. Jesus. So hot and tight. Can’t stay still. Have to stay still and make sure she’s all right. How can I stop? Want to fuck her. Need to fuck her. Now.

Erin’s stillness cut through the raging impulses commanding him to take. Take hard. He searched the reflection of her face and found her eyes closed tight, her hands trembling on the window still. Not okay. She’s not okay.

“Sweetheart, listen to me.” His voice didn’t even sound like him, but thankfully her eyes opened anyway. Trained on him with a trust and hope that called to the protector inside of him. Her protector. “Focus on the fire escape. Look. It’s just beyond the window. How many steps would it take you to get to the street?”

She licked her lips. “Twenty-two.”

“That’s right.” Her inner walls clenched around him and he bit back a curse. There was nothing he could do to stop his hips from rolling, pushing deeper. She moaned, but the sound of pleasure was tinged with an apprehension that tore at his chest. “Erin, I want to be your escape. Can you let me be that for a little while?”

“What if I can’t?”

“Then I stop.” His words were spoken beside her ear, concise and firm. “No matter what. No matter how far we get, I’ll stop. You’re more important.”

Their gazes held in the window for a few beats, the uncertainty draining from her expression to be replaced with awe. She pulled away slightly, then worked herself back down on his cock with a gasp. “Oh my God, Connor,” she choked out. “You feel so good.”

His hands squeezed the wooden frame until blisters abraded his palms. Don’t touch, just feel her. Let her feel you. Already, he wanted to erupt, could have come just from the sight of her gorgeous, upturned ass and splayed thighs, so he closed his eyes. Big mistake. It only amplified the sensation of her slowly riding up and down his length, testing him, getting used to his size. It only made her little sobs of surprise and pleasure sound like cannons firing off around him. He couldn’t stand still anymore; the animal he kept leashed inside wanted to roar to life and take over.

“Are you ready for the rest of it yet?” he rasped.

She slid halfway down his cock and back up. “The rest of it?”

Connor growled as he plunged the entire way inside her. “Goddammit, Erin. That’s what you asked for, now you’ll take it.” He pulled out and drove home again, drowning in her cries. “Jesus, you fuck-tight girl, I can’t even move. Open your legs wider for it.”