She sat up, her lips meeting and melding with his. Shay felt his hand fall lightly on her naked shoulder, drawing her toward him until her breasts grazed his skin. Moaning, she felt her nipples growing hard, tangling in the soft hair on his chest. His mouth took hers swiftly and heatedly, making her entire lower body spasm with need all over again. The man could kiss her into oblivion and she’d float in clouds of pure ecstasy as that mouth of his wreaked a special magic upon her. Never had she been so well loved. She had seen the gratification in his eyes so often after he’d pleased her. Shay never knew a woman could have so many orgasms in one night! But Reese brought out her love for him and her body thrummed in concert with her heart. He loved her. Fully. Completely. Forever.
Slowly, he eased from her lips, opening his eyes, cupping her cheeks, their mouths still touching one another. “Say yes,” he rasped, sliding his fingers gently across her cheek. “Say you’ll be my wife, my best friend, Shay.”
She sank tighter against him, her breasts feeling electric shocks of pleasure. “Yes,” she whispered, tasting him, tasting his maleness, the strength he held in check when he loved her. “I’m so happy, Reese . . . I don’t want anything more in this world than you,” she whispered against his mouth.
Sliding his hand more firmly against her jaw, he angled her to take her mouth fully, tasting her special sweetness, feeling the lushness of her opening to him, allowing his tongue entrance. Her breath snagged as his hand drifted downward, caressing her breast, teasing the nipple, making her gasp, and then flow against him even more.
In one motion, Reese eased her down upon the mattress, arm beneath her neck, his other hand curved around her breast. He broke their kiss, watching her in the shadowy darkness, his eyes gleaming, reminding Shay of a primal alpha wolf, and she was his wild mate. Reese made her feel wild. He’d shown her so much about her body, how to make it sing, how to hurl her into a universe where only intense ecstasy bubbled like an overflowing cauldron in her lower body.
“Marry me soon?”
She was taken aback by the seriousness in his eyes, feeling his thumb on her nipple, sending fiery sensations all over her body. How could she think when he was giving her such pleasure? And when he leaned over, his lips capturing her breast, she groaned, arching fully into his body, his erection tight against her belly. All her words fled. All she could do was feel the heat beginning to boil in her, dampness once more collecting between her thighs. A joyous sound caught in her throat as his hand moved between her thighs, caressing her wet, hot entrance.
“Soon?” Reese growled, his lips less than an inch from her nipple, his eyes trained on her.
Groaning, feeling his fingers begin to lavish her, Shay managed with a ragged gasp, “Yes . . .”
He smiled a very male smile and dipped his head, claiming her nipple once more, sending her into a wild, intense orgasm that undulated throughout her.
Shay lost track of time, her whole body glowing and satiated by Reese loving her one more time. She became helpless beneath his skilled hands, mouth, and body. The clock read 3:00 A.M. but she didn’t care. Tomorrow was Saturday and the vets would all be around to paint their homes. She and Reese would be driving the truck out to the farthest point of the one pasture that they hoped to have finished by the time the snow began flying in mid-September. They would spend the day working the fence line, repairing it as they went. She had planned a picnic lunch.
Reese moved his hand down between her breasts, her flesh damp, as if to soothe her fractious, wildly satisfied body. His hand came to rest upon her belly. He leaned over her, gazing solemnly at her. “I want to marry you soon, Shay. I want to make this official.”
She smiled and closed her eyes, her hand resting over his. “Because?”
“Because I love you. I don’t want to spend one more night without a ring on your finger. You’re mine. I’m yours.”
She opened her eyes, drowning in his darkened, stormy-looking eyes. “You’re such a male alpha wolf in disguise, Reese Lockhart.” She watched him give her a heavy-lidded look. Her body clenched, knowing that heated stare.
“You wanted the old Reese Lockhart back. Right?”
“Uh-huh.”
“Well, now you’re meeting him.”
“What?” she teased breathlessly, “that you’re an alpha male beneath that calm exterior?”
He moved his hand lower, watching her breath halt for a moment as he slid his hand between her thighs, feeling her heat and wetness. “That was the part I lost,” he told her, becoming serious. He moved his hand, engaging her folds, stroking her entrance, hearing her moan with pleasure, her hips automatically lifting, wanting more contact with him. “Are you okay with it?” He smiled a little, pride in his expression.
She sighed and moaned as he stroked her lightly, teasing her, and it felt delicious. “Oh, yes . . . I love your alpha male coming back. Don’t . . . ever . . . stop . . .”
His smile grew deeper and he gently pulled his hand away, coming to rest once more across her belly. “If I don’t stop, we’re not going to get any sleep tonight, Shay. You know that.”