Ari’s lips sucked at my jaw, my neck, and my ear as I took measured steps toward the door.My fingers curled into her ass when we reached it, that willpower losingstrength.
I pressed her back against it, using the leverage to pin her to the massive wood panel.“Jesus Christ,woman.”
My words stopped her movements long enough for me to return the favor, scraping my teeth over her jaw and down the tendon of her neck.Husky moans filled my ears and my cock pulsed in my pants.If I didn’t get her inside now, we weren’t going to make it thereatall.
Tearing my mouth away, I cupped her jaw.“The first time I sink inside you isn’t going to be up against yourfrontdoor.”
Her gray eyes hazy, Ari nodded in agreement.“Okay.But maybe thesecond?”
“I’ll considerit.Keys?”
“Should be open.Carver was here.He would’ve swept thehouse.”
I didn’t like that answer, but at this moment, I didn’t care because the unlocked door meant there was one less barrier to getting what I wanted.“Holdon.”
Ari gripped my shoulders, and I stepped away from the door and tugged open thehandle.
“Down the hall,” she said as she pointed, and I wasted no time striding toward the massive mastersuite.
Even though I was determined that this wasn’t going to be a one-shot deal, I was going to treat it like my only chance to show her exactly what it was like to be my woman.Prove to her that I could give her something no one elsecould.
When I strode into her bedroom, Ari’s lips were on me again, making it harder and harder to concentrate, but I found the bed in the middle of the giant space and laid her downonit.
She reached for me, but I stepped away.I needed light.I wanted to see her face.This wasn’t happening inthedark.
I switched on one nightstand lamp and a soft glow filled the room.She was beautiful.She’d always been beautiful, but I’d never let myself appreciate heruntilnow.
“You’regorgeous.”
A blush crept up hercheeks.
“Don’t believe me?Because you are.And I’m gonna bet that applies to every damned inch of you, even the ones I haven’tseenyet.”
The blush deepened and I stepped closer to her again, this time reaching out to pull her toherfeet.
“What—”
“Time to take this sexydressoff.”
31
Ariel
I’d beenthrough the emotional wringer tonight, but my body buzzed with the high that came from too much adrenaline and too little sleep.Logically, I knew we both needed rest, but there was something else Ineededmore.
Rhett.
My heart hammered so hard, I thought it might be in danger of exploding.Wham-bam, wham-bam, wham-bam.The rhythm pounded in my chest as Rhett turned me around, found the zipper tab at the top of my dress, and slid it down.The cool air hit my overheated skin with each inch he uncovered, and when Rhett pressed his lips to the top of my spine, I thought I was going to trip right out of myshoes.
But he didn’t stop there.He took his time, kissing a path down my back until he was kneeling behind me, my dress pooled in a puddle at my feet, and his lips just above the lace band of mythong.
I thought he’d yank it down and keep going, but the man kept meguessing.
I didn’t know whythatsurprised me most of all.Probably because I’d envisioned what this moment would be like hundreds of times, and I couldn’t have been more wrong.This wasn’t the crazed tearing at clothes like it was when it started in his Jeep.No, Rhett was savoring every moment, tasting every inch.Worshipping me.That’s what he wasdoing.
Rhett kissed a trail around my hip, guiding me with his hands until I spun to face him and his lips were pressed just below my belly button.He leaned his forehead against my stomach and breathedmein.
“I’m gonna devour you.”His husky voice sent shivers zinging to my clit and hardened my nipples.“I want you to know what my lips feel like on every inch ofyourskin.”