He tossed the condom he’d pulled from his wallet minutes earlier onto the mattress beside her, but still, he couldn’t quit staring. With her long, blonde hair splayed out on the fluffy white comforter beneath her, she looked like his personal angel. A celestial being who’d been put on this earth for the sole purpose of bringing him pleasure.
Archer wasn’t narcissistic enough to truly believe that was the case, but damn if it hadn’t felt that way minutes earlier. When they’d been on those stairs, he’d nearly drowned himself in her intoxicating essence.
He drew his bottom lip between his teeth while admiring the apex of her thighs. She still glistened with her release. A climax that had sent her flying with ecstasy.
The vision before him sent a rush of animalistic pride coursing through his veins. The primal sense of accomplishment had him fighting the urge to pound his fists against his chest and howl like a fucking caveman.
I did that.
His gaze remained fixed on her as he continued to stand there and stare. Seeing that sated look on Cassie’s face—cheeks and lips flushed with sex, and knowinghewas the one who’d caused it—Archer only had one thought…
I want to do it again.
And again.
And again.
Unable to wait any longer, he brought his hands to the elastic waistband of his boxer briefs and slowly pushed them down over his hips and thighs. His dick sprung free, bobbing slightly as the constraint of his boxers disappeared.
Pointing straight out toward her, it was as if Cassie were a majestic beacon shining bright in the dark of night…his eager cock the ship she was guiding safely home.
Her captivating gaze lowered, those widening oceanic eyes filling with a yearning so strong, so real, Archer could feel it radiating from her body to his.
He reached for the condom, using his teeth to help rip open the small foil square. That stunning stare found his once more, the crystal blue inferno there raging hot despite her recent release. And as he began rolling the protection over his steely, weeping erection, another unexpected notion passed through his lust-filled brain…
I want to put that same look on your gorgeous face every fucking day for the rest of my life.
Him. Not some other man. Only him.
Only me.
It should have been awhat the fuckmoment. After all, men like him—with dangerous jobs like his—had no business entertaining the whimsical conception of happily ever after.
The wife, the house in the suburbs, white picket fence and two point four kids…
Those weren’t in the cards for Navy SEALs or private investigators. Or so Archer had always allowed himself to believe.
But after witnessing the love Logan and his new bride shared had quickly changed his way of thinking. Even after everything they went through, the couple were happier and more in love than ever.
Not that Archer was in love with Cassie. That would be pure madness. He’d only known her a handful of days, for Christ’s sake.
Yet, as he secured the condom in place and crawled onto the bed where she still patiently lay, an unexplainable sense of peace fell over him. As if this was exactly where he was meant to be, and she was the only woman he was meant to be with.
Only me. Only her.
He settled himself between her welcoming thighs. Reaching between them, he lined his throbbing tip to her hot, wet entrance. His cock twitched in his fist, and it took every ounce of strength Archer had not to drive himself balls-deep inside her right then. Instead, he waited, pausing to give her the chance to change her mind.
The look on her face told him she wouldn’t, and he silently prayed that was the case. But regardless of the erotic moment they’d already shared on the stairs minutes before, this too important not to be sure.
Protectively balancing his weight with his other arm, Archer kept his gaze locked with Cassie’s while also fighting the urge to push his hips forward. “You can still back out, you know.”
Even to him, his voice sounded rough.
“I know.” The blonde vixen pressed her lower body against his and smiled.
Well if that’s not a green-light answer…
“I haven’t been with anyone in a long damn time.” Since well before he’d moved to Seattle.