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Chase wanted me. That need pulsated in the air around us as he devoured my mouth like it was the only morsel of nourishment that he needed to survive.
I savored his fierceness as he nipped my bottom lip and then stroked over it with his tongue.
“Chase,” I whimpered as we came up for air.
“Is this really what you want, Vanna?” he said huskily beside my ear.
“Yes,” I whispered breathlessly. “It’s what I’ve wanted for a long time.”
I moved back from him to pull my lightweight shirt over my head and dropped it to the floor, nearly panting with the need to get closer to him.
“My scars—”
I held up a hand before I unzipped my jeans and shoved them, panties and all, down my legs. “Don’t,” I cautioned him. “It upset me when I saw them, but only because I hate to think about how painful they must have been for you, but you still have the hottest damn body I’ve ever seen. They’re part of you, Chase. Part of your history. Part of the sacrifice you made to serve this country. If you think that makes you less attractive, you’re out of your mind.”
Yes, the scars were deep and some of them were long and jagged. I’d cringed thinking about how close he’d probably come to losing his life because of them. But there was nothing about those marks that made Chase less appealing. The fact that he’d been willing to bear them for me so I’d feel more normal had made me want to sob like a child.
The fact that he’d done something so totally selfless just to make me feel more normal had just made me adore him even more.
I hadn’t been able to stop myself from coming after him. Nothing would have kept me from racing up the stairs to talk to him.
However, once I’d seen him naked, my plans had changed to something considerably more…carnal.
When he’d muttered that comment about no woman wanting his body, I’d known that it was time to take a chance.
After all, he’d done the same with me, leaving himself completely and utterly vulnerable in the process.
I unclipped my bra and let it fall to the floor as I eyed his muscular body, my gaze finally dropping to the largest, hardest cock I’d ever seen.
My core clenched hard with a need I’d never experienced before.
I looked up, and my heart skipped a beat when I recognized the look of pure, primal lust in his gorgeous gray eyes.
“I never thought I’d ever see you look at me like this,” I said, stunned by the way it made me feel.
“Were you serious when you said that you’ve always been with guys who didn’t care if you were satisfied?” he asked gruffly.
“Completely serious,” I said honestly.
“I care,” he told me roughly.
I shuddered in anticipation. “I know,” I answered simply.
The muscles in his neck contracted and relaxed. He appeared to be fighting for control as he rumbled, “Vanna, I haven’t been with anyone for years, but I want you so much that it’s killing me.”
I wrapped my arms around his neck. I nearly purred as my nude body slid against his bare, fiery skin. “I’m pretty sure you’ll remember exactly what to do,” I teased softly. “I want you, too, Chase Durand. So badly I can hardly think. Take a shower with me?”
“I think you already know you’re going to get a hell of a lot more than just a shower, sweetheart,” he rasped as he put his hands on my ass and lifted my body.
I wrapped my legs and arms around him as he stepped into the shower and pulled the door closed.
The enclosure was enormous, but it was already full of steam as Chase pressed me against the wall and buried his face in my neck.
I let my head drop back as I savored the feel of his mouth against my skin.
“I got my results back today on all my screenings,” I panted. “They were all negative.”
“You protected?” he asked, his baritone muffled against my skin. “I know I’m clean, too.”
