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Shaking her head, she closed her eyes, absorbing Nik’s strength and calm. “So much is going on for both of us in different ways. It’s upsetting.”
“I know,” he soothed. Nik looked at his watch. “How long before we eat dinner?”
“Around 5:00p.m. tonight,” Daria said against his black t-shirt, smoothing some of the wrinkles away across it. “Why?”
Nik eased Daria onto her back. He lay above her, stroking her cheek with his thumb, looking deep into her eyes. “I don’t want to leave here without making love to you, Daria. But it has to be mutual. And if you say no, I’ll understand and respect your wishes. You touched my heart,moya kotya, from the moment I met you. I can’t explain what happened at Mass between us, but something good and wonderful did.” His voice grew low with emotion as he searched her widening gaze. “I’ve only known you less than a week, but I’ve been looking for you all my life. And I know you’re upset over what I just told you right now. And loving me is probably the last thing you want…” He saw her eyes grow soft, saw yearning in them and he knew… he knew without her saying a word.
Daria felt heat flow through her, dissolving her shock. She felt it engulf her from her opening heart and pool languidly with promise into her lower body. He was offering her a distraction, but it was just the one she’d been wanting from him. She absorbed his tender look, saw his arousal, saw his need. But her need matched his own. “I have a confession to make,” she said, amusement in her tone. Daria had the ability to suppress anything. As a sniper, she did it all the time. Until that DNA sample came back to prove she was Pavlovich’s relative, she wasn’t going to allow it to color her life. She had wanted to love Nik for so long that it was easy to put this other issue aside. At least, for the time being.
“What?”
“After I bought my vegetables and fruit from Juanita, I went next door to the Pharmacia and picked up some condoms.” She didn’t know how Nik was going to react to her boldness. She felt her face flush. This wasn’t something she’d ever done before in her life. There was nothing straightforward or common about her relationship with Nik. It was a whole new playing field. So, she took the risk because she felt he was worth it, felt he wanted to love her as much as she needed to love him. Daria saw sudden amusement dance in his eyes, a half-grin tugging at his mouth as he considered her confession.
“You’re not a kitten. You’re a sleek, assertive female jaguar,” he rasped.
Daria matched his grin, losing herself in the powerful look of his that warmed her heart. “I’ve never done something like this before, Nik.”
“I’m glad you did.” He lifted his chin and looked over at the bed stand. “In the drawer over there?”
“Yes. There’s quite a few of them. Ready to use, if you want?” she said, and heard a chuckle rise in his throat.
“I like a woman with expectations.” Nik leaned over, trailing small kisses along her hairline, feeling her relax and enjoy his ministrations. “You are a very brave and resourceful.” He studied her in the lulling silence. “I haven’t had sex in five years. You need to know that.”
“Because of your commitment here, to help your brother?”
“Yes.” Nik looked past her for a moment, brows dipping. He caressed her cheek. “I’m not the kind of man who lays with prostitutes like the rest of my team, Daria. I couldn’t develop a decent, ongoing relationship with any woman here in Peru under the circumstances. Sometimes, sacrifices are made for the greater good.” His mouth curved a little. “There’s nothing more in this world that I want, Daria, than to make love with you. I’ll try to control myself with you, but…”
“I understand,” she whispered, leaning up, taking his mouth, sliding her arm around his neck, drawing Nik down upon her. Daria knew how much that admission had cost him. He was worried about coming too soon, not being able to fully please her first. They had all night. And she was sure he would be more than ready to make love more than once with her. She heard Nik groan as she nudged open his lips with her own, grazing his lower lip with her tongue, teasing him, getting his mind off his worries and focused on their mutual pleasure instead.
Nik pulled away, giving her a feral look. “I’m not going to last long the first time. Let me get undressed, and get that condom pack open. Actually, open two.”
Laughing and nodding, Daria released him and sat up. In minutes, they were undressed and she felt the scorching intensity of his gaze sweeping up her naked body, hungrily absorbing her. She felt her breasts tighten beneath his predatory look, regaled in it, felt her entire lower body clench and respond with possibility. As he stood naked before her, her gaze fell to his erection. He was not a small man at all. Heat pooled in her, anticipating, wanting. She saw his need for her, but saw his worry, too. There was such tension in him, reflected in his erection as he rolled on the condom.
“Come here,” she coaxed, taking his hand, guiding him onto the bed beside her. She was going to be the assertive one right now. Daria sensed he was almost afraid to touch her out of fear of coming too soon. He would come, but she would ensure he’d be within her when it happened. “Trust me?” she asked as he lay on his back and she spanned his hips, her thighs coming to rest on either side of his. Her body was a bare inch away from that powerful erection and she felt her juices flowing, felt the neediness arc upward within her as she settled her hands in a frame on either side of his head.
“With my life, Kitten.”
“Then, let me love you first. Let’s break the ice, get through this together, and then you can relax and we can take our time and enjoy one another on the second, or perhaps even on a third session?” She brushed her body against his erection in one, slow pass.
Instantly, he gritted his teeth, his hands closing hard and gripping her hips.
“Daria…”
“Shhhhh,” she whispered against his lips, rubbing against him, feeling his warm, steel-hard erection rise, stroking it lightly with her wet, weeping entrance. “Let me take you into myself… I’m more than ready for you, Nik…” and she closed her eyes, skimming against his taut, thick length. His mouth hungrily took hers and she grazed her breasts along the broad expanse of his chest. Every glide, every contact, sent wild flames licking from her hardening nipples, cascading down through her, pooling in her core that began to ache as she fitted him fully against her entrance, allowing him to feel her warmth, her coaxing, sensuous movements. A deep growl rolled up through his chest, his hips thrusting upward, wanting her. All of her. She smiled against his mouth, holding him right where he was, not allowing him to do anything but savor her, feel her, and allow that heat that had always been between them to explode.
His large, calloused hands were not still. He gripped her hips, bringing her close to the tip of his erection, and she relaxed, allowing him to guide her. His breathing was ragged. She became enflamed as he slowly moved into her, testing her, seeing if she was wet enough. Oh, yes, she was. No worries there, and Daria played her tongue boldly against his, emulating the ancient rhythm, urging him to move deeper into her. Nik was a medic. He never wanted to give anyone pain, rather to relieve it, and Daria knew his mindset. She felt his fractional hesitation and she settled down on him, swallowing him into herself, feeling her channel swelling along his width and length, moaning with pleasure over the exquisite, unfolding sensations. There was nothing like wonderful sex and she knew they would be good together.
With slow, rocking movements, in and out, Daria felt Nik tense, his fingers digging sporadically into her hips. She lifted her mouth away from his, seeing his eyes tightly shut, his teeth clenched as he thrust deeply into her several times before a guttural growl rolled through him. She felt the power of his release, urging him on with a smooth, unbroken flow of her undulating hips. She was nowhere near orgasm level herself, but that didn’t matter. What mattered was Nik needed this more than she did this first time around. Just the way he held onto her, how long the release throbbed throughout her, told her everything. Sometimes, a man needed to come first, and this was one of those times.
Nik suddenly collapsed, breathing hard, sweat beading his deeply-furrowed brow as he flew on the singed wings of pleasure still throbbing through his lean, hard frame. Daria felt like her entire body was a sacred cup surrounding him, supporting him, holding him, and loving him as he floated in that beautiful netherworld of scalding, releasing climax. His fingers eventually began to ease from her flesh and Daria smiled, kissed his damp brow, his nose and finally, worshipping his mouth, letting him know she was equally satisfied, be it in a different way. Love had many angles and turns. Daria wasn’t some ingénue who was guileless or innocent about sex. She had loved deeply and well with Luke. He’d taught her love had many levels and many different expressions. Daria used that knowledge to help heal Nik. Gathering him up in the aftermath, her arms curving around his shoulders, she lay there stretched out across his torso, head resting on his shoulder, brow against his jaw, holding him. Just holding him… Because that is what this man had needed for so long and hadn’t received. With her in his life, Daria silently promised Nik that was going to change.
CHAPTER 15
“You are agenerous woman,” Nik told Daria in a roughened voice. He’d removed the condom and come back to bed, laying with her tucked against his body.
Daria lay with her eyes closed, her fingers moving slowly across his damp-haired chest. “So are you, Nik. But I don’t think you see that.”
He made a sound of disagreement, wiping the sweat off his brow. His whole body was still vibrating from the powerful, climatic release. It was one thing to relieve himself when needed, but it was instead wholly another to loose himself after five years inside a woman’s body. The difference was night and day. Now, with Daria, he felt emotionally satisfied, desired, loved and fulfilled. Nik couldn’t ever recall feeling like he felt right now. “No… I don’t, Kitten. I’m not much on introspection.” He heard her laugh and then caress his chest with her lips.
