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“Is the chair that comfortable?”
Hailey jerked upright. Joe’s words wrenched her gaze from his perfect pecs to his slightly amused blue eyes. She pulled the afghan close around her body as if she were the one half-naked and exposed.
“This chair is extremely comfortable. I’ve crashed here on more than one occasion, usually with a book or tablet abandoned on my chest.”
“I felt bad about leaving you in the chair. I thought about carrying you upstairs to bed when you fell asleep, but I didn’t want to wake you and I didn’t want you sleeping in that drafty room with the shattered window.”
“That’s fine, but you didn’t have to take the couch. I told you there were plenty of rooms upstairs.” She punched the pillow under her head. “Hell, you could’ve taken my room if you don’t mind a nice, brisk temperature.”
“I didn’t want to leave you...here by yourself.”
His low voice rolled over her like a warm breeze.
She tucked her hands beneath her cheek. “I’m sorry we were interrupted last night.”
“I’m sorry someone took a shot at you.”
“And were you also sorry we were interrupted?”
“What do you think?”
“I—I think you don’t want to appear callous by being more upset our carnal desires weren’t satisfied than the fact that someone tried to kill me.”
He grinned and her heart melted around the edges.
“That’s a fine line to walk. Can we agree that we’re pissed off at that sniper for trying to kill you and for splashing cold water on our...carnal desires?”
She pulled the afghan up to her nose and peered at him over the edge. “I can agree to that. Can we also agree that the danger is gone and maybe it’s time to return to our original plan?”
He threw off his blanket and placed both feet on the wood floor. “Danger? What danger?”
Hailey squirmed beneath her cover. The only danger she could see now was the fire in Joe’s blue eyes.
Before she had a chance to answer his rhetorical question, Joe tossed the blanket behind him and crossed the space between them on his knees. He pulled the lever to recline her chair and she shot forward, her feet swinging to the floor.
He crouched before her and said, “I didn’t undress you last night when you fell asleep because I didn’t want to...take liberties.”
Gripping the arms of the chair with both hands, Hailey lifted her hips. “By all means, take as many liberties with me as you like.”
Joe unbuttoned her jeans and tucked his thumbs beneath the waistband on either side. He yanked down her underwear along with her pants and pulled them from her legs. He threw them over his shoulder, never breaking eye contact with her.
A thrill skipped through her body, anticipation making her mouth dry. She didn’t have to wait long.
Joe hooked his arms beneath her knees and pulled her forward. He positioned her legs over his shoulders and tucked his hands beneath her bottom.
When his lips touched her throbbing flesh, the world stopped spinning for a split second. When it started again, it seemed to careen out of control. She dug her fingernails into his scalp as if that could ground her.
His tongue toyed with her, teased her, and she panted out his name. He stopped his exquisite torture, but she craved more.
She gasped. “You can’t stop now.”
“I thought that’s why you were saying my name... You’d had enough.”
“You’re a tease.” She yanked on his earlobe. “Why are you even talking?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
He buried his face between her legs and resumed his exploration of her body and all its sensitivities—and he was a fast study.
Her hands slipped from his russet hair to his shoulders, which she squeezed and molded as he kept taking her to unimaginable heights of pleasure.
She reached the precipice of her climax a few times only to have Joe shift his attention to her inner thigh or to a freckle just above her mound. Her frustration quickly morphed into a searing need that built up in her core and heated her blood beyond the boiling point.
After yet another detour, Joe swept his tongue across the pulse beating between her thighs. The ache in her belly exploded into a million pieces, and she arched her back, driving herself against Joe’s mouth.
