I don’t know if it is with everything that’s already happened between us. Which means I should take everything that’s being offered while I still can. Finally discover if my dreams match reality.
“Make love to me, Aiden.”
Chapter Ten
Aiden
THREE YEARS’WORTHof pent-up lust and longing come flowing out as I scoop Seraphina into my arms and lay her out on the chaise longue. I cross to the wall and turn the terrace lights off. Security is tight, but I’m not risking someone lurking far off with a camera. Tonight is for Seraphina and me.
She watches me with wide eyes as I approach, her hair loose and flowing over her shoulders, her dress spread out around her like a flower in bloom. Even in the dim light I can see that same blush creep up over her breasts, her throat. I give in to the temptation and lower my head, lay my lips to the base of her throat.
“Aiden!”
The way she gasps my name is like music. I trail my mouth to her shoulder, gently graze my teeth over her skin before I move up to her jaw. I rub my lips over hers. She moves forward, tries to kiss me back. I pull back and smile slightly.
“Not yet, wildfire.”
Her eyes flare. “I like it when you call me that.”
“I liked it when you danced.” I move to the other side of her face, kiss her cheek. “Actually, I fucking loved it.”
She shudders, her body arching toward me.
“I was so nervous.”
“I couldn’t tell.” I kiss her other shoulder. “I’d noticed you when you first walked down to the lake.” I ease back, watch the moonlight dance across her face. “I wondered if it was you.”
Her shy smile steals my breath. “You did not.”
“Oh, but I did.” I reach up, stroke my fingers through the golden strands of her hair. It brushes across my skin like silk. “Something in the way you moved. The tilt of your head.” I fill my hand with her hair, pull her face toward mine. “I thought I was going insane.”
I kiss her again. God, I can’t get enough of her taste. Enough of the way she melts into me, kisses me back as if she wants me just as badly as I want her.
I reach down and grab the hem of her dress. I undress her slowly, savoring the process, delaying the reveal. When I finally pull the dress over her head, my breathing grows harsh as I gaze down at her rounded breasts, the slim curve of her waist. Moonlight paints her skin with a silvery glow as her nipples harden.
“Aiden?”
“Beautiful.” I look up at her, let her see the truth in my eyes. “Absolutely beautiful.”
I lean down and gently kiss the top of one breast. She gasps, then releases her breath in a shuddering rasp that shakes my control. I want to spread her thighs, slide off the tiny pair of black shorts molded to her hips, and bury myself inside her.
But I also want to go slow. From what she’s intimated, it’s been years since she’s taken a lover. A fact that makes the possessive streak I’ve developed grow even stronger.
I kiss the smooth skin just above her breasts. Force myself to stay on my knees as she whimpers my name. I’ve imagined her saying my name, just my name, for years. Now she’s half-naked in my arms moaning it as I move my mouth down to her nipples. I capture one in my mouth, groan as she buries her fingers in my hair and pulls me closer. I finally release her only to trail my mouth across her skin and capture the other nipple. Light grazes of my teeth, gentle sucks, slashes of my tongue, she responds to all of it. Her hips are pressing against me, taunting me every time she presses against my cock.
I raise my head. “Do you know what I would have done to you if Dylan and Liam hadn’t been in the penthouse?” I grab her hips and yank her forward, thoroughly enjoying the way her eyes glaze over as I push my cock against her. “When you teased me?”
“Tell me.”
I slide one hand into her hair, curl one strand around my fingers. “Maybe I shouldn’t tell you.”
Seraphina, the woman I once thought of as mild-mannered, eases her hips back just enough to slide her hand between our bodies and lay her hand fully against my cock.
Oh, hell.Just the pressure of her hand on me has me feeling like I could come.
“I think you should.”
“God, you’re incredible.”
