Page 78 of Her Noble Protector

“Come back and we’ll try again and then you can decide.”

He bent down and she reached up, moving her face closer to his, her lips parted. Raiden traced her puffy bottom lip with the tip of his tongue and this time when she gasped, her mouth parted more and she pressed closer. He moved his hand, gliding it into the lush strands of her hair, tilting her head so that he could pull her even closer, his lips brushing, teasing, and gliding against hers. Raiden pressed the tip of his tongue into her mouth for just a taste, and Lisa’s hands moved up his chest, past his shoulders, and around his neck.

God, kissing her was like a double shot of whiskey. It took everything he had not to clutch her close and plunge his tongue deep. He felt sweat beading his brow, but he kept control. Then her tongue tentatively touched his and fire raced to his cock and he thought his head was going to explode.

He softly sifted his fingers through the silk of her dark hair, then kneaded her scalp, his tongue sliding against hers. She moaned and her nails bit into his neck. Raiden was careful not to press his groin against her stomach, even as she pressed her breasts tight against him. She rested more of her weight against him and he felt her legs tremble. Her mouth opened wider.

Raiden pulled back and bent, then she gasped as he put his arm under her knees and carried her over to his couch.

“What are you doing?”

“An hour-long kiss means we need to be sitting,” he explained as he sat her beside him. God, he wanted her in his lap, but he didn’t think she was ready for that. Then she surprised the ever-loving hell out of him and cuddled up on top of him.

“Lisa?”

“I want to be closer for our hour-long kiss,” she whispered.

Raiden had been afraid his erection would scare her. Thank fuck, he was wrong.

She nestled onto his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck, her face warm with desire as she looked up at him. She opened her mouth to say something, but he placed a fingertip over her lips.

“I’m taking you home in forty-five minutes.”

She shook her head so that she could speak. “You don’t have to.”

“Yeah I do, honey.”

He’d never seen her smile brighter. God, this woman.

She pulled him down until his lips hovered over hers. “How much can you teach me about kissing in forty-five minutes?” she asked.

“A lot.” He whispered. “A whole hell of a lot.”

* * *

Lisa’s buzzing cell phone woke her. She rolled over in bed and looked at the time on her phone. It was just after six o’clock in the morning.

“What are you doing calling so early?” she mumbled.

“How was it?” Cami demanded to know.

“I need coffee,” Lisa complained as she fell back against her pillows.

“To hell with coffee, tell me everything.”

She really needed caffeine before she had this conversation. Really, really, really needed caffeine. Lisa tried to get her head in gear. “Wait a minute, can Nic hear you?”

“I’m alone out on the balcony, freezing my booty off. Now tell me everything.”

Lisa wiggled deep into the bed. No way was that going to happen.

“He took me to Santorini’s. He bought me a piece of chocolate cake to take home.”

“Oh for God’s sake. That is not what I’m asking,” Cami practically yelled. “I want details.”

Lisa sunk even deeper into the bed and thought about Raiden’s hands on her body. He had just touched her hair, her face, her back, and her waist. She’d wanted him to touch her other places, but he hadn’t.

“What’s second base?” Lisa asked.