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“Can we talk for a few minutes?” I asked.
There was something about the way she hesitated that cut through me, my protector mode kicking in all over again.
“Sure. Hold on.” It took her a couple of minutes to pull the chain, allowing me inside. The ugly space was just as bad as I’d remembered. “What’s up?”
She was nervous, more so than the night before, but I noticed the spark in her eyes and there was no discounting the electricity that crackled like dry timber.
“You gonna call Jeff about the rental?”
“You came all the way here to ask me that?”
Shrugging, I quickly scanned the room, noticing she had very little in the way of belongings. “I made a call to him and I think he has a small place, nothing special, but it’s a shit load better than this.”
When she looked away, I didn’t need to be a mind reader to know she wasn’t certain she wanted to stay.
“Look, I don’t know what you’ve been through, Lily, but I do know that running isn’t going to make things easier. This is a good town with some nice people. When I left for the Marines, I told myself I’d never come back. But as you start to experience things, you realize how much a support system can be helpful. With my parents’ deaths, I wasn’t given a choice. I had to come back, but it was going to be temporary. Then I fell in love with the city and the mountains all over again. Give yourself a chance to experience a different kind of life.”
She gave me a half smile and walked closer. “Does that mean you want me to stay?”
Even her scent was driving me crazy this morning. It was impossible to resist her. As I walked closer, she gave me a mischievous look, no longer the skittish woman I’d first met. I touched her messy curls, my fingers tingling from the touch. “Yeah, I do. Does that bother you so much?”
The way she tilted her head, arching her back was too much to handle. “It doesn’t bother me at all.”
I had no business taking any extra time with her, satisfying my needs, but a small part of me wanted to make certain she felt wanted. Oh, who the hell was I kidding? I needed to drive my cock so deep inside that she screamed out my name.
The moment I yanked her toward me, the moan she let out was the sweetest reward. “The truth is, Lily, you ain’t going anywhere. If you do, I’ll hunt you down and lock you away.”
The light in her eyes changed, twinkling in the wretched glow of the ugly, ancient lamp. It was exactly what I needed. I fisted the back of her hair, yanking her toward me, crushing my mouth over hers. She tasted like sunshine and cinnamon, the explosive combination driving another round of current into every muscle, deep into my bones. She hadn’t just crawled under my skin. She’d ripped it open, exposing the sweltering need that might never be satisfied.
I thrust my tongue inside and she wrapped her arms around my neck, tangling her fingers in my hair. This wasn’t about romance but desperate need for both of us. I picked her up, swinging her around and easing her bottom onto the dresser. Every time I dominated her tongue exploring the dark recesses of her mouth, I was reminded how much I’d missed being with someone. But Lily wasn’t just someone. She was the light to my darkness.
And that worried me most of all.
This wasn’t forever. This was just a moment in time.
Or so I needed to tell myself.
As we drank in each other’s lips, I realized how unnerved I’d become. I weaved my fingers through her soft curls, the instinct that had never failed me clawing its way to the surface.
Lily was in extreme danger.
When I broke the kiss, I yanked back her head, raking my teeth across her jaw. She moaned and closed her eyes, pressing her palm against my chest, her fingers clenching around the dense material. The way she wrapped her legs around my thighs, pulling me even closer kept my breathing labored. Suddenly, it was explosively hot in the room, my cock pressing so tightly against my zipper, I could cry out in pain.
I bit down on her lower lip, growling when I did.
She was breathless, yanking at my shirt in her desperate attempt to free me of my clothes. I stepped back a foot, yanking it over my shoulders, cocking my head. “I want you.”
“And I want you, cowboy. Fuck me.”
The gorgeous woman didn’t need to tell me twice.
Her hands weren’t shaking this time as she yanked at my belt, pulling it free then immediately going for the button and zipper. I adored the way her shoulders rose and fell from her scattered breathing, but if she didn’t hurry, I wasn’t going to be gentle in ripping off her clothes.
Laughing, she pushed me back, moving off the dresser, jerking off and tossing her tee shirt. Then she tugged at both sides of my jeans, exposing my throbbing cock seconds later. When she wrapped her hand around the base, immediately squeezing and stroking up and down, I thought for certain I’d lose my load right then.
I cupped her breasts, flicking my thumbs back and forth across her already hardened nipples. They were rosy red, the sight of them making my mouth water. As she was trying to push my jeans down ever further, I lowered my head, lifting her onto her toes so I could swirl my tongue around one nipple then the other. When I took one into my mouth, pulling the tender tissue between my teeth, her soft purrs turned into a series of husky moans. Goddamn, the woman was going to make me crazy.
Panting, she managed to slide her hand between my legs, squeezing my balls. I slid my mouth to her other breast, sucking and biting down.
