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“Yes ma’am,” he said simply, dropping her hand and breathing into his own hand to check his breath, before taking her hand in his once more. “I’m ready.”
“You sure?” she chuckled.
“Oh yeah,” he replied confidently. “One kiss.”
“One single kiss.”
“It’s gonna be a helluva kiss,” he promised, grinning.
“I bet,” she retorted, matching his smile.
“Ready?”
“Probably not, but…” her voice trailed off as Ian stepped forward, drawing her left hand upwards and kissing the inside of her wrist. He closed his eyes and breathed deep, as she stared at the intense pleasure on his face, raw and unrestrained.
She didn’t move as he slowly caressed his lips down the inside of her arm, blazing a trail that shot a lightning bolt of desire down her spine, and she could not turn away from the sight of him.
“I love how soft you are,” he breathed against her skin. “The feel and the smell of your skin is incredible…”
His arm slipped around her waist, pulling her close as she arched backwards, not prepared in the slightest for the sensations ricocheting through her, nor the arduous attentions of the soldier before her.
Ian literally drew in his breath at the base of her Peter Pan shirt collar that was buttoned to her throat, and gave it a small caress with the tip of his nose before kissing her skin. She wondered if he could feel the thready beat of her heart fluttering wildly as he scraped his teeth against her throat before moving to her jaw… and hovering over her lips.
“Always…” he breathed erratically, pausing for a moment before leaning forward to kiss her. As his lips brushed hers, she heard him draw in his breath once more as if this was too much sensation for him, too.
It made her feel good to know she affected him in the same way… and felt him deepen the kiss as her arms curled around his neck of their own accord. He made a small sound and tightened his arms slightly as they stood there, locked in an embrace, for ages…
Her knees were Jell-O. She was pretty sure her shoes would not go back on her feet due to the permanent curl that now afflicted her toes - thanks to that heady, intense kiss that he had absolutely delivered on!
As the kiss broke, he gave her such a lazy, satisfied smile.
“That was practice,” he whispered.
“No, that was your shot,” she replied shakily.
“Nahh,” he smiled tenderly. “That was just a practice run.”
“What?”
He leaned close and she felt his breath touch her ear.
“You’re still standing, so I obviously failed… besides, that wasn’t where I intended to kiss you anyhow.”
She drew back and stared at him wide-eyed.
“It might be closer to ninety-nine percent of my thoughts are dirty,” he murmured, only to see his supremely satisfied masculine smile. “So, when do you think we can close on our house?”
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SELKIRK
God help Captain Logan,because he was gonna kiss that man when he got back to Ghazni for giving him June’s email address and putting him on this team – curse or no curse!
Standing there, he couldn’t help but stare at her in amazement. If their kiss didn’t faze June or she said ‘no’ to buying the house or marrying him after that earth-shattering kiss? He wasn’t sure what he would do.
He could barely think right now, was pretty sure his knees wouldn’t hold his weight much longer the way they were knocking and wobbling, and all of his brain cells were starved for blood, because it was certainly pooled in his britches like some randy teenager looking at a dirty magazine for the first time.
My goodness, June was everything he could have ever dreamed about, wished for, or prayed would drop into his life… and he wasn’t going to ever let her go.
