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Closing his eyes, he rested his forehead against hers as he caught his breath. “That was incredible,” he whispered. “I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a kiss in quite the same way.”
Her hand lifted his chin so that he had to look into her eyes. “This is crazy.”
“It’s crazy,” he agreed. “But it’s good, right? You feel it, too, don’t you?”
“I feel it,” she admitted.
“What are we going to do?” he asked.
“I don’t know. There’s so much going on inside my head—a cacophony of voices. On top of all that, it’s been a long time for me since...”
“Since...” he repeated.
“I’ve been with a man.”
The fact that she’d even bring that up made his heart race. It showed he wasn’t the only one thinking about taking this a lot further. “How long?”
“Nearly three years—since before I left Anaconda.”
She hadn’t slept with anyone since moving to Coyote Canyon?
Actually, he wasn’t all that surprised. He saw her as a warrior—someone who tended to push others away, mostly out of a lack of trust. Someone who insisted on charging ahead, sword drawn, to take life on alone. “It’s been a little over six months for me,” he said, thinking of Jennifer Pullman, his ex-girlfriend. “But...you’ve heard it’s like riding a bike, haven’t you?” he said jokingly. “No matter how long it’s been, it’s easy to slip right back into it.”
“I don’t know about that—not with you.”
“Especially with me,” he said and reached for the belt on her robe. “Can I see you?”
When she hesitated, he moved his hand away. But then she untied the robe herself, and he could scarcely breathe as she opened it enough that he could see two or three inches of her all the way down to her belly button.
He wanted to pull it open even further. But he was being careful not to spook her. He allowed his fingers to graze her waist instead, before sliding his hands around to her bare back.
“Are you sure you’re okay with this?” he asked but didn’t give her a chance to answer before adding, “God, I hope you’re going to say yes.”
She didn’t laugh as he’d expected. She was too busy staring into his eyes. What she was looking for, he couldn’t say. His level of sincerity? His level of desire? Some kind of reassurance?
Or was she feeling slightly victorious for making him want her?
He couldn’t tell but decided to assume the best when she let him kiss her again. Then he moved his hand to cup her right breast, which was small like the rest of her but just as perfectly formed, and the way she let her head fall back and closed her eyes let him know that, for good or bad, she was giving herself over to the experience.
“You’re beautiful, Ellen,” he murmured as he parted her robe a little wider and lowered his head to take her nipple in his mouth.
The sound she made sent so much testosterone through him he wasn’t sure he’d last long enough to get inside her. He had to lift his head and take several deep breaths to calm down.
He got the impression she didn’t fully buy the compliment he’d given her, but she was caught up in what they were doing, too. He knew that when she held his head, encouraging him toward her other breast, and he suckled her while sliding one hand up her thigh.
She stiffened slightly as he drew closer to the sensitive area he was seeking.
“It’s okay,” he whispered and gently pulled her forward as he nudged her legs open wider.
She put up a hand as if to stop him—obviously unsure. But as he continued to caress her, waiting and hoping she’d quit fighting what she was feeling, her eyes slid closed and she relaxed, allowing him the access he wanted.
“Oh, wow,” she gasped as he pressed a finger inside her. She really seemed to enjoy that, enough to lean back to give him even more unobstructed access, but when he began to kiss his way down her stomach, she sat up.
“Hendrix...”
He was so intent on what he was doing—and what he wanted to do—that he couldn’t even answer. He was excited to touch and taste as much of her as possible.
“Don’t worry,” he told her, and that seemed to reassure her, because she let him lift her legs over his shoulders. “Everything will be okay,” he said and remained on his knees in front of her as he pulled his finger from her warm wetness and replaced it with his mouth.
