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“No,” he nudges my shoulder, “it’s not. Keep going.”
“I always thought I’d grow up and live on a little farm where everything was self-sustainable. Like I could go to the garden and pick the vegetables we were making for dinner. My husband and I would do chores together and teach our kids simple values. My parents and my sister would be around for birthdays and Sunday dinners, and we’d have love because love is all we needed. It’s nothing big, and probably boring to someone like you. Your detective dream is way better.”
His giant hand lands under my chin and he draws my gaze up to his. “How does leaving make that dream come true? If you run from this, half of that dream dies.”
I swallow hard as he holds his gaze with mine. “It doesn’t die. It changes.”
“I know you’re strong and I know you can do anything you set your mind to, but that dream you had involved your family. And as much as you might believe you can replace that feeling with another one, you can’t. Flaws and all, they’re yours, and you should give them a chance to prove you wrong.”
“You don’t know my family.” I stand from the bed and pace in front of him. “They’ll lose their minds, and on top of that, Dave will pull some shit. I know it.”
“Maybe at first, but I’d bet the second they see their grandbaby, they’ll change their minds. And Dave… Dave’s a little bitch. I’ll take care of him before I leave town.” He says the words as though he has total conviction, whereas mine sound like something a child would write in a diary.
“I don’t know.” I sit back on the bed. “It’s not that easy. I mean, you know… some dreams just die.”
He tucks my hair behind my ear. “So maybe you stay here and figure things out with your family. In the meantime, maybe I look into becoming a cop or see about starting a family.”
I’m not sure if it’s the hormones, reality, or the way Hudson makes me feel like anything’s possible, but three seconds after his mouth closes, I’m leaning into his lips like a desert rose into the rain.
I should be afraid of rejection, but there’s something passing between us I can’t explain.
Maybe it’s what he felt in the library that made him want to protect me. Maybe that’s what he feels right now that makes him want to be here with me.I don’t know.Either way, I let it happen. I lean up into his lips and I swear he leans down into mine, and soon we’re pressed together, his hands weaving through my hair with need.
His kiss moves to my neck and onto the lobe of my ear, where his deep, raspy voice huffs, “You sure you want to kiss me like that?”
I sigh and swallow hard. “Why wouldn’t I?”
He laughs under his breath spreading heat against the lobe of my ear. “Because I know right now, I won’t have any self-control with you.”
“Do you need self-control?”
“I need to be a gentleman. You’re in the middle of a lot right now. I don’t want to confuse you more.”
“With a one-night stand? That won’t confuse me. I understand what this is.”
“I don’t want one night with you.” He groans under his breath, as he continues to kiss the nape of my neck and his rough beard scrapes against my skin. God, I want more of this.
“Okay,” I manage to breathe out. “What do you want then?”
“I want to know you, to hold you, to take care of you. Just tonight won’t be enough.”
I’ve never been talked to like this. God knows Dave’s primary objective was to fuck, and he’s really the only experience I’ve had with sex. This is a completely different situation. Hudson is confident and warm. He touches me like he knows where he wants his hands. He owns my body in a way I never could’ve imagined a man owning me.
I swallow hard. “How do you know you want me for more than tonight?”
He leans into my neck and scrapes his teeth against my shoulder. His tone’s low as he says, “How does that bear know to keep moving?”
I shrug my shoulders as his big hand runs down over my chest.
His teeth lightly nibble my collarbone. “Instinct.”
His palms cup my breasts and tug my sports bra down. My nipples are hard and puffy as he bends forward, licking and biting gently. “You’re like an instinct, little girl. A sweet little urge that I need more than anything else.” He kisses my expanded belly and stares up at me as he palms over my panties, rubbing my clit through the thin cotton. “I could leave right now, but I’d be back in an hour. You could run, but I’d always find you.”
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’m done questioning things. He could be full of it. He could be a complete liar sent by Dave himself to mess with my head, and I’d still want his big, rough hands all over me.
“Lean back,” he groans before kneeling between my legs, sucking in my scent before nibbling the lips of my pussy through my panties. His tongue swipes over the wet fabric and I jump,swallowing hard as he slides my panties to the side and pushes a finger inside of me.
My fingers weave through his hair and I lose myself in his touch. I’m enjoying the moment, but my mind is reeling with all the things I need from him. His hard cock, his mouth, his weight against my frame.
