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“You know that I do. I have since the first time I laid eyes on you. Remember, in the parking lot, when you couldn’t take your eyes off me?”
“Yeah, I remember. You were easily the hottest man I ever met. I was trying to hide it because I was supposed to be Nicco’s fiancée.”
“You mean I wasn’t what you had in mind when Nicco sold you on the idea of coming to stay at an MC, right?”
I leaned forward and swiped my tongue over one of his nipples before answering. “Nicco said you were all a bunch of ex-military men. He described you as motorcycle enthusiasts. Based on his description, I was expecting tricked out Harleys and expensive leather jackets.”
Mason chuckled. “I resemble that remark, wouldn’t you say?”
“Yeah, but you’re so much more than some guy on a fancy bike. I figured that much out right from the start, but I was focused on doing the job and heading back home.”
“Why were you so hot to get back to LA? What’s waiting for you there?”
His words felt like a gut punch. “I guess nothing, just a big old empty house with a lifetime of memories.”
He tilted my face up to look into my eyes again. “You know, you could stay here with me and work on making new memories.”
I grabbed some soap and began soaping up his chest. “Might be for the best. I prefer to be as far away from the mafia as possible. I don’t want to see any of them again, know what they’re up to, or get roped into helping them out.”
Mason’s hands came up to cover mine. “And your two best friends now live in Griffinsford.”
I finally managed a full-on grin. “Three friends, counting you.”
“I’m sure Sophia and Eleanora would be ecstatic to hear that you were thinking about staying. God knows I would love to have you by my side.”
I playfully poked him in the stomach. “Maybe it’s you who will be at my side.”
He lowered his head to kiss me, but right before our lips touched, he whispered, “As long as we’re together, I don’t care how you phrase it. I just want to spend time with you.”
His words whispered through my mind as his lips ghosted tenderly across mine. He started slow, teasing me and making me want more. I tugged him closer and pressed myself more firmly against his warm, solid body, sliding my arums up around his neck. His hands moved up my back, tugging me closer to him. The moment my mouth opened, his tongue slid inside, moving against mine with the kind of sensual grace I never would have expected from a badass biker. Our soap-slicked bodies moved together as our arousal built.
I wanted Mason to take me against the shower wall, so I lifted one leg and wrapped it around his waist in an unspoken gesture for him to lift me into place. Instead, he pulled back, grabbed the shower head, and began rinsing us off.
“I guess sex is off the menu.”
He gaped at me. “Of course not. I can’t imagine a reason why sex with you would ever be off the table. Our first few times were too rushed. You deserve better than that. So this time I just want us to slow down so I can focus on pleasuring you properly.”
I bit my bottom lip, more than excited by the idea. We wrapped ourselves in oversized towels, and he took my hand and led me to bedroom. I had to smile when he walked right past the clothes I’d laid out for him. It made me realize how quickly the situation had flipped. We went from feeling emotional after the attack to being able to soothe each other. I liked that we were able to do that for each other.
When we were in front of the bed, he opened my towel with one finger and watched it fall to the floor. I reached for his towel, but he blocked me with one hand. “Tonight is all about you, my brave, beautiful lady.”
“Why can’t it be all about us?”
“Because,” he said lightly. “Last time, you had your sexy way with me, and now I’m going to return the favor.” Jerking his chin toward the bed, he added, “Make yourself comfortable. I’ll be right with you.”
He was right about me rushing him the first time. I’d been too aroused to go slow. But now a world of possibilities had opened up in my mind and I wanted to experience each and every one of them. Excitement swirled in my stomach as I thought about all the wonderful things I hoped he would do to me. The thought of his big body covering mine was at the top of my list and made me squirm with anticipation.
I sat on the bed and then slid back into the center with my arms wrapped around my knees. I watched Mason walk around the room, his body still glistening with water droplets from the shower. He checked again to make sure the bedroom door was locked, lit a couple of candles, and turned out the lights. Watching him walk toward me in the dimly lit room spiked my arousal to new heights.
Chapter 15
Mason
Seeing the most attractive woman I’d ever met waiting patiently for me on the bed was like Christmas morning. My mind was reeling from the realization that Aprilia was really mine. She had not only laid claim to me in front of our club president, but she had told him in no uncertain terms that she was batting for team Mason. I’ve never had any luck with women, and having Aprilia take such a shine to me was enough to warm my cold, dead heart. I now had something to live for besides my club and I was never going to let her go. The plan was to love her so hard she would never want any man except me. Tonight, I was going to make all of her wildest dreams come true.
I pulled off my towel and dropped down onto the bed beside her. “You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on,” I said as I reached out to cup one side of her face with my hand. Her eyes lit up at my softly spoken words. And right then and there I decided there was nothing in the world I loved more than a happy Aprilia. Knowing that I was the one who put that smile on her face was everything I had ever wanted with a woman. Still, doubt niggled at the back of my mind.
“Are you sure you want a round two with me? If not, we can write that first time off as something that just happened in the heat of the moment.”
