Tor rubbed slow circles into her perfect ass as she worked her body, using him while giving everything he ever needed.
He cupped her breasts, rolling and tugging her nipples. Steam filled the room from the hot shower, the condensation comingling with their sex. His lower back arched, tilting his pelvis so she could grind her tender flesh right where she needed. A tremor rippled through her, invisible to the outside but stroking his shaft.
He leaned up and sucked her tit, lavishing it with his tongue and gentle nips. He felt her groan in his core, at his goddamn center. He was primed as fuck but wasn’t giving an inch until her surrender. Hunger built. Release taunted. Blood roared through his ears. Her teeth closed down on her lower lip as if biting back a scream.
He gripped her hips, white-knuckled. Her ass bounced on his thighs.
“I need,” she gasped. “I need... I need...” She shook her head as if to clear it. “I justneed.”
“I know, Angel.” He breathed as hard as she did. “I know.”
Her gaze never left his. An undefinable sense of rightness bore down. They were at the edge of a precipice.
When her pussy spasmed, he muffled a groan. She thrashed, bucking, riding him harder than cowboys in the spaghetti Westerns he’d watch as a child. Her thighs convulsed. His abs tightened.
This need for her was a drug. Heady and obsessive. Intoxicating.
She was close. So close. A strand in his threadbare self-control snapped.
“Come,” he ordered. His tone hard with the command. “Come for me.”
Her hands flew up and dug into his hair.
He quickened the roll of his hips. “Let go. I’ve got you.”
Her whole body jerked. With a throaty gasp, she froze into place, the stillness deceptive because inside she was clenching, her orgasm rolling over his cock from root to tip in an undulating, silken wave.
And then he was there too. Pleasure exploded from him in thick, hot pulses. On and on it went, wringing him dry, demanding nothing less than complete surrender. How many times had they warred with each other? And at last they’d found a battle they could both win.
She fell against him, utterly sated.
He didn’t ask her how it was, because he already knew. That was just the single most goddamn explosive sexual event west of the Mississippi. He rubbed slow circles into her back and time turned abstract. At last he nudged her. “Hey.”
“Hi.” She looked over at him with a sleepy smile.
“How about I draw you a bath, get you cleaned up?” He smoothed back her hair.
She gave a dazed nod.
He moved into action and it didn’t take long until the claw-foot tub brimmed with hot water and lemongrass-scented bubbles. After picking her up and cradling her in his arms, he lowered her into the tub. She let out a soft hiss as the warm water enveloped her body.
“I don’t feel like I have a bone in my body.” Her eyes remained closed.
He picked up a washcloth and dipped it into the bath, soaking it. Moving it over her body, he cleaned her with gentle caresses. No words were spoken. It wasn’t that he didn’t know what to say but that words simply didn’t matter. All that did was this simple act of caring. With every touch, he worshipped her body and what had just transpired.
“I need to be honest about something,” he murmured.
Her eyelids cracked. “You’ve got my attention.”
“When I invited you to come to Telluride, deep down, I wanted this to happen.” He took a deep breath. “I wanted us to happen. I know it’s risky for you. For me. But I wanted a weekend. Just one to remember.”
A frown tugged her pretty mouth. “You’ve never been straight with me about something.” She sat up, bubbles clinging to her breasts, covering her nipples. “The night the lockout was announced. Why did you say all those terrible things in the parking lot?”
The pain in her eyes twisted his gut.
“Because the world doesn’t get to know the secrets of my heart.” He reached out to take her hand and give it a gentle squeeze. “But that night was a mistake. I panicked and lashed out. When I saw the other reporters, I didn’t want them to think something was going on. That wouldn’t be good for either of us.”
“Not going to lie. It sucked. But you’re right about one thing. There’s a lot of risk here. I cover your team. I can’t exactlybewith you and pretend to be fair and balanced.”
