“Then take this and think of me.” He handed her a small present.
She unwrapped a cinnamon ball. Finally. A Valentine’s present she understood and liked. “Sweet.”
“No, it’s extra spicy. Like you. But the red is for Valentine’s Day.”
She popped it in her mouth and about died. He hadn’t been kidding about the extra heat. As she made a mad dash to the kitchen for water, she heard her mother ask Axel where she’d gone.
“I scare her, Caroline. Her love for me is so strong, it burns her to think of it. So she hides from me in the kitchen, pretending she needs to do the dishes I already put in the dishwasher.” He sighed, the giant fibber. “I may have a big heart, but I mean well. I regret that my words to you alarmed her.”
“That girl has no sense. Who in their right mind would run from a perfect man like you?”
“Ja.That’s what I think too.”
“I like you, Axel. How about some cheesecake for dessert?”
“Yes, please. And might I add how lovely you look, even after you have cried? That is a gift in itself.”
“Yep. If my daughter thinks she can do better, she’s surely out of her goddamn mind.”
Rena didn’t have to see him smile to know he was grinning ear to ear.
* * *
An hour later in the truck, he gripped the wheel and moaned, pleading with her to end her torture.
Rena had him on the verge of coming then pulled her mouth away. “You big baby. Telling her I ran because I was scared. What’s wrong with you?”
Actually, it had been pretty damn funny, him looking so smug, her mother clearly on his side, making Rena out to be the bad guy. Her mom had doted on him, feeding him huge slices of cheesecake and acting as if he could do no wrong.
And wonder of wonders, Caroline Jackson had no longer seemed to dwell on the mess of her love life when they’d left.
“I am sorry. You are right.” He gripped her shoulder. “I am so very sorry,Häschen.And my dick is so very big right now. You should hop on and make it go down.”
“I would, but—”
He held out a condom to her and smiled. “In my pocket.”
“Prepared now, are we?” she muttered, trying not to smile back. She shimmied out of her pants and panties while he fitted the condom over himself.
And then she was sliding down, taking him deep while they fucked in his truck parked in his driveway. The windows steamed because of the cold outside, and as she felt his fingers drag over her clit and neared her own end, she didn’t care about neighbors, foggy windows, or that the truck continued to shake. Because Axel moaned her name and swore, coming seconds before she did.
He muttered in German while she drew out his pleasure, squeezing him tight.
Rena fixed her hair, pulling the sweaty strands back. “That’s what you get for being so nice and sneaky tonight.”
He grabbed her by the neck and devoured her mouth. “I am a raiding Viking, and you are my prisoner.”
She shivered. “Oh, we need to go inside so we can play that scene again.”
He grinned. “I thought so. You like when I’m in charge.”
She squeezed him inside her, heard his breath hitch, and corrected him. “Whenwho’sin charge?”
“Fuck. I love when you hold me like this.” He ground against her, digging deeper. “But when I’m spanking you or when I’m shoving deep inside you, don’t you like that too?”
“Oh, I do.” She relaxed against him. “Okay. One scene where you’re in charge then one where I’m in charge.”
“Ja,that I can do.”
