These boundaries.
It all made sense now. Caleb’s boundaries weren’t so physical as they were emotional. Or maybe they were. She wasn’t certain. Whatever the case was, Evie nodded to him to end the discussion. It didn’t matter what walls he had up. She was going to tear them down brick by brick with her bare hands if need be. It pained her how a man who was so kind to her numerous times could possibly be hurting in any way shape or form. Hell, there wasno waya recently separated man didn’t have some sort of grief he was dealing with, and especially one in the military who had been deployed several times.
And what about his children?
Evie had witnessed how horrible it was for Darren to try to juggle his own divorce while trying to still be the good guy in the eyes of his children. It about wrecked her poor brother. And Caleb had posted about his children so often in such positive ways that she figured there had to be some sort of entanglement there.
She reached out and held his hand. Her lips curled in a smile as she softly looked up to him. He was looking down, and so she lifted his chin a bit to try to redirect his gaze to her eyes. How confident she was to touch him baffled him, but Evie didn’t know any better. She didn’t know it could be considered rude to touch a service member who was struggling with a morning temper. It was astonishing to him how she knew exactly how to touch him, what to touch, and at the perfect time.
“I’m sorry I pressed you.”
His fingers ran through her hair, and he watched her facial expression melt into bliss while she rested her cheek against his palm. She smiled more than anyone else he ever knew other than his daughter, Olivia. He paused his actions and thoughts to simply take her in. The beautiful daylight haloed her completely, and once again he saw the sparkling natural blonde highlights her hair had. She was angelic. His breath rose in his chest, and his stomach tightened. With parted lips, he watched her nuzzle into his palm.
She held his hand to her face, then turned to kiss his palm.
If only she knew what she was doing to him. His nipples began tofeel blood rushing to them, making them more sensitive to the cool breeze coming in. She adored his hand and kissed it a few more times. No woman had ever doneanythingthat sensual to him, and Caleb could not wrangle what had come over him. He felt delirious, shaken, aroused and adored perfectly. He looked down and saw her voluptuous breasts still snug in that lounge bra, and her tank top formed a lovely curve in her waist. From his perspective, being about six-foot-three, he had all the best visuals.
Then, she looked up into his eyes and kissed the tender skin on his wrist. Her lips were naturally full and lush, and the tender moment made him imagine how good she would feel all over his body. He was absolutely melting and coming undone.
Evie let go of his hand quietly. “I really want you to know that I only want to help as best as I can. You were like my own personal Robin Hood last night.” She broke into a giggle at her own statement, feeling stupid and foolish. “Why the hell did I say that?” She threw her arms up and down, looked away from him, then shook her head while rubbing her forehead. “I’m sorry. I can say someprettydumb things when I?—”
He stopped her by placing his hand to her cheek again, rubbing her lips with his thumb. Those large fingers still smelled like warm shea butter, and they framed her face completely due to their size. Evie’s head leaned back to look up into his eyes. Anyone would say that Caleb was no fool, in that he could see the longing in her eyes. But he had never seen such eyes before. No woman had ever looked at him that way. Something stirred within his body and soul that he couldn’t pin. She whimpered accidentally as he came closer to her lips. His eyes focused on her lips and then back to her eyes again, as if deciphering every action she did. Little did she know, hewas.
He spoke deeply, “You look like you need to be kissed by someone who knows how.”
Caleb’s heart felt shattered when he saw her eyes watering. An actual tear streamed down her cheek. What was with this girl? Was she truly so devoid of anything like this in her life that a simple gesture tore her into pieces?
Her lips trembled as she whispered in a broken cry, “Why wait?”
Please, kiss me.
A sweltering sensation flushed his chest and back that wired every damn nerve in his body. Caleb put his other hand on her face and took in all the forbidden beauty of her expression. Her whole body was trembling. As his breath raced out of his lips, he battled a horrible fight in his mind,what would happen if I did?
He drew in a deep breath, then slowly kissed her. Their lips barely pressed against the soft and warm flesh of one another’s.
Evie let out a hot breath right after his lips touched hers, and then she tilted her head to the side to take the passion deeper. He had her. Like tinder knowing it was time to succumb to the flames, she fell apart with his kiss, surrendering to his every command. No longer would she hold back her affection. Evie lifted her delicate hands to his bare chest and slipped her right hand down the muscular curves of his left bicep. Caleb shuddered from the touch, as if her touch melted his tattoos in the heat. She took her left hand to stroke lovingly up his strong chest, feeling his handsome skin move and give with every gliding motion.
Her fingers brushed his nipple that was alive with pleasure. His chest was strong and thick, his shoulders rounded and broad. His arms were long and built divinely. His stomach, as she then explored it, was soft and naturally defined. Her fingers traced deliciously down his sides and to the front above his groin.
Caleb groaned deeply within his chest and tilted his head to the side, still cradling her face passionately. He kissed her harder, breathing heavier. She let him decide how far to take it, and so when his tongue felt hers, she welcomed it. It became faster, wilder, and then one of his arms went around her lower back to pull her tight against him. She touched his cheek again, furrowing her brows from the emotional turmoil that ended within her. As she held his waist and then swept her hand across his upper back, she imagined him pushing her down to the bed to crawl on top of her. Hell, if he were to actuallydothat, she didn’t know if she’d make it out alive. She pulled away from his kisses to gasp with closed eyes, but it only left him kissing her cheek maddeningly.
He brought the fucking woman out of her.
She reached through his light brownish blond hair and pulled him down harder. The kissing grew in temperature, completely unbridled and savage. His hand gripped her hair by the roots, and Evie leaned herhead to the side. Caleb knew exactly what she wanted, and he gave it to her. The moment his hot lips graced her neck with burning desire, she gave an audible cry of pleasure and gasped. He opened his mouth to gently bite right where she wanted him to. Her pelvis began to swell, and she felt herself dripping. Pulling his face deeper into her biggest erogenous zone left his carnal wishes aching to be satisfied. Everything she did was furiously passionate, tender and submissive.
He slipped his tongue against hers again and groaned hard. All around her, her body danced with his heat, muscles, height, and she couldfeelhis husky moans coming deep from within his chest. She kissed him hard before gasping, their foreheads touching, “You have no fucking idea what you’re doing to me.” Both of her hands grasped his hair.
He proved her wrong. Caleb leaned down, grabbed her butt and hoisted her into the air. Out of absolute panic, thinking she was going to break his back, she grabbed his shoulders and tried to hold herself up. She didn’t know how military men were trained to be able to do such things. He quickly slammed her down on the bed, releasing a yelp of excitement from her, and crawled on top of her.
His eyes met hers, and he fiercely said, “I knowexactlywhat I’m fucking doing to you.” He hotly kissed her again. “That’s why I’m doing it.”
Save me,he thought.Get me out of this. It’s all wrong.
Her legs wrapped around his waist, and he began grinding against her, holding himself above her with his taut arms. She adored how the bed around her head sunk from his massive hands pressing down into it, completely caging her in his lust in which she would faithfully be his songbird. He felt his back muscles become alive with her digging into them, holding them, massaging his waist with long and loving strokes. Her nails clawed at his shoulder tattoo, and it felt like she could peel it off.
They couldn’t stop their passionate kissing.
He was going to burst. Within a single minute, Caleb found his redemption in her passion. He could breathe new air, and have those nails rip his memories clean from his mind.
