“Well, at leastthatcircus andthoseclowns are not ours,” he joked.“Ken said Trevor knows about it because Dewi accidentally let it slip on the phone.And Trevor’s completely okay with it.He’d prefer they get together, actually.It’ll be a matter of nature taking its course when the two of them are finally in the same place without Aisling being able to run away.But don’t say anything to anyone about that, okay?I was sworn to secrecy.”
“Then gettin’ together cain’t happen with Tamsin in Idaho and Aisling being here,” Nami said, finally pulling her hand away from her eyes and looking up at Beck.“Doesnothin’ever go easy in this family?”
He smiled.“I’ll let you know if it does, baby.”
She reached up and cupped his cheek, his flesh slightly raspy against her palm from late-day stubble shadowing his jaw.“I love you.And I do not for a second regret us meeting and me joining this circus.But if there ever comes a day you can walk away from your job?I, for one, would be ecstatic about that.I’ll throw you the biggest retirement party ever and promise morning blow jobs.”
He smiled and laid his hand over hers, kissing her palm.“What’s the line from that movie?You’ve come into my life at an unusual time?”
She smiled.“Somethin’ like that.”
“I wish I could promise you nothing bad will ever happen, but something bad could happen just driving to the grocery store.”His blue eyes gazed into hers, the dark flecks of midnight and light flecks of a stormy day on the Gulf mixed together in a beautiful way.“I promise to always do my best to come home to you, baby.And to do everything in my power to keep you both safe.Will that do?”
She sighed.“Has to, I s’pose.Not like you can control the world.”
He stood, offering his hands to her.“Come take a shower with me.Let’s relax.”
She took them and let him pull her up.“Not sure I’m in a very romantic mood right now, wolfman.”
“That’s okay.”He pulled her into his arms.“Let’s just cuddle under the warm water and breathe for a few minutes.”
“Deal.”
Five minutes later, however, she draped her arms around him, rising onto her toes to kiss him.
He smiled down at her.“Thought you weren’t in a very romantic mood, baby?”
“Yeah, well, take the offer before it expires.”
“Gladly.”He pressed her back against the wall and dropped to his knees with a wicked grin on his face.
She gasped, pressing her lips tightly together to try to muffle her moans of pleasure.The man wasdamnedgood with his mouth.And with other body parts, too.
The way his eyes crinkled at the outer corners as he looked up at her with his face between her thighs was almost enough to set her off right there.He didn’t just like or enjoy going down on her—he savored it, every time, like a gourmet meal.There’d been plenty of times he kept going and going, making her come so many times she nearly passed out.No rush for him to get his pleasure when he was doing it, either.It wasn’t a means to an end for him—it wasfun.How had she gone through life never before having a partner she had so muchfunwith before now?Not only in bed, but outside it, too.
But yeah, in bed.
When she started squirming, he grabbed the backs of her thighs, fingers digging in the way she loved, and let out a low, possessive growl.
That’s what tripped her over the edge the first time, between the liquid heat pooling deep inside her from his gaze and his talented mouth—but the growl finished her off, vibrating throughout her body.
She couldn’t help moaning then, because now he had her and he knew it.He’d become an expert in getting her over and then using his tongue and lips to keep her coming, a long, rolling tide of pleasure that relentlessly turned her entire body into a satiated puddle of happy goo.
Every time.
When she patted his head he finally stopped, looking up at her with a happy smile on his face and licking her juices off his lips.
He smoothly rose to his feet and pulled her into his arms again.“How was that, baby?”
She nipped his pec.“How about you get yourself some joy?”
He arched an eyebrow at her.“I need to go grab something first.”
She cocked her head at him until she realized what he meant.“Honey, I’m still nursing.I doubt very seriously anything’ll happen.”
His gaze narrowed.“Are you sure?”
“Yeah.Give it to me before I change my—haha!”
