Again.And again.Over and over, until she was nothing but a trembling mass of sensation.
She lost track of time as she lay there, bound and helpless beneath him, while he teased and tasted her to the edge of orgasm.
Her hands found the bottom of the wooden headboard.She clenched her fingers around it and held on tight, breathless.Desperate for an end to the beautiful torture, little whimpers spilling from her.
“Ryan, please...”she finally managed, panting, her heart thundering out of control.
He looked up the length of her body at her, his expression smoldering with a blend of satisfaction and need that shook her to the core.Slowly, deliberately, he flattened his tongue and licked up the length of her swollen sex, pausing to swirl around her clit.
Her eyes slammed shut, all her muscles tensing as the release she craved suddenly came within reach.
Then he was gone.
Her eyes flew open, a disappointed gasp in her throat.Before she could utter a single protest, he was fisting the length of his rigid cock as he moved between her legs.
Face set in harsh lines of need, he braced one hand beside her face and settled the head of his erection against her slick folds.“You’re all mine, Ace,” he rasped out.
Something in his tone tugged at her heartstrings.A ragged desperation that made her wish her hands were free so she could hold him, physically reassure him that yes, she was and always would be his.
The words she’d been about to speak died in her throat as pressure and heat filled her.
He was so thick, so damn hard, filling every inch of her, taking away the empty ache.She moaned and set her feet flat on the bed to roll her hips.Ryan fisted one hand in her hair and bent to cover her mouth with his as he thrust deep.
She cried out, his deep growl smothered by the kiss.She tasted herself on his tongue as he drove it between her lips, the erotic act pushing her arousal even higher.The hand in her hair held her head still, his weight pinning her to the mattress.
Breathless, she wrapped her legs around his, increasing the friction between their bodies each time he moved.Every thrust and withdrawal dragged the length of his cock against the sweet ache inside her.
Whimpering into his mouth, Candace gripped him tighter with her legs and pushed up harder, desperate for more.Ryan slipped his free hand between them and settled his thumb over her clit, giving her the exact stimulation she needed to send her soaring.
The muscles in her thighs and belly shook as she rocked in counterpoint to his thrusts, each one harder than the last.Ryan took her hard, pillaging her mouth and body as he drove them both up to the peak.
She ripped her mouth free, her head tipping back on the pillow as she started to come, her needy cries echoing throughout the quiet room.He nipped her jaw, a low, shaky groan ripping free of his chest as he plunged in and out of her, then thrust deep and stiffened, his big body shuddering hard as he groaned her name.
She lay there panting beneath his heavy weight, eyes closed as the world seemed to spin around her.After a few minutes she registered the rapid beat of his heart against her chest and the sticky sweat that glued them together.The quiet hum of the air conditioning unit gradually penetrated the ringing in her ears.
She licked her lips.“Undo my hands so I can touch you.”She was starved to feel him under her hands, stroke him all over.He loved it as much as she did.
He rose on one arm and reached past her to untie her wrists with three moves.The moment she was free, she wrapped her arms around his broad, damp back and hugged him as hard as she could.
Maybe things weren’t as strained between them as she’d feared.She desperately wanted everything to get sorted out, to feel as close to him emotionally as she did physically in this moment, but not now, because she didn’t want to ruin it.
“That was a memorable hello.Don’t think I’ll be forgetting it anytime soon,” she murmured, stroking his hair, his wide shoulders.
His low chuckle gusted against the side of her neck.“Better not.”He sighed, his entire body relaxing in her embrace, and that show of trust from such a strong man turned her heart over.
She kissed his temple.Everything they had to talk about could wait a little while longer.They would get through this rough spot just like they’d gotten through everything else to this point.
“Tired?”she whispered.
“Yeah.”He rolled them onto their sides, cradling the back of her head to keep her cheek to his chest while he wrapped his other arm around her hips, locking her to him.“Love you, sweetheart.Glad to be back home.”
Something in his tone hinted that this deployment had been extra hard on him, and she got the feeling it wasn’t just because of their fight.It made her even more glad that she’d bitten her tongue while he’d been away.“Love you too.”She dragged the covers up over them and snuggled into his warm, strong body.
Within minutes his breathing grew deep and even.His muscles twitched, telling her he was already asleep.
Content as she was, a strange, bittersweet sadness filled her as she held him.
Ryan was home safe and sound.She was nestled in his arms, his heart beating beneath her cheek, but as wonderful and intense as the sex they’d just shared had been, it couldn’t erase the hurt she felt.
