“I told you before I wasn’t going anywhere, sweetheart. You need to trust me.” It was important to me that she did.
“I’m sorry. It isn’t just me that someone gets involved with and now I am adding a toddler.” Emotions swirled in her tone.
With my hand still on the back of her neck, I pulled her even closer. “I get it. You’re all a package deal. I for one think I’m getting the best deal there ever was.” I gave her a quick kiss and then eased back. “I’m all in, Red.”
She sucked in a gulp of air and a tear slid down her cheek.
“Are you sure?” she whispered. “You’re not going to leave?”
My heart broke on the spot that she had to ask me that. Her mother, not even being present in her life at all, had done a number on her. Even if she tried to pretend otherwise.
“I’m never going anywhere.” It was a bold statement but I knew it was the truth. “Unless you decide you don’t want me.”
Her body trembled. She was scared, I could see it in her eyes. But in their depths, something else shined bright that she wasn’t ready yet to acknowledge.Love.
In due time, she would get there. She closed her eyes and when she opened them, I could see we’d passed over another hurdle.
“I will always want you,” she said softly.
It was my turn to close my eyes as I let that sink in. Hearing her say that was magic to my ears. I opened my lids and the air swooshed from my lungs. Ruby had pulled the towel from her body.
She was exquisite.
“Make love to me.”
Just the fact that she used the wordloveshowed me so much. I couldn’t deny her what she asked either. I crushed her body to mine, slanted my head to get the perfect angle, and sealed my lips over hers.
Our tongues tangled and danced, like the perfect tango, both completely in time with one another. Her taste exploded on my tongue and the kiss alone almost sent me over the edge.
I walked her backward toward the bed until her knees hit the edge of the mattress. I pulled my mouth from hers and dropped my hand from her nape. Then I walked back over to my duffle I had and reached in my pocket, grabbing what I needed.
As I moved back toward the vision in front of me, I yanked my towel from my body, leaving us both naked and ready. Ruby’s breath hitched. I gave her a sexy smile and tossed a couple of condoms on her nightstand. Her eyes followed my actions and she blushed.
Adorable.
When I reached her once again, I coaxed her backward onto the bed and came down over the top of her. We’d been in this position before and while I loved having my mouth on her sex, I needed to be inside of her.
I leaned over and took one nipple into my mouth as my hand played with the other. They both pebbled under my attention and Ruby let out a small moan.
“Lyric please,” she pleaded as she squirmed underneath me.
I clucked my tongue. “Patience, Red.” I wanted to worship every inch of her, but she was so fucking sexy and sweet, I was holding on by a thread.
Sliding my hand down her stomach I reached her clit and thrummed it as if fine-tuning the strings on a guitar. Grasping for more, she circled her hips in a perfect rhythm and when I slid two fingers into her she exploded, screaming out my name.
Knowing I was on borrowed time, I pulled my fingers free, and reached for the condom I laid on the bedside table. I tore the package open with my teeth and slid the protection over my length as Ruby watched with satisfied eyes.
“No more foreplay, I want you now,” she said breathlessly.
Heat radiated off her core and my cock pulsed against her sex, begging to get inside. When she lifted her hips and urged me on, I couldn’t wait another second. In one fluid motion, I buried myself in her tight channel and a groan erupted from the pits of my stomach at the rightness of how she felt.
“Oh my God, Lyric. That feels—” I slammed into her, cutting her words short.
I covered her mouth with mine just in time to drown out the scream that broke from her plush lips.
If Gramps heard her yelling I had no doubt he’d come running, gun in hand.
Gaining momentum I pistoned in and out of her as she undulated her hips meeting me thrust for thrust, and then we both tumbled over the edge together as our orgasms burst free.
