His chest contracted and he lowered himself. Once he was seated deep inside her, every muscle in his body tightened again, and for a moment he couldn’t move.
She lifted her head and nibbled his bottom lip. Her hips rotated in a little circle, and it fucking killed him.
He bit back a curse before lifting his hips and pushing back inside her.
Air whooshed from her chest, whispering over his face. He continued to move, lifting up and thrusting back down as he cupped her breast, once again pulsing her nipple between his thumb and forefinger.
She groaned and arched, her fingers sliding into his hair and tugging.
When he lifted his head, the world narrowed to only her. To her head flung back, eyes closed.
“Fucking gorgeous.” The words had no sooner left his lips than he was kissing her again. Tasting her sweetness as his tongue tangled with hers.
Quickly, he spun them so she was on top. She gasped but didn’t miss a beat, lifting her hips and lowering back down.
He ran his thumb over her clit, and she groaned, her movement growing faster. Her breasts bounced as her thrusts became more desperate. He continued to swipe and stroke her clit, and he knew the exact moment she was on the edge. Her muscles tensed, her breaths shortening. Then she cried out as she broke.
Jesse kept rubbing his thumb over her clit, his eyes never leaving her. But when her walls clenched one last time around him, he couldn’t stop himself. His entire body stiffened, then broke. He growled as he gripped her hips and thrust up inside her. Three thrusts…it was all he had left. Then he dropped to the couch, his chest pumping as the air barely made it into his lungs.
Aspen dropped onto his chest, and his arms wrapped around her. And suddenly he knew, this was his new favorite place, the only place he wanted to be—wherever this woman was.
CHAPTER 29
Jesse’s fingers tightened around the wheel. He’d had a bad feeling in his gut all morning.
He shot a glance in his rearview mirror. Nothing. No tail, anyway. But that didn’t make him feel any better.
It was the evening of The Tea House’s reopening. Holden and Becket were meeting them there, but so was the entire damn town. How many people would be there? Would they get in the way of protecting Aspen?
Aspen placed her palm on his thigh. “I’m so excited for Mrs. Gerald. I really hope the town comes, falls in love with her tea house, and her business flourishes.”
At least one of them was excited. “As the only place in Amber Ridge that now sells a decent cup of coffee, I think Mrs. Gerald is going to be inundated with customers.”
Aspen’s smile widened, andthatwas exactly why he was doing this. He’d do anything to see that damn smile.
She leaned her head back against the headrest and glanced at him. “Do you ever imagine our lives if you hadn’t offered me the spare bedroom in your home? I’d still be in Misty Peak, dealing with my overbearing mother and ex, but by myself. And you wouldn’t have me.”
He knew she meant it as a joke, but the very thought of not having her made him feel raw inside. “Don’t say that too loud. We’ll blink and none of this will be real.” He lifted her hand off his thigh and kissed the inside of her wrist. “Thank you for saying yes.”
“Best yes I’ve ever given.”
He pulled into the parking lot behind The Tea House. Cars already filled the lot, and he hated that. He’d wanted to get here early, before the place filled up, but Aspen had distracted him with…other things, and leaving the house had taken far longer than it should have.
He climbed out and scanned the parking lot. People were climbing out of cars. Others were moving toward the building. None of them looked at him or Aspen, and none of them were Dylan.
When Aspen stepped beside him, he slipped an arm around her waist and headed toward the shop door. They were almost at the entrance when he paused, tugging her to a stop with him as he wrapped both arms around her waist.
She frowned and pressed her hands to his chest. “Jesse, what are—”
He kissed her, swiping his lips across hers and tugging her entire body flush against his.
He didn’t want the kiss to end. He wanted to pause this moment and stay exactly as they were. It took far too much willpower to lift his head. And when he did, his eyes bore into her blue ones.
“Remember…stick close.”
She tilted her head, a small hint of a smile spreading across her lips. “I’ll never be more than a foot or two away.”
“Have I told you I love you today?”
