I watched as he jerked open the drawer in his nightstand and pulled out a condom.
A shiver of anticipation raced through my body. He ripped the package open with his teeth and locked eyes with me as he rolled it on.
My tongue darted out, licking my lips a second before he pounced on me.
He supported the bulk of his weight on his bent arms that framed my head. His forehead brushed against mine. He kissed me once, just a soft brush of his lips against mine.
“You’re good with this?” His question was so soft I barely heard.
“Yes.”
His lips quirked and then he was pushing inside me in one long, smooth stroke. We both gasped at the sensation. The feeling of being so intimately connected was overwhelming. I let out the breath I’d been holding.
As Dane began to move within me, I marveled at how perfectly our bodies fit together. He was a large man in every sense of the word. His body was solid steel, especially the part that was rocking my world. The rhythm we found was natural and effortless. It was as if we’d been doing this for years. His thrusts were deep and powerful, each one sending waves of pleasure through me that built up until I could hardly stand it.
I wrapped my legs around his muscular thighs, pulling him deeper. I needed more of him. Every thrust sent electric currents through my body that made my toes curl and my fingers dig into the muscles of his back.
“God, Ina,” he groaned against my neck, his breath hot on my skin. “You feel incredible.”
I couldn’t form words. Could barely think. All I could do was feel the weight of him and the heat of his skin against mine. The delicious friction felt like swallowing pure electricity. I’d had sex before, but this was different. This was consuming.
Lightning bolts blasted through my nerves. My body shook with the impending orgasm.
His pace quickened, losing that rhythm and moving just as desperately as I felt. My nails raked down his back as pleasure coiled tighter and tighter in my core.
“Look at me,” he commanded, his voice rough.
I opened my eyes and found him staring down at me with an intensity that stole my breath. There was something raw in his expression. We were bound together in a fevered frenzy of pure need.
My orgasm crashed through me with a force that made me cry out his name. I felt my body clench around him. He followed seconds later, his own release making him shudder above me.
When he fell to the mattress beside me, I laughed.
“Laughing is a new one,” he said with amusement in his voice.
“Sorry. I’m not laughing at you or this. Well, maybe a little bit this. It’s a happy laugh.”
“Get under the blankets. I’m freezing and I cannot have shrinkage with you naked beside me.”
That only made me giggle again. “Trust me, shrinkage is not going to be a problem for you.”
CHAPTER 26
DANE
Ina Lavin was in my bed. That was my first conscious thought.
And I didn’t want to move. I wanted to stay right where I was with her naked body wrapped around mine.
The instinct should have terrified me. It should have sent me spiraling into all the reasons this couldn’t work. All the ways this could blow up in both our faces.
Instead, I felt calm. Comfortable. Like I’d finally figured out the answer to a question I’d been asking my entire adult life without realizing it.
She stirred against me, making a small sound. I smiled and waited for her to surface into consciousness. Was she going to freak out about last night? Would there be regrets? Was she going to pull the blankets around her and try to run?
She tilted her head up to look at me. The moment of truth.
“Hi,” she said softly.
