The corners of his lips lifted—then he pulled away and plunged in.Over and over, Callum thrust and flexed and pushed her to the precipice of a blistering orgasm.
She clung to him and fell into rippling, spasming bliss.His name rang from her lips as she called to him, burying her face into his neck as he drove into her, building an orgasm again.
The climax exploded within her.Her body tightened around his, and Callum groaned, needing the release he’d given to her.He pumped harder, stretching her orgasm until he strained, hoarsely gasping, face buried in her neck, and came.
Goosebumps erupted down his back.His breathing hammered until he collapsed, pulling her to his side.
They stared at each other.
“Holy hell.”Callum rolled on his back and intertwined his fingers with hers.“What was that?”
“That was…” She tried to think of an all-encompassing word for the way he’d blown her mind.“Awesome.”
Chapter Twenty-Two
Witheverysecondthatticked by, Grace fell harder for him.Years of wishing and wanting had come to fruition, and now her mind raced to catch up with the jumping jacks of awareness her heart was doing.He’d always been in her orbit.A family friend.A man she’d lusted after.But he was more than all that.He made her heart ache for another chance at life.
Callum tugged his shirt over his head and leaned down to kiss her.“I’ll reheat dinner.”
The quick kiss turned into a lazy one.“Or we can forget about it and stay here all night.”Her stomach growled, and she covered it with her hands.
He grinned against her lips.“Maybe dinner first.You need sustenance.”He smacked another kiss on her lips and left.
After he shut the door, she covered her dopey grin with her hands.Callum Hale fucked like a god.She squeezed her eyes shut and relished the soreness in her body and the emotion caught in her throat.They neededsustenance.She sighed like a happy, dopey, lovestruck woman.
Callum could cook.
He could sweep her into a safe house and then into bed.
And, oh, the orgasms he delivered.
Stupidly blissful, she curled into the sheets.They even smelled like him, and like a fiend for more, she inhaled deeply.Had she fallen for him?This was so much more than she understood.
After a few minutes of pulling herself together, she padded into the living room.Callum had the pot pie in the oven to reheat and was on his cell phone, amusement dancing across his expression as he listened to whatever the other person was saying.He saw her, pointed to the trophy fish on the wall covered by a dish towel, and mouthed, “Not happy.”
“Tell Dean it was for his own good.”
Callum repeated her words and snorted at what Dean said.
Her cell phone buzzed on the coffee table next to her abandoned laptop.Grace hurried over.She wanted to catch up with Alicia, but saw her stepmother’s name on the display.“I’ll be two minutes,” she said to Callum and headed toward her bedroom to answer.
“Hey, Mari.”Grace shut her door.“Sorry.I meant to give you a call.But one thing led to another, and time has—”
“Oh, my darling.I’ve missed your voice.”
Every muscle in her body froze as the bile in her stomach threatened to launch itself from her body.
“Grace?Come on now,” Dominic purred.
She stood like a statue, her limbs stuck with the phone against her ear, as disbelief pounded in her chest.She needed to wrench the phone from her ear and double-check the screen.It had been Mari’s phone number, hadn’t it?But the man speaking to her was Dominic.
“Don’t go silent on me now.We’ve got so much to discuss.”
She shook her head.Words still wouldn’t form.Was Dominic with Mari and her dad?Where?Their house?Had he… she didn’t know, caught them?Taken them?
“It’s confusing,” Dominic cooed like the slick sociopath he was.“I understand, but I wasn’t sure if you’d pick up the phone if you weren’t sure who was calling.”He chortled as if this were charming small talk.“Have a seat, Grace.”
Could he see her?Her gaze darted around the bedroom.Callum had dismantled the security cameras.They had been hidden everywhere.It was possible Callum had missed one, and Dominic had watched everything unfold between them in bed.
