Her eyes went still, and her expression morphed into something cautiously serious.The muscles in his stomach clenched.
He’d screwed up.Put his fat foot in his mouth and scared her.
Her fingers dragged up his spine.“I’d like that.”Her gaze moved away, as if it had taken her great effort to speak the words, then swung back to him, searching his face.
“Yeah?”The question was moot.Stupid even, but the unease in his gut made his brain malfunction.
She nodded, and her fingers touched the nape of his neck.“More than anything.”
His chest burst open.A deep sense of contentment filled him, and images flashed through his mind at warp speed.He and Dez cozied in front of the fireplace with wine each night.Her setting up the Christmas tree that he never bothered to buy for himself.Cooking and laughing in the kitchen together and falling asleep with her every night.
Pure bliss.
“I love you.”The words came out fast and undiluted by fear.Damn, it’d been a long time since he uttered those words to a woman, but now...now it was right.Now it was true.
Her eyes sparkled, and a huge smile lit her face.She threw her arms around his neck, hugging him close.He inhaled the scent of cinnamon sugar and kissed the spot beneath her ear.
“I love you, too.”Happiness gushed from her lips, and he held her a little tighter.
All he wanted was to make Dez happy.
She pulled away.“Do you have to work today?”
He threaded his fingers into the strands of her hair.“Nope.Hank gave me the week.I’m off until Monday.”
“Oh, that’s great.I’ll need to get insurance stuff taken care of, but other than that I guess there’s not much else I can do right now.”
“There is one thing.”He brought his mouth down on hers.
She lifted her knees and wrapped her ankles around his hips.“I didn’t forget.”
He groaned.“Shoot, I almost forgot something.”He stretched to the nightstand, pulled out a condom, and tore the wrapper.Reaching between them, he slipped it on and then nudged her opening.
Her hands clung to his shoulders while he entered her.She gasped as he sank in deep, and damn if that didn’t turn him on even more.
Her insides closed around his cock as he moved in and out.Hot, wet, and so soft.He caged her slight body between his forearms.Her breath tickled his neck as he moved in a steady rhythm.Pleasure swarmed his body, and it took every ounce of his control to go easy.
With each thrust she grew wetter, swallowing him whole and lighting a fire in his abdomen.Her exhales turned to tantalizing, raspy cries, and it took greater effort to restrain himself.
Her legs squeezed his sides and she dragged her lips over his earlobe, sending a shockwave through his core.“More,” she croaked.
He rocked against her, bringing friction to her most sensitive area.Her pussy tightened around his shaft and for a second, his brain flickered.Jesus.
He pumped into her and his release built until he couldn’t take it.He let out a deep, animalistic grunt as his orgasm ejected from his cock.
Dez clutched him tightly, her hips lifting frantically as her moans mixed with his.Her arms loosened and her fingers dragged down his back.“Oh, my god,” she wheezed as her walls throbbed around him.
Pressure ebbed away from his skull as his pulse slowed.He kissed her shoulder and then her lips, slowly pulling out of her.Rolling off the bed, he discarded the condom then washed up before returning to the bedroom.
He climbed back onto the mattress and Dez plastered her body to his like a magnet.Warmth spread through his insides as he folded his arm around her, hugging her close.
“So,” he said, inhaling her scent.“We’ve got five days off together.What do you want to do?Besides this, of course, because I plan to spend every spare moment in bed with you.”
She tilted up her chin, and her mouth stretched into a smile.“I’m good with just this.Maybe we can break for food.”
A laugh rumbled from his diaphragm.“I’ll make us some lunch.But I also have something else that could fill our time this week.”
“What’s that?”
