His lips were on hers so suddenly that her breath was stolen from her body. Flattened between him and the door, her hands acted on instinct. They curved up under his arms, grabbing hold of his shoulder blades as his lips parted hers with ease, as if he had done this with her a thousand times before. He teased her at first, his tongue barely stroking hers, before he dominated.
Those hands which seconds before had felt glued to the door on either side of her, were now on her. One was wrapped around her waist, planting their bodies together, as the other wound its way into her braid and urged her to angle her head so he could deepen the kiss. He was dominating the kiss in every way, and she was weak, practically mewling against his lips for the want of more of the same thing.
His boot slid against her own. She didn’t realize what was happening until her legs were parted and he stood between them, the better to position their bodies together so his hips caressed her own as he kissed her again.
Her hands moved now. One gripped to his forearm, feeling the muscle toned and tight as he held onto her, as the other played with the open laces of his shirt. He rocked their bodies together with no subtlety, but so hard that she was left gasping into the kiss.
“Tell me tae stop,” he pulled away an inch. “Ava, tell me tae stop.” The words were clear, yet somehow, she couldn’t utter them.
Why should we stop?
Nothing outside of this kitchen seemed to matter, certainly not Laird Blair Grant. All that mattered was Kai and that he just keep kissing her at that moment.
He kissed her again, moving his hips in such a way against hers that she felt a familiar wetness pooling between her legs. She arched against him, desperate for more of his touch, to feel something from him, anything that would satisfy the longing and the need that had been consuming her for weeks now.
He pulled back, kissing down her neck. His lips trailed near the bottom of her ear, sucking on a sweet spot at the top of her neck. She tilted her head, opening her neck up even more to him as her hands clung onto both of his arms.
“I’m still under yer orders,” he whispered, the voice so deep that she could have sworn her legs were in danger of giving way under her. “Tell me tae stop, Ava.”
He kissed all the way down to her collarbone now, trailing his lips heatedly along a pleasure spot there.
“Kai?”
“Hmm?” he murmured, his lips against her skin.
“Dinnae stop.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Ava’s words made Kai jerk his head upward. There was such a possessive look in his eyes that she could have squirmed in delight.
“As ye wish.” One of his hands slipped down to her skirt. He didn’t once look away from her, maintaining the connection of their gazes as he drew her skirt up a little at a time, revealing more and more of her legs. Ava became breathless, feeling the coolness of the air against her bare legs as she waited for him to do something more.
His other hand slipped across her thigh, his fingers caressing her in the most delicate of ways as he closed his lips to hers. The kiss was somehow even more sensual now, slower and more passionate rather than a rushed heat.
Intoxicated by his kiss, she wrapped her arms around his neck, holding onto him, as both of his hands slid along her thighs. One made its way up to her hip, the other along the inside of her thigh, closer and closer to the juncture between her legs.She began to pant in anticipation, into their kiss. He bit down playfully on her bottom lip, making her open her mouth wider, just as his fingers brushed that sensitive spot between her legs.
That first touch was a shock to her system. For one wild second, Ava felt an instinctive urge to push Kai away because of her past, the fear of being touched by any man, but it passed quickly.
The pleasure of it, the lack of fear, was like a new world being discovered. Had she really ignored this part of life for so long? With Kai she felt safe, pleasure, excitement.
I am nae afraid. Nae when I am with him.
A victorious feeling exploded inside of her. She felt like the man who had attacked her all those years ago could not hurt her anymore, not now that Kai was showing her what it could truly be like between them.
Ava moaned into his lips as Kai’s fingers explored. He didn’t push far, but moved delicately, slowly, exploring her. She had not expected such spikes of heat and excitement from such a small touch, but it was overpowering her, making her legs even weaker than before.
He set up a rhythm, his fingers circling and teasing a particularly sensitive spot just outside of her. Ava began to tremble with the excitement of what he was doing, not only the pleasure he was causing, but knowing that it was Kai that was doing it. Then his finger slid down a little and slipped inside of her.
Ava gasped, pulling apart from the kiss a little. Kai held her gaze, his eyes so hooded that she knew he was holding himself back from doing even more.
Then Kai shifted their position. He anchored one hand against her waist as his other drew deeper. The passion with which he looked at her as he set up a faster rhythm now made her moans grow louder. She couldn’t look away from him, fearing that the moment she did, she would break the spell and all this excitement, this intimacy, would be lost.
He leaned forward, whispering so that his lips just hovered above hers out of reach.
“Ye have nay idea how I have wanted this. How I have thought of it. Nothing could have prepared me fer the way ye are moaning, Ava.” He kissed her, lightly, teasingly. “Ye make me want every part of ye.”
It was like a wave of pleasure was passing over her. He moved his fingers faster, somehow reaching deeper as his thumb found that sensitive spot outside of her. She clung to him, out of fear of falling as he continued to drive her toward an oblivion. She imagined he was really taking her against that door, and not just with his fingers.
