She sighed as he did so and reached between their bodies to lower his zipper. He shifted underneath her, taking off his pants and his underwear so that she could touch him freely. He reached up under her skirt to pull her panties down her legs and she shifted to help him. Then she settled back against him.
He leaned down to suckle her nipple through the fabric of her bra. As she moved her hips back and forth against him, he felt her shifting over him until just the tip of his erection entered her body. The sensation of her warmth against him was like heaven, but he hesitated before thrusting into her.
“Are you on the pill?” he asked.
“Yes,” she said.
He nodded and thrust up into her body, needing to be buried hilt-deep inside her. Her mouth found his and she held his head in both her hands as she started to ride him. Her mouth consumed his and he was consumed by her. He’d never reacted so powerfully to a woman before, but he didn’t try to analyze that now. He just let the tide of passion wash over him.
He thrust upward with all his strength, needing to penetrate her more deeply, and when she leaned in close to whisper hot sexy orders in his ear, he came. It was one long emptying of his body into hers and a second later he felt her tightening around him as she climaxed. She found his mouth with hers again andhe continued thrusting into her until he was empty and she settled against his chest.
He wrapped his arms around her and held her. As the sweat dried on their bodies, he realized he never wanted to let her go. He'd thought making love would make him feel more secure in their relationship but it had just made him realize how fragile his hold on her was and how desperately he wanted to keep her here forever.
Chapter Five
Fiona hadn’t meant for things to get physical between them today. But she'd never been one to listen to her mind instead of her heart. She knew that to truly be happy in a relationship with Alex, there had to be passion between them. And wow, there was definitely passion.
After a moment of lying in his arms,, she felt him moving next to her on the bed. He stood up. Then he just stared at her for a minute before leaning over and kissing her. “I need to clean up.”
She wanted him to use caring words to tell her how he felt, but she was beginning to believe he wasn’t able to communicate that way. Even though she felt a little vulnerable right now and needed reassurance, she guessed she could give him a break and let him escape.
“You can use the guest bathroom, out there second door on your left. I’m going to do the same and then check on Bella Ann.”
He nodded and started to walk away, but turned back with a huge grin on his face. “That was great.”
He pivoted on his heel and stalked into the house after saying that. She just shook her head. He did need polish, but there was something about him that was unmistakably cute. Shegot dressed and freshened up, then went into her daughter’s nursery. Bella Ann was starting to wake up and move around in her crib. When Fiona got there, the little girl smiled up at her.
“Hello, sweetie,” she said.
Bella Ann reached up and Fiona lifted her out of the crib to wrap her in a hug as she took her to the changing table to deal with her diaper. She looked down at her daughter and thought of the man downstairs. Was he the right man to be her father? Was Fiona making the wrong choice and taking the first man to come along?
She didn’t know. It was hard to see the future. She didn’t like how awkward Alex could be, but she was putting that down to nerves. She suspected that once they got to know each other better, well, he’d loosen up. And there was a well of caring inside him. She'd sensed and witnessed it more than once.
Next weekend would be a good test to see how he was with his family. Her mother always said that a man would treat his wife the way his father treated his mother. She didn’t know if that was true, but she had seen that Gio hadn’t known his mother at all. So he didn’t care if his child knew him at all.
She picked up Bella Ann and walked downstairs to find that Alex was in her office on his computer.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“You were taking forever and I had an idea for some code. I hope you don’t mind but I logged into my server from here,” he said.
She wasn’t sure what he had done, but she thought she should probably mind. Her office was her sanctuary...her private domain. “I guess not.”
“Let me finish typing in this line of code. If you want I can help you put some chat software on your computer. You said you didn't know how to use it,” he said.
She shook her head at him. “Why?”
“It’s something I can do for you,” he said.
Though she was a little thrown off balance seeing him in her office like this, a part of her liked what he had suggested. In his own way, Alex wanted to give her a gift that was from him.
“Can you hold Bella while I run upstairs and get my notepad?” she asked. “I’ll do some sketching while you work.”
“Um . . . sure,” he said.
She handed Bella to him and then walked out of the room. Standing in the hallway, she listened to see how he handled being alone with Bella.
Bella Ann cooed one of her soft sounds.
