Tomi swiped her tongue beneath the throbbing tip of his cock, groaning from the sweet, erotic taste of Cole inside her mouth. He stretched her, filled her as he had yesterday. His fingers tightened in her hair as he began to thrust in small, quickmovements.
He tasted good—all male, so sexy—and she continued to suck. She locked her gaze on his; her hands went to his hips, holding on to him for support. And while she’d taken control in the beginning, Cole slowly took it back, thrusting deeper, burying his cock all the way to the back of her throat while he moaned with pleasure. Pleasure she willingly gave him. “Sweet Jesus, Tomi. I’m losing mymind.”
She wanted to tell him that was her goal, that was why she’d done this in the first place, but she didn’t dare take her mouth away. She wanted him to lose his mind; he needed to be pushed over the edge. Determined, she dipped her head, taking him deeply into her throat before pulling back and swiping her tongue over the sensitive rim of his cock. She repeated the action again and again, and with each thrust, Cole’s fingers tightened incrementally, his groans communicating his growingpleasure.
Hot electric arcs shot through her body, raced across her flesh, and made a beeline for her core. Cole began to jerk, thrusting harder and deeper than he had before. He was nearing the edge. The edge she intended to push himover.
Tomi closed her eyes and moved her hands in tandem—wrapping one around the base of his shaft and cupping his balls with the other, sucking him in deep with as much passion as she had to give. Cole buried himself deeply, and then she felt the hot thrust down the back of her throat as he came inside her mouth. The heady sense of feminine power almost pushed her to her ownorgasm.
Closing her eyes, Tomi savored the sweet taste of his manliness, and with a shuddering breath, Cole pulled from her. His arms went beneath hers and lifted her to her feet. “Tomi,” he groaned and pressed his lips to hers. Tomi let herself go in his embrace, and they fell to the bed together, exhausted and fighting tobreathe.
17
Cole awoke to darkness.The sun had faded over the horizon while he’d slept, leaving only the moon to cast a pale light on the earth outside. Tomi slept soundly, her head nestled on his shoulder, her arm and leg slung over him with abandon. A surge of mindless rapture filled him at the sight of her splayed across hischest.
Tomi had sensed the pain eating him up and given him the comfort he needed. It was another confirmation that they were a perfect match. That her need to submit stillexisted.
No other woman could have read him so easily. And her mouth…dear God, hermouth…
The pleasure she’d given him had been so acute and overwhelming, he’d fallen asleep without giving her any pleasure of hisown.
What the hell was he going to do about her? Part of him wanted to tell the truth—to hell with Stahl and his threats—if she trusted him, she’d play along. But something held him back. At the very least the truth would piss her off, but at the worst, it would push her away, and that was something he couldn’tabide.
He needed her. They were two halves that were incomplete unless they weretogether.
Oh, sure he’d wanted her all along—a single glimpse of her at that auction had been enough to remind him of that, but now that he’d tasted her again, had her again, he couldn’t let hergo.
Still, there was something standing between them. It wasn’t the auction or Luis—it was something older, something that had been there for a longtime.
Why had she left himbefore?
That was the true nightmare that haunted him. He’d left Tomi with a kiss that had scorched his insides, and hers to, or so he had thought. And then the Dear John letter had come in the mail, destroying his dreams. All the plans he’d allowed himself to eagerly build had been obliterated by her words. He’d called her immediately. He’d emailed and messaged, but she’d ghosted him, treated him like he’d never existed, like they’d never been anything to each other. Cole had been left fumbling, unsure of everything that he’d known before. He’d questioned his judgment and his life choices. Hell, he’d even questioned his decision to join theSEALs.
Without Tomi’s love to soften his rough edges, they’d only grown rougher. Like an unmaintained road in the blistering heat of sunlight, he’d grown so hard his insides had cracked. At some point, he’d stopped hoping those cracks would be filled. But he’d been given another chance in the most unpredictable waypossible.
He couldn’t blame her if she ran the moment she found out the truth. He hadn’t lied about how he felt, but hehadlied about the reason he had been at the auction. How could he be foolish enough to hope that she’d forgivehim?
In desperation, Cole rolled to his side, spread her legs and maneuvered between them. Her gloriously naked body lay open before him like a gift, her hard, pink nipples calling his name. He traced the outline of one, marveling at how her body responded to his touch. In a trance, he skimmed his fingertips down her stomach. She moaned in her sleep. Was she dreaming abouthim?
He had to make it impossible for her to think of leaving him. It was his only hope. He would make her crave his touch and then he’d convince her to love himagain.
Easing himself down on the bed, he gently parted her folds with his thumbs. The sight of her glistening wet flesh stole his breath. Whether she wanted to admit it or not, her body needed him. Reverently, he lowered his head as he parted her slick folds, lightly traced the tip of his tongue up her nub and took it gently between his teeth. Like an instrument being played, Tomi arched. She shifted and then settled, still asleep. Cole repeated the action, intensifying his efforts, closing his eyes as he savored her exquisite taste. She was everything he remembered and more. A primal instinct drove him, possessing him. Cole relentlessly drew her flesh between his lips as his hand slid to her ass to lift her up for hismouth.
Suddenly, Tomi’s fingers were on his head, clutching him to her she cried out. Without lifting his mouth from her, he looked up to see her watching him through a heavy-lidded gaze. The air of sensual desire enveloped her. Needing more, he nipped her nub again. Tomi arched and gasped, her heels pressing down on the mattress beneath his shoulders. Good girl. He wanted all her inhibitions to melt away, putting her on the same primal level that he was operating in right now. With a hungry growl, he pulled one hand out from beneath her to tease her opening. Her juices coated his finger, her slick folds crying out for his cock. Cole’s eyes almost rolled back in hishead.
With the strength of will he hadn’t known he possessed, Cole clamped down on the urge to claim her. Instead, he continued to his onslaught with his tongue as he plunged his finger into her again and again, testing her readiness. She squirmed and he added a second finger, loving her soft moans as her hips rocked intohim.
“Cole, take me. Oh my God—don’t stop.”As if he could. The desperation in her voice almost convinced him that she was his. That she wouldn’tleave.
Cole pulled his fingers from her dripping slit and slid them back to her forbidden entrance. While his tongue continued to lash her nub, he carefully coated her behind with her own juices, and when she was ready, he pushed his finger into that tightentrance.
Tomi gave a sharp cry, but he pushed on, demanding she give in to his desires. Releasing her nub, he slowly slid his tongue into her pussy, slipping his finger fully inside her rear at the same time. She spasmed around him, her muscles clamping down on his finger with a strength that made his eyeswater.
The primal urge to mark her fully as his own took complete control of his senses. Without any hint of gentleness left, Cole pumped his finger inside her, loosening that tight ring to prepare her for hiscock.
When he couldn’t take another second, he flipped her onto her stomach, grabbed her hips and lifted her rear into the air. She glistened for him, her silky folds begging him to claim her. Tomi’s fists clenched the sheets beside her head. Chest resting on the mattress and back arched, she presented the most beautiful sight he’d ever seen. Knowing she’d need him to go slow, Cole carefully spread more of her juices up her backside. Then he took his shaft in his hand and carefully lined himself up. Gritting his teeth, he pressed against her rear, fighting the impossible resistance of her untried ass. With an inhuman restraint, Cole carefully rocked his hips forward, inching inside her as sweat dripped down his temples from the effort to maintaincontrol.
Tomi couldn’t be still. She squirmed. She shifted forward and back. Her nails dug into the sheets. She made soft moaningsounds.
