With just enough remaining sense, Ethan held himself off her while his entire universe shattered around him. Until he was spent and he collapsed to the side, pulling Kate with him, unwilling to allow even an inch of space between them.
Both of them panting, Kate laid her head on his shoulder and slung a thigh across his hip, keeping him firmly buried deep inside her.
“That was intense.”
She expelled a breath on a laugh, tickling his chest. “That's an understatement.”
She shifted, probably getting more comfortable, and blood instantly rushed back into his cock. Ethan grabbed her hip, “Be still.”
The little witch that she was, Kate wriggled even more and flipped him over onto his back and the result was Ethan buried even deeper inside her body. Kate trailed a finger down his chest and then lifted her hips and slowly lowered herself back down, wringing a long low moan from his lips.
“This is exactly where I want to be.”
She sat atop him, naked and sweaty and so beautiful it stole his breath. Their gazes collided and held. Transfixed, he slowly pulled her to him for a long, passionate kiss.
He thrust his tongue between her lips, their flesh sliding against each other with friction that sent sparks to flame his need to hold her to him, to take her over and over. Ethan had never felt this way with a woman before, but with Kate he did. He wanted to tie her to his bed and never let her go.
When her lips lifted from his and she sat back to slowlygrind her hips in a slow sensual circle on top of him, Ethan felt his hands shake and realized she’d completely shattered the walls around his emotions, pushing him past the point of thinking of her as someone who would tie him down and instead he wanted to tie himself to her.
Kate leaned down to him, her hard nipples brushing his chest, and whispered, “Now, let me show you what I wanted to finish earlier.”
She took him, her movements slow, every inch of skin sliding on skin magnified. She rode him like that, lazy and sensual, and Ethan was in awe.
When they finally finished, he got rid of the condom and eased back in bed. Then he wrapped an arm around her and held her on top of his chest. Kate fell asleep almost instantly, her warm, even breaths tickling across his skin. Ethan squeezed her tighter to him as he shut his eyes, allowing sleep to take hold. His last thought before he drifted into unconsciousness was that he was never letting her go. He'd have to make it work somehow, but Kate was his.
Chapter 16
Kate shifted uncomfortablyin the back of the stretch limo, the hot pink Capri's and robin’s egg blue flowing blouse she was wearing was uncomfortable as a coffin full of spikes. Celine, on the other hand, wore her stunning dress like it was a second skin; every time she shifted and moved, the flowing material swayed as if sensing her mood.
“Aaron's jaw is going to drop when he sees you in that dress,” Kate said with not a trace of jealousy. She'd always known she wasn't a classic beauty and had no problem complementing others who were, especially when they were as kind as Celine.
Celine dug in her purse to pull out a compact. “You think he'll notice the eyelashes? It took me a full hour to apply these this morning.”
“If he doesn't, he's blind.”
“You’re one to talk, missy. I believe I created a masterpiece with you. And I'm just a little bit jealous since you barely need mascara with those thick, natural lashes.” Celine made a frown and shook her head before shoving her compact back into its small matching handbag.
Kate reached into her handbag, but not for a compact mirror. She wasn’t concerned with her looks. She wanted to feel the reassuring hard steel of her handgun tucked awaysafely, locked and loaded. They were sitting on the tarmac at the airport, waiting for the arrival of 'the little bird,' which is what they decided Caroline Cotter’s code name would be.
Kate and Celine were to stay inside the limousine with the senator's daughter, with an escort in front of and behind them just in case. After going over all the maps with Grey, they determined their weakest points of attack occurred on the road exactly one mile from the airport.
Kate tensed when she heard the roar of a jet engine. “Are you ready for this?”
For the first time that morning, Celine shifted uncomfortably. “I can do hair and make you look good, but when bullets start flying, I'm hitting the ground, girl. That's all you.”
Kate nodded. “Stay close to me and Caroline and you'll be fine.”
“The private jet landing right now is holding what's more than likely to be a swell princess who thinks she's better than everyone else?”
“Yep.”
Celine reached into the bucket of ice along the side of the stretch limo and grabbed the bottle of champagne nestled there cooling for the little bird. “And why the hell are we waiting on her to open this?”
“Because the senator said if we don't make sure his daughter is completely happy and safe he's not going to pay us,” Kate said with a smirk.
Celine stuck her tongue out, and shoved the bottle back into the ice. “You sure do know how to ruin a girl’s fun.”
“Just wait another ten minutes. They've already parked the jet. The little bird will be on board shortly and then you can satisfy your alcoholic tendencies.”
