He climbed onto the bed with the fluid grace of a predator, his body moving over mine until he caged me between his arms. I was still fully clothed, the fabric a maddening barrier between us.
“Too many layers,” he murmured, his fingers finding the ties at the neck of my gown.
I lifted my head, allowing him better access as he loosened the laces. His knuckles brushed the sensitive skin of my throat, sending shivers racing across my skin.
“Cold?” he asked, though the knowing gleam in his eyes told me he understood exactly what had caused my reaction.
“Not in the slightest.”
He smiled and continued his work, easing my gown down over my shoulders. When the fabric caught at my elbows, I arched my back, helping him slide it further down until it bunched at my waist.
He looked at me like I was the most beautiful person he’d ever seen.
“You’re stunning,” he breathed, lowering his head to kiss the hollow of my throat.
I made a soft sound of pleasure as his lips trailed lower, following the edge of my undergarment. His hands slid beneath me, finding the laces at the back and working them loose.
“You’re good at this,” I said.
He paused, looking up at me with serious eyes. “Because it’s you.”
The simple honesty in his voice banished any momentary insecurity. I reached for him, pulling him up for a kiss that quickly rekindled the fire between us.
With one smooth motion, he tugged my undergarment away, leaving my upper body bare to his gaze. His eyes darkened further as he took in the sight of me.
“Perfect,” he whispered, his hands skimming down my sides to my hips, where my gown still bunched.
He shifted lower on the bed, taking the fabric with him until we were both naked, skin against skin as he moved back up my body.
The feeling was exquisite. His cool skin against my warmth, the weight of him, the slight scrape of calloused fingertips as he explored every bit of me. Hishands traced the curve of my waist, the flare of my hips, sliding up to cup my breast with the gentlest care.
When his thumb brushed across my nipple, I gasped, arching into his touch. He lowered his head, replacing his thumb with his mouth, and the sensation sent sparks of bliss straight to my core.
“Kieran,” I wove my fingers into his dark hair.
He took his time with my breasts, giving attention to one, then the other until I was writhing beneath him, desperate for more. All the while, his hips rocked against mine in a steady rhythm that built the tension coiling inside me.
His mouth traveled lower, across my ribs, my belly, pausing to kiss the jut of my hipbone. His hands slid beneath my thighs, gently parting them as he settled between.
The first brush of his lips against my core drew a cry from me. His tongue followed, finding the sensitive bundle of nerves that made stars burst behind my eyelids. He’d learned quickly and knew exactly what to do to make me gasp and moan, what made me clutch at the sheets as pleasure built to impossible heights.
When he slipped one finger inside me, then two, the sensation was overwhelming. His mouth continued its relentless assault on my senses while his fingers found a spot that made me bow my back off the bed.
“That’s it,” he said against me. “You’re going to take my cock so well, love.”
The endearment pushed me over the edge. Joy crashed through me in waves, my body clenching around his fingers as his name spilled from my lips. Heworked me through it, gentling his touch as the aftershocks subsided, until I lay boneless and panting beneath him.
He moved back up my body, pressing kisses to my heated skin as he went. When he reached my mouth, I tasted myself on his lips, and the intimacy of it sent a fresh pulse of desire through me despite my recent release.
“You’re beautiful when you come apart,” he said, brushing damp hair from my forehead.
I wrapped my arms around him, pulling him closer. “I want all of you, Kieran.”
“Love.” He shifted, positioning himself between my thighs, the hard length of him pressing against my entrance. “Look at me. Don’t look away.”
I found his gaze.
“I want to see your face,” he said. “I want to remember this moment exactly as it is.”
