“How long ago was that?”
“Two years.”
“You’ve been single for two years?The men where you live are nuts.You make me crazy, Reegan.I want you so badly I can barely stand it.”
“Then why are we talking about my ex?”
The challenge in her voice was enough to spur me on.I reached for the hem of her top and pulled it off slowly, my greedy gaze devouring every inch of her body as I revealed it.Her breasts were contained in a yellow bra the same color as the honeysuckle in my garden.I dropped her shirt behind me and lifted her jaw to bring our lips together.
She tasted like my greatest fantasy.Like honey and fresh air and a woman I could love.A woman I could lose myself in.She made me want things I hadn’t wanted in years.Things I’d given up wanting.Until I met her.Until she was on my dock, pushing back and arguing with me about her right to be there.
I slid my hands around to her back and flicked the clasp open to release her breasts.My hands were waiting when the fabric finally slid off her shoulders, taking the weight and rolling her nipples in my fingers.
“Josh,” she whispered against my lips.
I abandoned our kiss and dropped to my knees, lifting one breast to my lips.I held her gaze as I pinched her tender nipple between my teeth.
She gasped, her eyelids fluttering closed before she forced them open to watch me.She licked her lips and brought the lower one between her teeth.
I growled and traded sides, leaving a wet trail between the globes.Her hand slid into my hair, her fingers tightening and pulling my hair when I bit down on her nipple.
She eased her bra all the way off and tossed it to the side.She slid her hands down my back, her touch a caress that set me on fire.
How was I going to let her go?
I pushed her shoulder to get her to lie back.I hooked my fingers in her shorts and panties, sliding both down her curvy legs and past her bare feet.Her hair surrounded her like a halo.My angel.She looked up at me with a look I would have thought was love in any other situation.
Damn, I wanted it to be love.
But we were temporary.And I needed to remember that.I was falling for her, but she had a life to return to.A life I would never be a part of.Because my life was in Amethyst Bay.
I’d never considered leaving before, and as much as I was falling for Reegan, I loved my hometown.It was where my daughter would come back to every summer, where she grew up, where my family was from.It hurt to know I’d have to say goodbye to Reegan, but I would.
Until then, I would show her what she deserved.I would show her what being loved felt like.And then I’d send her home with the hope she’d find love.
Even if it killed me.
I pressed my lips to the honeysuckle below her breast, inhaling the scent of her body.I wanted to taste every inch of her.My tongue followed the curve of her breast to her sternum, then along the lower curve of her other breast.I nibbled her ribcage and resisted the urge to leave marks all over her body.I’d never wanted to mark a woman before, but Reegan… She did things to me.Things no one had ever done.
I pressed her thighs wide to fit my body between them as I tasted her skin.My hands slid up and down her legs, from her knees to her inner thighs.She rocked her hips, twisting to seek out my hands.
I leaned over her, my teeth finding her hip the same moment my fingers thrust inside her.
“Holy fuck,” she cried.Her body sucked my fingers in deeper, the pull making my dick surge.“Josh.”
I nibbled to the crease of her belly and her thigh, tracing the line around to the center of her body.My fingers were coated and slippery, glistening from being inside her.I flicked her clit with the tip of my tongue, then continued my path to her other hip, getting a frustrated groan from her.
“You’re mean.”
“You’re captivating.I don’t want you to come too fast.”
“I’ve been waiting all day.”
“All day?”I asked, looking up at her.
She nodded, her gaze hooded.“You have no idea how sexy you are.Feeling your hands on me, kissing you.I’ve been on edge all day.I almost took even longer in the shower.”
“Why is that?”I knew the answer, but I wanted to hear it from her.
