She grinned.“Unlike my sister, I rarely get around to it.I pick up the rest of the house because, you know, it used to be hers andshe was so freaking tidy.”Putting on a mock frown, she said, “If you expect me to be the same, you’ll be disappointed.”
“Nothing about you disappoints me.”Still whispering, he asked, “Do the dogs bother you when you have men over?”
One slender shoulder lifted.“I don’t know.I’ve never had a guy over.”
Both of his brows lifted.
Laylee stammered, “I mean … I’ve been with guys.Get real, I’m twenty-five.But not here, not in this house.And I was never around pets much before.”
Knox looked around again.“Great.So I get to initiate the place.”
Taking it as the joke he meant it to be, she laughed.“Sure.Some other day, when Ford and Skye are back and the dogs are with them, you’re welcome to initiate the couch, too.Maybe the shower.Shoot, we can go for the kitchen table if you—”
Knox ended the teasing words with a kiss.Much more of her taunting him and he’d lose it.Actually, kissing her pushed him dangerously close to the edge, too.He’d been thinking about her for far too long.Liked her from the moment he saw her.Wanted her more each time they talked.
He held her face and devoured her mouth—and she let him, only making small, excited sounds and clinging to his biceps.
As he eased up, she slowly licked her swollen lips and gave him a smoky look of wonder.“You’re good at that,” she breathed.“Kissing, I mean.Completely blows me away.”
So far, so good.He peeled off his shirt and tossed it aside.He’d left his shoes by the front door, but he lifted each foot to tug off his socks.
Laylee said, “Go on.”
Grinning, he shook his head.“You need to catch up.”
She turned.“Unzip me.”
Yeah, progress.But once he touched her, he couldn’t stop.He brushed her silky hair over her left shoulder and teased his mouthdown the back of her neck.She shivered.Using only his pinkies, he eased the straps of her dress down.She wasn’t wearing a bra.Her skin was so smooth and soft, he couldn’t stop exploring with his fingertips, his lips.He held her waist, his fingers lightly contracting, and stepped up against her.
Though Laylee was slim, she had a curvy little backside on her.He slid his hands down, framing her hips, caressing her ass, and then moving back up to her breasts—all the while he continued to kiss, nip, lick, and nibble on her neck and shoulder.
“Knox,” she groaned.“The zipper.”
“In a sec.”The top of her sundress came down with a tug, freeing her breasts.Damn, she had a nice body.He breathed deeper while he cupped her in his hands and let his thumbs brush over her nipples.
“Okay, never mind,” she said, wiggling away and reaching back for the zipper.She got it down before he could reach for her again, then she skinned off the dress and stood before him in nothing more than tiny beige panties.
Without even thinking about it, he reached for the snap on his jeans.Unable to pull his gaze from her, he fumbled a second.He’d known she was perfect, but now here she was, bare in front of him, and the sight of her was hot enough to incinerate him.
Laylee stepped up.“Let me.”
He dropped his hands to his sides and braced his feet apart.She proved to be a tease, opening the snap and lowering the zipper, while also dragging her nails over the denim that covered his erection.His eyelids grew heavy, but he didn’t close them.Pretty sure he didn’t even blink.
With her fair hair swinging to either side of her face, her beautiful breasts bare, Laylee stared down at him.Her slender fingers were on him.…
Yeah, he broke.As he stepped back, Knox shoved down his jeans and boxers and then kicked them away.Smiling, Laylee did this sexy little thing where she pushed her panties over her hips and gave a wiggle that sent them sliding down her long legs.
His brain emptied of words.All he could think was: mine, now, need,forever.Over and over again.
When he reached for her, she laughed, but when they landed crossways on her bed together, him mostly on top, his mouth feasting on hers, her humor died.She wrapped her arms around his neck, her legs around his hips, and encouraged him with those husky sounds of pleasure again.
Within ten minutes, they were both desperate.Knox said, “Damn.”
“What?”she asked, but brought his mouth back to hers so he couldn’t answer.
When he freed himself again, he said, “Protection.”She’d already gone through a pregnancy scare; he wasn’t about to put her through that again.
“Oh.”
