When he entered his bedroom, he was shocked to find Bailey under the covers reclined against the headboard waiting for him.
“Are you waiting up for me?”he asked.
“Yes,” she whispered.
“Okay.I won’t be long,” he promised.
He emptied his bladder and brushed his teeth before exiting the bathroom.As he neared the bed, one corner of his mouth curved upward.Even with red-rimmed puffy eyes, she was still the most beautiful sight he’d ever seen.
He crawled underneath the covers and turned off the bedside lamp before reclining onto his back.She immediately scooted closer to him, resting her weight on him and he reached out to steady her.Every square inch where her body met his was instantly aware.He wrapped his arm around her waist.She pressed a kiss to his chest and he called himself all sorts of names for being so weak.
“Bailey,” he said suddenly, “I’m sorry for losing my head and putting us into the situation.”
She reached out and pressed a finger to his lips, quieting him.“We were both lost in the moment.I don’t want that to taint one of the best experiences of my life.”
He grinned even as he tried not to let his ego over-inflate.“Yeah?”
“Yeah.I kind of want to do it again, but we’ve already been risky,” she mumbled.
A billion conflicting emotions roared through him.He’d originally planned to spend the entire night making love to her before the reality of his lapse of sanity had kicked in.Now he wasn’t sure it would be the same if they did.
“I have condoms,” he admitted.“I purchased them the day after I told you to pack a bag for the next time you came over.I just got caught up in the moment.”
“So, we can be safe this time?”she asked.
“Yes.”
She was quiet for several minutes before nodding.“Then I want to.”
Duke finally released the groan he’d been holding in, reached for her, and pulled her into his embrace.He lowered his mouth to hers like a starving man after the only nourishment left in the world and shoved aside the slight shame at his tactics in the wave of lust pulling him under.No sense in denying himself what he craved.
Chapter 9
Bailey sighed withpleasure when Duke pulled his mouth from hers to trail long, hot, slow kisses down the column of her throat, leaving his every sense heightened.
Duke couldn’t hold back any longer.He had already suffered through the longest three hours of his life.He drew her closer, needing to feel all of her.Caress all of her.The cool air in the room didn’t do anything to cool either of them off from the heat swamping them.The light from the moon outside gave her skin an ethereal glow and he stroked his hands up and down her back, enjoying the softness of her skin.
