Page 16 of Snow Drift

"But you, you have to be in one place forever to do your landscaping. Both for your business, and to build your dream garden," she whispers against my chest. "We're never ever going to work. I'm sorry."

My lips brush the top of her hair. "See, I don't like the wordnever. I mentioned traveling to see you sometimes. But if you didn't want to tell me where you were, I could always send you money, and you could come to me – I wouldn't even have to know when you were arriving. Just show up. I'd always be thrilled to see you."

Her palm feels wonderful against my heart as she looks up to meet my eyes. "You really would be fine with that?"

"If that's what you needed." My hand slides down to grip the firm curve of her ass gently. "Iwantto be with you every second of every day, but if all I can get is a long weekend once a month, I'll take it."

Her lips fall open in a surprised O. "Really?"

"Kallie, I'm yours. This is real. It's fast, and I know it's strange that we're sharing a bed so soon, but whatever. It's still completely real."

I can see it in her eyes. She wants to squash her fears, but they've been part of her for so long that it's going to take some time.

"You're in charge." My hand slips under the baggy t-shirt to glide up her spine. "You must be tired after a long day, then getting all that out of your system. Should I blow out the candles and we can get some sleep?"

Her teeth sink into her bottom lip for a moment as she stares into my eyes, considering. Finally, she whispers, "What if just for tonight we just ignored the entire outside world?"

"So we're in a little bubble? The two of us together?"

Her seductive smile sends lust running through my veins. "Yeah. No future, no past. No stress. Just however many hours we're together in this room."

"But you are still in charge. Always, Kallie."

Her lashes flutter shut as she hesitates. Then she stretches to bring her lips up to my ear. "I'm on the pill as a precaution, but I've never done anything like this before. So, maybe you could drive?"

"That depends." Grinning, I kiss the tip of her nose. "Do you promise to tell me 'Stop, that's enough for now' at any point whatsoever that you want to?"

She nods, then whispers again. "Yes. But I'm not going to want to."

My hips and thighs tighten as it feels like half the blood in my body surges to my cock. This physical connection between us has been there from the beginning, but I never really thought about how far it would go since Kallie was so wary of a relationship. Yet if she really wants to explore, I'm going to give her everything she needs.

Taking her hands, I stretch them in the air over her head. Then I slowly roll up her shirt, raising it gradually, revealing her stomach, then the underside of her round, perfect breasts.

I tuck the bottom edge of the fabric into her hands, covering her face. "Hold that." She laughs lightly as I kiss looping circles around her breasts. Then I hear a sharp gasp as I suck a nipple between my lips. While I slowly devour her soft breasts, Kallie awkwardly pulls the shirt off, dropping it to the floor.

I stretch her out on her back, lying beside her as I kiss her with a fire burning even brighter than the one crackling beside us. Everything about this precious girl lights me up from the inside.

My hands won't stop roaming over every inch of her body. Every sigh, every taste, every quiver she gives me makes my heart speed up. Kallie is mine, I'm sure of it, and although I don't know how to convince her completely, I think at least she's beginning to come around.

I roll over her, and her eyes grow huge as I cover her body with mine, loosening the tie on her pajama pants. "If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, not yet," I whisper. My lips brush her forehead and her cheekbone. Down her throat. Around her breasts, and slowly down her stomach while I slowly pull off her pants, admiring her toned legs. Then her underwear, as she trembles shyly.

Kallie is clearly nervous, so I don't give her any time to worry. Spreading her thighs, I grin when I see her perfect pink pussy, with just the faintest dusting of soft blonde hair. "Gorgeous."

She moans as I lean in, dragging my tongue slowly around her outer lips, exploring her folds. Her fingers dig into the sides of my head. She's already quivering.

Using my thumbs, I gently spread her open, revealing her petal-soft flesh and the almost hidden nub of her clit. A few slow circles with the tip of my tongue send Kallie over the moon. Her hips begin to shake as she clutches me.

"Oh…" Her breathy moan makes my hips tighten with the urge to drive myself inside her. Be one with her. Make her feel everything she needs to feel.

I'm in love with Kallie already.

Putting that thought aside, I focus on the woman in front of me. On the blunt tip of my middle finger swirling around her inner lips as her body tries to clutch at me. On the rasp of my tongue against her clit, making her shoulders jerk forward as she grips my shoulder with one hand and the side of my head with the other.

The way she's looking so deeply into my eyes, maybe I'm just hoping, but I feel that she's finally ready to let go of her fears. Ready to at least consider having a life with me.

Maybe if I make her come so hard she sees stars, she will relax enough to see how deeply I need to protect her.

Not just from the world at large. But from her own fears.

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