“Mike!” I screamed his name as he unwound my legs from his waist and quickly moved down my body. He sat back and unfastened my pants before tugging them down my hips and thighs in snappish movements until he flung them and my panties to the floor.
“You want to take me inside you?” He lifted an eyebrow as he shoved his pants over his own hips and fisted his cock. “You want me to fuck you?”
“Yes! Oh, God! Please Mike! Please!”
With a grunt and a shove of his hips, Mike sank inside me in one smooth stroke. Again, I screamed, another orgasm overtaking me almost immediately. He was thick and pulsing inside me, and I thought he cried out with me.
It took several seconds to realize he was holding himself deep inside me but not moving. I shook my head, trying to think. Shouldn’t he be moving? I was pretty sure…
“Mike?”
“Hush, Mama Tiger. Hush…” He kissed my lips. It was then I realized he was sweating, his breath sawing in and out of his lungs in a ragged pant. “Just hold still a moment, honey.”
Hold still? What the fuck was he talking about? I didn’t want to hold still. “Fuck me!” My demand was like steel. I met his gaze with my own, hoping he could see the determination and need to have him give me what I wanted.
“Is that what you need?”
“Yes!”
The next instant, he rode me hard, looking straight into my eyes as he took me ruthlessly. Breath exploded out of my lungs with each surge forward. I hung on tightly, gasping with each time his cock slammed home.
“Come, Josephine.” His hoarse whisper was a harsh command I was helpless to resist. The second the words were out of his mouth, I obeyed. My screams were as loud as his shouts. As I clamped down around him, I felt his hot seed shooting inside me and something settled in my chest. My breathing was fast and deep, like I’d run a race, but I felt at peace. Like the interlude we’d just shared was an integral part of my life. I felt… complete.
“You good, Mama Tiger?”
“Why do you call me that?” I was good, but I wasn’t ready to admit it to him yet.
“Because that’s what you are. A mama tiger protecting the cubs she sees as hers.”
“Cubs?”
“Yeah. Alex. His girl. Their child.”
“No one said I was protecting them. And I’ve not met the girl yet.”
He smirked at me. “But we’ll be taking her to Somerset with us to our new home.”
I scowled and shoved him off me. Immediately I felt the loss of his warmth and had to fight myself to keep from whimpering and pulling him back. The smirk on his face said he noticed, though. “I’ve not got any intention of keeping Gracie with me. God knows I’ve got enough on my plate just adjusting back to civilian life. And who says I’m going to make Somerset my home? Our home? You’ve lost your mind.”
Mike rolled over on his back with a groan. His cock was still high and proud, ready for another round.
“That thing ever go down?” I raised an eyebrow.
“Only when there’s not a desirable woman in the vicinity.”
“Guess you’re up all the time then, huh.” I gave him a disgusted look. It wasn’t that I wanted to think I was special or anything, but it still hurt to know I was just one in a long line of women this guy had had. I likely wouldn’t be the last.
“Nope. Ain’t been this hard this long in my life. Not even sure I was this horny even as a fuckin’ teenager. Not to mention the fact I just came a flood for you.”
That surprised me. On many levels. But I wasn’t about to say so. Of course, Mike glanced my way and winked at me.
“Look,” I said as I snagged my clothes and started dressing with jerky movements. I needed to clean myself up but didn’t want to look like I was running away. Also didn’t want to stand there naked while he looked his fill. “I don’t care if we’re fuck buddies. We can both scratch an itch when necessary. But you demanded I not lie to you, so I want the same. I don’t need your flattery or pretty words. Just your dick.”
Instantly, his gaze grew hard. “I never say anything I don’t mean, Josephine. Not for you. Not for anyone.” With that, Mike sat up slowly before retrieving his own clothes.
Yeah. I might have overreacted. But Goddamnit, the man appealed to me on more levels than I could count. He ticked every single motherfucking box I had. Michael Wilbanks was not only my match in every way, he complemented me like no partner I’d ever had. Who was I kidding? I’d never really had a partner. Not like I thought of Mike. He got me. And that scared the fuck outta me.
Chapter Five