Page 4 of Howling for Cupcakes

“Mari,” he murmured, his voice rough with desire. “You smell so good,” he rumbled, inhaling at her neck. “I want you.”

Mari gulped. He cupped her face in his hands and lowered his head, meshing their lips together. All thoughts stopped the moment he touched her. He kissed with bold, sensual strokes of his tongue.

She curled her hands around his waist, sighing into the kiss. His hot muscles made her giddy with need. The kiss turned rougher, darker. He nipped at her mouth, working his way down to her throat.

Her need for him was like a drug. She’d never wanted a man like this –a primitive need that scared her.Her ex had never even given her orgasms. He was a selfish man, only thinking of himself. But now she had this chance to make a new memory on the night she finally broke free.

Arden’s hands went around her waist and he picked her up and sat her on the counter behind her.

Goddess. She could barely think straight with him touching her like this, his hands roaming down her body, caressing her as if she were the most beautiful woman in the world.

She leaned into his kisses. Air pounded hard in her chest. She opened her heavy lids and watched his irises flare brightly with arousal.

“Your body has been calling me since the moment we locked eyes,” he muttered, kissing his way along her collarbone. His hands worked to remove her dress. “I want you naked.”

Mari had never been with anyone but her ex and he’d always told her how disappointed he was with her refusal to get plastic surgery. Her body was not what he wanted to look at. Seeing Arden’s reaction to her nakedness reminded her why she was glad she’d stayed true to herself. His gaze roamed her body and the fire she saw in his eyes made her blood thicken “Arden?—”

“I want to feast on you,” he inhaled. “I want to lick all of you all night. I want to watch you come.”

The words coming out of his mouth were driving her crazy. “I want...”

“I know what you want,” he rumbled. “You want and need my tongue. Licking you. Tasting you.”

Yes, okay. She definitely wanted that. “I do.”

He sucked on her nipple, licking circles around the sensitive nub. At the same time, his hands stroked down her body.

“That’s it, beautiful,” he murmured licking from one breast to the other. “Open your legs for me. Let me feel how much you want me.” He slipped a hand into her wetness and groaned. “You’re slick and hot.”

She leaned back on her elbows, watching him suck his way down her body. Lust raged inside her to an explosive boil.

He placed butterfly kisses down her sex. “Gorgeous.” She gasped, lying fully flat on the counter. He pressed her legs farther back until her knees pushed up at her sides. “That’s it, beautiful. Let me see all of you.” He glanced up and met her gaze. She struggled to keep her lungs functioning. The way he looked at her, as if he were ready to devour her, made her legs quake. “I’m going to taste every inch of you.”

Yes. Please, do it. She opened her mouth but only a small moan left her lips. “I can’t wait.”

He leaned down, placing each of her thighs over his massive shoulders, and used his arms to hold her in place. “You don’t have to wait any longer.”

She bit her lip and watched his head dip between her legs. It had to be the sexiest thing she’d ever seen. He kissed the inside of her thigh, slowly crawling his lips closer to her center.

“From the moment I saw you, I wanted to slide my tongue over you,” he murmured and did a slow lick from back to front. Arden licked circles around her clit. Each swipe of his tongue on her skin felt like an electric shock to her system.

Her stomach quivered. It was too soon. Too fast. He’d just thrust his tongue into her and growled. The vibration sent her muscles tensing. She was going to come.

Her skin felt hot, tight, ready to tear off her body. This reaction to sex was new. It was more than she’d ever gotten in her life.

He suckled his way up to her pleasure center and rubbed two fingers around her entrance. “You’re ready, aren’t you?”

Yes! She wiggled her hips, pushing down on his fingers, hoping he’d get the idea.

“You want me in you?”

“Yesss.”

“I like that. I like hearing you say you want me. Say it again.”

She inhaled hard at the desperate urge to beg him. “I want you.”

“Tell me again.”

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