Page 31 of Protected By Artemis

“You are so beautiful,” he said, kneeling above her. He gripped his cock, stroking it at a pace that would end his agony. She was still panting beneath him when he came with a roar, his come lashing her breasts before dripping onto her belly.

She watched him, his chest heaving and expanding, as his eyes wandered over her body that he had marked. When their eyes finally met, she reached out for him, and he hovered over her. The gentle kiss he pressed against her lips had her all melty inside, and she tried to pull him down onto her.

“Wait, let me get a towel,” he said, pulling away from her.

“Huh? Oh, right,” she giggled, then snapped her fingers and handed him one. Once he had carefully cleaned her up, he finally lay beside her and gathered her in his arms.

“When you’re ready, I’d like to volunteer to be the first one to have sex with you,” he said into her hair.

“What?” she giggled and looked up at him.

“That was real good,” he grinned. “I can’t even imagine how much better actual sex will be.”

Artemis burst out laughing, and Cade joined her, their giggles filling the room.

“We’ll see,” she said against his lips. “But there’s still a lot more we can do until then.”

Chapter 6

Artemis

Rriiinnnnggg!

“Goddammit!” Cade roared as he reached toward the bedside table and knocked the clock off. “Fucking alarm.”

Artemis let out a frustrated groan. “We need to get ready.”

He looked up at her from between her legs. “Just one more minute.”

“But it’s?—”

“One.” He pushed her legs apart. “Minute.”

She threw her head back on the pillow and let Cade’s mouth do its magic. His tongue lashed at her clit, flicking over the sensitive nub until she squirmed her hips up at him. His mouth devoured her, lapping all over her pussy like a man who hadn’t had a meal for days. Sure enough, exactly one minute later, her fingers dug into the pillows as her hips lifted up to meet Cade’s face as an earth-shattering orgasm—the second of that morning—ripped through her.

“What did I tell you?” he smiled smugly at her. “All I needed was a minute to get you off.” He crawled on top of her and gave her a kiss. “No need for the bullshit detector on that one.”

“Ha!” she giggled, then gently pushed him away. “As much as I want to return the favor, you’re really cutting it close. Thisis the last day of your meetings, and you haven’t gotten all the alpha’s phone data yet, nor do we have any proof in the ones we do have. Let’s get showered?—”

“Nuh-uh.” He shook his head. “You can’t join me.”

“And why not?”

“Because…” His mouth trailed down her neck all the way to her breasts. “You’re just going to distract me, and then we’ll really be late.” He sucked one already-hard nipple into his mouth before releasing it. “Stay here.” Sliding off the bed, he dashed toward the bathroom, the door closing behind him but not before Artemis had devoured the sight of his naked back and ass.

With a sigh, she hugged a pillow to her heated body—not that it helped. Her skin was still tingling from that orgasm.

What have I done?

And what am I doing still?

She rolled to her side, clutching at the pillow. Last night had been indescribable. The things he’d done to her, and her to him…it still made her shiver, and yet she couldn’t get enough. A curl of heat gathered low in her belly, making her squeeze her thighs together, wondering what it would be like to have him between them and inside?—

No.

She wasn’t ready. She hadn’t been last night and she wasn’t now.

Nor was she sure if she’d ever be.

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