Page 15 of All I Want

Chapter 4

He sealed hislips to hers and every doubt, every minute that had passed with them apart, vanished. She was back in his arms. He swallowed her soft gasp, slanting his head to the side, to fit her perfectly to him. Her sigh against his lips, the way her body molded to his, memories didn’t hold a candle to the actual feel of her in his arms. Where she belonged. Where he belonged.

He didn’t immediately push for more, just relished in the fact that she was kissing him back. Her tongue darted out, tracing the seam of his lips, and he gave in, parting to her questing tongue. He groaned against her mouth. She tasted like warmth and cinnamon, with a touch of icing from the cookies they’d brought. He wanted to eat her up, but he let her set the pace.

His hand skated up her spine, and she shuddered under his touch, her tongue dueling with his as he finally gave into his need for her.

She released his shirt, trailing her fingers down his chest, and his stomach clenched under her touch. He couldn’t stop from pressing his desire against her. He’d been hard from the moment he’d pulled her into the empty room.

“Alex,” she gasped against his lips, and he barely resisted the urge to lift her onto the closest bed. He wanted her legs wrapped around him, her heat pressed against his cock.

“I’ve missed you so fucking much,” he growled against her mouth before he kissed her again, his tongue darting in to meet hers.

He deepened the kiss, spinning them so he could press her against the wall. Her fingers sank into his hair, tugging on his scalp, and desire burned down to his toes.

Fuck it.

His hands settled under her ass, and when he hoisted her up, her legs immediately went around his waist, tightening as she held on to him, her breasts crushing to his chest.

He broke the kiss, peppering bites along her jaw, sucking her earlobe into his mouth as she moaned. He pressed a kiss behind her ear, and she shuddered in his arms.

“Some things never change,” he whispered against her skin.

She scraped her nails along his scalp, and then it was his turn to shake.

“Yep. Some things never change,” she said, her laugh husky, her eyes glittering with familiar humor and desire.

“Go out with me tonight.” He paused, shaking his head with a laugh. “Shit. I have a game tonight. See what you do to me?”

“You do the same to me,” she said, unwrapping her legs from around his waist and shifting to stand in front of him.

Her smile warmed his entire body. He’d missed that smile. He squeezed her hand, not willing to let her go just yet. “Come to the game tonight. We can grab something to eat after.”

“I would love to go to another game, but I’m working early tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow night?”

“We are leaving for our road trip tomorrow night. I’ll be back in a week. You could always meet us in Vancouver. We’re there for two days.” He wanted to sneak her into his hotel room, to pick up where they’d left off, and he wished he didn’t see hesitation in her eyes.

“I can’t do that, I have to work. I just started my residency. I’m on call most of the week and I don’t have a lot of days off. Especially not days together. Maybe this isn’t a good time,” she said, nibbling her lower lip, and he resisted the urge to capture her lips again.

“We’ll find a good time, I promise.”

“I mean, maybe this isn’t a good time for us to fall back into a relationship. I mean, that’s what you want, right? But my schedule is crazy and your schedule is crazy and I just—I just don’t know. And who knows where I’m going to be after my residency ends, and you could get traded.”

Shit. She was spiraling.

He tugged her close. “Mags, we can’t focus on what could happen. Anything could happen, but I don’t want to let you go this time. I know you had your reasons, and a part of me agrees they were valid, but I’m here and so are you, and the feelings are still there.” He paused. “They’re still there, right?”

Her small nod and bright eyes did him in. He leaned down, brushing his lips against hers, pouring every feeling he had for her into that kiss.

He swallowed his victory when she moaned against his mouth, sinking into his chest. He tightened his arms around her, holding her close, and she opened her mouth under his. He wanted to kiss her forever.

“Hey, Westie, stop making out with the pretty doctor. We have another floor to visit.” Jake’s voice came from the hall. Maggie broke the kiss.

“Dammit, I’m going to kill him,” Alex muttered, refusing to let go of Maggie’s hand when she tried to pull free. “Ignore him.”

“I can’t ignore him. He’s going to start shouting.”

“Then his life is over.”

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