Page 66 of Taken By Storm

Having her here helped him temper his needs.

But only a little.

Because the second her tongue found his, the instant her hands reached around his midsection and gripped his ass firmly, it was fucking on.

Levi deepened the kiss as he slow-walked her to the bed, not stopping until the back of her legs hit the mattress. Kasi pulled away, glancing behind her before facing him once more with a smile that was equal parts breathtaking and seductive.

“You’re beautiful,” he murmured, his lips sliding along her brow, down to her ear. “And you’re mine. Now take off those damn clothes.”

Chapter Eleven

Kasi soaked in his declaration that she was his like sunshine after a long, cold rain.

What would she give to truly be his…forever?

She desperately wanted the future Levi saw so clearly, but there were too many negative thoughts clouding her vision. Uncertainty about her family’s situation, fear of being hurt if Levi changed his mind or realized she wasn’t the one, as well as the never-ending trepidation about giving her heart to someone.

Losing her mother had nearly destroyed her, broken her heart in a way she’d never experienced. And she could admit to herself that she hadn’t truly picked herself back up since Mama’s death. The pain was still there, only slightly more manageable than in the weeks right after the funeral. She wasn’t sure her heart would recover if Levi broke things off with her. Adding new pain to the existing wounds would kill her.

Of course, all those reasons weren’t helping her keep her distance because Levi was too easy to be with and too easy to fall in love with.

No matter how many times she told herself to play it cool, play it smart, she failed. Because even with those mental pep talks running on repeat in her mind, her heart was alreadyslipping away from her, falling just as hard and fast for Levi as he said he was falling for her.

This evening had been a roller coaster of emotions and a whirlwind of activity. Kasi’s life these past eight months had begun to feel like one endless day of the same monotonous routine. Nothing different ever happened. Or if it did, it was always something shitty that never failed to add misery to the boredom.

Levi changed all that, adding excitement and fun to her world, as well as offering her support and compliments and beautiful words that wiped away the agony she’d begun to believe had left a permanent stain on her heart.

Maybe she didn’t know what tomorrow was going to bring, but by God, tonight she was going to be selfish, going to take what he was offering because she simply couldn’t say no.

Kasi lifted her hands, pulling off her blouse as Levi took a step away, giving himself a better view. Once she slipped the last button free, she slid the silky blouse over her shoulders, dropping it to the floor.

Levi’s eyes were glued to her breasts. The desire darkening his gaze and the way his jaw tightened made her feel like the most beautiful woman alive. She’d never given a whole lot of thought to her looks, always accepting that she was passably attractive, pretty enough in her mind, but not drop-dead gorgeous, not the type of woman to turn most men’s heads.

The way Levi drank her in said he saw her as so much more than that.

She reached behind her back, unfastening her bra, adding it to the growing pile of clothes at her feet. Any shyness she felt around Levi had vanished over the past couple of weeks as their encounters on the couch progressed. He had seen her bare breasts just last night, when he’d lifted her shirt.

Her nipples pebbled in the cool air of the cabin as she recalled the way he’d taken them into his mouth, sucking on them, nipping at them, driving her out of her mind with the sensation.

While she was technically still a virgin, that didn’t mean she didn’t have experience with other aspects of sex. She’d made out with a few guys during high school and after. Kasi had gotten pretty good at dry humping and over-the-pants hand jobs. She’d even had a couple guys play with her tits, but always through the barrier of her bra. In truth, she’d never considered her nipples an erogenous zone, never played with them herself in the quiet of her own bedroom when she brought herself to orgasm with her fingers or a vibrator.

Levi had shown her the error of her ways last night, his touches, kisses, sucks, and licks so intense, she’d come close to climaxing. From just breast play.

She expected Levi to touch her as she stood before him shirtless, or to begin stripping off his own clothing, but he did neither. Instead, he tilted his chin up just once. “Keep going.”

His deep, velvety voice shot through her system like champagne. She never failed to get light-headed and giddy whenever he whispered sweet nothings in her ear or told her all the dirty things he was going to do to her when he got her alone.

Levi was a master of drawing hot, horny, kinky pictures in her mind, a porntastic Picasso.

She reached for the button on her jeans, slipping it loose before sliding down the zipper. Levi’s gaze was locked on her hands, following her progress like his life depended on him not missing a single second. She wasn’t sure he’d blinked in the last few minutes.

Kasi shimmied her hips, dragging her jeans and panties down together, her need too strong to draw this out. Once thedenim and lace hit the floor, she toed off her sandals, then stepped out of the rest of her clothes.

She expected to be nervous, standing before Levi completely naked when he hadn’t shed a single article of clothing, but instead she felt…powerful.

Especially when Levi dropped to his knees in front of her, his eyes taking in her bared pussy. He’d yet to see that part of her, though he’d touched it. He never did more than open her pants, never pulling them down, telling her that his self-control was a finite thing and if he started seriously exploring below her waist, he’d never be able to stop himself from taking her.

He leaned forward, kissing the top of one thigh before moving to the other, skipping over the part she wanted him to touch the most.

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