Page 78 of Deceptive Lies

Not even the bruises mottling her skin could hide their beauty.

Dipping his head, Cooper bent his knees enough that he could take one pebbled nipple into his mouth and suckle on it. Willow moaned, her head falling back, her fingers tangling in his hair, holding him in place like he had any intention of moving any time soon.

When he finished lavishing attention on one breast he moved to the other. Swirling the tip of his tongue on her nipple had Willow’s body trembling and he filed that information away to use when he got her naked.

By the time he finally tore his lips away from her pert breasts and kissed a line down her stomach, Willow’s eyes were dark with desire, and he was so hard it took all his restraint not to just strip her and bury himself inside her.

Instead, he forced himself to take his time, savor every second, live in the moment.

His thumbs hooked into the leggings she was wearing, and he took them down with him as he knelt before her. As much as he despised seeing her body littered with black and blue marks, each one was a testament to Willow’s strength and bravery.

“Do you know how amazing you are?” he asked, looking up at her.

Her fingers were still in his hair and softly played with the strands. “I'm determined.”

“You're the most incredible woman I've ever met,” he corrected. “I want to give you the world.”

“I don’t need the world. I just need …”

“What?” he prompted when she didn't continue.

“I don’t want to be alone anymore,” she whispered.

“Oh, honey, that is one thing I can promise you without a shadow of a doubt. You willneverbe alone again. Not ever,” he vowed as he nudged her legs apart.

“Cooper,” her fingers tightened on his hair, “I've never done this … with a guy’s tongue … no one’s ever put their mouth …”

His eyes lit up as desire licked at his skin. “So, I’m going to be your first.”

“What if …?” Willow’s gaze darted away before steadfastly returning to meet his. “What if I don’t like it?”

“Then I’ll stop. But trust me, honey, you are going to love it,” he promised as he buried his face in the apex of her thighs and breathed deeply. “So sweet, so perfect,” he murmured, nudging her legs further apart.

Since she made no move to stop him, his tongue darted out and he swept it along her center, making Willow moan.

The sound was enough to snap some of his control and he dove right in and feasted. Each moan, each sharp intake of air, each time her fingers tightened in his hair, it spurred him on. He licked and suckled, alternating between thrusting his tongue as deep inside her as he could get, and lavishing attention on her bud.

Willow’s legs began to tremble, and he gripped her hips, holding her in place, and upped the pace.

“Cooper, I'm … oh …” She gasped. “I'm … I can't … I'm going to …”

“Let go, honey, I’ll catch you when you fall,” he whispered, his lips still around her bundle of nerves, and when he sucked it into his mouth and swirled the tip of his tongue around it just as he’d done earlier with her nipples, she fell apart for him.

Not letting up until he’d drawn out every last drop of pleasure from her, by the time Cooper pulled back, Willow’s cheeks were flushed, her eyes closed, and the sweetest smile on her lips.

Now she knew she could let go with him, that she was safe.

Scooping her into his arms as he stood, he carried her the last few steps to the bed and laid her down. As he stripped out of hisclothes, and sheathed himself with a condom, Cooper couldn’t take his eyes off her.

Damn, she was perfect.

Everything about her.

“Inside me, Cooper, want to feel you,” she murmured, opening her eyes and smiling up at him.

“Can’t wait, honey,” he said as he climbed on the bed, stretching out on top of her.

Entering her in one thrust, Cooper stilled, enjoying the feel of her tight body around him, her heat, the fluttering of her internal muscles. It felt like coming home.

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