Page 108 of Trust My Bodyguard

“Wow.” His head sinks.

So dramatic.

“But...” I finger his chin, urging his eyes back up to me. “I’m a tough woman and your hard edges never scared me. I found a worthy opponent I enjoyed sparring with.”

Caution stays in his gaze.

“And somewhere along the line, you weren’t just driving me crazy. You were driving me crazy in the best way possible.”

His eyebrows lift.

“You weren’t just getting on my nerves, you were getting into my heart, too.” I bring his hand to my chest, too, tearing up with the truth of my confession. “You weren’t pushing my buttons, you were pulling at my heartstrings, too.”

His lips twitch with the beginnings of a smile. He knows I’m right. He can be a pain when he chooses.

“What I’m saying is, I care about you a lot.” I emphasize the words as best I can. “And I... I want to be with you.”

He exhales like he’s been holding his breath the whole time. “Oh, Ivy.” He presses our faces together and kisses me. “I want that, too. More than anything.”

Elation builds in my chest. I’ve always kept my feelings to myself, knowing the man that Brody is. But hearing he shares them sends me to cloud nine. Yet, even in all my fantasies, there’s one thing I can’t reconcile. “But I don’t know how we’ll make it work.”

His brows furrow. “What do you mean?”

“Well, you’re here in Pine Peaks and I live in Denver. We’re not exactly neighbors. I can’t drop by anytime and I know you need to be here for your firm.”

Even before we confessed how we felt, being apart for a week was hard. I don’t want to go through that again.

“I know that, too,” he says. “I’ve thought about it. But I’m not going to let distance be the reason why we won’t be together, okay? We’ll figure something out. I promise.”

He sounds so sure. I know he’ll make it happen. A smile pulls at my lips. “So...”

His eyes twinkle. “So, I think we are a thing now.”

“A good thing?”

“Definitely.” He palms my cheek and brings my lips to his.

His lips claim mine with a sweet reassurance. Brody’s mine. He loves me as I love him.

My heart feels full now, not with the nerves of unspoken feelings but with the certainty of reciprocated love. Whatever happens, I’ve got him, and he’s got me.

The slow kiss takes a turn as his tongue licks the seam of my lips open and snakes inside. The taste of his tongue rewires my brain, pouring need into my veins. I yearn for him.

As if reading my thoughts, he pushes my thighs apart and presses his hard body on mine. Heat flushes through me. I need him. Circling his neck with my hands, I grind my crotch against the quickly lengthening behind his fly.

He grabs my hip and takes over the grinding motion, hitting his cock in the right spot. My neck loses strength, and my head falls back. But Brody’s hand curves around my nape, pulling me back to take my mouth in a heated kiss. Just when I’m getting into it, he breaks free and starts to trail kisses down my jaw and neck.

My hands shake as I undo the buttons of my shirt, giving him room to explore my breasts hidden beneath padding and underwire. He unclasps the bra easily, tossing aside the piece of garment as though it offends him. His heated breath bathes my skin, followed by a soft, wet kiss on the valley between my breasts.

A moan falls from my lips. I run my fingers through his hair, pushing my chest against his face, urging him to keep going. His hands hold me still as his lips graze one nipple, and then he sucks it into his mouth.

“Ah,” I cry out, arching into him some more.

He rolls the second nipple between his thumb and index while sucking on the first one. He keeps up the pace until I can’t stay still. My head thrashes left and right, and involuntary pleas fall from my lips as I beg for more.

Then his mouth leaves my nipple with a pucker, and his kisses trail lower. My beaded flesh is only given a moment of respite because he closes his hand around it. Both hands keep working my tight peaks as he kisses down my shivering belly to the needy spot between my legs.

He scowls at my jeans and tugs it off as quickly as possible. My underwear goes with it, and then my slick pussy is on full display. Brody licks his lips, staring down at it with a ravenous hunger in his eyes.

---