“Yes!” I gasp, kicking the door shut and running toward him. “Everything is amazing!”
The tie slips from his fingers as I launch myself into his arms and our lips collide in a messy, happy kiss. Leon’s visible concern melts away and he laughs, taking me in his arms.
“Care to share why things are amazing?”
As the kiss breaks, I settle on my tiptoes and cradle his face. “Everything this past month has been so intense, and we’ve been working so hard. Today, I got a phone call from one of the people we helped. It was so nice to hear a success story, and I know we have others, but she wanted to call us personally. I just…”Slightly breathless, I set my feet flat on the ground. “It just feels really good to be doing something so worthwhile.”
“I’m proud of you,” Leon says, his arms remaining around my waist. “You haven’t backed down from a single thing since we started this.”
He’s right. Even the clients that Leon’s family once worked with, despite their anger at losing product or their desire to push back, have all been put in their place either with Ronan’s help or my own demands. They are all just another Paul and I refuse to let people like that have any kind of power in this world.
“I couldn’t do it without you,” I say softly.
“Because we caused it?” He lifts a teasing brow.
“You know we’ve saved people who never even crossed your path, so no, it’s not because of that. All it took was one person to change and you did that,” I remind him. “You’re putting an end to generations of cruelty. That can’t go unrewarded.”
“Rewarded?” Leon wiggles his brows. “Care to share?”
“I mean, I want to celebrate and you’re already undressing for me.”
“We have a family dinner in twenty minutes.” Leon smirks then scoops me up as I squeal with delight.
“Twenty minutes is more than enough for you,” I tease.
He deposits me on the bed and I land with a bounce. When climbs over top of me, my world narrows to just Leon. His lips press sweetly against mine as his hands roam my body, being careful of my dress. He slides his knee between my thighs.
“You look beautiful,” he murmurs. “I don’t want to mess it all up.”
“So you’re just teasing?” I gasp as he massages a handful of my breasts through my dress. “That’s worse.”
“Not teasing, just tasting.”
Before I can ask what he means, Leon vanishes from sight. I prop myself up on my elbows as he grabs my hips and pulls meto the edge of the bed, kneeling before me. He pushes my dress up my thighs then hooks one finger around my panties.
“Unless you mess yourself up while I devour you.”
“You really think you can make me feelthatgood?” I challenge with a smirk. “You’ve got some ego, mister.”
Leon leans down and lightly kisses my knee, then his lips trail a hot path up the inside of my thigh. He only pauses to remove my panties, then he drapes my legs over his shoulders and buries his face against my pussy with a growl. I fall back on the bed with a laugh that quickly dissolves into a moan as his tongue presses through my lips and teases my inner folds.
Maybe he’s right. Maybe I will mess myself up.
Leon wraps his arms around my legs, my thighs resting in the crook of his elbows. It makes movement impossible and I’m suddenly pinned, completely at the mercy of his tongue. Within seconds, my fluttering heart races and warmth blooms across my skin. My body instantly becomes hot, almost too hot. Sweat prickles at the back of my neck and pleasure curls in my belly with each firm stroke of his tongue. Back and forth he licks, pausing to seal his lips around my clit and suckle for a few seconds, then he’s back to licking and kissing every wet inch of me.
My body grows hotter and hotter. My skin burns while my heart races. Closing my eyes, I focus on the sensation of his tongue rippling across my folds, flicking at my clit, and suckling hard enough to bring stars bursting across my closed lids.
“Fuck,” I gasp, writhing in his hold. My pinned hair loosens with each toss of my head, and I can feel the sweat on my face, probably causing my makeup to smear. Desire builds like a knot just below my navel as Leon begins to hum. The subtle vibration is intense against my clit and I squeal, arching upward. His grip tightens around my thighs and he delves his tongue inside me once more.
“Leon,” I gasp. My hands shoot down to his hair, gripping tightly. He moans and hums against me once more and I come with the force of a punch. My orgasm is so powerful that I jolt up from the bed, my hoarse cries quickly consumed by trembling, panting breaths as wave after wave of ecstasy consumes me. Leon continues to lavish me in attention through every rippling wave of pleasure, leaving me a panting mess on the bed. He kisses my center once more then kisses the inside of my thigh.
“Does that count as celebrating?” he asks as he braces himself above me on one arm placed next to my head. He gazes down at me with such adoration and my heart swells with love. I smile up at him as I cup his face.
“It so does,” I say. “Leon?”
“Yes, darling?”
“I love you.”