When a noise rumbled up her chest, she put the back of her hand over her mouth and bit it. But her control faltered with each delicious thrust. The steady in and out had her body tightening. Every cell pulsed. After one last push inside her, she came apart. The orgasm screamed through her as her hips continued to move back and forth.

He kept plunging as the sweat broke out at the base of his neck. When her body started to wind down, she concentrated on him. Kissed that sexy collarbone and dragged her teeth along his neck.

That’s all it took. He moaned as his hips tipped forward one last time. His fingers tightened on the back of her thighs. She held on as the orgasm hit him. His body rocked against her and she felt it all. Finally, his head dipped until his forehead rested against her chest. The pulses continued for a few more seconds before his body relaxed and his weight pressed heavier against her.

His labored breathing blew across her chest. The sleek muscles of his back tensed as she traced her fingers over them. She tried to soothe him with gentle kisses on the top of his head.

After a few seconds, he turned his head to the side and rested his cheek against her chest. “Well, that was amazing.”

She had no idea where he found the energy to speak. She couldn’t even manage to use that breathy voice like he did. Her muscles refused to listen as her body curled into his.

“Yeah.” That took all she had but at least she managed to whisper something into his hair.

He lifted his head and stared down at her. Those sexy eyes, all intense and unreadable, watched her. “Any regrets?”

His voice sounded scratchy and oh-so-sexy. She knew she could be coy or play games, but she couldn’t muster up the energy for that, either. “None.”

A second later, the doorknob rattled and they both jumped. Their bodies hadn’t separated or cooled. They both held their breaths. After a second shake of the knob, the voices in the hall died down and whoever was out there seemed to move away.

“That was close,” she said, even though she didn’t care.

She knew she should slide down, enjoy the friction until their bodies separated. She rested her head against his instead.

“Abby?”

With all the stress and worry gone, exhaustion hit her. But her eyes popped open again just as they were beginning to close. “Yeah?”

“Next time, we use a bed.”

* * *

It took another fifteen minutes for them to break apart. Spence couldn’t stop kissing her while they straightened their clothes and cleaned up a bit. He didn’t even try to hold back. The last one came as he pulled up the zipper to her dress. Before finishing the last inch, he leaned down and pressed a kiss on the bare skin of her shoulder. Tried to remember every scent and feeling so he could relive this moment later.

When she turned around to face him, he expected regret and maybe a little shyness. Instead, she smiled up at him. “Does my hair look like we just had sex?”

Every part of her did, but he figured that had more to do with his needs and his perception than with the state of her clothes and makeup. “You look amazing.”

“We need to leave this room.” She sighed. “I’m sure someone has been looking for us.”

Knowing his family, many someones were. Maneuvering through the next twenty minutes might not be that easy. It would help if he could forget that he carried her ripped panties in his pocket. “I envy you being an only child at the moment.”

She smiled and opened the door. Peeked out while he stole one last look at her perfect butt. The woman filled out a slim-fitting dress better than any woman he’d ever known. She was curvy and sleek...and he would have to concentrate very hard not to think about what she could do with that mouth.

They’d just stepped into the hall when Carter appeared in front of them. That grin. The way his gaze wandered over both of them.

This was not going to be good. Spence would bet money on that.

“Where were you two?” Carter asked as he glanced into the dark pantry behind them.

Abby’s eyes widened. “What?”

“Hmm?” Spence asked at the same time.

Carter’s grin only grew bigger. “Was that a hard question?”

Leave it to his baby brother to pick this moment to come home after months away. Now he was showing up everywhere. The guy’s timing sucked. “Of course not.”

Carter gestured for them to go into the library two doors down the hall. Since complying struck Spence as the quickest way through this situation, he followed. They all stepped inside and were immediately surrounded by walls of books. A desk sat in the corner by the large floor-to-ceiling window. There were a few other chairs scattered around the room but they stood there, with the door closed behind them.