Page 28 of Dangerous Mission

His lips twitched. “Because you slept with a boy, not a man. He had to concentrate so that he wouldn’t make a fool out of himself. Back then, I didn’t take the time to enjoy your body like I plan to do now.”

“Well, it’s only fair if I get to taste you.”

He wrapped his arms around her waist and threw her naked body over his shoulder.

The master bedroom was on the other side of the house. Terri grumbled about her fat jiggling with each step.

He brought his hand down on her ass, and the slap echoed through the hall. “You have a sexy body. I don’t want to hear you put yourself down again, or I’ll have you over my knee.”

Terri huffed. “I thought we were going to have hot and wild sex. My body is close to combusting.”

Axel threw open the bedroom door and tossed Terri onto the center of the bed. She bounced as her blue eyes stared up at him. As Axel reached for his belt buckle, she rose on her forearms. The windows had blackout curtains, making it hard to see, so he voice commanded the lamp on the side table to turn on. When Terri fell apart under his touch, he wanted to see her face.

“Can I touch them?” she asked.

He’d caught her looking at his scars a few times. For a long time, he’d hidden behind clothing. Then once he’d accepted that there was nothing he could do to change the past, he stopped. But he still hid the emotional ones deep inside. Even hours with the military shrink couldn’t help untangle the crap in his head. Also, he couldn’t talk about most things. He didn’t want the military to think he was incapable of doing his job.

At night, the terrors only happened when he went without sleep. He wasn’t the only one of his teammates to suffer from them.

“Yes.” He threw his shirt aside and sat on the bed next to Terri.

She trailed her fingers down the long scar on his chest. For a second, his mind flashed back to the man who’d inflicted the pain. He’d died years ago, but Axel wished he’d been the one to take the terrorist’s life. He’d been in the hospital when another team took the man and his cell down. Justice had been served.

When her fingers traveled lower and skimmed the top of his jeans, he snatched her hand, brought it up to his mouth, and kissed the top of it. “I’m not done with you.”

Her lips twisted. “I sure hope not, or I’m going to have to take care of myself.”

Axel undid the button of his jeans and slid out of them, leaving him in only his boxers. He placed himself between Terri’s spread legs. “Lie back and relax. I’m going to take you to new heights.”

Terri flopped back. “As long as an orgasm is involved, you can do whatever you want to me.”

He smiled against her skin. “I can do whatever I want?”

As she reached down to run a hand through his hair, he grabbed her wrist. “Link your fingers together and place them over your head.” He held a finger above her clit until she did as he asked. “Now I’m going to reacquaint myself with your body.”

He placed a kiss along her pelvic bone, and when he reached her belly button, he nuzzled her stomach. With each kiss, she squirmed. He cupped her breasts, and she sighed. He didn’t stop kissing her body as he worked his way up. When he reached her nipple, he wrapped his mouth around it.

When his phone buzzed in his pocket, Terri tensed under him.

“Relax. The only thing I want you to concentrate on is having my lips against your skin. Nothing else matters but us.”

Her eyes darted toward the door. “But what if it’s your commander or my dad?”

“It’s not.” He’d set a special vibrate for Commander North.

Axel kissed down her body until he knelt between her legs. Terri’s sex waited for him. When he traced his tongue along her seam, she opened her legs wider, and her arms came down around him to pull him closer.

He moved his thumb along her opening, and she withered under his touch.

“Fuck, I don’t want to leave tomorrow. I could spend all week playing with your body.” He circled his thumb over her clit. “You’re so wet.”

“I need more, Axel. Yes...”

“Like this?” Axel pushed two fingers deep into her. Terri’s body arched off the bed. “I need to hear you, Terri. Is this what you need more of?” He pumped his hand in and out of her.

“Yes!” Terri let go of the headboard and weaved her fingers in his hair as he ran his finger along her folds. “Fuck...I’m so close.”

“Not yet.” Axel pulled his hands away. Terri dug her fingers into his hair, trying to push him closer to her. He couldn’t help but smile against her skin, which was flush with need, and her whimpers made him almost give in. But he wanted her right on the edge.

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