Page 18 of Twenty Years Later

His words left me absolutely breathless.

Once again, his mouth returned to my body while he kissed a path down my stomach toward my thighs. Squeezing my legs closer together, I worried about where his mouth might go next. I had never felt one-hundred percent comfortable withthatand could never quite get over my self-consciousness.

Alex worked his way down one leg and started kissing a trail up the other, leaving me trembling with the way his lips felt against my sensitive skin. When he reached my hips, he looked up at me, those eyes searing into me, his hands placing slight pressure on my knees.

"Jayda, please. Let me taste you."

I didn't know what it was. Maybe it was the wine, maybe it was this man, but I felt myself relax at those hot words coming from him, and my legs fell open as he blatantly stared at me for a long moment, a lusty sound vibrating from the back of his throat.

Something about it all made me a quivering mess. But that was nothing compared to the feeling that swept through me as he moved even closer to the center of my heat, his stubble grazing along my inner thigh.

My hips bucked as his lips made contact with me, kissing me softly. But when he used his tongue to lick me, I thought I might pass out.

"You taste like heaven," he murmured against me.

Those words... this man. My brain wouldn't even work anymore as pure pleasure took over everything else.

His tongue plundered my depths, hitting me like a lightning bolt before finding my most sensitive spot. And then, wow... just wow... he feasted on me, the combination of tongue, lips, and sucking nearly sending me to the ceiling.

Was this what I'd been missing? Something told me it was Alex. Just Alex.

As he continued his sensual assault, the fierce fire inside me built, and I knew I was close. I wanted to touch him. Ineededto touch him. Both my hands reached down to grab his hair as I arched my back, pushing my hips even further toward his mouth.

I couldn't get enough of this man. And maybe he felt the same because his grip on my bare flesh only intensified while his tongue stroked me relentlessly, sending me into pure oblivion.

"Alex... Alex, I..."

"Let go, sweetheart," Alex said, the vibration of his words completely sending me over the edge. I floated off the bed as wave after blissful wave crashed through me, and I hung on for dear life, in awe at what Alex did to me.

After the last wave had crested, I finally opened my eyes to see Alex kneeling and staring at my face. Before I could even begin to be embarrassed, he said, "That was so damn hot."

I smiled at the amazing man before me. Somehow he knew all the right words to say to me, to make me at ease, to make me want him even more than I already did. It was almost like we were made for each... no, I couldn't say it. Couldn't even think it.

"Alex... that was..." I whispered, not able to complete my sentence.

But he didn't seem to mind my incoherence. His mouth returned to my stomach with lazy kisses and eventually my breasts again where he took his time with me. As the pleasure started to rise again, I let my hands explore him more.

Everything about him felt so good, from his hard chest to his arms flexing as he held his weight above me. I wanted to return the favor and I reached for his boxers, but again, his hand stopped me.

"If you touch me, I'll explode." He paused his kisses to grin at me. "It's like you've taken me back to being a teenager again."

I smiled back at him. "Oh, whoops. Sorry about that."

"Believe me, there's nothing to be sorry about," he said, returning to his kisses.

But I wanted more. Now. All those daydreams from so long ago... they haunted me, and I finally had the chance to make them come true. And I couldn't wait any longer.

"Alex, wait... I..."

That caught his attention, and he looked up at me. "You want me to stop?"

"Yes. No."

His brows narrowed in confusion. "I'll stop any time you want. You've already made me the happiest man alive."

Oh, my heart. Could he possibly be any sweeter?

"No. No. I don't want that." I paused, my heart suddenly pounding, the liquid courage from earlier slowly ebbing away.

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