Page 12 of Stripped Bare

He reached around and adjusted the water temperature.

“Scalding yourself won’t accomplish anything,” he admonished, but all her focus was on the way his hard body felt against hers.

“I like hot water,” she told him but leaned back into him, enjoying the way his thick cock rubbed against the small of her back.

“So do I,” Shep agreed, skimming his hands around her sides to palm and squeeze her breasts.“But I’d like some skin left when we get out of here.”

She moaned, arching into him while pressing her breasts more fully into his hands.He brushed his thumbs over her nipples making them harder with each touch.Lifting her arms to curl around his neck, she turned her head up to him.His lips touched hers.His tongue flicking out to trace over her bottom lip.He nipped it, and she groaned as she opened for his kiss.He slid his tongue into her mouth, rubbing erotically along hers as he teased her into playing.When her tongue followed back into his mouth, he wrapped his lips around it and sucked.The act sent tingles rushing through her body straight to her nipples and clit.

He alternated between caressing her tongue with his and sucking her tongue, and she almost purred like a well-stroked pussy cat.His hands moved so he could pinch and tug at her nipples with his fingers.He bent his knees a bit so his cock rubbed along the crease of her ass cheeks, and for the first time, she realized he already had a condom on.

She pulled from his kiss and started to lean forward, but he stopped her and turned her to face him.

“No,” he breathed.“I want to watch your face when you come.”

The man should be illegal.She gripped his shoulders as he bent and cupped her ass, lifting her and turning so her back was against the wall of the shower.He stepped in to her, and she raised her legs to grip his hips.He held her with ease, even managing to slip one hand from her ass long enough to guide his swollen cock to her pussy.Then holding her gaze, he slammed home.She arched her back and cried out.

He pounded into her body, and it was exactly what she needed.For a moment, her expression was unguarded, probably showing him everything she felt.He leaned in and gave her another of his consuming kisses.All she could do was feel.Her body was alive with sensual pleasure.The cool of the wall was the perfect contrast to the heat of the man and water that washed over them both.

She kept her eyes open this time without him asking.She held his gaze through the kiss, and it intensified the moment.She’d had no idea that visualization could be such an intensifier when it came to sex.But it was.Everything seemed more when she kept that connection with Shep.He was showing her sex could be more than a physical gratification.So much more.

One wicked hand slipped between them and he found her clit, adding another layer of stimulation.He started with a small brush of his digit, then began making tiny circles that steadily grew firmer.Her breathing picked up as electricity coursed under her skin, sending pulses to all the right places.He read her like a book and knew just when to increase the pressure.She wondered if it was due to their unbroken connection.

The firm circles turned to soft pinches followed by brief tugs that kept increasing in pressure until she grew lost in the rush of pleasure.It hit her like a wave, different from the spray of the shower, leaving her wetter.Shep fucked her harder and faster, his cock hammering inside her, keeping her trapped in the high of orgasm.The magnetic pull of his blue eyes was the only thing that kept her gaze wide and locked on his.Their breaths grew synchronized as he held her fully entranced with him.

He slipped the hand on her clit back around to cup her ass as the tempo of his strokes grew even sharper.Sex had never been this hard or fast.She’d never taken a cock as deep as Shep’s.His jaw clenched as she felt him swell even larger inside her as he came.His eyes were the brightest she’d seen them and filled with the same pleasure she knew she couldn’t hide from her own.She clung to him, leaning in to rest her head on his shoulder as they both shuddered with what they’d shared.

She moaned at the pulse of his cock as he continued to spill into the condom and found herself resenting the thin layer of latex that kept them separated.She’d never wanted to feel a man skin-on-skin without the safety of a condom.Why was he different?Why was she different with him?

“Now, that’s the way to start off the day,” she whispered huskily, and he chuckled, giving her a quick kiss before helping her to her feet.His cock pressed deeper before slipping free of her.She missed the connection instantly.It was impossible to fall for a man so quickly.It was sex.Amazing sex.

Holding the condom snug to his body with one hand, Shep used the other to turn off the water before opening the door and stepping out.He made quick work of tying off and discarding the condom then grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist.He shook open another before turning to her.

“Step out,” he commanded.

She moved onto the mat and wanted to purr again as he briskly moved the cotton over her skin.

“I can do that.”

“I know,” he agreed as he continued.

Had she ever been so intimate with a man?At the right time, she could very easily fall for a man like Shep.She shook her head.Not a manlikehim.Him.And she was already falling, no matter how hard she tried not to.

“I’ll leave you to dry your hair,” he said as he handed her another towel then walked back into her bedroom.

She watched him until he was out of sight.She found herself wondering what Chloe would think of him.Stace had little doubt he’d wrap her sister around his fingers easily, making her an ally he could team up with for any disagreement they might have.Chloe would love his easy manner and calm presence.She would as soon as they found her.No matter what logic decreed, Stace wouldn’t give up hope that Chloe somewhere out there, holding on to the knowledge Stace would never stop searching for her.

Sucking in a breath, she bent to work the towel through her hair, working to blot as much water as she could from the long strands.

“Now, that is a sight to view every morning,” Shep said, and she glanced back to see his gaze locked on her buttocks and what might be revealed between them in her current position.She quickly stood and wrapped the cotton around her body and tucked it in place.

“I’m hoping we didn’t send Griff screaming from the house,” she joked as his gaze flicked briefly to her covered breasts before meeting her gaze.

“He left earlier.”

“Where is he off to?”she asked, turning to the sink countertop and reaching for her brush and a hairband.

“Today’s his nephew’s first birthday, and frankly, his sister would kill him if he missed it,” Shep offered his eyes still glued to her every move.

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