Page 58 of Legacy's Call

Ronan grabbed the elastic in both hands, and his chest and arms muscles flexed. The material stood no chance, and it ripped. He slid the remnant down her legs and held it up. He gave her that rakish, sexy, curled-lip expression and said, “Never challenge me.”

“I’ll always challenge you.” She smiled back at him. “And you love it.”

“Fuck yeah, I do.” Lowering, he took one of her nipples in his mouth, and she slammed her eyes shut and arched into him. His fingers traveled her as hismouth did insane things to her breasts. She felt her sex heat. She was wet when he finally spread her and found her clit. He barely touched her, and the groan that came from her was from somewhere so deep she couldn’t stop it.

Two fingers dipped inside her. “You’re ready for me,” he whispered against her shoulder.

“I have been for days.” And that was the truth. She wanted his cock inside her with a desperation she hadn’t felt before.

He lifted his fingers to his mouth and sucked them.

“Jesus.” She arched harder, tightening her hips and legs in search of some kind of relief. “Make me come, Ronan.”

He reached over to the bedside drawer and pulled out a strip of condoms. She couldn’t help the laugh. “Think we’re going to need all those?”

“Damn straight.” He lifted to his knees, suiting up while she watched, and she spread her legs a bit wider and accepted him as he lowered. Only he didn’t do what she expected. Instead, he kissed the nipple of each breast tenderly and then trailed almost-there kisses down her stomach, stopping to kiss each hipbone. He made room for his shoulders, wrapped his arms around her legs, and spread heropen. He licked along the side of her clit. Not enough pressure and too much sensation all at once. She tried to arch up into his mouth, but his arms kept her pinned to the bed. “My turn.” His whispered words were as much of a threat as they were a promise. She rode the sensation of his touches and tongue as the firestorm brewing in her core grew.

She tensed her legs and stomach as he licked and finger fucked her, but it wasn’t enough, and his low rumbling laughter told her he knew it. He’d bring her right to the edge and then slow his attentions. She grabbed the sheets and pulled on them as she begged for release. “Let me come.” He edged her for what seemed like hours. She was sweating and ached for release. “Please.” She needed relief from the swelling need.

“Not yet,” Ronan said as he slowed again.

“Ronan,” she groaned and then begged, “Please, I ache. I need you so much.”

He released her and crawled up her body, sliding his tongue over her skin, kissing and nipping as he moved over her. He wrapped his arms under her and held her head with his hands as he slowly entered her.

“Yes.” She sighed as his cock slid inside her. She wrapped her legs around him. There was no way inhell she’d let him move away from her. His strokes were slow and gentle, not at all what she wanted or needed. “More.” She arched under him, but nothing would make him go faster. The build-up was frustrating and so damn good. Her body inched closer and closer to release. Her breath and his synched as they shared the same air. His intense gaze held hers, and she was his willing captive. Releasing the sheets from her death grip, she slid her hands over his arms and to his back. He was so strong, so solid, and he was hers, at least for a short time. She lifted for a kiss, and when his lips closed over hers, she felt him thrust deeper and faster. The kiss, an intense, passionate, erotic connection, flamed the torrent of heat, and she felt herself tighten. She broke the kiss and shouted his name as she exploded. He held her tight and finished right after she did.

Fleur gasped for air as she tightened again, and her body gripped him. She’d never experienced anything like the sex they’d just had. His head was on her shoulder, and every huff of air from him fanned her heated skin. How was it possible that she’d never known how good sex could be? She pulled her fingers through his thick brown hair. “You broke me.”

He lifted his head. “In a good way or bad way?”

“Good. Great. Better than great.” She waved her hand then dropped it on his back. “God, do that again, and you’ll never get rid of me.”

“Promises, promises,” Ronan said as he rolled to his side and took care of the condom. When he was back in bed, she snuggled next to his chest. “I’ve never had a lover edge me before. I hated it, but I loved it, too.”

“Intensity,” he said as he played with her hair. The snarls in it would take forever to comb out, but she couldn’t find it in her to care.

“That sums up our relationship,” she quipped, but the word did, in fact, sum up what had happened between them.

“That isn’t a bad thing.” He kissed the top of her head.

“I didn’t say it was. As a matter of fact, it’s probably the best thing that has ever happened to me.” She snuggled closer because she’d put herself out there with that comment. She wanted him to know he was the best she ever had.

He pulled her closer and wrapped her in his strong arms. “I have a problem.”

She jerked backward to look at him. “What?”

“Whatever this is between us is too good to walkaway from.” His stare held no ridicule, no humor, nothing but honesty.

She smiled at him. “Oh. That’s a problem we share, then. I thought I was being stupid or sex-addled brain-dead, but you’re right. This is something … special.”

He pulled her closer again. “Get some sleep, cowgirl. We have a rodeo to attend, and I want to watch the entire event.”

She chuckled. “Ye-haw.” But the yawn that followed was real, and she snuggled into the man who had just taken her to the stars and back. He was right. She was in trouble because the feelings that grew inside her heart were strong. So damn strong.

CHAPTER 16

Ronan avoided Wolf’s knowing smile. They were late to logistics—an hour late. Not that it mattered. Wolf had taken the bull by the horns and loaded the supplies with the help of the personnel assigned to Al-Tanf. The only hiccup came when the tents were counted. Three of the large tents were missing. While Wolf and the staff sergeant headed to the warehouse to locate them, he sent Fleur and the drivers to the mess tent to grab some food. He tapped his comm device. “Dude, can you patch me through to Gabby?”

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