Page 25 of The Doctor's Irreplaceable Love

He dropped his head and claimed her mouth in a kiss that left her clinging to him.She’d found him attractive since the first moment she’d laid eyes on him.Now, with his naked body hovering over hers, his tongue dueling with her own, and his hard length pressed against her thigh, she felt as though she might dissolve into a puddle of desire.

She gripped his wrists when his mouth left hers and he kissed his way along her jaw.She moaned when he nipped her neck and writhed under him when he clamped her hands to her sides while he teased her nipples with his lips and tongue.

“Trip!”she breathed when he finally lifted his head.

“Shelley,” he returned.“Want to know a secret?”

She nodded eagerly, loving the little smirk on his face.He looked so self-assured, so open to her and to what they were doing.

“I’ve spent more than a few nights thinking about this—wishing that I had you here in my bed like this.”

A big smile spread across her face.“You have?”

“Yeah.”

“Me too.”

He tilted his head to the side.“Honestly?”

“That’s not something I’d bullshit you about.I didn’t know if it would ever happen between us, but I hoped.”

He crawled down over her body, kissing her stomach before parting her thighs with his hands.

“I hoped, too.And now here we are.”

“Here we are,” she echoed.All her breath caught in her chest as he teased her entrance with the tip of his tongue.

She tangled her fingers in his hair when he closed his mouth over her, swirling his tongue over her clit.Her back arched up off the bed when he eased two fingers inside her, easing them slowly in and out until she was panting, desperate for more.

When he added a third finger and picked up the pace, all she could do was grip the sheet beneath her.Then he closed his lips around her clit and sucked, and she let go, gasping his name as she spun away on waves of pleasure that seemed to carry her higher and higher until she felt she might evaporate into nothingness.

He gently brought her back down, until she was back in her body—a sweaty, quivering mess.She covered her eyes with her hand, and he scrambled up to bring his face level with hers.

“You okay?”

She hated the note of concern in his voice.She moved her hand and smiled.“That was amazing!I was … oh, screw it, I’ll say it—I’m embarrassed.You just saw me at my most vulnerable and look at me now.I’m …”

“Beautiful,” he finished for her.

She made a face at him, but he nodded.

“I thought you were beautiful that first day you walked into the clinic.I think you’re beautiful every time I see you—you are, Shelley.You’re gorgeous.”He smiled.“But I’ve never seen you as beautiful as you are right now.You gave yourself up to me—to pleasure.And now … now you look …” he chuckled.“You look the way you should.”

She gave him a puzzled look.“And how’s that?”

“You’ve got that freshly fucked look, and it suits you.”

She laughed out loud, and he joined her as he ran his hand over her hair.

“It’s funny and it’s true.And if you’ll let me, I’d like to make sure you look this way a lot more.”

She caught his hand and pressed her cheek into it as he ran it down her face.“I’d like that, but you know, technically …”

He chuckled.“And there’s the lawyer in you.Technically, you can’t look freshly fucked yet, but it’s not a problem.I’ll get right on that.”

He dropped a kiss on her lips, and she wrapped her arms around him, holding him close for a moment.“Please don’t let’s mess this up, Trip.”

He held her gaze for a long moment before he nodded.“We won’t.”

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