Page 88 of Five Alarm Love
“You good?”he asked, voice harsh and raw, like he’d been running.
She lowered her hand and rested it over his fist, lifting the dress hem together.“Absolutely.”She kissed him again, their tongues tangling against each other in the most sensuous of battles.
He slid his fingertips over the panty material covering her hip, and she arched into him.
“No,” he murmured against her mouth.
“No?”For some reason, she couldn’t stop kissing him and rubbing up against him.
“No.”
She forced herself to hold still.Of course,no.She would respect his boundary.With a gasp, she said, “You want to stop?”
“Not at all.I want to go, go, go.”Beneath her dress, his hand tightened, fingertips pressed into her flesh.“I want to rip this off of you.”
She shuddered.“But?”
“No buts.Other than I’d like to temporarily pause so we can move to the bedroom.Not that I’m opposed to using this loveseat in all sorts of fun ways.”
“Oh.Oh.”
His rakish grin pulled a giggle from her.He continued, “I mean, we can work with the loveseat later if you want.Hell, if you’re committed to living room furniture right now, I’m game.”He brushed a hot kiss over her lips and drew back once more.“But I want to make this perfect for us.For you.Always for you, Lou.”
Oh God.How could a heart ache and swell at the same time?She wanted all of him, period.
“So?”he said with a sideways grin.
Her friend, her confidante, her rock, her… Tuli.
“Yes.”
“Hot damn!”He nearly danced as he tugged her to the bedroom, kicked the door closed on Frost’s indignant meow, and pulled her into another deep embrace full of kisses.
At some point, her dress and necklace went missing, and the cool air made her shiver as she stood there in her bra and panties.Amazingly, she didn’t feel shy.
This was Tuli.
Her Tuli.
He rested his hands at her waist and leaned back, a rapt expression on his face.“My God, Lou.For the first time in my entire life, I have no words.”He bent down and swept his lips over the exposed upper swell of one breast, then the other.His mouth created warm fire that raced along her nerve endings like dry tinder ready to flare at the least spark.
“Mmm.”She dug her fingers into his hair and arched back as he tongued the cleft between her breasts.
He lowered his voice, his eyes heavy-lidded.“I want more, Lou.”
“You can have more.”
Shucking off the black leather vest and unbuttoning the top two shirt buttons, he said, “You’re beautiful and amazing.I can’t believe we waited this long.”He slowly rolled up his sleeves.
“Less talking, more kissing.”She gasped.
He let out a broad laugh, then concentrated as he pulled one bra cup to the side and lifted her breast in his palm.His thumb drifted over the taut nipple until her knees shook.“You have no idea how many times I’ve fantasized about this.Never thought this dream would come true.”
Lou tried to answer.Honestly, she did.But then he reached around and unclasped her bra, sliding it off and away.When he latched his lips over one tip, the sound coming out of her was half groan, half squeal and all pleasure.Her brain short-circuited for a split second.
He kneaded the other breast while he sucked the nipple and flicked his rough tongue over the sensitive flesh.Then, when her voice cracked on a hoarse moan, he switched sides.She plunged her fingers in his thick, dark hair and held on tight.
After minutes, he eased her back onto the bed, hand cupping her head like she was made of fine China.“Still good?”His lips were wet, mouth open.
