Page 44 of The Unbuttoned Ranger
“I understand. I really do. But you and Carsen have made a home here. He’s happy.”
She nodded sadly. “He does love it here.”
He cupped her cheek, not being able to deny himself any longer. “I’ll protect you and Carsen.”
He swore he could see the last thread of control break in her eyes. She dropped her arms to her sides and then she walked into his arms. The kiss was full of restless energy, like a Band-Aid had been ripped off an old wound. They pressed their bodies together as the temperature spiked. They couldn’t seem to get enough as a fire burned between them.
She led him out of the kitchen without breaking the kiss.
In the shadows of the hallway, he pressed her against the wall, framing her head with his hands. He wanted to take things slow, make sure she was ready for the next step, but she didn’t let him up for air. Her fingers were on his buckle, tearing at the metal like a hungry wolf. He helped her release his belt, but she took over at unbuttoning and unzipping his jeans. He sucked in sweet oxygen when she reached in and wrapped her fingers around his hard cock.
He lifted the hem of the dress and touched her center where he found damp heat.
Slipping her panties to the side, he slid his fingers through the satiny-damp flesh. She bucked her hips against his fingers, her moans escaping her throat. Sinking his fingers into her narrow passage, he drove them knuckle-deep.
She pushed his hand away with her free hand, and with the other she led his cock to the apex of her thighs. With both hands on her ass, he lifted her and pressed her against the wall, as he thrust himself inside of her, filling every tight inch of her tunnel with his throbbing cock. Lost in a frenzied emotion, he drove himself inside her, repeatedly, wanting to make her his. When he felt her muscles spasm and the gushing of her orgasm, he lost control. He spilled his seed inside her.
He held her against the wall, their sweaty and satiated bodies pressed together. Their heavy breathing was the only sound in the quiet hallway.
She gave him a gentle push and he set her on her feet.
While he took care of his jeans and belt, she pushed her skirt down her legs.
“CaDee, I want you to know—”
“I can’t talk right now. I need to absorb what we shared tonight, all of it. Would you please go.” She didn’t even look at him.
And just like that his body deflated and so did his hopes.
Chapter Seventeen
Sharp rolled over in his bed and instinct warned him that he was no longer alone.
He flicked one eye open, allowed it to adjust to the sunlight billowing in from the window before he opened the other. It took a few seconds for him to see her.
CaDee was standing at the side of his bed. He blinked several times, wondering if he was still dreaming. In his sleep he’d been wrapped in her arms and now here she was, in person. He pushed himself onto one elbow and rubbed the remaining sleep from his eyes.
“Sorry. Your father was on his way out and told me to come on up,” she said.
“This is a bit…unexpected.”
“I’ve been up most of the night thinking.” She paced the floor, stepping over the jeans he’d discarded next to the bed last night when he came home bummed, feeling rejected.
“Don’t you mean overthinking?”
She stopped and narrowed her gaze at him. “Tomato. Tomatoh.” She slammed her hands to her hips. “You were right. I can’t allow Dante to run my life any longer.”
He jerked his pillow out from underneath him and folded it so he could lay his head on it. “I know his type all too well. They like feeling like they have power over others.”
“Carsen is happy here. I’m happy here.”
“It shows.” He smiled.
She paced a bit more then stopped again. “I love being a mom. I love my son and there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for him. But, what you and I shared, I realize how much I miss being held. I miss feeling like I’m a woman. I’ve worked so hard holding the pieces together that I’ve ignored my own needs.”
“A woman as sensual and loving as you are should never feel like she’s anything but wanted.”
Her features softened. “It took a lot for me to open up as I did yesterday. And then…what we shared. I guess I needed a moment to clear my head after learning about the tracker, then feeling so good.”
