Page 31 of No Place Like Home
He let out a hiss and his gaze met mine.
I couldn’t make out the look in his eyes, but if he felt anything equal to what I was feeling, his body was on fire, and his heart was about to explode in his chest.
“I want you,” he said as he lowered me onto the bed, kissing and licking a trail from throat to cleavage. “So, fucking, bad.”
Suddenly, fear gripped my heart. Once we crossedthatline, we would never be “just friends” again. There would be no turning back.
I grabbed his head and forced him to meet my eyes. “Rowan, are you sure about this? What if we mess up our friendship? What if we don’t work? We will never be able to go back to how things were. This is going to change everything.”
His brown eyes darkened as he gave methatsmile and brushed my still-damp hair from my face. “Yes, Summer, it’s going to change everything—and it’s about damn time.”
His mouth closed again on mine, and his kiss threw all my doubts to the wind.
I forgot my fears and questions. All I could remember was this—right here, right now. This was all that mattered, and it was amazing.
Rowan was talented in ways I never imagined.
He kissed me everywhere. His tongue and mouth made their way down my body and worshipped every inch of skin they touched.
Finally, his fingers slid down to my core and pushed their way into me, his thumb circling the most sensitive area and sending me straight to heaven.
I closed my eyes and leaned my head back. He had taken me to a world I had never visited and knew I didn’t want to leave. Then a different warmth replaced his fingers, and I gasped and lifted my head. Rowan’s tongue now demonstrated secret talents I hadn’t known he possessed.
“Rowan,” I gasped, struggling to sit up.
He pressed my chest down gently with one hand, his eyes peeking up at me. I could tell he was smiling. When he raised his brow as if to ask how he was doing, I laughed and laid my head back. After that, I could focus on nothing else but the heat and exploration of his tongue—until the pressure that built up from deep within me finally shattered. I gasped and yelled his name, riding waves of sensation to their delicious end.
He finally kissed his way back up my spent, satiated body, my skin still so sensitive to his touch. I’d shut my eyes tight as the warmth of that amazing orgasm filled my soul.
His mouth met mine in a kiss that was softer, gentler, than the lust-filled ones we’d shared earlier. I wrapped my arms around him and held him tight, then tried to roll him over. He understood and locked his arms around my waist, turning to his back and taking me with him. He was a rock under me—and I didn’t just mean his chest and abs.
I sat up and straddled him. He’d closed his eyes, his perfect face and body the picture of relaxation. I brushed his cheeks with my hands and leaned in to kiss him. I didn’t know if a man should be considered beautiful, but I didn’t really care in that moment. Inmy opinion, he was the most beautiful person I’d ever set eyes on. I kissed his chin then licked his nipple. It was hard, like the rest of him.
“Summer,” he shook his head as I continued my descent, and pulled me back up to face him. “I’ve been waiting so long for this. I need you now.”
He’d been waiting for this? For me?
I spoke his name once, as a question, but he covered my mouth gently with his fingers. There was nothing more that needed to be said.
I leaned over to the nightstand and pulled out a box of condoms.
When he quirked his brow, I said, “They’ve been there for a long while. A present left behind by Kora. Promise.” I pulled one from the box and shifted so I could see him—all of him. I reached out and ran my finger from base to tip.
Damn, I really needed to taste him. “Just a little,” I said out loud. I leaned down and, before he could stop me, kissed the tip of his erection, then wrapped my mouth completely around him.
I didn’t think it would be possible to be turned on any more than I was, but—damn—was I wrong.
He groaned and his cock pulsed. I could have stayed there forever, giving him pleasure the same way he’d given it to me, but he pulled me up.
I sat up all the way and took my time rolling the condom to encase all of him, watching his face. Then I lifted my hips and sunk down onto him—slowly—enjoying the sensation as he filled me.
Groans escaped both of us.
Fuck, if I died right now, I’d be the happiest woman on earth.
I closed my eyes and dropped my head back as his hands cupped my ass. I started to move, and we soon found a rhythm. His hands moved from my ass to my breasts and squeezed as I rocked on top of him.
I opened my eyes, and his gaze caught mine. My heart slowed its frantic rhythm, and a calmness enveloped me.
