Page 80 of A Soft Kiss in Summer
He grinned and took another bite of his food and washed it down before saying, “Just wondering if you’ll sleep naked once were properly married or not.”
“No one sleeps naked.”
“I normally do.”
She blinked at him, her mouth opening as if to say something, but closed before opening again.“Wait a minute,” she said.“Did you just say….once we’re properly married?”
He lifted his cup, taking a long drink before nodding his head.“I did.”
She stared at him for a long minute, her eyes darting back and forth to his.“Are you—”
“Asking you to marry me?”
She nodded, her eyes wide.
He pushed his empty plate away and leaned back in his chair.Was he?He crossed his arms over his chest, warmth filling that cold dead place his heart used to lie as he looked at her.“Yeah, I am.”
Before he could get another word out, she squealed and launched herself at him.He barely caught her when she crashed into his chest, his chair rocking back on two legs as she said, “yes, yes, yes,” over and over again while peppering his face with kisses.
Pulling back far enough to see him, she grinned.“Are you sure?I mean, I know you said you didn’t want a wife—”
“That was before you.”He wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her down to sit on his leg.“I didn’t realize how lonely life was in Silver Falls until you told Edwin we were engaged.Those first few days were hectic, and I hated lying about it, but I’ll admit, I looked forward to everyday.”
He brushed her damp hair over her shoulder, his fingers tracing her collarbone.“My life had been so stagnate.I woke up every morning knowing exactly how the day would play out.It was long and boring and when you told that little white lie to Edwin, that all changed.”
He met her gaze and smiled.“You’ve made me enjoy life again, Violet.I don’t want to miss the rest of it while only watching you enjoy it from afar.I’d rather experience it with you in my life.”
There were tears in her eyes and the sweet smile on her face warmed his heart.“I don’t know if what I feel for you is love or not, but I think it might be.I want you.I want to spend my life with you.To create life with you.”
“Josiah…”
She kissed him so sweetly, his entire body reacted to it.
He wrapped one arm around her waist, the other underneath her legs, and lifted her.The bed was a few short steps away, and he laid her down, breaking the kiss.
She was barely wrapped in the towel now.It took very little tugging to get it out from under her.
Laying there with the sun gleaming through the window, her skin pale, looked luminous.“Spread your legs for me,” he said.
She blushed from head to toe, her skin turning pink at his words, but she did as he said.She spread her legs, baring herself completely to him.
He hardened in an instant.She was pink all over.
He crawled between her splayed legs, kissing his way up her thighs and when he reached her center, he inhaled deeply before kissing the damp curls covering her sex and taking a long lick.
Violet gasped, her fingers digging into his hair.“What are you doing, Josiah?”
Her voice held a small tremble, and he looked up at her, grinning, before licking her clit.“Having dessert.”
Her eyes rolled into the back of her head when he sucked her clit into his mouth, his tongue flicking the little bud as he did.Violent tingles raced up her limbs, her legs shaking as he licked and sucked at her most intimate flesh, and even though she’d pushed him away before in the tub, she wished she wouldn’t have.
She hadn’t known people did things like this but couldn’t help but moan when she felt his tongue enter her body.Her hips rolled, her fingers in his hair tightening with every delicious swipe of his tongue, and she never wanted him to stop.
Her heart felt close to bursting as his words from earlier were on repeat inside her head.He wanted to marry her!Had asked like she’d always dreamed he would and was now feasting on her as if she were the best thing he’d ever tasted.
A part of her should be embarrassed about what he was doing, but as she looked down the line of her body and saw him look up at her, she felt electrified.The tingles raced harder and her breath caught.
His hands slid up her body to cup her breasts, his fingers plucking and lightly pinching her nipples.Meeting his gaze as he did such wicked things to her, his mouth clamped down over her sex, was all it took for her body to explode in ecstasy.
