“Sweetheart, wake up for me.”
Hailey stretched out her legs as she opened her eyes.Drew’s rugged face was the first thing she saw.“Hi,” she murmured sleepily.
He grinned.“Hi, yourself.Are you feeling okay?You’re not one to take naps very often.”
She cuddled back down into the sofa cushion with both hands under her cheek as she faced him.“I’m fine.”
“That’s good.That’s very good,” he said as his voice grew gruff.
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Her eyes snapped openat the instant lust-filled charge in the room.He’d gone from caring and worried to desire in a nanosecond.Hailey was frozen as a thrilling, but sharp, sensation raced through her body.Unable to do anything but stare at him as his eyes darkened.
He pinched her chin between his fingers to get her full attention.“I’m going to kiss you.”
She unsteadily licked her lips nervously and nodded, although he hadn’t phrased it like a question.Her breath stalled in her chest when he swept her off the sofa into his lap as he crouched on the floor.One of his hands held her tight against his chest, and the other fisted her heavy hair in his tight grip.She gasped for breath right before he dipped his head.
There wasn’t anything soft about their first solid kiss.Drew took her lips like a man starved for something he hadn’t had in ages.Like a drunk who hadn’t had a whiskey in months.Or a person’s first drink of water after being lost in the desert for days.
Hailey’s arms crept up around his neck and held tight as her own need bombarded her senses.
A deep groan vibrated against her chest, making her already sensitive nipples peak into agonizing little bundles.
Drew broke the kiss.“If this isn’t going to go any further, I need to stop now.”
Hailey’s eyes widened when she realized he’d stood sometime during the kiss, and now, she was a long way down if she fell.She tightened her arms.
Drew saw the apprehension on her face.“I’ve got you.I’d never let you fall.”
“No, I know you wouldn’t,” she said and slowly shook her head, keeping her eyes trained on his face.“Take me to bed, Drew.”
His legs ate up the distance between the office and the master bedroom.He lay her down on the bed, ripped his t-shirt off, and dropped it to the ground before attacking her clothes.Within a minute, she was naked and spread before him.
Drew took a shaky step back.“Jesus Christ.I want to dive right into you and eat you alive, but I’m terrified I’ll hurt you.”
Hailey levered herself up on her elbows.“You’re not going to hurt me.”
He wiped an agitated hand down his face.“You’ve got to promise you’ll tell me if you’re in any kind of pain.”
“I am right now,” she said with a smile.“At least I’m looking at one ...a pain in the ass.”
She screeched as he dove for her and giggled hysterically.“Stop, Drew.I hate being tickled.Stop!”
Drew grinned and levered himself up on his elbows on either side of her shoulders and pinned the lower half of her with one of his legs.His smile slipped from his face.“God, you are so beautiful.”
Hailey’s hands roamed over his chest, tracing the tattoos that covered a lot of his chest, arms, and upper back as far as she could reach.“I think you're pretty, too.”
“Darlin’, you don’t call a man pretty that looks like me.There’s nothing pretty about me.”
Hailey ran her hand down his cheek.“But to me, you are.I could look at you and Adam all day.I love the way you both walk and move.You’re harder and bigger, but you’ve got a grace about the way you move,” she said, and then blushed.
Drew smiled.“I think that’s the nicest thing anyone has ever told me.”His lips pressed against hers before she could reply.His tongue immediately took possession of her mouth, touching and tasting.Only when they were out of breath did he raise his head.
“Drew, why aren’t you taking your pants off?”
He bent to nibble on her ear and then slid down to her neck.
“Oh, God,” she whimpered.