Page 78 of Only Her (K2 Team)
He slid a hand under her sweater. “I’m here, darlin’, for as long as you want me.” His fingers danced up her spine, raising goose bumps on her skin.
She rested her forehead against his. “I think that’s going to be a long, long time.” Hopefully for the rest of her life, but she wasn’t that sure of him yet. The most he’d ever said was that he was falling for her, butfallingwasn’t exactly a love declaration. She wasn’t going to worry about that now, though. Only hours ago, she had been in fear of her life, and for tonight at least, all she wanted was to lose herself in Cody’s arms.
“About that kiss I promised you...”
“Still waiting.” Her body was sizzling from the lazy caress of his hand over her spine.
One side of his mouth curved as he put his hands on her hips and pulled her closer, so that they were touching, groin to groin, his erection pressing into her. When she rocked against him, he groaned and attacked her mouth, giving her the most erotic kiss she’d ever had. From there, his lips trailed a damp path to her neck. She leaned her head to the side, giving him better access, and his gentle bites and nips made her achy and wanting.
Her breath hitched when he slid his hand inside her panties, burying a finger inside her and stroking her. She watched for a moment, then lifted her gaze to his. “Take me to bed, Cody.”
Faster than she could blink, he was standing with her legs straddled around his waist. “Are you sure you’re up for this?” he asked, stopping at the edge of her bed.
“Oh, yeah.” With a gentleness she found amusing, he lowered her onto the mattress. “I’m not going to break, you know.”
“Indulge me, darlin’. I’ve had a very trying day, and I have this need to take care of you.”
“Well, put that way...” She lifted up, resting on her elbow. “You could start by taking your clothes off.”
He grinned, showing his sexy dimple. “And that’s taking care of you how? Not that I’m objecting.”
“Not sure, but I’ll come up with an answer. In the meantime, clothes off.”
The sweatshirt he wore came off, exposing a white T-shirt that did nothing to hide the stretch of muscles across his shoulders and chest. When that was removed, she licked her lips in appreciation.
“Nice,” she purred.
“Just nice? I’m wounded.”
Her gaze fell to the bulge straining at the zipper of his jeans. “Very, very nice.”
“That’s better, but not quite there.” He toed off his shoes and socks, pushed his jeans down over his hips, and kicked them away. “Now?” He held out his hands and lifted a brow.
She burst out laughing.
He fell on top of her, catching his weight with his arms. “Not at all the reaction I was going for, Dr.Austin.” He grabbed her hands and held them captive above her head. “Hurts a man’s pride when his woman laughs at the sight of him naked, you know.”
She hadn’t meant to laugh, wasn’t even sure why she had. Only knew that she was alive, no more pets would be poisoned, and the man she loved was staring down at her, trying hard not to laugh, too, but his twitching lips gave him away. She was just so damn happy.
“I love you, Cody Roberts.” She hadn’t planned to blurt that out, but her love for him was no longer possible to keep to herself. Her heart was bursting with it, her mind was overflowing with it, and her mouth wanted to shout it to the world.
His eyes turned the color of molten chocolate, and still keeping her hands prisoner with one of his, he cupped her face with the other. “I don’t know if I deserve you, Riley, but damn if you didn’t just make me a deliriously happy man.”
His mouth covered hers then, and he kissed her with a possessive fierceness that stole her breath. He let go of her hands, and before she knew what was happening, he had her clothes off. “Sneaky,” she said, when they came up for air.
“One of my many talents, darlin’. Wanna see another one?”
“Yes, please,” she said, secretly thrilled with his playfulness. The man whose eyes were alight with happiness and an inner peace had come far from the tortured soul she’d first met.
He chuckled. “So polite, but that won’t do. I want you wild and begging.”
With the sneaky stealth she was coming to learn he excelled at, he had his face buried between her legs and his mouth on her, and true to his word, had her wild and begging. She fisted the sheet as a tidal wave roared through her.
“Oh God, Cody.” She gripped the top of his head.
Her body trembled from the force of her orgasm and the wet trail of his tongue as he licked a path up her stomach to her breasts, sucking a nipple into his mouth. As his tongue toyed with her, he clasped their hands together, lacing his fingers with hers, and the intimacy of their palms pressed together brought tears to her eyes. She had once thought she would never love again the way she had loved Reed, but that had been puppy love compared to the soul-deep feelings she had for Cody.
“Ahh.” She tightened her fingers on his when he moved to her other breast. He grunted what sounded like male satisfaction. He should be satisfied, considering he was playing her body with the finesse of a maestro. His strong body covered hers, and he nudged her thighs apart, settling himself between her legs.
