Page 54 of Imperfect Saint
“How’s that?”
“Well, I came but…”
“Four times.” He grinned when her cheeks flushed adorably, “You came four times.”
“But you didn’t. Not even once.” She huffed at him, “It was wonderful and amazing and I loved every second of it but, I want to make you feel good too, Hunter.”
God help him. Sweet, sexy, Millie asking for her turn to drive him crazy might actually kill him. Saying yes was the only possible response and yet, he wasn’t sure he could survive it if she decided to return the favor and explore every inch of him like he had her last night.
“Baby, last night was about you. I told you that.”
“I know, but I don’t want this thing between us to be one-sided. I want it to be about the both of us. You make me happy. You make me feel sexy and wanted but what I want, is you.”
“You have me.” He reached out and caught her chin, “I’m right here.”
“And when we go home?” Her eyes met his, serious and searching and he knew that she had to feel it too, either that or she’d read his mind while he was staring at her, thinking about their future together.
“Millie,” he met her gaze right back and held it, “I’ve told you the truth from the moment we met and I’m not going to change that now. As far as I’m concerned, we’re together. I told you the first day we got here that this was real for me. Whether we’re here or in Nashville or on the moon, it’ll still be true.”
“You want us to be together?”
He smiled at the sweet hope in her voice, “Wearetogether, Millie.”
“Good.” She nodded, still looking up at him from beneath those lashes, “That’s what I want. I want there to be an us. I want to try and make this work between us.”
“We’ll do more than try.” He promised but Millie didn’t smile like he’d thought she would.
She shook her head and looked away, “Hunter, I don’t have the best track record with this kind of thing. I told you that Joshua was the only man I’d ever been with and look how that turned out.”
“Hey.” He instantly rolled her to her back so she was forced to meet his eyes again, “This is nothing like that. I would never, ever, hurt you. You have to know that. You have to trust me. This relationship might not always be easy. We might argue but I will never hurt you.”
“I know that.” She raised a hand and touched his cheek, “I know you’re not like that. I just meant… I don’t have a history of making good choices when it comes to the men in my life.”
“Well, first off, there’s no moremenin your life. There’s just one man, and that’s me.” He smiled when her expression lightened a little, “And second, we’re good together Millie. You know it just as well as I do. Anytime you doubt it, you just let me know and I’ll remind you how good we are together, deal?”
He finally got another of those soft smiles that turned him inside out. The light in the room was getting brighter. Dawn had broken and soon they’d have to crawl out of this bed and leave this secluded little cabin in the woods. They’d have to say their goodbyes and then hit the road back to Nashville, back to the real world and their real lives. But they’d be doing all of that together and that was the important thing he had to remember.
This wasn’t a dream. It wasn’t the end of anything. It was only the beginning.
“Deal.” Millie reached up and put her arms around his neck, pulling him down to brush a kiss across his mouth, “Hunter?”
“Hmm?” He nipped at her lip as she said his name, loving the sound of it from her sweet mouth.
“I’d like my reminder now.”
He felt her smile against his lips and grinned in return. God, she made him crazy. So hesitant and unsure at times and then at others she was as confident as a nymph and as seductive as a siren. He loved that she had no problem telling him what she wanted. He loved knowing that she wanted him and he fully intended to always give her what she wanted and needed in this relationship.
Hunter kissed her again softly. Sweetly. He swiped his lips over hers again and again. He kept the contact light and teasing. He teased until she made that needy little sound he loved so much and then he stopped playing and took her mouth, kissing her deep and hard, tangling their tongues, kissing her until they both ran low on air and he had to pull back to keep from passing out.
“Hunter.” She breathed his name on a small little gasp and he groaned as he peppered kisses down her neck.
“Millie.” He licked the soft spot below her ear and then sucked, relishing the way her body arched and her breath caught, “I want you. I want to make love to you. I want to bury myself inside you again and again until we both forget what it feels like to be apart.”
She moaned, her hands tangling in his hair as she pulled his head back, his mouth back to hers, “Yes. Please. God yes.”
He kissed her again and she kissed him back just as wildly. Her hands were everywhere. Tangling in his hair. Running down his back. Her nails scratching their way back up and making him groan with pleasure.
His own hands were desperately trying to get rid of the sheets that were twisted all around them. He didn’t want anything between them. Not right now. He pulled and jerked at the sheets, finally pulling away from her to curse as he found and edge and threw the entirety of the linens to the floor.
