Page 60 of Smooth Moves
She loved looking up at him, feeling all that strength so close.
He continued, “Once again, Reid saved the day. He started Vets on the Go! for me. Hell, he was fine working in some fancy office, making big money. Instead he quit, went in with Evan and the five bucks I could scrounge up.”
“Five bucks? That’s all?” Her breath hitched when he brought her hand to his mouth and kissed her palm.
“Yeah. But it’s the best five bucks I ever invested.” He leaned down and whispered a kiss over her lips. “I’ve kept my job for over a year and a half. We’re finally no longer broke as hell. Now we’re muddling through.”
“M-me too.”
He kissed her again, lingering this time. “And I get to work with the best people.” He drew her in to his body, letting her feel all of him. Such heat, suchfirm,glorious strength. “Now if I have a problem, I know this certain snarky Army chick will have my back. And she’s so fuckin’ hot. I was lucky enough to slide inside her sexy little body the other night.”
“Lucky, hmm?”
He kissed her again, and she turned into a molten mess.
“Yeah. So lucky. She could have anyone she wanted.” He squeezed her waist. “And if she ever thinks Hector might be able to satisfy her huge, roaring sex addiction, I’ll bend the guy in half.”
“Roaring sex addiction?” She wanted to laugh, charmed by his possessive tone, which was so unlike her.
“She addicted me for sure.” He squeezed her waist again, this time in warning. “But she better not seduce anyone else.”
“Oh, how scary. I bet she’s too intimidated to say no to you.”
“Yeah?” He cracked a laugh. “Because I think this chick would kick me in the balls and lay me out flat if I so much as looked at her wrong. She’s kind of obnoxious too. But for some reason, she gets me so hard.”
“Even now?” With him leaning down, she could thread her fingers through his hair, taking care not to brush against his injury. “I mean, you have a concussion…you sexy idiot.”
He chuckled. “Well, she’d have to be very gentle with me. But right now, I can’t think too much about anything more than the pounding between my legs. I’m hard as a rock, Jordan. For you.”
She loved hearing that but tried not to let it mean too much. “It’s just because we’re new.”
He snorted. “Sugar Soldier, I’ve been hard since you first walked into the office with that smart mouth and those sexy arms.”
“Sugar Soldier?” She laughed. “That’s awful. But I agree on the sexy arms.” She flexed to intimidate him, light-headed at the thought of how much she was coming to care for the big, gruff troublemaker.
“It’s just weird that you’re so sexy and toned. And so tiny.” Then he flexed, and all the blood rushed from her brain.
Arousal took her over completely. “Now you’re gonna get it.” She pulled away from him, grabbed him by the hand, and tugged him with her down the hall. “Which way?”
He pointed past her to the room on the left and followed with a meekness she didn’t believe for a second.
She shut the door behind them and locked it then turned to see him slowly easing his shirt off.
That made her pause, realizing he still hurt. But not so much that his erection faded. Goodness, but his tented pants showed off every aspect of her larger-than-life lover. He continued to take off the rest of his clothes until he stood naked, watching her. So handsome, so damn hung…and so injured.
“You are not okay to do this, buddy. So I’m going to tuck you in instead.” The room was just like him. Everything put away, out of sight. A lot like Cash and the real emotions he masked with bravado and tough talk.
His gentleness and buried kindness continued to soften her toward him.
His eyes narrowed. “I’d have to be dead not to be okay with this.”
She shook her head. “I know you think you’re okay, but you still have a headache, don’t you? And what do you think an orgasm will do for you? It’ll just make your head pound even harder.”
He groaned and held himself. “You’d waste this?”
“In a heartbeat if it meant I’d get to use it later, you know, while you’re still alive.”
He sighed. “I guess it would be awkward if I burst a blood vessel while fucking the hell out of you. I mean, if I died on top of you, I might crush you.” He sighed again. “But what a way to go.”
