Page 29 of Sadie's Highlander (Highland Protector 1)

Chapter 13

“I think there’s a pecan stuck behind your ear.” Sadie soused the sponge in the bathwater as she slid farther back in a tub large enough to bathe the entire population of the town of Brady. “Lie back in my lap and I’ll rinse your hair again.”

Alec complied with a satisfied grin. He closed his eyes, partially submerging as he reclined with his head comfortably nestled between her breasts. “As ye wish,” he rumbled, hugging her thighs around his sides and propping his heels atop the end of the tub.

Sadie sponged away the last of the dessert, smiling at the memory of how it had gotten there. As far as she was concerned, food and sex were natural partners, but the pecan pie experiment hadn’t been the best idea. The stickiness of the pie filling set up like cement if it dried the least bit before being licked away and at one point, she’d thought she was going to have to take scissors to the syrupy pecans knotted in her hair. “I think pecan pie goes into the ‘fail’ column due to cleanup. What do you think?”

Tracing slow, mesmerizing circles along her calves beneath the water, Alec shook his head without opening his eyes. “Nay. I disagree. ’Twas well worth a good scrubbing.” Then he looked up at her and winked as he snuggled his cheek against her breast bobbing in the water beside his head. “And I’ve decided this is the only way to bathe.”

A giggle escaped her, bubbling free of the sense of contentment, warm and glowing at her core. A twinge of wariness nipped at the tail of her mirth, cutting the giggle short. How long could this kind of happiness last? Sadie shook away the thought and shoved her dripping curls back off her face.Don’t think about it. Just enjoy it.

“What troubles ye, love?” Alec reached up and barely touched her cheek. “Ye’ve grown still.”

“Nothing,” Sadie said, quickly recovering. “Just pondering.” She held the sponge above Alec’s chest and squeezed. Sudsy rivulets, glistening with rainbows of reflected light, slid down his hard ridges of muscle and combed the dark hair starting at his navel into a happy trail leading to the grand prize. “It’s a shame they didn’t have pecan pie and tubs this size in thirteenth-century Scotland. This would make a smokin’ hot scene for the movie.”

Alec rolled to his stomach, slid his way up her torso, and nibbled a lingering kiss along her jawline. “Usin’ me for research, are ye?” he asked as he left a scorching trail of love-bites along her collarbone.

“Authenticity is a must,” Sadie replied, leaning back against the cushioned headrest built into the side of the tub and gently guiding Alec’s very talented mouth lower.Kudos, tub designer, for building the perfect tub for two.“You wouldn’t want me to falsely represent a Highlander’sabilities,now would you?”

“Nay, lass,” Alec said between delightful sucking pulls of her tingling nipple. Beneath the water, he cupped her bottom in both hands, kneading and working his fingers in slow, tantalizing paths down the backs of her thighs. Once he’d reached the backs of her knees, he lifted her legs and slid them over his shoulders. The look in his eyes nearly made her come when he raised her up out of the water and gently blew across her steaming lady parts. “Ye’ve given me a verra fine idea. An idea for a bit of an adventure.”

Sadie gripped the sides of the tub, doing her damnedest to listen to what he was saying. Concentration was next to impossible with that wonderful mouth and all the pleasures it promised so close to her aching center. “Adventure?” she breathlessly repeated. It was the best she could manage to keep up her end of the conversation.

“Aye.” Alec shot her a devilish grin, then dipped his tongue inside her with a long, slow swipe. “Adventure,” he whispered with a sucking nip of her swollen clit.

Sadie nearly cried out, arching her back and bucking in Alec’s hands as he greedily dove in for more. She laced her fingers in his hair and pulled him harder into her, grinding her hips up to meet him. “Adventures are awesome,” she gasped.

Cradling her bottom in his left arm, Alec sucked and laved her until she was shuddering. The hot, foamy bathwater lapped and splashed across her as she thrashed ever closer to orgasmic ecstasy.

“Come for me now,” Alec rumbled as he buried two fingers deep inside her, then returned to worshiping her clit with long, sucking pulls.

Sadie blissfully complied, exploding with a shriek that echoed and pinged across the marble acoustics of the bathroom.

Holding her body just above the surface of the water, Alec tenderly kissed his way up her torso, then ended his journey at her mouth.

Sliding her hands up into his wet hair, Sadie matched his deep, possessive kisses as she wrapped her legs around him, arched against him, and squeezed. She wound her fingers in his long hair and pulled him back—just enough so she could look him in the eyes. “You’ve made me greedy for more. Take me. Now.”

“Switch places with me,” Alec ordered with a husky whisper. He gave her a promising wink as he pointedly looked down at the water. “I shall happily comply with yer request, but I dinna wish to drown ye.”

Sadie looped her arms around his shoulders and smiled up at him. “Roll over and I’ll ride.”

Smoother than a creature born to water, Alec rolled beneath her and settled back against the reclining side of the tub. A satisfied groan escaped him as he lifted his hips and pushed deep inside her.

Sadie arched her back, stretching tall and rocking from side to side to ensure optimum seating pleasure. A tingling shudder rippled through her as she settled into a faster rhythm. “I love adventures,” she said, then clamped both hands atop his shoulders and rode harder, bathwater sloshing and splashing like an angry sea.

Alec grabbed her hips and flexed upward, lifting her above the water as he roared out his release.

The cool air across her exposed flesh paired with the sensation of Alec bucking beneath her rushed Sadie to join Alec at orgasm central. A myriad of exquisite sensations exploded through her, pulsing out sheer ecstasy in an erotic Morse code both their bodies understood.

Finally, she collapsed atop him, gasping against his chest. As the now lukewarm bathwater lapped against her skin, sharp reality popped her humming bubble of euphoria.Son of a bitch. No condom.

“Well, shit.” Sadie blew out a frustrated breath, pressed her forehead against Alec’s throat, and closed her eyes. She’d blithely tossed aside one of her own cardinal rules without a second thought.And that, boys and girls, is where babies and STDs come from.“Dammit,” she muttered under her breath.

Alec stirred beneath her, raising his chest so he could run a finger under her chin and lift her face to his. “ ‘Shit’ and ‘dammit’? That’s no’ exactly what a man wishes to hear from his woman when he’s just done his best t’please her.”

“Sex without a condom is not a wise adventure.”

“Dammit,” Alec echoed, realization flashing in his eyes like lightning in a bank of storm clouds.

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