Page 12 of Grizzly's Pride
“Grizzly, now that I finally know the stakes, I need to know why you’re helping me,” she said. “Please don’t lie to me either. I might be naïve, but I know enough that men like you don’t offer their protection without a reason.”
Grizzly stopped hugging her and that made her crave his embrace once again. A dangerous thought. Piper felt vulnerable right now. She didn’t have anyone either. Maybe that explained her neediness, why she was unexplainably drawn to Grizzly.
With two fingers, Grizzly tipped her chin, and her heart raced. She could get lost in those mesmerizing, hard blue eyes. Piper forced herself to focus on the strong but rough lines of his face, his nose that looked like it had been broken a few times, and the tiny scar on his left bottom lip. Imperfections she didn’t mind.
Then Grizzly tilted his head and slanted his mouth over hers. The kiss started soft, explorative. She couldn’t help but respond, so she kissed him back. He moved his hand to the back of her neck. Grizzly’s kiss grew demanding, rough, just the way she liked it.
She parted her lips so he could slip his tongue down her throat. Grizzly slipped his other hand under her dress. His fingers felt wonderful against her skin, or was Piper so simply touch-starved right now?
He moved to cup her left breast, squeezing it as she gasped. Grizzly tore his mouth from hers, his gaze speculative, but she didn’t miss the ravenous hunger in his eyes. If he told her to crawl on his bed and take off her clothes, Piper would do exactly that.
“This is why,” he said.
At first, Piper didn’t understand. Then she remembered she’d asked him why he was intent on protecting her. Grizzly was even willing to go against the wishes of his club for her. That meant something, didn’t it?
“You want me?” If Grizzly wanted her body as payment, then so be it.
God knew she was willing. It had been a very long time since a man appreciated her, since she had any. Piper had no illusions about what she meant to him. She was a momentary distraction, and that was fine with her.
“I do,” he admitted. Grizzly gave her breast another squeeze and she moaned. The bud stiffened, and Grizzly did the same with her other breast.
“I don’t understand it either. No woman has ever had an effect on me like this before,” he admitted. That confession made her hot with need.
Not even your wife?Piper didn’t voice that question out loud because that might ruin the moment. Right now, she needed him more than he her.
“Why don’t we continue this in the bedroom?” Piper asked him. She’d never been this direct with a man before. Then again, she had never been in such a dire situation either. Mervin had it good in the afterlife. Her useless excuse of a father didn’t need to deal with murderous bikers eager to hunt him down.
Losing herself in someone else and momentarily forgetting all her problems sounded good to her right that instant.
“Too far,” Grizzly said with a shake of his head.“I want to take you here.”
“Here?” Piper asked, confused when he stood up and held out a hand to her. After some hesitation, she took it. Piper gasped when he hauled her to her feet. Then Grizzly put his hands on her waist. Without difficulty, he lifted her until her ass touched the counter.
Feeling bold, Piper wrapped her legs around his waist.
She pulled him close. Grizzly leaned down and took her mouth again. This time, he didn’t do gentle. He kissed Piper like he meant it. She could drown in his heat, in his taste, forever. Grizzly abruptly pulled away, only to reach for the hem of her shirt.
Piper raised her arms so he could peel the top off her. Her bottoms came next. He tugged them loose, and she sat perched on his countertop, completely naked and exposed. Grizzly didn’t leave her feeling awkward for long.
He took off his own shirt. Piper’s mouth went dry at the sight of the hard planes of muscles on his chest. Every inch of Grizzly seemed covered in black ink.
If Piper were patient, she would have taken her time, exploring every inch of his body with her hands and mouth. Right now, she only cared about one thing—Grizzly claiming her in the most intimate way possible.
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Piper looked stunning, sitting on his kitchen counter and wearing absolutely nothing. Grizzly didn’t miss the admiring glances she directed toward his body.
Grizzly kept in shape because it was part of his job as the MC’s enforcer. He wasn’t getting any younger, but he needed to make sure he could take on younger enemies. Being slow equated to being dead, after all, and right now, Grizzly had no intentions of dying.
He undid his belt buckle, chuckling softly when Piper impatiently took over and unbuttoned his jeans. Grizzly wasn’t complaining about her sudden change in mood. At the present, both of them were high on each other. That was all that mattered.
Piper’s eyes widened as she pulled out his cock. Her surprise quickly vanished as she stroked him from root to tip. There was almost a supernatural glint in her wicked eyes, telling him she wanted this as much as he did.
He groaned. Piper went from innocent to curious vixen at the drop of a hat, and he could get on board with that.
“Take me, Grizzly,” she whispered. “I’m clean. Haven’t been with a man since forever.”
What was she telling him? That she wanted to be ridden bareback? With no piece of latex between them, he could truly enjoy the sensation of her bare pussy wrapped around his dick. Hell, a lesser man would have been able to come from that thought, but he still had some measure of self-control.
