Page 123 of Fire and Ice

Suddenly he was burying himself inside her as she felt the delicious slide of his hardness. Propping up on his fully extended arms he watched her intently as he flexed his hips to gently rock into her.

"Come for me again, Maia" Jack muttered as he moved inside her.

"I can't" Maia said even as she felt another wave building.

"Yes, you can," Jack growled as he canted his hips to push in deeper and Maia gasped as she felt his shaft caress her womb. He withdrew almost to the tip before pushing back slowly into her. After what felt like a maddening pace, he increased his rhythm and intensity. As he lowered himself to interlace his fingers with hers to pin her hands to the rug, he began to pound into her fiercely. His chest hair lightly abrading her breast with the force of his thrusts, the need built again to a dizzying peak before washing over her in ripples of pulsing heat.

"Jack, Jack..." Maia moaned as her shattering climax prodded his own. He shoved into her and stilled, his body shuddering and jerking almost as if in pain.

The anguished look of controlled passion on Jack's face was wiped out by relief as he yelled out his release.

"I love you! God, I love you!" Jack groaned into her neck as he pumped hot semen into her, gushing out in spurts as he continued to push into her until he was spent. He released her hands and wrapped his arms around her tightly as the last of his shudders receded.

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Jack felt, rather than saw, Maia freeze. He knew what had prompted it. His unchecked declarations of love. Fuck it. He wasn't denying it or taking it back.

"We're not ignoring it, you know," Jack said. Maia was in the crook of his arms, albeit stiff as a rod, and he was running the back of his fingers up and down the back of her arms absently.

"I'm in love with you," Jack said quietly. "I didn't mean to tell you anytime soon. But I can't keep it inside me any longer. I think I've loved you since the first time I kissed you."

He tipped her chin up to look at him. He saw some fear and uncertainty in her eyes. "And I know you love me too, Maia."

Her eyes flashed in annoyance. "Oh, and what makes you think that, you conceited ass?"

Now this, he could deal with. Jack grinned, "Babe, no way can I love you this much without you loving me back in some fucking way. When we make love, Maia, I see it in your eyes. It's not just physical. It's fucking body and soul."

"I don't think this is a good idea," Maia mumbled.

"You do love me?" Jack prompted.

"I don't know," Maia mumbled again while Jack's heart fell. He sighed and kissed her on the temple. He was feeling vulnerable, laying his heart out not knowing how she felt for him in return. Maybe this was payback for his past emotional detachment in his previous relationships—didn't feel too good being on the other side. After a few moments, she huffed in obvious annoyance.

"I think so," Maia conceded.

Jack knifed up from the bed and straddled her. He dug his fingers into her sides, tickling her.He knew he was not playing fair, but she gave him an in and he was pulling her through the rest of the way.

"Jack!" Maia squealed and started laughing.

"You think?" he said, unrelenting.

"Jack stop it, you're not playing...stop it!" Maia pleaded while gasping for air.

He was merciless.

"You think?" he repeated.

"Fine! I love you too!" Maia yelled as she swiped his hands away.

He rolled off to his back and took her with him, her naked body sprawled on top of him.

"I love you so much, babe," Jack declared as he looked deeply in her eyes.

"How much?"

"I think I'd rather show you," Jack replied devilishly. "Can I?"

"I'll be disappointed if you didn't."

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