Page 51 of Hero Unbound

She had to smile at that. She took his hand and placed it on her breast, her nipples hardening even more with every word he whispered into her ear—partly from the sensation of his breath, but even more from the words themselves.

“This naked woman would like to keep going.”

His fingers toyed with her nipples, pulling soft gasps out of her as he moved his talented lips down her neck once more and across her shoulder. “Thank God. Hang on to me, Evie. I need you in a bed.”

This time, she refused to let the thought of a bedroom put a damper on what she was feeling. Like Theo said, she wasn’t going to let anyone steal the present from her. She wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders and her legs around his trim hips as he slid her from the counter. Just for a moment that brought her directly against his erection tenting those sweatpants—speaking of delectable.

She couldn’t stop herself from grinding against him just a little bit.

He let out a groan and dropped his forehead against hers. “Damn it, woman, we’re not going to make it to the bedroom if you keep that up.”

He wrapped both his forearms under her ass and lifted her from the counter. His lips found hers as he walked toward a room. She wasn’t sure which one, and she didn’t care.

He found one with a king-size bed and yanked the covers back before laying her down gently. His big body eased on top of hers as he continued to kiss her. Slowly, thoroughly, his tongue dipping into her mouth repeatedly, tempting her tongue to play along.

It wasn’t long before her fears about the bed and what was coming disappeared. Whatever happened, kissing him was drawing out more passion in her than she’d felt in years. Maybe ever. She slid her legs out so her hips were cradling his.

Once again, she ground up against him, his sweatpants the only clothing between them. The pressure hit her just as she needed it to, and she let out a groan.

He slipped an arm under her thigh, pinning them together as he rolled his hips against her. Now both of them let out a groan. His tongue mimicked the motion of his hips, and Eva felt fire lick through her.

But then he moved, easing his hips away from hers. She sighed in disappointment before she could stop herself.

“Keep that up, and this is going to last an embarrassingly short time.” His voice was deeper than she’d ever heard it. “Allow me to concentrate on some other areas, if you will.”

He kissed across her chest before taking a nipple into his mouth and sucking firmly. Eva’s eyes rolled back in her head as she threaded her fingers into his hair to hold his mouth to her. His hand played with the other breast, and soon she was squirming again.

He was lowering his head from her breasts down her stomach. “Look at these freckles, so pretty here on your soft skin.” He kissed his way across her abdomen.

She laughed softly when he got too close to the ticklish skin on her waist.He glanced up at her with a smile. “Toosensitive there. Have to try somewhere else.”

His lips trailed lower across her hips. Eva stiffened.

Immediately, those brown eyes were back up, catching hers. “Need me to stop?”

She didn’t want to go into how Gareth had always demanded reciprocation after oral sex, usually forcefully, in ways that made her gag. The brief pleasure she’d gotten from what he’d done had never seemed worth the price she’d paid for it.

“I…” She trailed off, once again left without a way to easily explain.

But Theo didn’t falter; he began kissing his way back up her body. “How about right now we focus back on what was driving us both crazy.” He hooked his arm under her leg again, rolling his hips up against hers. It wasn’t long before all thoughts of anyone but him had fled her mind.

When his hand worked its way between their bodies and he slid his fingers inside her, she let out a gasp, her hips flying off the mattress.

“Yes, sweetheart,” he murmured, lips trailing over her face and neck once. “Like that. Just let yourself feel good.”

He continued to move his fingers inside her, finding that spot that drove her higher. Her hips shot off the bed. “Yes, Theo. Please.”

The orgasm caught her off guard. It burst through her as she called out his name, gripping his arm, rocking against him over and over.

He kissed across her face and hair as she came down from the high, trying to regain her senses and some sort of composure. She couldn’t remember sex being like this. Her body hardly knew what to do with all the endorphins rushing through her system.

And Theo was holding her pulled up against his chest, whispering how beautiful she was.

“Thank you,” she said, not sure what else to say.

He rolled on top of her, bracing most of his weight on his elbows. “You okay to keep going?”

She sort of wished they could stop right now, but how selfish would that be? How could she say no after the pleasure he’d just given her?

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