Padding out of the bathroom, he went straight to her and circled his arms around her waist, dragging her to him. The last thing he expected were her palms on his damp chest shoving him away.
“Stop, Trey.” She squirmed out of his grasp. “I’m dirty and smell like horse.”
“I like the smell of horse.” He reached for her again, but she dodged him.
“Fine. But I’m not crawling into bed smelling like this.”
“Who said we’d make it to the bed?” He wagged his brows and once again reached for her.
Laughing, she playfully slapped his hand. “Get into bed. I’ll only be a minute or two.” Then she strolled into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her.
Trey took her advice and climbed into bed, pushing his hands behind his head as he waited. After five minutes he stirred restlessly. Just the thought of her naked and wet in the other room made his balls thicken, his dick twitch. He reached down, circling his fingers around his firming flesh, and stroked.
The door creaked opened and he nearly swallowed his tongue.
Kelly stood there dressed in the lingerie he had given her for Christmas. The sheer gown hid nothing from him. Not her full breasts or the dark rings of her areolas or her arousal that made her nipples taut with desire. He inhaled her beauty, sliding his hungry gaze down further to the small shadow of red hair between her thighs.
“God, darlin’, you’re beautiful.” He rose from the bed, unable to stand the distance between them.
She stood quietly, unmoving. As he neared, a clean, powdery-soft scent caressed his nose. Blood rushed his groin and his nostrils flared.
Kelly was all woman—his woman.
Lightly he skimmed her satiny shoulder with his fingertips and goose bumps skittered across her skin. Her head turned to the side and beneath lowered eyelids she watched him as his lips smoothed over the place his fingertips had touched. Pupils dilating, her irises turned a midnight green.
Still she didn’t stir.
Instead she let him explore her body, the weight of her breasts through the diaphanous material, the firmness of her abdomen, hips and thighs. Slipping a strap down, he paused before baring her other shoulder.
Neither spoke, as if words would shatter the erotic tension between them.
Pinching the thin laces between his fingers, he tugged. With ease they slipped down her arms, past her elbows and hands, until the gown slid like silk on glass over her curvy body to puddle at her feet.
Then he stepped behind her, burying his face into her damp hair before brushing it aside so he could kiss her neck. Cradling her heavy globes in his palms from behind, he closed his eyes. Slowly and deliberately, he moved his hands, memorizing every inch of her body as her essence pulled him deeper and deeper into an abyss of sensory pleasure.
For a moment, all he could do was drink in the touch of her. And then his skin began to itch from the inside out. Trey felt a surge from his solar plexus to his groin. A growing pressure that forced his eyes open.
“I need you. Now,” he whispered against her ear.
She turned in his embrace. “Me too.” Her tongue darted out and he watched it teasingly wet her lips before they pressed softly against his and all thought ceased.
Their mouths melded together into an explosion of heat and hunger that sent his blood pressure soaring. His arms tightened around her, their bodies melting against each other. Tongues tangled and liquid fire simmered through his veins. A deep groan formed in his chest and he tore his mouth away. Sweeping a hand behind her knees to raise her, he carried her to the bed.
As he laid her down, her fiery hair spread across his pillows. She held out her arms and he went into them. Her thighs parted and she pulled him to her, pressing her warmth against his throbbing erection.
“Condom?” she moaned.
“No.” His hips began to gyrate of their own accord, his dick passing over her moist slit again and again. He needed to feel close to her, so much closer than the latex would allow. “Kelly—” A violent tremor snaked through him, stealing his breath. “Please.”
Trey needed her to trust that what was between them wasn’t only lust or some lingering attraction. Unable to speak the words, he thrust his hands into her hair, bringing his mouth down on hers. Her lips opened and he tasted heaven as her tongue danced with his, their bodies straining to get nearer. Her hips adjusted beneath him so the head of his cock nudged her soft core. With one thrust he would be buried within her.
“Need to be inside you. Feel all of you.”
“But—”
He shook with the effort it took to keep his hips stationary, to stop from plunging into her hot, wet core. “Hear me out. I want you.” Inhaling a shuddering breath, he continued. “Not for tonight or tomorrow, but forever.” His mouth suddenly went dry and he swallowed past the knot tightening his throat. “I want to make love to you without any mental or physical barrier between us.” He paused, frustrated, knowing he was screwing this up. “Dammit, Kelly. I need this closeness with you. I need to know that you feel the same—want the same.” Just then the head of his dick eased into her pussy and he nearly screamed his next word. “Me! Kelly. I need you to want me,” he said firmly before his hoarse voice softened. “Darlin’, say you’ll stay with me forever.”
Her eyes grew misty. She looked as if she was going to cry.
A sinking sensation swept over him along with the heat of disappointment, and then she smiled.
“I want you, too. Not for tonight or tomorrow, but forever,” she repeated his sentiment.
The air he hadn’t known he held gushed out of his lungs, pushing him forward. The slight movement against her slickness slid him beyond her swollen folds, all the way into her haven. He gasped at the same time he groaned with satisfaction. Everything about her was heightened. Her warmth. Her creaminess. Her tightness. The intimacy between them beyond anything he had ever experienced with a woman.
At the same time guilt riddled him. Maybe he’d pushed too hard, gone too fast. “Kelly, I’m sorry.” He started to withdraw when her palms braced against his ass to hold him in place.
“I want this as much as you do.”
And Lord knew she did.
Powerless to stop the wild fervor whipping through her, she held on to him, her inner muscles pulsing around him. Shifting restlessly beneath him, she craved the friction of their bodies, the music that only they created together.
Then he pulled back, almost coming completely out of her before easing back inside her incredibly slow—excruciatingly slow. It felt so good. Her breaths turned to panting sighs, and then to whimpers as she arched against him, needing and wanting more. She could feel his heart pound to a rhythm that matched hers.
“Fuck me, Trey.” She pulled him closer, her fingers tangled in his silky hair as she hooked her legs around his waist and ground against him.
His abdomen muscles jumped, twitched and a growl rumbled somewhere deep inside him. Shoving his hands beneath her ass, he palmed her cheeks before raising her hips off the bed. Then he began to pump into her hard and fast, his grip holding her still. Each stroke struck deep and true. His pelvic bone rasped back and forth against her sensitive clit, driving her crazy.
Suddenly her body flushed with heat. A strong tingle rippled in her sex, radiating outward like flailing tentacles as the center of her core wound tighter and tighter, building with an unbearable pressure. She sank the back of her head into the pillow. Her thighs clenched his waist while her fingers dug into his back. Then streams of electricity raced up her trembling legs, slamming fast and furious into her groin. She screamed as the heaviness inside exploded, sending a massive wave of overwhelming pleasure throughout. It was like nothing she had ever felt before.
As she began her descent, Trey pounded into her cradle once, twice, before he cried out her name, stiffening within her embrace. But the magic was inside her. His cock jerked and swelled, releasing hot jets of come. The intimacy of the moment set off another series of contracti
ons within her and he trembled, moaning long and low before collapsing atop her.
Body still throbbing, she opened her eyes and saw him watching her. Her pulse sped in a way that had nothing to do with their closeness and everything to do with the way he looked at her. Tenderness, desire and adoration all swirled in his eyes and maybe, just maybe, there was love there, too.
Would that be too much to hope for?
Rolling over, he stretched before gathering her into his arms. “Kelly?” His husky voice interrupted her thoughts.
She snuggled into his warm embrace. “Hmmm?”
“I know things are said in the throes of passion that one later regrets.”
Kelly tensed, her heart dropping. As she felt the beginning of tears swell in her nose and eyes, she gave herself a mental slap on the forehead. How foolish could she be? She held silent as the air between them seemed to grow brittle.
“I need to hear you say that you’ll never leave me.”
“Yes.” She released a breath of relief on a hiss. “Trey, I’ll stay with you for however long you want me and TJ to.”
“Darlin’, it appears you still don’t get it. I’m not asking you to just live with me. I’m asking you to marry me. I want you for my wife. Today made me see my life isn’t complete without you and TJ. I know that we are practically strangers, but oddly I don’t feel that way.”
“Marry?” she breathed.
Happiness made her almost giddy, but the edges of her joy were dulled when she realized he hadn’t mentioned love. Maybe it was too soon for him. Even she wasn’t sure when it had happened, or how it happened so fast, but she knew without a doubt she had fallen in love with Trey.
His Adam’s apple jumped and he angled his shoulders away. “I know this sounds ridiculous.” His voice grew taut and quavered. “But I love you.” He rushed in to add. “I think I fell in love with you the moment I met you in Denver.”
“Oh, Trey.” This time when tears dampened her eyes nothing short of a natural disaster could hold them back. “I love you, too.” So much that her chest ached with the tender emotion.
“Thank God.” He wiped her cheek. “Are those happy tears?”
She nodded.
For a moment, they lay in each other’s arms, basking in the warmth of their love, then Trey pressed a kiss upon her forehead. “I’m sorry about earlier.”
“Earlier?”
“The no condom thing, but damn I wanted you without latex between us.”
“I think we’ll be alright. I— Uhm— The timing was good in this case.”
“Then we can do it again?” A grin spread across his face as his eyes darkened with desire. “I can’t tell you how good it felt. You’re so hot, wet. It was amazing.”
“It was for me, too.”
“Then maybe we could find a different method of birth control? I hate condoms. It’s like feeling the rain on your skin versus beating down on your umbrella.”
“Rain on an umbrella?” She chuckled.
“You think that’s funny?” He turned and began to tickle her.
Giggling, she pushed his hands away, but he caught her and drew her close. When he gazed into her eyes, his laughter died. He nudged his nose against hers.
“Merry Christmas, Kelly.”
When he slanted his mouth over hers and eased atop her, Kelly knew she had found Christmas magic in this man’s arms.
Biography
A taste of the erotic, a measure of daring and a hint of laughter describe Mackenzie McKade’s novels. She sizzles the pages with scorching sex, fantasy and deep emotion that will touch you and keep you immersed until the end. Whether her stories are contemporaries, futuristics or fantasies, this Arizona native thrives on giving you the ultimate erotic adventure.
When not traveling through her vivid imagination, she’s spending time with three beautiful daughters, three devilishly handsome grandsons, and the man of her dreams. She loves to write, enjoys reading and can’t wait ’til summer. Boating and jet skiing are top on her list of activities. Add to that laughter and if mischief is in order—Mackenzie’s your gal!
To learn more about Mackenzie, please visit www.mackenziemckade.com. Send an email to Mackenzie at [email protected] or sign onto her Facebook (Facebook.com/mackenziemckade) and Twitter (Twitter.com/MackenzieMcKade) sites. You might want to stop by the Wicked Writers’ Facebook site (Facebook.com/TheWickedWriters) and join in the fun with other readers and authors as well as Mackenzie.
More books from Mackenzie McKade
From Samhain Publishing
Blue Moon
Digital ISBN: 978-1-60928-692-7
A Little White Lie
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Merry Christmas, Paige
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Print ISBN: 978-1-60504-863-5
Black Widow
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Print ISBN: 978-1-59998-990-7
Lost But Not Forgotten
Digital ISBN: 978-1-59998-193-2
Print ISBN: 978-1-59998-790-3
Lisa’s Gift
Digital ISBN: 978-1-59998-497-1
Print ISBN: 978-1-59998-643-2
Second Chance Christmas
Digital ISBN: 978-1-59998-711-8
The Perfect Gift (Anthology)
(Features Print version of Second Chance Christmas)
Print ISBN: 978-1-59998-661-6
Fallon’s Revenge
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Print ISBN: 978-1-59998-179-6
Six Feet Under
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Print ISBN: 978-1-59998-115-4
A Warrior’s Witch
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Bound for the Holidays
(Book 1 of the Ties that Bind Series)
Digital ISBN: 978-1-59998-387-5
Bound by the Past
(Book 2 of the Ties that Bind Series)
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Bound by Desire
(Print version of books 1 and 2 in the Ties that Bind Series)
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Take Me
(Book 1 of the Wild Oats Series)
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Take Me Again
(Book 2 of the Wild Oats Series)
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Sins of Summer (Anthology)
(Print version of TAKE ME)
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Male Android Companion
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A Tall Dark Cowboy
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Sand Angel
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Destiny’s Touch
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Dead Awakening
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Echoes from Heaven
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Wicked Winter
(Print version of Echoes from Heaven)
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4199- 5600-3
A Very Faery Christmas
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4199- 0474-5
White Hot Holidays (Volume 1 Anthology)
(Print version of A Very Faery Christmas)
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4199- 5600-3
Series
The Game
(Book 1 of the Ecstasy Series)
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4199-0232-1
Print ISBN: 978-1-4199-5294-4
The Charade
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Forbidden Fruit
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N: 978-1-4199-0386-1
Lord Kir
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Kalina’s Discovery
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
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