Her throat worked as she gulped air, swallowed, and gulped again. “Don’t stop. I’m close. Oh Jesus, I’m close—”
“I know.” He blinked the sweat out of his eyes and quickened the pace. “I feel it. I feel your ass clenching and your thighs trembling. I’m going to get you there. I swear.” Dots swam at the fringes of his vision. Sensations shot like warning flares from the tip of his spine to his balls. He had to get her there. Now. “Can you take a little more?”
One of her hands fluttered up, following the path along the center of her ass to home in on the tight seam where her body admitted his. “Anything. Do anything. Please.”
He slid her shins along the wall, spreading her legs wider, seating himself deeper.
She whimpered and arched up, so only the crown of her head touched the floor. He thrust once, to test the position, then adjusted his angle and thrust again, aiming the top of his cock toward her belly button. His balls crashed against her ass. Lights flickered in front of his eyes. “I know I made you wait for this. Made you wait a fucking week, suffering and unfinished while I took my time and learned to read your body like a map. But I learned well, Czarina. The wait ends now, and it ends only one way. You, coming on my cock so long and hard you forgive me for taking seven goddamn days to deliver on my promise.”
He rocked into her again, and again, until her whimpers filled his head and her body shattered into wave after wave of devastating spasms. And then those waves were on him, breaking over him, taking him down until his lungs burned, his muscles screamed, and his body surrendered to something so powerful it wasn’t a product of her, or him. It could only be a product of them.
When he could feel his extremities again, he eased off her. She moaned softly when he withdrew, and moaned again when he lowered her legs and gathered her into his arms. She settled on his lap, legs hooked around his waist, arms twined around the back of his head, face pressed to his shoulder. They probably looked like a couple of shipwreck victims in their tangled clothes. He ignored his urgent heart and waited until she raised her head and offered him a dazed smile.
Then she shivered as warmth trickled from her body to coat his abdomen like liquid afterglow. A blush swept into her cheeks. “Oh geez…”
She would have gotten up, but he tightened his arms around her and held her in place. “Mine, too, Czarina. It tells me that one wasn’t fake.”
The blush deepened. “I can’t believe you came all this way to give me a soul-deep, hurts-so-good, cry-for-mercy orgasm.”
He tried to take a deep breath to relax the bands of tension around his chest. It didn’t completely work, but he’d have to manage because it was time for full honesty. No more games. “I didn’t. Or not entirely,” he added when her brow crinkled. “I also came to give you this.” He dug the box from his pocket.
Her eyes darted between the box and his face. “What is it?”
“Another carefully selected item. Open it and see.”
She took the box, tore the wrapping away, but her fingers hesitated on the lid. He flipped it up and watched her face closely as she stared at the anklet tucked inside. Her eyes flew to his, full of uncertainty.
“I didn’t want you to leave Maui without a souvenir this time.”
With shaking fingers, she lifted the silver chain and turned it this way and that, examining the charms. “I can’t believe you brought me my Maui wowie anklet.”
“It’s not exactly the same.” He touched the silver heart, tipping it so she could see the inscription.
Arden and Nick.
“Oh, Nick—”
“Now that we’ve gotten the a soul-deep, hurts-so-good, cry-for-mercy orgasms out of the way, I think it’s time for introductions.” He held out a hand. “Hi. I’m Nick Bancroft, and I’m in love with you.”
Her cheeks returned to his favorite shade of pink and her lips quivered. Relief loosened the band across his lungs. She slid her hand into his.
“Hi. I’m Arden St. Sebastian, and I’m in love with you, too.”
He dipped his head and swept the last word off her lips. He wanted to taste it. Savor it. Share it with her. By the time he gave her back her mouth, they were both breathing fast.
“So,” she started, “this could be complicated.”
“Too complicated for a Siberian princess and a NASA astronaut?” He shook his head. “I don’t think so. I hear Siberia’s beautiful in the spring.”
She hugged him tight. Her laugh tickled his ear. “I wouldn’t know, but Maui’s perfect.”
“Maui. Siberia. Montenido. I don’t really care about the logistics. Wherever you are, Czarina, that’s the perfect place for me.” He reinforced that with a kiss, and was working her zipper down when her phone chimed from somewhere in the nearby luggage.
“Dammit.” She crawled off him, dug her phone out of her purse, and stared at the screen. “My Dad never quits.”
“Ah, shit. I forgot. I have a message from him.”
“Really?” Her attention shifted to him. “What does he want?”
“He told me to tell you he was right.”
She tossed her phone over her shoulder and stepped toward him, reaching behind her for her zipper. “Just this once, I’m going to have to agree. Don’t tell him I said so.”
He stood and took her into his arms. “Czarina, my lips are sealed.”
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Acknowledgments
Compromised in Paradise is probably the closest I’ll come to taking everyone who’s game for it on a fun, sexy Hawaiian vacation. Fictional though it was, I hope you enjoyed the trip! If did have the private jet, the private villa, and the unlimited funds, I’d reserve special “thank you” slots for:
All the awesome readers, because the party don’t start ’til you walk in…
My editor Heather Howland, for letting me pitch a story about “a woman who’s lost her way to O-town, and the guy who helps her find her way back,” and saying, “Yep, that’s a plot.”
Liz, Curtis, Melanie, Erin, Kaitlyn, and the rest of the Entangled team, for unstinting positivity and professionalism in the face of a scattered, media-challenged, deadline-challenged author.
Dani, Allysia, and Kim P. for your encouragement and creativity (by which I mean the magical things you can do with an image of a hot, naked guy).
Robin, Hayson, Maggie, Paula, and Jenn for being amazing writers who always make me feel like a pro until I read your stories and then I feel like a hack, and then I hate you, and then I try harder to be as great as you are, and I call that inspiration although it might be plain, simple jealousy.
My family and friends—someday when I have the private jet, the private villa, and the unlimited funds, we are going to Maui!
About the Author
Wine lover, sleep fanatic, and USA Today Bestselling Author of sexy contemporary romance novels, Samanthe Beck lives in Malibu, California, with her long-suffering but extremely adorable husband and their turbo-son. Throw in a furry ninja named Kitty and Bebe the trash talking Chihuahua and you get the whole, chaotic picture.
When not dreaming up fun, fan-your-cheeks sexy ways to get her characters to happily-ever-after, she searches for the perfect cabernet to pair with Ambien.
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