Embracing Danger
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“Shane,” she said again, still not quite believing that he truly was here with her. Perhaps she’d conjured him out of a dream or fantasy.
A dirty fantasy.
“Are you surprised?”
She nodded, not trusting her voice or her brain to put together actual sentences.
“How?” she finally asked, her gaze sweeping him from head to toe. He looked the same. The same smile, the same handsome face, and the same warm embrace that made her feel safer than she ever had in her life. Her heart felt like it would burst with love.
“The usual way.” The dimple in his cheek appeared. “An airplane at an ungodly time of the morning so I could get here early and surprise you.”
She tilted her head as her uncle’s words echoed in her addled mind. “David knew you were coming, didn’t he?”
“I might have mentioned it to him. He said you were missing me and I knew I was missing you.” Shane’s smile fell and his hold on her tightened. “I know you wanted to do this alone and dammit, I really tried to let you but I just couldn’t stay away any longer. I love you, Arden, and we need to be together. I can help or I can stay out of the way, but please don’t ask me to leave you again. I can’t. It’s been physically painful to be away from you these last weeks.”
Her face flushed and she shifted uncomfortably. “I think maybe you’re right. It’s been so hard here without you. I’ve loved getting to know my family but I don’t like being away from you either.” She leaned forward and pressed a kiss to his lips. “Thank you for coming for me.”
“Thank you for not sending me away.” Shane looked around the living room. “Where is David?”
A smile spread across her face and she hummed in excitement. It had been too long since she’d been with the love of her life. “He went on some errands. He made sure to tell me before he left that he wouldn’t be back until this afternoon and that I’d have privacy this morning.”
Shane waggled his eyebrows suggestively. “Privacy? I like the sound of that. What do you suggest we do with it?”
She tugged at his shirt, bringing him closer so she could kiss him again. “I think we should get naked and make some noise. What do you think we should do?”
“Who am I to argue with such a wise decision?” He dipped his head and nipped on her earlobe. “Lead the way.”
Chapter Thirty-Three
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Arden had plans and every one of them involved both of them without clothes, doing all manner of naughty things to one another. She’d had almost three weeks to ruminate on what she’d do to him the next time she saw him and now here he was in all his naked glory.
And it was glorious.
He’d quickly shucked his clothes while she did the same and then crawled up the length of the bed to where she waited, leaning back against the headboard. He’d reminded her of a panther she’d seen on a nature show stalking his prey. Her body trembled in response and heat shot through her veins straight to her lower abdomen.
His big body covered hers and she loved feeling so small and feminine, but she wanted to show him how much she’d missed him. She wanted to worship him.
“Lie back,” she urged, a hand on his shoulder. “Just relax and enjoy.”
She felt his chuckle deep in his chest and he settled on his back with his head pillowed in his hands, wearing nothing but a smile. “I most definitely will enjoy. Go on and do your worst.”
Her gaze traveled down his body, taking in the part of him that was hard and ready. “Someone is happy to see me.”
“Little girl,” he growled, low and sexy making her toes curl in anticipation. “Are you going to talk all day?”
That wasn’t the plan.
Straddling his thighs, she leaned over and pressed baby kisses to his face, working her way from his forehead all the way to his chin before heading down the long column of his neck. She paused to nip at his Adam’s apple and then skipped to his collarbone, ghosting her lips over his sensitive flesh.
He shuddered and moaned as she licked a trail down his torso, stopping off to whirl her tongue around his flat, male nipples, nipping at them with her teeth until his hands came down to grab the back of her head. She giggled at his attempts to lead her farther south but she wouldn’t be deterred from her mission, wanting him to know she loved every inch of his body.
Taking her time to lap at his treasure trail, she lazily drew circles with her tongue all the way to his inner thigh, careful not to go near her final destination. She wanted him begging by the time she put her mouth on him.
Because his pleasure was her pleasure, her own arousal had flown into the stratosphere. Honey coated her thighs and her nipples were beaded with excitement. She’d never been with a man that could make her feel this way with barely a touch.
Speaking of touch…
His hands had abandoned the back of her head and his fingers were stroking everywhere he could reach – her shoulders, her arms, and oh yes, her breasts. Shivering with delight, she ran her tongue up the length of his shaft, feeling the velvety skin covering forged steel. She traced the veins as he groaned encouragement and she giggled when his questing fingers tickled under her arms.
“Stop that,” she laughed as she tried to twist away but his hold on her was firm. “You’re such a goof.”
“You’re such a tease. Come up here and kiss me properly. It’s been too long.”
Arden allowed him to lift her up so they were face to face. It only took a second, but she was suddenly flat on her back with one very aroused male on top of her, a feral look in his eyes.
She wasn’t the only one with plans, apparently.
* * *
While Shane had loved how Arden had kissed her way down his body, it was time to return the favor. Nuzzling the fragrant curve of her shoulder, he pressed butterfly kisses onto her neck while his fingers caressed her silky soft skin. She smelled fresh, probably from a recent shower, but it was more than that. The musk of her arousal hung in the air, ratcheting up the primal urgency to take her now. Right now. Only the civilized part of his brain kept him from grunting like a caveman, throwing her over his shoulder, and carrying her away to a nearby cave.
After the last time they’d been together when Arden had been so full of pain, he’d vowed the next time they made love it would truly be just that. Making love. No wild animals going at like they were in heat. He wanted her to know how much he truly loved and cherished her.
He nipped a path down over the soft swell of her belly and pushed her legs apart with his shoulders. Pressing open-mouthed kisses to the delicate skin of her inner thigh, he chuckled as she moved restlessly beneath him, wordlessly begging for what only he could give her.
Sliding two fingers inside her wet channel, he crooked them in a come-hither fashion and drew a long, deep moan from Arden, her legs already beginning to tremble as she neared her release.
He bent his head, giving the shiny pearl beckoning to him a lazy lick. Her hips stiffened and she whimpered his name, pleading with him to continue, which he was happy to do. This morning was about making her feel amazing and adored, and part of that was her screaming his name at the top of her lungs.
Primed and ready, it didn’t take long for his teasing tongue and stroking fingers to send her over the edge. She gasped for air, her fingernails digging into his scalp but he didn’t let up, his tongue sending her over a second time in a mini-climax that had her thighs clamping around his head to hold him in place.
“Shane, oh God. So good.”
Her voice was barely intelligible and he couldn’t hold back the swell of pride that ran through him as she lay under his body, panting and barely coherent.
And he wasn’t done yet.
Hovering over her, his weight on his palms, he slowly sunk deep inside of her, savoring every second until he was in to the hilt. The tight, hot walls of her channel hugged him and he had to pause for a moment to find some modicum of control and not climax immediately like a schoolboy.
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p; Her nails dug into his shoulders and her legs wrapped around his waist. “Please, Shane.”
Her wish was his command. He began to move slowly and deliberately, pulling almost all the way out before thrusting back in, each stroke rubbing her clit. Her fingers glided down his spine and then gripped his buttocks tightly as he forced his eyes to stay open. He didn’t want to miss a moment of watching Arden in the throes of passion.
Her head tossed from side to side as he pistoned into her over and over, faster and harder, until they were both close to exploding. His balls had drawn up close to his body and he couldn’t hold back much longer so he reached between them, his fingers finding the center of her pleasure with unerring accuracy.
“Shane!” she called as her orgasm hit her, clenching around him until he too tumbled over, a fiery heat sweeping him from head to toe. When it was over he slumped on top of her, too drained to even move, although he was probably crushing her to death.
“I swear I’m going to roll off.” He sucked oxygen into his starved and aching lungs, his limbs like lead. “Any minute now.”
Giggling, she wrapped her arms around him, pressing a kiss to his sweaty chest. “I’m fine. Breathing is overrated.”
With a groan, he heaved himself off and onto his back, pulling her with him and tucking her into his side, her head on his chest.
“I want to do that every night for the rest of our lives. Well, maybe not every single night but as close as we can get.” He looked down at her and realized this was what he’d dreamed about all the time they’d been apart. “Basically I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you move in with me, Arden? Wake up with me every day? I don’t think you’re ready for me to propose to you, but know that’s coming too.”
There were logistics—like the home she was renovating and whether she’d want to live on the ranch—but those were details they could discuss later. The important thing was to make sure they were together.
But she didn’t answer right away, which was making him nervous…and scared. Maybe he was moving too fast.
“I should never have left,” she finally replied. “I should have stayed with you and worked on my issues but I’ve just been so used to having to do things on my own. I’ve never had anyone in my life – not even Ben – that I could trust with all my emotions. Not until you. I’m sorry, Shane. I shouldn’t have put us through that.”
He blew out a breath in relief. If her loner tendencies were their biggest problem then they’d be fine. “Is that a yes or a no on the moving in thing? I’m unclear.”
Laughter bubbled from her lips and his heart squeezed in his chest simply listening to it, a sound he’d wondered if he’d ever hear again. He wanted to make her laugh every day.
Right along with the sex every day too.
They were going to be very busy.
“It’s a yes. Absolutely yes. And you’re right that I’m not ready for a marriage proposal.” She leaned over and kissed him, slow and tender. “But don’t wait too long. I love you.”
“I love you too. We’re going to be very happy, sweetheart. I promise.”
Sometimes the one dream you never think will come true does just that.
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Olivia Jaymes is a wife, mother, lover of sexy romance, and caffeine addict. She lives with her husband and son in central Florida and spends her days with handsome alpha males and spunky heroines.
She is currently working on a series of full-length novels called The Cowboy Justice Association. It’s a contemporary romance series about lawmen in southern Montana who work to keep the peace but can’t seem to find it in their own lives in addition to the erotic romance novella series – Military Moguls and the romantic suspense series – Danger Incorporated.
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