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Authors: Parker Kincade
“Come here, sweetheart.” He stood and scooped her into his arms. “I need to hold you for a few minutes.”
He carried her to the chair and pulled her into his lap, wrapping his arms tight around her. She hadn’t told him she loved him, and that was all right. He sensed that she did, but he didn’t want the words unless she was ready to give them. Not because he’d told her first, but because she felt as he did.
“I almost lost you.” The realization hit him so hard he shook.
“But, you didn’t.” He liked the way she snuggled deeper into his chest, as if she wanted to crawl inside him. “You came for me.”
He ran a hand over her hair, her shoulder, her side, her hip. Touching her soothed him, gave him purpose, gave him a home. “I’ll always come for you. Always. No one will ever hurt you again, Samantha. I swear it.”
No longer able to resist the sweet smell of her skin, he nuzzled her neck.
She laughed—the most wonderful sound in the world—and tried to squirm away, but he held tight. “You need a shave. That stubble you’re sporting is going to mark my delicate skin.”
He chuckled at her joke, but in truth, he liked the idea of marking her. More than liked it. Not with bruises or anything that would cause her pain, but a stubble-induced blush on the creamy skin between her thighs was a definite turn-on.
“Since I brushed your hair, maybe you should offer me a shave.”
She pulled back and looked into his eyes. “You’d trust me with a razor at your throat?”
He raised her hand to his mouth and placed a soft kiss on her knuckles. “Sweetheart, I trust you with my life.”
Tenderness like he’d never seen shone on her face. She crawled from his lap and stood before him as she eased her robe from her shoulders and let it flutter to the floor at her feet.
“My god, how is it that you get more beautiful every time I look at you?” He twirled a finger in the air. “Turn around, sweetheart. Let me see you.”
“So bossy,” she quipped and turned as he’d asked.
“You like it.” The glittering lips of her pussy were evidence enough.
“In here, I do,” she admitted.
Caleb stood and reached back, grabbing his shirt between his shoulder blades and jerking it over his head. “See to my boots, will you, sweetheart?”
He almost swallowed his tongue when she went to her knees. Her nipples peaked and darkened, her skin flushed with arousal, she was a fucking goddess.
And she was his.
She unlaced his boots and he kicked them off. He quickly stripped out of his jeans.
She gave him a lazy smile. “You’re not so bad to look at, yourself,” she breathed as she wrapped her hand around his swollen cock and squeezed gently.
“I need to be inside you.” He couldn’t keep the desperation from his voice. He’d been eager for her for hours. He was always eager for her.
“Yes.”
He pushed her back on the bed, his body covering hers. He hissed as her nails scored lightly down his back, the sensation going straight to his dick. “I love you so fucking much.”
“I love you, Caleb.” She shivered and arched against him, teasing her nipples against his chest. “I think I’ve always loved you.”
He smiled against her throat, reveling in the sweet smell of her skin. “I’ll never make you sorry for it, baby.”
Easing her thighs apart, they both groaned as he slid the head of his cock against her. “Always ready for me,” he murmured and bent to capture a nipple between his teeth and tugged slightly.
She arched, taking him in. “That’s because you’re so good at this.”
He gripped her ass and buried himself inside her. The heat of her body enveloped him, drove him crazy with the need to take her, hard and fast.
He withdrew, nearly sliding from her grip before shoving back with a forceful thrust.
“Do that again,” she moaned. “Keep doing that.”
“My pleasure, sweetheart,” he said and withdrew again, his breath catching as he pulled completely out, the head of his cock resting at her entrance a moment before he plunged back into her.
She stared up at him; just a sliver of blue shone in her darkened, pleasure-soaked gaze. Over and over, Caleb kept the pace, letting her feel every bit of his love for her.
Sweat trickled down his spine as he shifted positions, freeing his hands to wander her gorgeous body. He touched her everywhere. He stroked her skin, teased her nipples, until she writhed beneath him.
“Caleb, please,” she cried out as he slid a finger inside her, stroking alongside his cock.
She felt amazing. So slick and warm around him. He leaned over and nipped at her lips. “Please, what?”
She dug her nails into his shoulders. “Make me come, or I’ll kick your ass.”
“Now, who’s being bossy?” He would’ve laughed had her words not shot straight to his balls. Damn woman and her smart mouth. He knew several things he’d like to do with that mouth, but since his cock was occupied … he groaned against her lips as she opened for him, immediately tangling her tongue with his with a passion that rocked him.
He thrust faster, pressing his thumb against her clit, loving the sounds she made as she came apart around him. Once her climax hit, he buried himself deep and let his own release take him in a hot rush of pleasure. His body jerked with the force of it as he came deep inside her, his mind blank of anything except the all-consuming ecstasy of being with her.
His arms shook as he gasped for air and struggled not to collapse on her. Samantha caressed her hands from his shoulders down his arms. He’d bet he’d have nail marks for days, and he didn’t give a shit. He’d wear them proudly.
“Want another shower?” he asked and fell to her side.
Her smile was drowsy and her eyes fluttered shut as she snuggled against him. “No. Later. Sleep with me.”
Who was he to argue with that?
He readjusted until she was cradled in his arms, her cheek resting against his chest, feeling like he was the luckiest man in the world. His family was safe. He had the woman he loved in his arms. He felt a peace he’d not known for years settle over him as he closed his eyes.
And finally, after what felt like a lifetime of nightmares and endless nights, he slept.
Parker Kincade is the award-winning erotic romance author of The Martin Family Series. Her first novel,
One Night Stand
, won the 2013 Reader’s Crown Award for Best First Book, the category of Best Erotic Romance in the Celtic Hearts Romance Writers Golden Claddagh contest and was named finalist in the Romance Writers of America/Passionate Ink Stroke of Midnight contest.
Parker lives in the southern United States with her husband, children and beloved boxer sidekick. She loves reading, playing golf, spending time with her family and friends, ice cream from the ice cream truck, taking her dog to the park and watching old musicals.
Find Parker Kincade Online:
http://www.parkerkincade.blogspot.com
Also by Parker Kincade
The Martin Family Series:
Shadow of Sin
Anthologies:
Love in the Cards
Game On Series:
