I抦 already so wet it抯 appalling.
This time, when I break away with a ragged breath, he curses sharply. 揊uck. Eliza, I抳e missed that so goddamned much. Stay with me tonight.?
His eyes search mine, bottomless blue oceans wild with demands.
?I wish I could. But all of my pain drugs are at Dakota抯。？I wince. 揇amn, I抦 sorry. I didn抰 expect we抎 pick up right where we were before棓 Before everything.
揥e抮e not.?
I look at him, feeling confused.
揇id you forget? You resigned, Eliza. You抮e not my employee anymore. That means no BS with HR or worries about people in the office running their mouths. No more shadow romance. I can take you to dinner and to Destiny抯 turtle talks whenever I damn well please梚f you抮e willing to sit through a two-hour PowerPoint on sea turtle mating habits.?
This time when I laugh, I can抰 stop.
That sounds so nice.
I think I抎 happily listen to Destiny geek out about sea animals forever because it means she抯 in my life梐nd so is her gorgeous grump of a dad.
Before I can form words again, he continues. 揊air warning, we抮e not picking up where we left off. I抦 a million times more committed now. Nothing comes between us again, sweetheart. I won抰 let it.?
My breath hitches.
My heart soars.
I抳e fallen into a dream and I never want to wake up.
Honestly, I might not even need my pain meds. This man makes me weightless and giddy and high.
And he shifts me from his lap onto the seat beside him before he stands, gently pulling me up into his arms.
I raise an eyebrow.
揅all Dakota now. See if we can pick up your things,?he growls.
揢m, but actually, I don抰棓
揑 know. I should have asked you first. I want you here with me that badly, woman,?he whispers, pressing his forehead to mine. 揇on抰 make me spend another night without you. I can抰 be alone in that bed梕ven if all I get to do is hold you all night.?
Sweet baby Jesus.
He could抳e stopped five minutes ago because my heart is already wrecked.
Happy tears sting my eyes.
揙kay!?I whisper.
And he pulls me into another sticky sweet kiss, stealing my breath even when I抦 a sobbing mess.
His lips find mine over and over, and soon he picks me up like a bride and carries me into the house, again so careful of my injury with every step.
揥here are you taking me??I giggle as he brings me over the threshold.
揥here do you think??
揃ut what about棓
揑抣l lock the door and deal with the inquisition from Destiny later. But if she抯 on her phone, she抯 preoccupied. I promise.?
揥hat about the coffee? You didn抰 finish and it抯 a really good one.?
He grins until his face screws up.
揧ou抣l make us both more in the morning,?he says, and he抯 as good as his word.
Just like that, we抮e upstairs in his massive bedroom. He kicks the door shut behind him, stopping only to lock it.
He drops me on the bed, smothering my face and neck in frantic kisses, coming back to my mouth every so often to rake his teeth across my lip or caress my tongue.
I抦 a ball of nerves.
It抯 not just the heady anticipation of what comes next.
It抯 knowing what it was to lose him and win him back.
It抯 coming home to a man who cherishes me.
The way his warm tongue flicks across my hard nipples once he抯 laid me bare.
The way he carefully undresses me, and then rips his own clothes off in two frenzied movements before sliding into bed on his back and guiding me over him with a dizzying squeeze of my ass.
揙n top? You never let me棓
揅an抰 risk hurting you again.?He ends that fierce statement by pressing his lips to mine.
Oh, right.
The way his eyes brighten tells me it抯 a promise梐 vow he means to keep. I spread my legs slowly, careful to find my balance, taking him in more than just physically.
God, my body missed this.
The challenge of engulfing a man so enormous, my walls hugging his thick, angry head. I can feel him pulsing inside me, this bestial thing that抯 been deprived of its prey for too long.
This is it.
Everything we lost reclaimed in a hot fusion of flesh.
I can抰 be closer to him than I am right now with his body connected to mine. He抯 already pumping slowly, his hips rising to meet mine, plunging his cock in to the hilt.
揑-I can抰 lose you again,?I whisper. 揙h!?
With a feral look, he pulls my hips tighter against his, craning his face up to kiss me. He holds me up so I don抰 have to put pressure on my bad arm.
I抦 gliding all over Cole Lancaster.
Even when I抦 on top and theoretically in control, he shows me who抯 boss.
His kisses come so intense, so rough, so full of teeth that mean to mark me, I can抰 decide what抯 better. The way his tongue chases mine or the way he moves, owning me so deeply.