His eyes darkened.
She shook her head. “Don’t… Don’t think about my past. I’m putting it behind me. We’re starting here, now. Please, Will, make love to me.”
His smile made her sex clench.
He gathered her close and kissed her deeply before pulling back, again. The fever in Will’s wild eyes matched the zeal making every nerve in her body hum with need.
At the same moment, each grabbed the other’s sweater hems.
“I guess we both had the same idea.” She laughed and the mood turned playful.
His eyebrows rose devilishly. “I guess, but I’m willing to remove all of your clothing with my teeth.”
He tipped his teeth with his tongue and her panties moistened at the thought Will’s mouth licking every inch of her heated flesh.
She placed her hands on her hips and took a step back, smoothing her hand up under shirt, exposing her skin to him. “I’ll let you, but only if you’re nude.”
“Anything you want.” Will stripped his sweater and tee shirt off like he was on fire, exposing strong abs covered with a triangle of sandy colored hair. His back muscles moved under his tan skin while he fumbled to unlace his boots. Racing to strip off his jeans, he toppled onto the bed.
Afraid he’d wake Luka with his curses and scuffling, she crossed to him. The thought of the strong U.S. Marshal needing help to get out of his pants brought an amused smirk to her lips.
“Okay, go ahead, laugh. Your time is coming.” Will looked up at her with a devilish glare.
Sex had never been this much fun. She yanked him free of his jeans. “I hope so and you better be good too.”
“Lady, you will not be disappointed.” In a fluid move, Will pushed off the bed, causing her to jump back. He quickly peeled his shorts away.
Nicole’s eyes widened at the sight of his thick cock. She longed to feel the length of him in her hand, against her stomach, filling and stretching her until she cried out in ecstasy. “I’m not disappointed yet.”
“And you won’t be.” Will closed the gap between them and before she blinked. “It’s your turn.” He bent at the waist and took the hem of her sweater in his teeth.
She fought to contain her laughter while he struggled to wiggle the garment up over her ribs, rubbing his whiskers against her belly. After a short minute, he let go of her top and stood. “Okay, not as easy as in the movies.”
She raised her brow. “Oh, you watch those kind of movies, do you?”
“Have to. Part of the job.”
“Right. I hear you.” She giggled.
He pointed a finger at her. “Laughing at me is not good.”
She couldn’t help her happiness. He looked so damn sexy standing there with his manhood jugged toward her. “What are you going to do about it?”
“This.” Will hulled her sweater over her head and threw it over his shoulder. It missed the chair, landed against the closet door and slid to the floor. “Ooops.” Her shirt quickly followed.
His gaze dipped to her breasts covered by the flimsy, black lace bra and his tongue darted across his lips. “Wow!”
Nicole lifted his chin with her finger until he looked directly into her eyes. “That was my favorite sweater. I thought you had a better aim.”
“I do. I’ll prove it to you.” The corner of his lips turned upward. He scooped her into his strong arms and dropped her onto the bed.
The mattress moaned as she bounced and settled among the pillows on the soft comforter. She looped her arm behind her head, supporting herself so that she’d have a better view of what he intended to do to her. “I’m waiting.”
“I thought we discussed this before. Patience is a virtue.”
“So is timeliness. I’m so hot. I need to cool off,” she purred, while flashing a wicked grin and trailing her hands over her stomach, alongside her breasts and up through her hair.
Will’s chest expanded. Her actions had had the right effect on him.
“I think I can help you with that problem.”
“Please.”
He took her hands and raised them above her head again. “Keep them there. No touching until I say so.”
His order made her hot. Tingles danced along the trail Will’s fingers made moving slowly along the tender under side of her arm, over her collar bone, down the strap of her bra and over the thin material covering her taunt nipples. “I like this. I like you in it, but…” He undid the front clasp and pushed the bra from her breasts. “Mmm, yes. That’s much better.”
His intake of air made her heart race faster.
“Don’t you feel better?” His knuckles the underside of her breasts
“Definitely!”
He cupped each breast and worked her nipples into hardened peaks of pleasure. When she thought she couldn’t stand anymore, he leaned over and swirled her inflamed points with his tongue, first the right and then the left. Nicole arched up into his mouth, wanting more of his hot breath. She moaned her disapproval when he let her go.
His eyes slanted up to meet hers. “I take it you like that.”
She nodded, panting, anxious for Will to pay the same attention to every inch of her body.
“Good, because there’s more.” He grabbed her boots and removed them, dropping them over his shoulder to the floor with a clunk.
“You’re going to wake Luka.”
“Right.” He removed one sock and then the other, caressing her toes. “And your moaning won’t.”
“I was quiet.”
“I’m not done.” His experienced fingers opened the clasp of her jeans and slid the zipper down, one tooth at a time. “You must be really quiet when I do...” He pulled her jeans down around her knees.
Her stomach muscles clenched as she raised her head. “Do what?” she asked, teasing him.
His look was deliciously wicked as he leaned over her. “Do you trust me?”
“Do I have a choice?”
He raised his head. “Yes.”
“Then yes, I trust you,” she answered quickly. It was true. She’d trust Will with her life.
“Good.”
His warm mouth tickled the skin just below her belly button while his hand trailed up the inside of her leg from her knee to her mound. A moment later, he pushed below the lace of her panties and he parted her slick folds. She gasped with delight as blew on her sensitive slit and he pushed two fingers inside her sex. Her muscles tightened around them and she moved her hips in rhythm with his hand, relishing the heat building inside her, but at the same time wanting more attention on her clit.
Nicole peeked through hooded eyes and saw the swollen head of his manhood against her leg. She wanted him to feel as wonderful as he was making her feel. She grasped his shaft and slid her hand up the length of him, and down. His moistened tip called to her and she grazed her thumb across the swollen head. Watching Will’s jaw tighten as he fought to bite back his cry of gratification filled her with intense pleasure.
“You’re so wet,” he said between nibbles.
He pushed his fingers deeper into her and she arched her hips up to give him better access. With each pump of his hand, she drew nearer to the edge. Toppling over wouldn’t be long. She bit her lip, fighting off her climax. She wanted Will to come with her.
She jolted up, making him withdraw his fingers. “I need you in me and you need to be in me, now.”
In a quick frenzy, he removed her jeans and panties. His burning gaze made her throb with desire.
She squeezed her breasts together and thumbed her taut nipples before smoothing her hands over her stomach to her mound.
Will moved away from her side.
Had her brazen action changed his mind? Her heart fell in her chest as she pushed up on her elbows. “Where are you going?”
“Condom.” He snatched his pants from the floor, pulled a foil package from the pocket and showed her.
Relief spiraled through her. “You carry those with you everywhere?” Her hands itched, watching him ro
ll the sheath over his cock.
“Only since I watched you eating cotton candy.” He winked. “You nearly made me cum right there in the park.” He massaged the inside of her thighs, urging them apart and moved between them.
“That won’t have been good.” She reached between them and stroked his cock.
“Lucky I’m a man with a lot of control.” His weight settled on her. His shaft rested against her folds, teasing her, kindling the burn to a roaring inferno inside her.
“You can lose control now, and…” She ran her hands over his strong shoulders and laced them around his neck. “If you need more, and I hope you do, they’re in the top drawer of the nightstand,” she whispered in his ear.
“What?” His gaze shot to the nightstand and then latched onto hers.
Her cheeks warmed remembering how embarrassed she was buying them. “I bought some, in case my dream came true.”
He combed his fingers through her long hair, letting her locks fall onto the pillowcase. “You dreamt about me.”
“Yes.”
“That’s good.”
“Why is that good?”
“Because I’ve dreamt about being with you every single night since I’ve first seen you.”
“You have?” Her heart throbbed so hard, she didn’t know how he couldn’t feel the pounding.
“Yes. I like you and I want you so fucking bad.” He pushed inside of her, stretching her, filling her.
Nicole trapped her bottom lip between her teeth to prevent her cry of pleasure from waking her son, and the neighbors. Liking wasn’t love, but, for now, she’d take it. She wanted this man more than anything. “I like you too,” she moaned, wiggling her hips to take him in further.
Will pressed his grin against her lips and together they rocked, heading for the apex of bliss.
***
Will fought to keep his breathing shallow and even, afraid to move. He didn’t want to wake Nicole and say goodbye just yet. He longed to hold her all day, but couldn’t. His cell phone had buzzed more than once in the last hour. The outside world was waiting for him to respond.
He sighed, pressed his jaw against her head and breathed in the floral scent of her shampoo. Her soft skin pressed against the length of his side and he caught the moan rising up in his throat and stifled the cry behind clenched lips.
Without moving his head, he glanced over Nicole’s head at the clock on the nightstand. He could hold her for another five minutes and then he should leave.
Dawn was pushing the night to the sidelines. The pale sky grew bluer with each second ticking off. Today was going to be a perfect autumn day and he wished he could spend it here with Nicole and Luka. The house needed a few repairs done before winter set in and all but a few leaves still clung to the oaks and maples in the yard. Nicole needed a little help and he didn’t want another man offering his duties.
Maybe the call was nothing more than a check-in, but doubt prickled his conscious. His gut had a way of telling him when trouble was brewing.
He shoved the world away and focused on the woman in his arms. Picking up a lock of Nicole’s hair, Will rubbed the strand in-between his fingers, enjoying its silky feel. Slowly he let each shimmering wisp fall to her bare shoulder and sighed again with contentment.
Nicole nestled closer into the crook of his arm, and Will froze, fearing she’d wake. His breath caught in his throat, noting her angelic face appeared to come alive with a yawn, but, a second later, she smacked her lips together and fell back into a peaceful state.
Will let out the trapped breath, closed his eyes, and relaxed onto the pillow. His heart felt safe nestled under her palm and he covered her hand with his.
Life was funny. Five months ago, he was a pathetic, walking, workaholic zombie, still trying to forget Laura. Four months ago, he’d seen Nicole for the first time and thought her a low-life who was part of the mafia unit trafficking children to be used as sex slaves. Three months ago he learned her true identity and with her help secured evidence that had taken down a large portion of the Novokoffs’ business.
He had been attracted to Nicole almost from the start, but until he found her in Virginia and learned her true back story did he allow his true feelings to surface. Restrained, but there. When she had put her life on the line to take out Gorgon once and for all, and they stood under the cypress trees after breaking into Gorgon’s house and escaping his men, holding each other, that was the moment things had changed between them. He wanted to be with her, not just this way, having sex, but, spending time with her and getting to know the real Nicole.
Something in his gut said he loved her, but his gut didn’t handle that department. His heart was charge of that area. The heart she lovingly cradled below her palm.
His cell buzzed again. What if the caller was trying to reach him to share the news that Gorgon and his brother Donnie were history? How would his and Nicole’s lives change? Once this thing was over, would she go back to her family and forget him? He couldn’t ask her to stay here under an assumed name. She belonged with them.
A picture of Laura walking out the door popped into his mind. He’d be left behind again.
“Are you awake?” Nicole peered up at him. the morning light reflected the shimmering golden specks of her still sleepy brown eyes.
Will jumped. “Yeah.”
She stretched and looked over her shoulder, sliding the sheet to just above the rosy nipple he’d suckled only hours ago. “It’s almost six.”
Her left cheek was red from lying against his ribs. “I know. I should leave before Luka wakes up.”
Nicole’s hand skimmed over his stomach and brushed against the grain of his chest hair, causing sparks to skip along his nerves and send a get-ready-for–action direction to his groin.
“He won’t wake for a while. He is not an early riser.” She circled his navel with her pinky and grazed the head of his penis. “Not like you,” she said with a husky tone that made him want to roll on top of her and for the third time make her his.
At the second pinky poke, he swallowed a moan. “How about the neighbors?”
“You moved your car around the block last night.”
The less people talked about Nicole, the less chance of someone, meaning Gorgon, would find her. That is why he drove the extra twenty miles to an out of town haunted hayride on the excuse that particular hayride was a much better event. He grabbed her hand and laid it on his chest, stopping her torment. “You don’t think they’ll see me duck out the back door?”
She sighed before a pout pushed her full bottom lip out and he fought the urge to kiss her.
“I guess you’re right. We don’t want the neighbors to talk.”
“Not yet.” He flicked her nipple—a payback for the things she was doing to him.
“Hey. If I can’t—”
His phone buzzed again and both of them turned their attention to the cell. He looked at the display. “The office.”
“Hmmm. Do you need to answer?”
He should answer. “Whatever they want, can wait a few minutes.” He’ll call back in a minute.
Nicole pulled the sheets and comforter a little higher and the aroma of their love making wafted around them. She skimmed her silky leg over his and snuggled closer. “Good. Since you wouldn’t let me touch you below the belt, we can talk?”
“About?”
She tilted her face up to him, looking very serious. “Just now, you looked so sad. Why? You’re not sorry we slept together are you?”
“What? Hell no!”
She moved to shift away, but he tightened his grip on her and kept Nicole tucked securely against him. She didn’t believe him, but telling her what he actually thought would put her on the spot. She couldn’t commit to anyone until all the chips fell and her life was hers. And to be honest, he didn’t what to jump into the fire only to back out. Nicole deserved better. “I was just thinking how damn much I didn’t want to leave you. It’s going to be nice today and I noticed some thi
ngs around here that need to be taken care of. Man things. How about, I go and catch a few hours of sleep and then I’ll come back around eleven. I’ll bring my tool box and a ladder. Do you have leaf rakes?”
“No. I’ve been meaning to buy one.”
“I’ll grab mine-I have two or three.”
Trapping the sheet against her chest, Nicole rose up on her elbow and she swiped her long, silky hair back over her shoulder. “You want to help around here?”
“Yeah. You sound surprised. Why?”
“I don’t know.” She shrugged. “You’re not feeling guilty because we slept together?”
“Okay, now you asked for it.” He rolled her onto her back and climbed on top of her. His heart flipped, listening to her giggle. He trapped her with his weight, enjoying the feel of his cock pressing against her soft folds.
“What are you doing?” She brushed her hair from her face and her round eyes reminded him of chocolate drops.
“I want to get one thing straight I never have to hear that question again. I would not take back last night for anything. I made love to you because I wanted to. And you have my permission to jump me anytime you want.”
“Really?” Her eyes took on a sly slant while her soft hands drifted over his back and cupped his ass. She wiggled her hips against him and Will felt all of his blood flow south. “I say when?”
“Yes.” He moaned.
“Okay. Now.”
Will grinned and gave into her wish.
***
A half-hour later, while Nicole was in the bathroom, Will dressed and then grabbed his cell phone and called the office.
“Where the hell have you been?” Aden barked. “I’ve been trying to reach you for the last few hours.”
“I forgot to charge my battery.” The excuse was the first thing that popped into his head and he went with it. “Died last night while I was sleeping, I guess. I’m plugged into the wall now. What’s up?”
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