Call Her Mine (Harmony Pointe #1)- Melissa Foster Page 0,63
though I was right in the same room with you tonight, I missed you. But I’m glad you got to spend time with your grandma and grandpa, all your aunts and uncles, and your little cousin, Louie.” She thought of Flossie and knew she’d love to see Bea.
“Got the wipes,” Ben said, and he set them on the bed. He ran his hand up Aurelia’s back and said, “I hate it here.”
“What are you talking about?” she asked as she changed Bea. “You love your house.”
“I thought I did. But I think I loved knowing it was mine. It’s never felt like a home except when you were in it.”
She lifted Bea to her shoulder, patting her so she’d fall asleep, and thought about what he’d said. A few minutes later she felt Bea’s body go limp and whispered, “Well, now me and Bea are in it, so it should feel good.”
“It just feels wrong.” He dipped his head to kiss Bea’s cheek. Then he took her from Aurelia and placed her gently in the playpen.
Aurelia slid her fingers into the waist of Ben’s jeans, pulling him closer as she said, “Then let me make it feel right . . .”
As she unzipped his pants, he said, “It’s just too big. Everything is too far apart.”
She sat on the edge of the bed and yanked down his jeans and briefs, and the wickedness that rose in his eyes nearly made her lose her mind.
“So big,” she said as she wrapped her hand around his cock, loving the way he watched her. She dragged her tongue from base to tip, and he groaned appreciatively. “So close,” she whispered, and slicked her tongue around the broad head.
His chin fell to his chest with a hiss, and he buried his hands in her hair. She lowered her mouth over him, taking him to the back of her throat. His hips rocked as she loved him. His hands fisted tighter, causing scintillating stings along her scalp. She’d never enjoyed giving oral sex, but with Ben everything was different. Seeing the heat in his eyes, feeling the restraint in his body as desire mounted inside him, and hearing the sinful noises he futilely tried to silence made her want to make him lose control.
She sucked harder, worked him faster. He ground out a curse and withdrew from her mouth, pulled her up to her feet, and took her in an urgent kiss.
“Love kissing you,” he said hungrily as he made quick work of stripping them both naked and tossed her on the bed, following her down.
He entered her in one hard thrust, and they both moaned—immediately silencing themselves. Their eyes shot to the playpen, where Bea was fast asleep.
Ben’s gaze hit Aurelia’s with the ferocity of a lion who had just captured his prey, and that look drew a needy whimper from deep within her. His mouth covered hers hungrily, taking, loving, devouring her as they fell into a feverish rhythm. He pinned her hands to the mattress, and then his magical mouth claimed her neck.
“Oh God, Ben,” she whisper-pleaded as he drove her to the brink—and held her there.
He drove deeper, sucked harder, catapulting her into delirium as she shattered into a million little pieces.
“I love you, baby,” he ground out against her cheek as he surrendered to his own powerful release.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
“TWO-STORY HOUSES ARE for the birds,” Ben said as they walked into Aurelia’s apartment the next morning. Bea had woken up twice last night, and he’d had to run downstairs to retrieve a bottle, and by the time he’d made it back upstairs, she’d been doing the wailing-stop-breathing thing that gave him a heart attack every damn time she did it.
Aurelia yawned and flopped onto the couch with Bea in her arms. “At least you got a good leg workout. I know you hate missing your morning runs.”
“I do, but what I hate more is leaving you guys to go see Mason today.” Ben dropped the playpen and bags, feeling guilty for having to leave her with Bea when she had her own work to do. But Mason liked to meet with his clients in person, to assess them, Ben guessed, though Mason had mentioned a contract and other paperwork. “Are you sure you’re okay with Bea?”
“We’re fine. Everly’s starting the mural, and we have a delivery of books coming, so I’ll be doing a lot of inventory. I’ll bring Bea with me and work while she sleeps. I have two interviews