Chances Are - By Christy Reece Page 0,74

within her.

“What are you waiting for?”

With a quick jerk, Jake pulled his shirt apart, barely aware of the clicking noise as buttons hit the hardwood floor. Angela laughed softly at his apparent urgency…the husky sound pushing him to go even faster.

Next came his shoes, jeans and then his underwear. When he was completely nude, he came to her, aching and hard, so aroused that at one touch, he might explode. He wouldn’t.

Kneeling beside her, he raised her to sit up. “Let’s get rid of these clothes.” His voice sounded like the growl of a hungry wolf—appropriate since that’s exactly how he felt.

Her expression a mixture of curiosity and need, Angela sat up and looked expectantly at Jake. With quick efficiency, he stripped her bare.

“Wow, you’re really good at getting clothes off fast.”

Pushing her gently back onto the bed, he came over her. “Let me show you what else I’m really good at.”

Breathless with anticipation, Angela lay supine on the bed, waiting for Jake’s next move. She wanted to smooth her hands down his hard, muscular body and allow her mouth to follow. Reading his expression, she knew that this wasn’t like their first time. Then it had been all about devouring each other to satisfy their need. This time, it was something altogether different. Hesitant to read too much into his tender expression, Angela nevertheless felt more hopeful than she ever had before with Jake.

Starting with the edge of her jaw, Jake’s mouth glided down her skin. He hadn’t shaved in a couple of days and the stubble was both abrasive and arousing. Angela arched her neck to give him greater access. Jake obliged, and then stopped at the hollow of her throat to press a tender, hot kiss.

“Jake,” she whispered.

“Hmm?”

“Nothing. Just…Jake.”

She could feel his smile against her skin. As he moved away from her neck, her nipples hardened in anticipation. When his hot mouth covered one, Angela’s entire body arched in response.

Unable to resist, she weaved her hands through his hair and held his head as he suckled her. The throb of her sex coincided with every draw of his mouth. Her body arched again, needing his touch, wanting him.

A big hand pressed against her lower belly to still her movements. He was only inches away from the part that throbbed, needed, and literally ached for him. She tried shifting, hoping his fingers would slide down.

Jake released a husky, masculine laugh, causing delicious goose bumps to cover her body. “Impatient, are we?”

“Very,” Angela gasped.

“Good things come to those who wait.”

“I feel like I’ve been waiting a lifetime.”

He raised his head, locked his gaze with hers, and answered quietly, “I do too.”

Her heart soared at the declaration. Before she could respond, he moved swiftly and placed his mouth in the exact spot she needed him. Angela opened her legs, arched her hips, and gave herself up to the most intensely erotic moment of her life as Jake used his mouth and tongue…even his teeth to give her pleasure. She stiffened as she neared the edge. With each thrust of his tongue, she drew closer and closer to that moment where she knew she would fall into ecstasy. A blinding light flickered behind her lids and she was there, falling… falling and then she was suspended, floating… Her keening cry echoed through the house as she zoomed through space and then crash-landed into a soft, velvet oblivion.

Breathlessly, she raised her head to look at Jake. His eyes, a darker blue than she’d ever seen them, glittered with satisfaction. “Do you know how beautiful you are when you come?”

Angela, who never blushed, could feel her face heating. “Um…no.”

He grinned and came over her, settling between her legs. Poised at her entrance, he said softly, “You will.” And with that promise, he buried himself inside her.

Forgetting his astonishing statement, she wrapped her legs around his lean hips and gave herself over to Jake’s delicious lovemaking. Where he had been tender and gentle before, this time it was hard, fast and exactly what she needed.

“Need more,” Jake muttered.

“What?”

In an abrupt move, he pulled out of her and went to his knees. Before she could ask what was wrong, Jake hooked his arms under her knees, pushed her legs up and then spread them wider. Then he was in her again, going deeper than he ever had before. Pistoning back and forth, his erection rubbed frantically against her clit creating an erotic friction, sparking a fire that burned within her entire body. Urging him on