his mouth over her breast, he sucked, swirling his tongue around the nipple and biting gently. His arms banded behind her back, holding her to him so he could give the other breast equal attention. She mewled and arched into his mouth.
Their movements grew frenzied, bodies slapping and breaths soughed and untamed sounds that just drove him even closer to the brink. Just as he was about to beg her to come so he could plunge, her walls fisted around him, milking. She quaked in his arms. He drove twice more and stilled, face buried in her shoulder and mouth wide mid-bite. The roar as he came was muffled by her skin, but he felt it all the way to his toes.
She collapsed onto his chest, crushing her breasts against him. Unable to do more than lean back, he ran his hand up the delicate curve of her spine.
"We'll need some protein if we're going to keep this up."
He laughed, surprised he had the energy.
After a few moments, her breathing grew deep and she nuzzled into him. Something inside his chest pinched, not entirely painful, but unfamiliar. Spent himself, he reached for a throw quilt folded over the arm of the nearby couch and covered them. His last conscious thought was how damn nice it felt to have her slight weight on him.
***
Raven swallowed the bite of pizza she'd been chewing and looked at Noah from across the table in the kitchen alcove. Neither had wanted to cook, and she didn't have any clean clothes, which left going out not a viable option. He'd been quiet since their…nap in the chair.
"Are you sure you want me to stay the whole month?" She was still embarrassed as hell to have fallen asleep on him, curled up like a contented cat.
He looked up sharply and narrowed his eyes. "Yes." She opened her mouth, but he raised his hand to stop her argument. "I said yes. I meant it."
"Okay," she said through a sigh. "Tomorrow morning I'm going to head to my apartment and pack some things. I'll spend the night and come back here after work on Monday."
He seemed about to say something, but his cell buzzed on the table between them. The name "McCannon" appeared on the screen, unfamiliar to her, but Noah's face drained of color and his jaw tensed. Grabbing the phone, he rose. "Excuse me. I need to take this." He was across the living room and out the balcony door before she could respond.
Leaning back in her chair, she eyed the few pieces of remaining pizza. She forgot how much he could pack away. Then again, they had worked up an appetite. Grinning, she rose to wrap up the leftovers and then took her bottle of water into the living room.
Noah was still on the balcony, facing away from her and back tense. He'd thrown on a tee and sweat pants after their nap, but his feet were bare and it was freezing. Snow was in the forecast for later tonight. He seemed oblivious to the cold.
After disconnecting, he stared at the screen as if debating whether to shuck the thing twenty floors below. Bracing his hands on the railing, he leaned into them and ducked his head. His shoulders and forearms knotted with his grip.
Worry rose in her throat. Without hesitation, she crossed the room and opened the door wearing nothing but his T-shirt. Folding her arms against the biting wind, she stepped next to him, bouncing from foot to foot. "What's wrong?"
He closed his eyes and shook his head. Straightening, he swallowed and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "Nothing." He drew in a breath. "Come on. You're going to freeze out here."
Too cold to confront him, she led the way. Inside the condo, he stopped near the fireplace, gaze distant. Lost was not a good look on him, and hell if she could remember seeing it more than once. The night his parents died, the same expression had haunted his face. He had no other family and besides the guys who worked for him, not many close friends. It had always been just the two of them really, in a little bubble. What could possibly have him down-shifting that quick?
"You're scaring me. What's going on?"
He snapped to attention and shook his head. "Nothing. Just business." His gaze seemed to take her in for the first time since before their nap. "I…I know you want the details of my past, want to understand