His Lover to Protect - Katee Robert Page 0,40

hard. Make me come.”

His grin was just this side of savage. “You need me.”

She was too far gone to deal with the conflicting emotions flickering over his face. All that mattered was getting him to move. “I need you.” The words resonated, but she did her best to ignore it. The truth, however complicated, didn’t matter right now. She’d deal with the consequences later, when she had a moment alone.

“I got just what you need.” He thrust into her hard enough to make the bed frame rattle.

She reached over her head and gripped the thin metal bars, giving herself to him completely. The look on his face was reward enough, but she wasn’t prepared for him to loop an arm under her waist and roll them, leaving her straddling him. Shock froze her for half a second, but his hands on her hips urged her to move.

Then pleasure took over.

“Take control. Ride me, darlin’. I want to watch your face as you come on my cock.”

His words drove her on as much as his hands. She grabbed the top of the headboard and lifted herself nearly off him before slamming back down. They both moaned when she did it again. He let go of her hips to cup her breasts, lifting and squeezing, the pressure spiking her desire.

“That’s right. Just like that. You’re almost there.”

She was. Each stroke of him inside her pushed her closer to the edge. Alexis started to close her eyes, but forced them open. She wanted to see him as pleasure took over. Needed to. It made no sense, but she was too far gone to question it.

Grinding against him, the wave of her orgasm rose and pulled her under. It kept cresting, driven by Luke’s urging. He drew out her pleasure until she couldn’t keep her eyes open, until her entire being was consumed with him. She was distantly aware of him finishing beneath her, but it was all she could do not to collapse on him. Her arms shook with the effort to keep herself up.

“Come here.” He pulled her to his chest and cradled her there. She let herself relax into him, promising it’d only be for a little while. Then she’d get up, take a shower and…do something.

But she could enjoy this while it lasted.

Luke stroked her hair, struggling to deal with the feeling in his chest. It was soft and gooey and completely focused on the woman in his arms. She’d looked magnificent with her back arched, her hair a mess around her face, her hazel eyes hooded with pleasure, as she rode his cock. He’d never forget that image as long as he lived. He didn’t want to.

Which was a goddamn problem.

He put it out of his head as he tangled his fingers in her hair and brought her up for another kiss. “Wow.”

“I think that’s my line.” She gave him a long look, and he found himself holding his breath as she seemed to consider something. He didn’t relax until she settled back down and laid her head on his shoulder again. “You can borrow it, though, because that was wow.”

Another problem. Instead of scratching an itch, every time he was with her only got better. It was as if, by letting him between her thighs, she was working her way into him.

Guided by an urge he didn’t want to ignore, he kissed the top of her head. This wasn’t so bad. Right now, he didn’t have to focus on how even the sex was complicated when it came to Alexis, let alone the rest of the tangled mess of emotions in his chest. He liked her. He admired her. He didn’t want to see the end of his time with her.

In short, he was well and truly fucked.

“Are you going to continue being a mechanic?”

The question hit him in the stomach. He almost laid her on the bed and made some excuse—any excuse—to walk out of the room, but something stopped him. She wasn’t accusing him of anything. There was only an innocent curiosity in her voice. As if she thought this was a safe subject.

Hell, it should be a safe subject.

He braced himself for the guilt that came with the answer. “I don’t know.”

Alexis lifted her head. “What do you mean?”

It was harder to put into words than he would have guessed. “It took a long time to put me back together. Even when the doc gave me the thumbs-up, I still wasn’t cleared for duty. I