God, his c**k was killing him. His heart ached, too. He started toward her, determined to meet her halfway.
“This isn’t just sex for you?” she whispered.
Lan took her in his arms. “I love you.”
“I second that.” Cooper kissed her temple and caressed her back.
Tears spilled down her face as she planted her hands on the sides of his face. “Be sure. I’m trouble. I’m difficult. I don’t want to be, and the three of you make me want to heal and be better. So I need you to be sure.”
“You be sure. If we do this, we don’t know what the future will bring…but we know the possibilities. I’ll never be as smart as Dane and Coop, but—”
“You’re wrong.” She shook her head, more tears flowing. “You’re wonderful. The future used to scare me, but not now. I see it with you and me, Dane, and Coop. I don’t care about the condoms. I don’t care about anything right now except you. Kiss me. Love me. I need you.”
Amazing that he could give her what she needed. A real princess and an illegitimate punk from Texas should have nothing in common, but his heart had damn sure spoken. He needed her, too.
Lan swooped her against his chest and devoured her lips. With her was where he’d wanted to be for f**king months. Years. All his goddamn life. He hadn’t always known her, but he’d been looking for Alea, for the woman who could make him whole.
He fastened his hands on her hips, loving the way her velvety skin felt under his fingertips. He gripped her tighter, pulling her into the cradle of his body as he eased her lips open under his and his tongue invaded. She’d given him permission. She didn’t care about condoms? Fuck. He could fill her up about a hundred times over. Everything he had belonged to her, especially his heart.
As his hands caressed their way down, he cupped that gloriously juicy ass. It was so f**king sexy. When she’d turned earlier and flashed those cheeks to him, he’d thought he might die. Again, he slanted his mouth over hers, going as deep as he could. This was heaven. His c**k was nestled against her belly, the heat of her threatening to make him blow before his time, but it wouldn’t matter. He’d just get hard again. She was the one. She made his heart soft.
Alea was goddamn everything to him.
Along with Dane and Coop, he’d worked for days to make her comfortable with his flesh against hers. Now, he pulled her even closer. She didn’t shrink back. In fact, she melted right into him, and Lan smiled. Her arms wound around his neck and she kissed him back, her tongue tangling with his. So good. So right. His c**k pulsed against her belly. He could feel her ni**les brushing against his chest.
He rubbed his tongue against her, showing her what he wanted to do with his cock. In and out. In and out. The way she clung to him, giving him breathy little moans, was so f**king perfect. She pressed those br**sts close, and he knew damn well that this was the time. And he was her man.
“Tell me you want me,” she whispered.
That was an easy request. “More than I want my next breath.”
“I want you, Landon. Be my first. Cooper, will you help us?” Her head turned slightly, looking at his friend.
“Do I get a turn?” Cooper sounded tight, like he was damn close to the end of his rope.
A brilliant smile broke across her face. “Yes, I want to make love with you, too. We’re going to have to work on your sweet nothings, Coop. I want all my men. But you guys do all the camp work tomorrow because I have a feeling I’m going to be sore.”
“Deal!” Coop assured.
Lan laughed. He’d just carry her wherever she needed to go. In fact, he would prefer it that way.
He bent and thrust his right arm under her knees, hauling her to his chest. He wanted to make love to Lea in the soft grass. He wanted to watch every moment. He wanted to memorize it.
She wrapped her arm around his shoulders and smiled into his eyes, making him feel like the f**king king of the world. He carried her to the grass. It was buttery soft and would suit his purpose.
When he set her on her feet, Lan immediately shoved his nose in her hair. She smelled clean and tangy and sweet. Heavenly. Like the home he’d been looking for all of his life. She might wake up someday and decide that he was all wrong for her, and he would need these memories to get him through the next fifty years or so. But right now, she wanted him and was embracing the idea of their tomorrows.
With a coy smile, she wrapped her hands around the sides of his chest. He struggled not to shiver as she caressed her way lower. He kissed her again, then backed off as he felt Cooper moving in behind Alea, his arms around her waist.
“Is this okay?” Cooper asked, pushing her hair to the side so he could kiss her neck.
“It’s wonderful.” One of Alea’s hands trailed back and found Cooper’s hip.
She was no longer the woman who flinched every time one of them touched her. Landon had started to think that crashing and finding this island was the best thing that could have happened to them. If they had been in Sydney, they would never have made this much progress with her so quickly. Tal and the others would have found her, and she would have had a million and one distractions. Even though she’d meant this trip to be a vacation, she would have had responsibilities and pressure.
Here, they had nothing to do except focus on each other.
Lan watched as Cooper turned her head slightly and covered her lips with his own. It was hot to watch his buddy kiss their girl. Cooper’s hands cupped her br**sts and offered them up to Lan. Yeah, he would take those. He got to his knees and licked at one nipple. Firm and ripe, he traced the areola with the tip of his tongue. Alea whimpered a little and thrust her br**sts out, begging for more.