It's been hard for me, too."
"I know."
I hugged him, pressing my cheek to his heart.
He was so solid and strong.
I loved the way I felt when I was in his arms.
He was already thick and hard between us, but he grew more so as I cuddled into him.
"Eva ."
He cleared his throat.
"Let me finish, angel."
I nipped his jaw with my teeth and reached down to grip his perfect ass, tugging him tighter against me.
"Why don't you get started instead?" "That isn't where this was headed."
As if it could've ended any other way when we were both na**d and running our hands all over each other.
Gideon could put his hand to the small of my back while we were walking and make me as needy as if he'd put his hand between my legs.
"Well .
revisit and revise, ace."
Gideon's hands came up and gripped the sides of my throat, his thumbs beneath my chin to push it up.
His frown gave him away, and before he could tell me why it wasn't a good idea to make love now, I caught his c*ck in my hands.
He growled, his h*ps jerking.
"Eva ."
"It would be a shame to waste this."
"I can't screw this up with you."
His eyes were dark as sapphires.
"If you ever freaked out while I was touching you, I'd lose my mind."
"Gideon, please - " "I say when."
The command in his voice was unmistakable.
My grip loosened automatically.
He stepped back and away, his hand dropping to fist his cock.
I shifted restlessly, my attention riveted to that dexterous hand and its long, elegant fingers.
As the distance between us widened, I began to ache, my body responding to the loss of his.
The heated languidness he'd instilled with his touch turned into a slow burn, as if he'd banked a fire that had suddenly been stoked.