Taking On The Billionaire (Redhawk Reunion #1) - Robin Covington Page 0,45
them back. They were true. They’d been heading toward this place and she guessed that the time was right for them to arrive and figure it out from here. It would probably require another change in the rules and she’d have to come clean about her father but that didn’t need to happen right now.
Right now, they just needed to be here for each other.
She let him lead her over to the outside lounger. Built like a huge sectional, there was more than enough room for both of them to stretch out and enjoy each other’s bodies under the stars. Tess loved the idea of having each other in the wide open. They had so many things between them most of the time, it was impossible for them to erect barriers when the sky stretched out above them like a never-ending story.
Before she could lie down he stopped her, his gaze traveling over her body in a slow, deliberate glide that made her squirm with anticipation. Adam, focused entirely on her, was something she would never get enough of. It made her feel cherished and beautiful and special. Heady stuff for anyone but since she’d never felt this way before, it dug under her skin and buried itself somewhere scarily close to her heart.
As if he could read her mind he said, “You’re so beautiful, Tess.”
“You make me feel beautiful, Adam.”
He nodded, his gaze drifting down to where his fingers were undoing the tiny buttons on her sundress, his skin grazing the sides of her breasts. She wasn’t wearing a bra and the sensation of his flesh, warm and rough against her, was intoxicating.
“I love the way we look together,” he murmured, his fingers slipping under the fabric to stroke her right nipple. Tess arched into his touch, squirming under his attention as her belly grew warm and her sex grew wet with lust. She could barely think about the question with him touching her like that. “Let me see all of you, Tess.”
He slid the dress off her shoulders, helping it along as it slid down her body and pooled at her feet.
“Are you cold?” he asked, a wicked smile twisting his lips as he put a finger in her mouth, taking it out when it was good and wet and circling her nipple with it, then leaning over to gently blow on it. She shook her head, biting on her lower lip when he angled his neck to look at her from his position. He was teasing her, eating up every reaction, every moan, every frantic pulse of her heartbeat. “I’ll warm you up soon enough.”
Adam took two steps back, maintaining eye contact as he toed off his shoes and socks, and quickly removed all of his clothes. Tess took the time to admire his body, strong and lean, his dark skin dusted by silky black hair across his pecs. If she was beautiful, he was...decadent, delicious, the cause of every angel’s fall from grace.
“I need you.” Adam stepped forward again, kneeling down to remove her sandals, reaching up to lower her panties down her legs, before standing and pressing his body against the length of her own. Tess reached out, a tentative touch to his cheek, needing the physical connection with him right now. “Do you know why?”
She shook her head.
“It’s because when I look at you, none of this matters anymore. All the pressures at work, the mole, my family... None of it matters because I see you and I can breathe again.”
Adam reached out to her, drawing her down to the lounge cushions, settling over her with his body, his face blocking out the sea of stars shining just over his shoulder.
“I asked you here because I need you to make it disappear. You’re the only thing I want to see for a while and then I can do what I have to do.” He reached down, his fingers toying with a curl, wrapping it around his finger. “Does that make sense?”
Tess understood all of it. When you were the one who always needed to be on, to have all of the answers you needed a refuge. They had become that to each other. Somehow in all this insanity and secrets and half-truths, they had become a safe place.
She sat up, pressing her lips to his, filling every soft glide of her tongue with what she was feeling but would not say. Could not say with the secrets she held between them.