This was a Caleb thing. A shifter thing. Some kind of wizardry.
“More,” she breathed out, not giving a single shit that her voice was laced with desperation.
Caleb added a second finger and thrust them in deep.
She gasped, falling further under his spell, not caring if he had somehow used magic to convince her she couldn’t survive without him. If he could make her feel this good every day for the rest of her life, she didn’t care if he dragged her into his den and kept her there naked and aroused for eternity.
Forget Chicago. Forget her unrealized career. She could live in bliss for the rest of her life with his mouth and his fingers. And preferably his erection.
He eased his fingers out, curling the tips forward and hitting a mythical spot inside her that made her arch her head back and moan. Holy. Shit.
When he thrust again, harder and deeper, her mouth fell open. No sound came out. “You want more, baby?”
“Yes. God, Caleb. Yes.”
He added another finger. That wasn’t what she’d had in mind, but it was an improvement. Three fingers, thrusting in and out. Not stopping now. Filling her. Stretching her. Making her aware of every nerve ending.
All the sudden, he dropped his thumb onto her clit and pressed down hard.
Elena came without warning, a second wave of intense pleasure making her entire body tremble uncontrollably. This orgasm was different. Deeper? She had no idea, but it felt so good. She’d never come twice before. Hell, she’d never come once in front of anyone. This was a first in so many ways.
Caleb continued to stroke her while her vision returned to sort of normal and her body relaxed into the floor of his trunk. When he finally removed his fingers, he brought them to his lips and licked them clean.
She couldn’t find the strength to be embarrassed by that action. Her emotions were all over the map. Self-consciousness wasn’t among them. For some reason, she didn’t care that she was lying naked in the back of a car with a man she met less than twenty-four hours ago. After all, he was naked too. And she’d had him in her mouth also.
Caleb eased her knees slightly together and threaded his fingers with hers, lifting them to plant their combined hands alongside her head. He leaned over her, his gaze intense. “You’re mine.”
She swallowed.
“I never should have brought you here. It was a bad idea. It meant that I got naked, and then things escalated, and now I’ve been inside your mouth and tasted you.”
She nodded slightly, as if in agreement.
“I’ll never erase that from my mind. I’ll never be able to let you go. It makes me very nervous.”
She cleared her throat, but she wasn’t sure what to say. Part of her wanted to agree. He was right. He was so right. And even though he’d just fingered her, she still wanted more. All of him. She wasn’t sure she’d be satisfied even if they had sex. Then what? What more was there? It seemed like she might demand to crawl inside his body.
Caleb didn’t seem to need a response, however. He simply leaned lower, kissed her breasts reverently, and then trailed those kisses toward her ear. He flicked his tongue over the lobe, making her shiver, before whispering, “I’m in so much trouble.”
Chapter 14
July 14, 1995
Dear Mabel,
I just got the most precious gift. I can’t believe it. Your sweet Sara came to visit me. I’m still so over the moon. She is a dear girl, a woman really. I can’t believe how much I missed out on. I will cherish my time with her for the rest of my life.
I promised Sara I would never tell you she was here, but there’s no risk of that since you’ve never opened a single letter or answered a single phone call, so I’ll continue to share my best and worst days with you as if you’re a fictitious diary.
You raised her so well. I’m so proud of you. And her. She’s going to have a wonderful life.
Love, Marge
It was growing dark when Caleb pulled his SUV into his garage. He was still holding Elena’s hand. The only time he’d released her was to pay for their drive-through fast food. The inside of the Wrangler smelled like burgers and fries.
Fast food would never have been on his short list of places he would take any date, let alone the woman he knew to be his life partner. She deserved