Counting On Cole (Wilde Ways #8) - Cynthia Eden Page 0,27

dammit, she was even sweeter than he remembered. So sweet and good and he wanted to devour her. He could feel his control splintering. Could feel his need for her raging too hot and hard. His mouth was savage in his need as Cole took and took, and Evie kissed him back the same way.

There was no awkwardness. No hesitation because it had been so long since he’d had her in his arms. There was just an explosion of lust. A surge of white-hot desire.

She moaned.

He lifted her into his arms as he tried to drag her even closer to him. Closer. Her arms twined around his neck and her legs locked around his hips. His dick shoved toward her, pushing at the juncture of her thighs and the thin panties he could feel there.

He took a few steps forward and pinned her between his body and the wall. His heart pounded in his ears. The scent of vanilla cream flooded his nostrils. He kept kissing her. Tasting her. Wanting her.

It would be so easy to rip her panties out of the way. To sink balls deep into her and get lost in the madness of pleasure they would bring to each other. He could have her screaming. She’d have him roaring. Her nails could scratch down his body as he got her to come again and again.

Her hips arched against him. Her lips sucked around his tongue, and then she—

“No.” Evie shoved her hand between their bodies. She’d torn her mouth away from his. “We…no.”

He sucked in a breath. One. Two. Counted his pounding heartbeats. The beats were raging out of control.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered.

“You don’t have a fucking thing to be sorry for.” His eyes squeezed shut. His hands were holding her hips—holding them way too tightly. “Just…give me a minute.” To get his control back.

“I didn’t think it would still be that intense.” Her voice was soft. So husky. “It’s…it’s almost more than it was before.”

With her, it was always more. She didn’t get that. Didn’t understand that she was different for him. Had been, from day one.

Slowly, he lowered her so that her bare feet touched the floor. He forced his hands to let go of her. His eyes opened as he stepped back.

“I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with us.” Her confession sounded lost. Uncertain.

“You do whatever feels right.” His voice was freaking gravel.

She bit her lip.

He growled. I want to bite. To lick. To suck. To take.

“I…should go to bed,” Evie mumbled.

And I would love to join you there. But he knew it was too soon. Too fast. He’d just come back into her life. After the day from hell that she’d had, Evie was riding one massive wave of adrenaline. Pair that with the fact that she'd woken up from a nightmare minutes before…

Yeah, he’d have to be one Grade A asshole to try and keep her with him that night.

Try not to be an asshole. This once. With her. Try. He locked down his body and told her, “If you have a bad dream, I’ll be at your side in a flash.”

Her gaze held his. “Thank you.”

She slipped away. Headed back into her room. The door closed quietly behind her.

He looked down at his hands. They were shaking. Lust burned through every cell of his body. He wanted her more than he wanted breath. “Fuck me,” he whispered.

This case was gonna be a real bitch.

***

So…she still wanted him. Maybe not still. More like, she wanted him even more.

Evie crawled into the bed, and she pulled the covers up to her chin. She stared up at the ceiling. The lamp was on and spreading a faint glow around her bed—she couldn’t remember the last time that she’d actually slept in the dark.

Before the abduction. You know exactly how long it’s been. Stop lying to yourself.

She wasn’t good at lying to others. Sometimes, though, she did try to lie to herself. She’d tried to lie to herself about Cole. Tried to say that she didn’t still want him.

She did. When he touched her, electricity coursed through her blood. When he kissed her, her knees went weak and her whole body turned on. Desire pulsed through her. She wanted to haul him as close to her as she could and just let go of her control. To feel and enjoy.

But what happened…after? After the super awesome sex? Because sex with him was awesome. Amazing. Mind-blowing. Without a doubt, he was the best lover