writhed against him, need ricocheting around inside me. He was as hard as steel against my stomach as he continued to kiss me like he’d never kissed me before.
Large, powerful hands kneaded my breasts over my shirt, his thumbs dragging over my stiff nipples. A shiver ran through me, settling into a throbbing ache between my legs.
“You okay?” Jaxon asked breathlessly between kisses.
“Yeah, I’m fine, just…”
He gave me a sexy smile. “Overwhelmed? Me too. This doesn’t have to lead anywhere tonight. Just so you know.”
I nodded but bunched the material of his shirt between my fingers. “Fair enough. It doesn’t have to, but I want it to. If you’d rather talk some more, we can—”
His lips slammed back into mine, his hands dropping to my butt before he lifted me up and held me against him. Shifting his hands to my thighs, he broke away to cock his head at me. “I’d love to talk some more, but I love you, and I fucking want you more than anything. All I meant was that if you don’t want this tonight, it’d be okay. I needed to put it out there before we kept kissing like that.”
I crossed my ankles behind his firm butt and pointed down the hall. “My bedroom is that way, and thanks, but trust me when I tell you that I want this too.”
Barely aware of our surroundings, I was fixated on Jaxon’s gaze as he walked us toward the bedroom. There was raw, carnal need in his eyes, but that fierce possessiveness I’d noticed before was back.
What was new was how he looked at me with so much love that it made my breath catch. It also made my heart expand and my body ache for him.
When we finally reached my bedroom, he gently laid me down on my mattress. He smiled and unzipped the back of the pencil skirt I’d worn to work before dropping to his knees to remove my heels and my panties.
He planted a soft kiss on my lower belly that made me wish it’d been just a little lower, making a moan tear out of me. Glancing up, his eyes lingered on mine as he leaned forward to kiss me again. “I won’t drag it out, baby. I promise. Just bear with me for a minute, okay?”
I nodded as he pushed himself up to his feet and made quick work of the rest of my clothes. Once I was completely exposed to him, he crawled onto the bed with me and brought his mouth to mine.
There was such a connection between us that it ignited something deep in my soul but also stoked my need into something that was more than just physical. There was the physical need as well, but it was also so much more than that.
It was the need to be joined with him on a level that went deeper. I wanted to find the warm corner of his heart he claimed was mine and to crawl into it for the rest of time.
His fingers curled around the back of my neck, his tongue sliding into my mouth. He stroked it over mine. Gifted fingers caressed my bare breasts until I was gasping and trembling, moaning again.
Jaxon’s warm mouth moved down to my chest while his fingers started a slow journey down. I spread my legs wider, urging him to move faster. The air felt cool against my overheated center, but I knew it wouldn’t last long.
His gaze rose to mine as his fingers found their mark. I curled my hands into fists, feeling ready to explode while he seemed perfectly calm. On closer inspection, I could see that he wasn’t. His pupils were dilated and his movements almost jerky from how hard he was trying to restrain himself.
“Don’t, Jaxon. Just be in the moment with me. Don’t hold back because you’re trying to punish yourself for something.”
Exhaling slowly, he nodded and disappeared from the bed. He stood at the foot of it, the quiet rustle of his clothing the only sound in the room as I held my breath.
Beautiful, insanely sexy, and stupidly handsome didn’t begin to describe him naked. It didn’t matter how many times I’d seen him that way before, it would always make my heart race and my core clench with need. He was perfect with all those hard lines and smooth, inked skin.
When he climbed onto the bed again, he lay down beside me and stroked his fingers over me. “You are so