my hands through his perfectly styled hair as his mouth skimmed lightly over my shoulder, following his soft but firm hands as they steadied me standing in front of him.
“I’m going to do more than that, gorgeous,” he said, dark eyes locking intently onto mine while he stepped back, slid off his suit coat, and draped it over a chair.
I watched him with a desire of my own as he removed his tie. “Holy shit, I thought the mirror sex was pretty hot…” My thoughts and voice were cut off when Jim walked back over to me and I was lost in this gorgeous man’s fiery look of passion.
His emerald irises searched into my damn soul. “You looked so stunning tonight,” he said as goosebumps covered my sides where his fingertips gently caressed my skin as he eased my dress off me. “Having you back in my life like this, being back together again…” He paused, tracing his knuckles down both of my bare sides. “It’s like we never were apart.”
“I feel the same,” I answered reaching up and unbuttoning his shirt. “I want to pick up where we left off in England.”
Even after our fallout in England and knowing I’d probably never see Jim again—much less getting back together—I felt a draw to him unlike anything I could explain. I felt so comfortable, secure, and complete with him. Jesus Christ, I did love this man. I’d already fallen in love with him in England and didn’t know it until this moment.
My head dropped back as Jim’s hands cupped my ass, and his starved mouth covered my nipple, hardening the moment his teeth gently captured it. God how I loved his teeth and mouth on me like this. I could sense the hunger and urgency in him every time he brought his mouth to taste my body. He made me feel so beautiful, which no man in my life had ever done before.
I was fucking spinning and couldn’t keep up with this new aggressive, yet gentle side of the man I just recognized I was unreservedly in love with. There was no doubt about that now. I loved the Jim and the James side of him. I was going to be in serious fucking trouble if I lost him after I embraced these emotions wholeheartedly. There was simply no replacing him.
“I want you in more ways than you know,” he said as he lifted me into his arms and carried me into the bedroom of our suite.
I worked to slow the wild man down, his eyes still dark with a desire that sent shivers through me and between my legs. “How do you want me?” I asked, after Jim was completely naked and he pressed my body firmly against his.
He was hard and I needed him inside my body that was aching for him. I took the lead in stepping back, pulling back the covers, and crawling onto the bed. My heart was racing with anticipation when I felt Jim’s warm body move next to me and his breath caress my cheek.
“You have to know that I’m utterly in love with you by now,” he said as I turned to lay on my back. “I want more with us, Avery. I hope to God you feel the same as I do?”
His voice was different. It was sincere and suggestive in a way that made me wonder if there was more to his words. “What are you saying?” I asked, my heart pounding under his gaze as his hand massaged the inside of my leg. “Because I know what I want, and that is to never be without you again.”
“I’m telling you that you’re the only one my heart has ever loved. I don’t want anything to ever come between us again, including that fucking piece of latex. Tell me you’re using any method of birth control,” he said. “I want to give you something I’ve never given any woman. Mostly, I have to know if you would even want me like I want you now. When I say you’re mine, this is partly how I desire to show that to you.”
My heart nearly stopped. “Jim,” I said, reaching for his face, “if this is because of that asshole, don’t do something you might regret.”
“I couldn’t care less about that clown,” he said. “Being up there tonight, speaking,” he kissed my side as his hands roamed over my stomach, “seeing you…” He stopped and looked up at me. “That’s when I