The Rancher's Fake Girlfriend - Leslie North Page 0,27

up in the space between them, a look of defiance on her face.

“Well, gosh ma’am, now you’ve really got me. Please … be gentle.” Chad said in a mock-pleading voice.

Hannah felt him shift beneath her, as if trying to simultaneously move his growing hardness away while still pressing it against her.

“Hmm. How should I punish you next?”

“I still don’t understand why you’re punishing me,” Chad said, his voice quiet. “Not that I mind,” he added quickly.

“I’m punishing you because you can’t take a compliment. And because you don’t believe me when I tell you that you’re an incredible man.”

The sensation of Chad’s strong body beneath her should have been intimidating. He was bigger than her. Stronger. John had always been stronger, too. But there was an easiness to Chad that John had never had. A playfulness and sweetness that had her feeling safe, certain that that strength would never be used against her. That, combined with the memories of how much fun they’d all had together that day, overwhelmed Hannah. Yes, Chad Radford was special, and it was time that she showed him exactly what he meant to her. She brought his captured hands to her chest, briefly brushing them against her breasts, then leaned forward and gently placed her lips on his.

Chad groaned and immediately tried to wriggle his hands free from her grip. Hannah pulled back, smiling wickedly.

“Not so fast, mister. Remember, you’re still under my power.”

Chad heaved a sigh. He looked like he wanted to eat her alive, and while she enjoyed the hunger on his face, she wanted to tease him for a little longer. Her heart thudded with want but she forced herself to move slowly.

Hannah leaned forward and flicked her tongue along his lips then kissed him softly for a moment. She moved away from him again to study his face. Even though she desperately wanted to deepen the kiss and surrender to him, she was enjoying controlling the situation. The waiting and teasing was driving them both insane.

“Do you like that?’ she asked in a low voice.

“You don’t know how much,” Chad replied with a shaky whisper. “Please do it again.”

Hannah squeezed her thighs against Chad’s as she leaned forward to kiss him again. She let go of his wrists with one hand, still clutching them against her chest with the other, and slipped her free hand under his shirt. She let her fingertips trail down his chest. Chad shivered and his breath hitched against her mouth.

“Oh my God, you’re killing me, Hannah,” he whispered.

“Then everything is going according to plan,” she whispered back, dipping her tongue into his mouth again. She ground against his hardness, wishing they were both already naked.

She could tell Chad wasn’t used to being passive, but Hannah wasn’t going to let him hurry through whatever was about to happen between them. She wanted to show him, slowly, with her mouth, and tongue, and fingertips, that he was special to her. It wasn’t easy for her to move slowly either. She’d never wanted anyone as much as she wanted him. Hannah wanted to rip his shirt off and lick him from head to toe, then lay back and let him do the same to her. But the power she was feeling was intoxicating. And she could tell by the bulge in Chad’s pants and the desperate way he chased after her mouth when she pulled away, that he was enjoying it every bit as much as she was.

Hannah leaned forward to kiss Chad again, this time breaking off to trail kisses along his strong jawline and down his neck. She loved being kissed that way and based on Chad’s soft groan, he did as well. He smelled like summer sunshine and spice, and she paused to breathe him in before planting a kiss on the hollow of his throat. She pulled back to gauge Chad’s expression. There was fire in his eyes as his gaze searched her, too. Whatever he saw seemed to give him permission, because in a single smooth move, he wrenched his hands free and flipped her so that she was on her back beneath him.

“Wait a minute, you—”

Chad silenced her with his mouth, claiming her with a passion that proved just how challenging the waiting had been for him. He fumbled with the buttons on her sundress as they kissed until he finally growled and wrenched them open. Hannah heard a few buttons bounce along the ground and suddenly her breasts were bared to him.

He