I came like a damn geyser fantasizing about your sinful mouth sliding up and down my dick.”
“I know,” she quipped with a sassy grin. “I was listening in the hallway and almost got busted by Sofia. Thankfully, she had no idea you were still in the room or what naughty things you were doing to yourself.”
I nipped the lobe of her ear, delighting not only in her gasp and shiver but also the fact that she’d been listening to me pleasure myself. “You were the naughty one, standing outside listening to me. That was a naughty thing to do, Caris, especially since you could have stayed, could have wrapped your wicked mouth around me and then let me return the favor.”
“I’m here now.” Her voice was so sultry and inviting I nearly burst into flames.
“Thank god,” I murmured, pressing my lips to that sensitive spot behind her ear. “But we’re both wearing too many clothes.”
“We are, but before we do something about that, are you sure we should?”
“Give me one good reason why we shouldn’t?”
“Your shoulder, Syd.”
“I’m not planning to make love to you with my shoulder.”
Caris groaned and smacked my good arm. “Why do you have to be such a smart-ass all the time?”
“’Cause you always loved my smart ass.”
“I still do,” she whispered. “I-I never stopped.”
Her confession sent my heart sputtering and soaring at once. Easing back, I studied her studying me. I could see the doubts swirling in her mind.
“Oh, angel,” I choked, doing everything in my power not to break down and weep for joy. “I never stopped loving, wanting, or missing you.”
She closed her eyes briefly, expelling a sigh of relief that drained the tension from her shoulders, then peered up at me with renewed confidence.
“I think it’s time we started making up for all the years we lost.”
“I promised back in LA that I would make everything up to you. I intend to keep that promise.”
“You already have. Besides, there’s nothing to make up for, Syd. We were both a couple of scared kids. I’m not scared anymore, not when I’m with you.”
“Nothing scares me anymore, either, other than the thought of losing you again.”
A look of sadness filled her eyes. No doubt, she wanted to remind me that we came from different worlds now. Once upon a time, we didn’t. And I was dying to share my life with her again.
Claiming Caris in a raw and feral kiss, I poured all the love and passion within me. And prayed I could erase the doubt from her mind and assure her that she’d found her forever home…with me.
Without asking for an invitation, I pushed my tongue past her lips, catching her moan on my sweeping tip. Cupping her nape, I delved deeper, delighting in her bold lash as she met my strokes with her own raw fury. The ancient, yet visceral connection we still shared surged to a symphony of urgent demand.
Quickly working the buttons of my shirt free, she gently eased the fabric over my shoulders and sent it fluttering to the floor. My muscles quivered and bunched as she skimmed her palms over my chest. When she danced her fingers across my abs and raked her nails through the trail of hair above my jeans, my hips bucked, nudging her hot, soft cleft. The need to strip her bare and drag my tongue over every inch of her warm flesh climbed my spine. Gripping the hem of her tee, I lifted from her lips long enough to drag the fabric over her head before tossing it to the floor. Her parted lips were wet, swollen, and red…begging for more.
Crushing my mouth over hers, I worked open the clasp of her bra. As the straps slipped from her slender shoulders and skimmed down her arms, I dismissed the twinge of pain as I raised hands and cupped her lush breasts in my palms. Before the lacy silk floated to the floor, I stroked my thumbs over her pebbled nipples. With a sharp gasp, she sucked the air from my mouth.
Some things haven’t changed after all.
I wanted to take it slow and savor the thrill of rediscovering every hard peak, hot crevice, and sensitive nub and crest. But when I lifted from her lips and gazed at her full breasts, dusty-pink nipples, and berry-hard tips begging to be sucked, nipped, and laved, all hope of taking my time vanished like smoke.
Peppering kisses along her jaw and down her neck, I latched my mouth on