Uncovering the Silveri Secret - By Melanie Milburne Page 0,37

either,' he said. 'If you did, you wouldn't be promising to marry someone else, now, would you?'

She sent her fingertip over the contour of his upper lip this time. 'Would you want me to love you?' she asked.

'No,' he said. 'That's not what I want at all.'

She stilled the movement of her finger and looked up into his eyes, her heart beating double time at the smouldering look in his blue-green gaze. 'Then what do you want?' she asked.

He cupped her bottom with his hands, bringing her in close to the heated trajectory of his erection. 'Do you really need to ask that?' he said.

Bella felt her breath hitch in her chest as his head came down in slow motion towards hers. She had the chance to step away. She had the chance to say no. She had more than enough time to tell him she had no intention of making love with him.

But she didn't.
CHAPTER NINE
BELLA closed her eyes just as his mouth touched down on hers. It was one of those brush-and-release kisses that made her senses sing with delight. His tongue flickered against hers, cajoling hers into erotic play. She responded with a shiver of reaction that felt like champagne bubbles flowing beneath her skin.

He increased the pressure of his lips on hers, the taste-and-tease action of his tongue changing to a more determined thrust and retreat. The primal intent was unmistakable. It made her body hum with longing to feel him inside her, stroking, thrusting. She could already feel the dew of need between her thighs and that little clenching pulse pulling on her inner muscles.

She gave a soft whimper as he cupped the back of her head as his tongue drove deep into her mouth, his pelvis rock-hard against hers. She was spinning with need, her hands flying all over him to find access to his skin. 'I want you,' she whispered breathlessly against his mouth. 'I know it's wrong, but I want you.'

'It's not wrong,' he said and ran his hands up under her jumper in search of her breasts. 'It's inevitable. It always has been.'

Bella gasped as his calloused hands caressed her. She worked at his shirt buttons, not even caring that one of them popped off and pinged to the floor. She pressed hot kisses to his neck and down his sternum, her hands going on ahead and working on the belt and fastener on his jeans.

He growled in male pleasure as she finally uncovered him. He was so thick and strong in her hand, silky smooth and already moist at the tip. 'Bedroom,' he said against her lips and swept her up in his arms.

'I'm too heavy,' she protested. 'You'll do your back in.'

'Don't be ridiculous,' he said. 'What sort of men have you been dating? You weigh next to nothing.' He shouldered open the door and carried her upstairs, stopping every now and again to torture her mouth with the heat and fire of his.

Bella was almost out of her head with need by the time they got to his bedroom. He laid her on the bed and came down over her, his mouth clamping down on hers. She ran her hands up under his loosened shirt, discovering the planes and contours of his back and shoulders. He was so lean and yet so muscular, his skin warm and dry to her touch. She could smell the hint of man beneath the intricate layers of his aftershave. It called out to the primal woman in her, in a language as old as time itself.

He leaned his weight on one arm as he ripped off his shirt and tossed it to the floor at the side of the bed. Bella shivered in anticipation as he started to remove her clothes. Her jumper went first, ending up on the floor. Her bra followed, but not before he had suckled each of her nipples through the lace. It was such an erotic thing to do, and the tickly barrier of the lace somehow made it all the more pleasurable.

He kissed his way down her stomach, dipping his tongue in the tiny pool of her belly button. She felt herself tensing as his fingers started to peel back the lace of her knickers.

'What's wrong?' he asked, stilling his hand. 'Am I going too fast?'

'No... It's just I haven't waxed recently.'

'Good,' he said. 'There's nothing I like more than a real woman.'

Bella held her breath as he gently tugged the lace down to uncover her.