Way to Her Heart - By Melanie Schuster Page 0,14
Trevor. They thought that Trevor Barnes would be the perfect son-in-law, but then I ruined everything by acting like a little hood rat and getting pregnant.”
She sighed deeply and rubbed against his broad shoulder before adding, “I still don’t get the idea that I ‘got’ pregnant. I only brought the eggs. He brought the sperm and the cheap condoms so why doesn’t he get half the blame? I didn’t conceive my baby all on my own, and I was a medical student, for God’s sake. It wasn’t like I intended to get pregnant. I was on the Pill and I made him use a condom every single time so how she came to be, I have no clue. But,” she said firmly, “I’ve never been happier about anything in my life. Sydney is truly my joy.”
Lucas leaned over and kissed her. He’d been wanting to for months and he couldn’t think of anything profound to add to what she’d said so he followed his instincts. His head bent to hers and he took his time, savoring the first touch of her soft, juicy mouth. That first soft pressure was followed by his tongue gently outlining the curve of her lips, teasing them open to receive him. She did so, parting her lips gently, opening wide enough to take his tongue against her own, allowing him to give her the pleasure she’d denied herself for so long. Their mouths mated like lovers who’d been away from each other for too long.
His hands cupped her face while hers stroked his shoulders, sliding up to his neck. Holding him gently but firmly, she allowed the kiss to deepen while their tongues did a long, sensual dance, stroking and tasting until it seemed as though they had done this many, many times. It could have gone on for minutes or hours—Lucas didn’t know and he didn’t care. All he knew at that moment was that he didn’t want this kiss to end.
It had been months since they met, months in which she’d occupied his thoughts and desires, and now she was in his arms. He was getting hot to the point where he thought for a moment they might burst into flames right there on her sofa. He began to slow his movements, gradually leading up to the moment that they would pull apart, but Sherri wasn’t taking his cues. Incredibly, she seemed to be getting into it more and more, moving against him until her mounting desire was unmistakable.
He finally pulled away from her with great reluctance. The desire on her face was reflected in his own, and he could see her nipples pushing at the thin fabric of her dress. He wanted nothing more than to peel the dress and everything else off her body and make love to her all night long. But it was too soon. She deserved more than hasty, unplanned sex on their first date.
She turned so that she was kneeling next to him on the cushions of the sofa, and she put her arms around his neck. This time she initiated the kiss, using her sweet lips to coax him into submission. He let her have her way, sucking his lower lip gently before exploring his tongue with hers. In the parlance of the kitchen, she was sending him from a slow simmer to a rolling boil and before things got totally out of hand, he took control of the situation. He put his hands around her slender waist and stood up before carefully placing her on the floor.
“I know it’s been a while for me, but you can’t tell me that wasn’t a good kiss,” she said frankly.
With equal candor he replied, “It was one of the best, if not the single best I’ve ever had. I stopped because I don’t think you’re ready for what comes next.”
“I’m a doctor—nothing scares me.”
Lucas laughed and flexed his fingers over her waist. They hadn’t quite managed to let go of each other yet and he was running out of reasons to do so. This was a surprising turn in the evening’s events. When he’d asked her out he hadn’t had a minute-by-minute playbook in his head for how the evening should go, but he hadn’t planned on her wickedly sensual response to him. There were many more pieces to the Sherri puzzle than he’d anticipated, but he was looking forward to finding them all.
“Sherri, sweetheart, I think I should go. I don’t want to push you into something