access. She gasped when he flattened his palm against her belly and drove himself into her, the sensation so mind shattering and explosive she found herself wantonly pushing back to meet each thrust. The wild sound that tore from her throat as she climaxed embarrassed her, though she couldn’t have held it in to save her life.
It was then that Maddy’s eyes locked with his and she understood what Chase had been trying to tell her. No man had ever looked her that way before; as if the sun rose and fell on her face and that nothing or no one existed for him except her.
Chase ground his hips into her, holding her firmly against him until the last of his seed was spent along with the greater part of his strength. Never in his life had he been so insatiable, not even as a young man when nothing seemed more important than having sex. He couldn’t get enough of her and didn’t think that he ever would. He pulled away from her, then gathered her in his arms when she turned around to face him. He looked at their image in the mirror and knew he was lost. Chase grinned at himself and silently bid his bachelorhood good-bye.
“Funny how quickly your life can change, isn’t it?”
Maddy tipped her head back, her mind still reeling from what he’d just done to her, what he was still doing to her. “I’d say my life has taken a pretty sharp turn in the past week.” She touched his cheek lovingly, her eyes reflecting what was in her heart. “Thank you for making me feel beautiful, Chase.”
Choked with emotion, he couldn’t even speak for several minutes and when he finally did, his voice was thick and husky. “A week ago I would have laughed my ass off if anyone told me I’d not only have a woman living in my house but that I’d be happy about it. I used to think I had it all, that there couldn’t possibly be anything else I needed to make my life complete.” He brushed a kiss across her lips. “I was wrong, sweetheart, so wrong. I need you.”
Maddy trembled in his arms. “Chase, I…I feel the same way. I’m so happy being here with you, but it scares me too. I’m afraid I’ll wake up and find that it’s all been a dream. I’ve never wanted anything as much as I want this with you, but I’d be lying if I said I believed you’d be satisfied with just one woman, and I’m worried that what we have together won’t be enough.”
“It is enough,” Chase said firmly. “Listen to me, baby. I know I’m not very good at expressing my feeling, at least not in words, but surely you know…”
He shook his head ruefully. Even now when his heart was practically bursting from feeling so much he couldn’t seem to find the right words. No, that was wrong. He knew exactly what he was feeling and he knew exactly what to say, it was just that he’d never said the words to any woman before. But she deserved to hear them, and he needed to say them. Chase looked into her eyes, drowning in their depths. Oh yes, this was right. He’d never miss those other women, never miss the single life, not as long as he had Maddy to come home to.
He took the hand that was still cupping his cheek and pressed a kiss into her palm. “I love you, Maddy. I know it’s probably too soon to be telling you this but it’s how I feel. I can’t imagine a life without you, not anymore, and I know I can make you happy, happier than you’ve ever been, and…oh God, honey, say something!”
She smiled up at him, watched the sun rise and fall on his face and everything in the world simply faded away. Everything except this one magnificent man. He loved her, loved her. The enormous power of that knowledge was more than her exposed emotions could bear and Maddy was helpless to stop the flood of tears that welled up in her eyes and spilled down over her cheeks.
Chase’s heart broke neatly in two at the sight of her tears. “It was too soon,” he said unhappily. “I knew it was, but I had to tell
It was then that Maddy’s eyes locked with his and she understood what Chase had been trying to tell her. No man had ever looked her that way before; as if the sun rose and fell on her face and that nothing or no one existed for him except her.
Chase ground his hips into her, holding her firmly against him until the last of his seed was spent along with the greater part of his strength. Never in his life had he been so insatiable, not even as a young man when nothing seemed more important than having sex. He couldn’t get enough of her and didn’t think that he ever would. He pulled away from her, then gathered her in his arms when she turned around to face him. He looked at their image in the mirror and knew he was lost. Chase grinned at himself and silently bid his bachelorhood good-bye.
“Funny how quickly your life can change, isn’t it?”
Maddy tipped her head back, her mind still reeling from what he’d just done to her, what he was still doing to her. “I’d say my life has taken a pretty sharp turn in the past week.” She touched his cheek lovingly, her eyes reflecting what was in her heart. “Thank you for making me feel beautiful, Chase.”
Choked with emotion, he couldn’t even speak for several minutes and when he finally did, his voice was thick and husky. “A week ago I would have laughed my ass off if anyone told me I’d not only have a woman living in my house but that I’d be happy about it. I used to think I had it all, that there couldn’t possibly be anything else I needed to make my life complete.” He brushed a kiss across her lips. “I was wrong, sweetheart, so wrong. I need you.”
Maddy trembled in his arms. “Chase, I…I feel the same way. I’m so happy being here with you, but it scares me too. I’m afraid I’ll wake up and find that it’s all been a dream. I’ve never wanted anything as much as I want this with you, but I’d be lying if I said I believed you’d be satisfied with just one woman, and I’m worried that what we have together won’t be enough.”
“It is enough,” Chase said firmly. “Listen to me, baby. I know I’m not very good at expressing my feeling, at least not in words, but surely you know…”
He shook his head ruefully. Even now when his heart was practically bursting from feeling so much he couldn’t seem to find the right words. No, that was wrong. He knew exactly what he was feeling and he knew exactly what to say, it was just that he’d never said the words to any woman before. But she deserved to hear them, and he needed to say them. Chase looked into her eyes, drowning in their depths. Oh yes, this was right. He’d never miss those other women, never miss the single life, not as long as he had Maddy to come home to.
He took the hand that was still cupping his cheek and pressed a kiss into her palm. “I love you, Maddy. I know it’s probably too soon to be telling you this but it’s how I feel. I can’t imagine a life without you, not anymore, and I know I can make you happy, happier than you’ve ever been, and…oh God, honey, say something!”
She smiled up at him, watched the sun rise and fall on his face and everything in the world simply faded away. Everything except this one magnificent man. He loved her, loved her. The enormous power of that knowledge was more than her exposed emotions could bear and Maddy was helpless to stop the flood of tears that welled up in her eyes and spilled down over her cheeks.
Chase’s heart broke neatly in two at the sight of her tears. “It was too soon,” he said unhappily. “I knew it was, but I had to tell
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