definitely."
"And have we talked about everything
we need to talk about?"
"Not even close."
She rolled the tendon that joined his neck
to his shoulder between her teeth.
He jolted, gasped and his fingers dug into
her hips, holding her tight against his erection.
"Will it keep?" she whispered.
"I suppose it'll have to." He shifted
his hands to her bottom and stood, accommodating her weight effortlessly.
"Because this won't."
In a cacophony of claws on hard wood, her
menagerie followed them to the bedroom.
"Are we going to have an
audience?" he asked, setting her down next to the bed.
"Come on, guys." She shooed the
animals from the room, closed the door and turned to him. "Alone at
last."
The whining protests from the hallway
reminded them they weren't completely alone.
"Whatever do you plan to do with
me?" he asked.
Smiling at his playfulness, she sashayed
over to him, shedding her top on the way. There was something about knowing
he'd loved her from afar for so long that had Janey also shedding inhibitions
that had plagued her relationship with David. She'd often found it difficult to
be free and unguarded around him because she never seemed to have his undivided
attention. That wasn't a problem with Joe.
His hands slid from her ribs to cover the
lacy bra she'd worn with him in mind. Judging by the hot gaze he directed at
her breasts, the bra had done the trick. "You're so beautiful, Janey. So
incredibly sexy."
She raised his shirt and trailed her
fingers over the ridges of muscles on his abdomen. "So are you. I can't
believe you cover this six-pack with a shirt. That ought to be a crime."
He snorted with laughter. "I'll keep
that in mind."
"Just keep your shirt off, and I'll
be happy."
"Mmm, I want you to be happy."
Lowering her to the bed, he kissed the plump flesh that spilled from the top of
the push-up bra.
"I'm feeling very happy at the
moment." Janey squirmed under him, itchy with desire and need and
something else that tightened in her chest, demanding she not ignore what he
made her feel. She tugged the shirt over his head and massaged his shoulders as
he worshiped her breasts through the bra. He got rid of her shorts, leaving her
in just the bra and a matching thong.
Watching his eyes darken with awareness
when he saw the thong made her laugh.
"You're out to give me a heart
attack, aren't you?"
She fluttered her eyelashes at him.
"Would I do that to you?"
"Uh-huh. I do believe you
would." His talented lips went to work on her belly, and as his tongue
flicked into her belly button, Janey discovered a new erogenous zone.
She clutched his hair, her heart hammering
when she realized where he was heading. That he liked to do that was
still a bit of a shock to her, and he seemed to really like it. Just the
thought of it made her skin heat with embarrassment and nervousness.
"Joe…"
"Relax, honey."
Despite his softly spoken words, Janey
trembled as he spread her legs and settled between them.
She closed her eyes and tried to control
the trembling, but it only intensified when he tongued her through the silky
thong. A low moan exploded from her chest as the sensations became almost
painfully intense. Keeping up the pressure with his tongue, he slid a finger
into her. After just a few more strokes of his finger and tongue, a scorching
orgasm stole her breath.
"So beautiful," he whispered as
he kissed his way to her lips. "So very, very beautiful."
Janey focused on drawing air into her
heaving lungs as aftershocks reverberated through her body.
While she recovered, he got rid of the
rest of their clothes and came back to join her, covering her body with his.
Infused by his warmth, Janey floated on a cloud of satisfaction.
"You aren't going to sleep on me, are
you?" he asked. She could hear the laughter in his voice as he throbbed
against her leg, letting her know he was very much awake.
"I wouldn't do that to
you," she said, even though she was having trouble opening her eyes. She
curled her
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