back on his heels, her spread out like a sacrificial lamb before him, Ransom raked his hands through his hair, a tortured look on his face. “What you’re offering me is a gift, and you should save it for someone worthy of having it.”
“I am,” she assured him, sitting up to close the distance.
“I’m not the man for you,” he argued, sadness darkening his eyes. He moved to climb off the bed, but Dani snagged his arm to prevent him from running.
“You may not think much of yourself, Ransom Scott, but I do. You’re worth so much more than you give yourself credit for.”
“I’m an alcoholic.”
“Maybe, maybe not.” Ever since their agreement was made, she hadn’t witnessed him consume a single drop of alcohol, and neither had she seen him struggle in its absence. She was beginning to wonder if it was more of a crutch than an actual problem. But he needed convincing before he could believe it himself. “The point is, I see who you really are. You care deeply about the people in your life, even when you’re estranged. You love deep too, even when it’s not returned. You’re a man who is loyal, and I’d venture to say it’s often to a fault, but all of that is why I am so attracted to you. And the way you see me…I have no words. But I like the way I feel when I’m with you. That’s why I know that, of anyone who’s passed through my life, you’re the one I want to share myself with. You’re the only one who’s worthy of having me.”
His entire body sagged back on his heels, and all Ransom could do was stare back at her in abject silence. She could no more tell what kind of thoughts were running through his head than she could predict the weather, but Dani held out hope that he would feel the truth in her words and see that she was right. He was worth everything to her, more than was probably safe, but she couldn’t prevent herself from feeling how she did.
“No one has ever said anything like that to me before.”
“Then you’ve been with the wrong women,” she said, repeating his words back to him.
“You sure about his? About me?”
Extending her hand, she cupped his jaw and guided him closer so there was nowhere left to look but into each other’s eyes. “I have never been more certain of anything in my life. Make love to me, Ransom. Teach me everything.”
Fire blazed to life behind those dark orbs an instant before his lids dropped and his big body shuddered. Planting his fists into the mattress beside her hips, he prowled forward, forcing her to lie back until he was, once again, looming above of her.
“You want me?”
“Yes.”
“Then show me. Take me in your hand and put me inside of you so neither of us ever forget who asked for this.”
Dani’s hand trembled as she did as he told her. Taking hold of him, she practiced stroking it just like he’d shown her, and he rewarded her. Grasping her jaw, he tilted her face up to his and took her mouth in a forceful kiss that caused a fresh rush of heat to flood south, saturating her lips and inner thighs.
“My cock wants in you,” Ransom growled, voice tight. “Show him where to go.”
God, did she ever want to, but her lack of experience was holding her up. What would it feel like? Would she enjoy it? “I…can’t.”
The sound of her small voice didn’t deter him. Instead, Ransom joined their hands once again, helping her place him at her sopping entrance. He showed her what he wanted, smoothing the thick, bulbous head through her creamy folds, circling her clit and drawing out approving gasps from both of them. Dani was a mass of sensation aching to be pleased by the time he fit himself against her opening.
“You’re so ready for me, baby. So wet and plump. You’ve got me so hard I’m going to have to work not to come as soon as I get inside you.”
His words made her so hot, she felt ready to combust.
“You ready?” he asked as he leaned down to take her breast in his hand and suck her nipple into his
“I am,” she assured him, sitting up to close the distance.
“I’m not the man for you,” he argued, sadness darkening his eyes. He moved to climb off the bed, but Dani snagged his arm to prevent him from running.
“You may not think much of yourself, Ransom Scott, but I do. You’re worth so much more than you give yourself credit for.”
“I’m an alcoholic.”
“Maybe, maybe not.” Ever since their agreement was made, she hadn’t witnessed him consume a single drop of alcohol, and neither had she seen him struggle in its absence. She was beginning to wonder if it was more of a crutch than an actual problem. But he needed convincing before he could believe it himself. “The point is, I see who you really are. You care deeply about the people in your life, even when you’re estranged. You love deep too, even when it’s not returned. You’re a man who is loyal, and I’d venture to say it’s often to a fault, but all of that is why I am so attracted to you. And the way you see me…I have no words. But I like the way I feel when I’m with you. That’s why I know that, of anyone who’s passed through my life, you’re the one I want to share myself with. You’re the only one who’s worthy of having me.”
His entire body sagged back on his heels, and all Ransom could do was stare back at her in abject silence. She could no more tell what kind of thoughts were running through his head than she could predict the weather, but Dani held out hope that he would feel the truth in her words and see that she was right. He was worth everything to her, more than was probably safe, but she couldn’t prevent herself from feeling how she did.
“No one has ever said anything like that to me before.”
“Then you’ve been with the wrong women,” she said, repeating his words back to him.
“You sure about his? About me?”
Extending her hand, she cupped his jaw and guided him closer so there was nowhere left to look but into each other’s eyes. “I have never been more certain of anything in my life. Make love to me, Ransom. Teach me everything.”
Fire blazed to life behind those dark orbs an instant before his lids dropped and his big body shuddered. Planting his fists into the mattress beside her hips, he prowled forward, forcing her to lie back until he was, once again, looming above of her.
“You want me?”
“Yes.”
“Then show me. Take me in your hand and put me inside of you so neither of us ever forget who asked for this.”
Dani’s hand trembled as she did as he told her. Taking hold of him, she practiced stroking it just like he’d shown her, and he rewarded her. Grasping her jaw, he tilted her face up to his and took her mouth in a forceful kiss that caused a fresh rush of heat to flood south, saturating her lips and inner thighs.
“My cock wants in you,” Ransom growled, voice tight. “Show him where to go.”
God, did she ever want to, but her lack of experience was holding her up. What would it feel like? Would she enjoy it? “I…can’t.”
The sound of her small voice didn’t deter him. Instead, Ransom joined their hands once again, helping her place him at her sopping entrance. He showed her what he wanted, smoothing the thick, bulbous head through her creamy folds, circling her clit and drawing out approving gasps from both of them. Dani was a mass of sensation aching to be pleased by the time he fit himself against her opening.
“You’re so ready for me, baby. So wet and plump. You’ve got me so hard I’m going to have to work not to come as soon as I get inside you.”
His words made her so hot, she felt ready to combust.
“You ready?” he asked as he leaned down to take her breast in his hand and suck her nipple into his
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