sit on the bed. She then sat next to
him and opened the first aid box, pulling what she would need to clean and tend
to his knuckles. “I’m a girl, and girls like to have a big strong man defend
their honor.”
He snorted, “Yeah, they also don’t know their own damn
mind!”
She pressed the cotton ball of antiseptic on his wound
making him hiss and jump.
“Damn, girls are also vindictive!”
“Don’t you ever forget it,” she returned with a satisfied
grin. Then soberly she said, “Thank you, for defending me.”
He nodded, “Any time.” He cupped her cheek with his free
hand. Melody leaned into the touch, loving the roughness against her soft
cheek. His tender caresses always made her feel warm and bubbly inside. “You
know I’d do anything to protect you.”
“I know,” she
sighed closing her eyes.
“So why won’t you tell me what Antonio has over your head?”
Her eyes popped open and stared right into his that were
dancing with worry. Damn! Melody
cursed silently as she pulled away, turning away from him to avoid his eyes and
busing herself with putting everything back into the first aid box. She had
decided to tell him everything because she wasn’t very good at solving her own
problems. Jackie had made that point clear. And Melody needed her husband—her first husband—to keep his vows to her.
Jackie had made that point clear too. But…Melody needed to do some groundwork
first. She wasn’t going to just let him run into danger blind and without back
up. Antonio talked a big game but she’d learnt to never take anyone at face
value.
Jeb… She shivered just thinking about it.
She could have easily been Loraine. She’d heard of bodyguards arranging
kidnappings of their charges but stalking and at that level? It was a first.
“So what’s in the flash drive Jon Luc gave you when we left?
The hush hush way he did it one would think it contained national secrets,” she
said, hoping to change the subject.
She felt Ruiz’s fingers under her chin and she sighed. So much for hoping, she thought, her
eyes fluttering shut. She couldn’t help it. His touch, the feel of his skin
against her own—for lack of better words—it was pleasure equal to paradise. She
followed his guide until she was facing him again. His hot breath caressed her
face and her lips fell open just imaging his own parted, moist, readying to
kiss her. It made her whole body ache with want. Keeping her eyes closed, she
inched closer, needing to feel more of him…just a little more.
“You don’t have to tell me now if you don’t want to,” he
whispered against her lips causing a tingle to spread through her chest. “Just
don’t go yet. I want to hold you for a minute.”
Her eyes slowly slid open meeting his own. They shone with
earnest, pleading with her to give him this one thing. If he only knew she
needed his arms around her, had for a very long time. She nodded and his lips
twitched in a smile before he pulled her onto his lap and wrapped his large
strong arms around her. Melody wrapped her own arms around him, tight, her face
tucked into his neck taking in his scent that was just him. It comforted her,
always did. She felt him move back, more into the bed before he lowered back
slowly, with her safely clutched to his chest. Once he was laying flat on his
back he toed off both their shoes and then turned to his side, placing her on
the bed, but still keeping her close. He intertwined their legs, her skirt
pushing up to her thighs, until they formed a perfect knot, keeping them
pressed together from toe to her face to his neck. She could feel his heat
through their cotton shirts but that didn’t excite her as much as her bare
thighs against his rough jeans. She pushed closer into him, riding her skirt
higher to her hips until she could feel him fully, pulsing against her thigh.
She wanted to push her leg higher, rub against him but he held her still.
Kissing
him and opened the first aid box, pulling what she would need to clean and tend
to his knuckles. “I’m a girl, and girls like to have a big strong man defend
their honor.”
He snorted, “Yeah, they also don’t know their own damn
mind!”
She pressed the cotton ball of antiseptic on his wound
making him hiss and jump.
“Damn, girls are also vindictive!”
“Don’t you ever forget it,” she returned with a satisfied
grin. Then soberly she said, “Thank you, for defending me.”
He nodded, “Any time.” He cupped her cheek with his free
hand. Melody leaned into the touch, loving the roughness against her soft
cheek. His tender caresses always made her feel warm and bubbly inside. “You
know I’d do anything to protect you.”
“I know,” she
sighed closing her eyes.
“So why won’t you tell me what Antonio has over your head?”
Her eyes popped open and stared right into his that were
dancing with worry. Damn! Melody
cursed silently as she pulled away, turning away from him to avoid his eyes and
busing herself with putting everything back into the first aid box. She had
decided to tell him everything because she wasn’t very good at solving her own
problems. Jackie had made that point clear. And Melody needed her husband—her first husband—to keep his vows to her.
Jackie had made that point clear too. But…Melody needed to do some groundwork
first. She wasn’t going to just let him run into danger blind and without back
up. Antonio talked a big game but she’d learnt to never take anyone at face
value.
Jeb… She shivered just thinking about it.
She could have easily been Loraine. She’d heard of bodyguards arranging
kidnappings of their charges but stalking and at that level? It was a first.
“So what’s in the flash drive Jon Luc gave you when we left?
The hush hush way he did it one would think it contained national secrets,” she
said, hoping to change the subject.
She felt Ruiz’s fingers under her chin and she sighed. So much for hoping, she thought, her
eyes fluttering shut. She couldn’t help it. His touch, the feel of his skin
against her own—for lack of better words—it was pleasure equal to paradise. She
followed his guide until she was facing him again. His hot breath caressed her
face and her lips fell open just imaging his own parted, moist, readying to
kiss her. It made her whole body ache with want. Keeping her eyes closed, she
inched closer, needing to feel more of him…just a little more.
“You don’t have to tell me now if you don’t want to,” he
whispered against her lips causing a tingle to spread through her chest. “Just
don’t go yet. I want to hold you for a minute.”
Her eyes slowly slid open meeting his own. They shone with
earnest, pleading with her to give him this one thing. If he only knew she
needed his arms around her, had for a very long time. She nodded and his lips
twitched in a smile before he pulled her onto his lap and wrapped his large
strong arms around her. Melody wrapped her own arms around him, tight, her face
tucked into his neck taking in his scent that was just him. It comforted her,
always did. She felt him move back, more into the bed before he lowered back
slowly, with her safely clutched to his chest. Once he was laying flat on his
back he toed off both their shoes and then turned to his side, placing her on
the bed, but still keeping her close. He intertwined their legs, her skirt
pushing up to her thighs, until they formed a perfect knot, keeping them
pressed together from toe to her face to his neck. She could feel his heat
through their cotton shirts but that didn’t excite her as much as her bare
thighs against his rough jeans. She pushed closer into him, riding her skirt
higher to her hips until she could feel him fully, pulsing against her thigh.
She wanted to push her leg higher, rub against him but he held her still.
Kissing
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