back on the counter, turned to face Selena.
“Hey, babe,” he said softly. “How you feeling?”
She blinked sleepily. “Better, I think.”
He crossed the living room and carefully pulled her against his warm, naked chest. “Any pain?”
“A bit.”
Luke ran his hand up and down her back. “I filled your prescription. You want a painkiller?”
“Oh, thanks.” She nestled closer to his incredible body, feeling so tiny and feminine. “And no, not yet. Maybe in an hour or two.”
“Sure. You let me know.”
“I will. Have you heard anything about Griff?”
“I just called Dallas and Griff's fine. He was awake earlier and talking a bit. Asked about you and that twit who got you both stabbed, and was real insistent about making sure you were both OK.”
“Thank God.” She started to pull back. “Can we go see him?”
“Not tonight. Dallas said that he’s sleeping right now, and so he thinks it’s better if we head over in the morning.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.” He tugged her back in to his embrace. “Visiting hours are almost over, so there’s no sense in rushing over there to look at a sleeping man only to be kicked out right away, anyway. You relax for tonight and just let me take care of you, OK?”
“Ummm-hmmm.” She held on tighter. “Luke?”
“Yeah, beautiful?”
“Will you stay?”
He leaned back a bit, his hand tangled in her wild curls now. “You mean for a while longer?”
“I mean for tonight.” She shifted as she remembered his hard kisses, the heat in his eyes when he’d seen her half-naked body. “ All of tonight.”
His eyes twinkled in his rough face. “I kinda thought I already was.”
Selena laughed and a burst of color spread across her golden cheeks. “Good. I kinda thought that, too.”
“Nice to know we’re on the same wavelength, huh?”
She nodded, then noticed the food. “You cooking?”
“I am.” Reluctantly, he moved away, but not before dropping a sweet, lingering kiss on her forehead. “You hungry?”
“Yeah.” She followed him in to the kitchen, noted how amazing his ass looked in those jeans. “Can I help?”
“Are you kidding me?” He shook his dark head. “Ass-kicking ladies who have been stabbed in the line of duty get to drink wine and watch the man cook. That’s a rule, you know.”
“It is?” She clambered on to a stool. “Says who?”
“Says me.”
“Ah, yes. The famous Rhodes Rules. I have heard of them, actually.”
“Smart ass,” he growled as he brought her some wine. “Now, not too much of this, OK? It doesn’t mix well with your medicine.”
She took a tiny sip and then sighed. “Thanks, Luke.”
“No problem.” He went back to chopping vegetables.”I like taking care of you.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.” He stared at her, his eyes hot once more. “I want to take care of you in some other ways too. Take care of some needs you may have.”
She was surprised at the strength of her reaction: her arousal was immediate and overwhelming. Her pussy lips opened at the mere thought of Luke taking care of some of her needs… and she was definitely not thinking of dinner.
“Oh, really?” She kept her tone light and teasing, but he heard her breath speeding up. “What needs do you think that I may have?”
His grin was slow and dangerous. “I think you need for us to be naked together, babe. I think you need my mouth all over you, moving over every inch of your fucking incredible body. I think you need me to slide my fingers inside you, stroke you deep, until you come for me.” He watched her face closely, loving the glittery look in her eyes. “Those may be some of your needs. Maybe.”
“I – I…”
He cocked his head. “Speechless, babe?”
“Uh…” She forced herself to actually articulate. “Uh, yes.”
“Yes, you’re speechless? Or yes, those are some of your needs?”
“Both.”
“Huh.” He held her eyes, loving her clear, naked desire. “Good to know.”
Suddenly
“Hey, babe,” he said softly. “How you feeling?”
She blinked sleepily. “Better, I think.”
He crossed the living room and carefully pulled her against his warm, naked chest. “Any pain?”
“A bit.”
Luke ran his hand up and down her back. “I filled your prescription. You want a painkiller?”
“Oh, thanks.” She nestled closer to his incredible body, feeling so tiny and feminine. “And no, not yet. Maybe in an hour or two.”
“Sure. You let me know.”
“I will. Have you heard anything about Griff?”
“I just called Dallas and Griff's fine. He was awake earlier and talking a bit. Asked about you and that twit who got you both stabbed, and was real insistent about making sure you were both OK.”
“Thank God.” She started to pull back. “Can we go see him?”
“Not tonight. Dallas said that he’s sleeping right now, and so he thinks it’s better if we head over in the morning.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.” He tugged her back in to his embrace. “Visiting hours are almost over, so there’s no sense in rushing over there to look at a sleeping man only to be kicked out right away, anyway. You relax for tonight and just let me take care of you, OK?”
“Ummm-hmmm.” She held on tighter. “Luke?”
“Yeah, beautiful?”
“Will you stay?”
He leaned back a bit, his hand tangled in her wild curls now. “You mean for a while longer?”
“I mean for tonight.” She shifted as she remembered his hard kisses, the heat in his eyes when he’d seen her half-naked body. “ All of tonight.”
His eyes twinkled in his rough face. “I kinda thought I already was.”
Selena laughed and a burst of color spread across her golden cheeks. “Good. I kinda thought that, too.”
“Nice to know we’re on the same wavelength, huh?”
She nodded, then noticed the food. “You cooking?”
“I am.” Reluctantly, he moved away, but not before dropping a sweet, lingering kiss on her forehead. “You hungry?”
“Yeah.” She followed him in to the kitchen, noted how amazing his ass looked in those jeans. “Can I help?”
“Are you kidding me?” He shook his dark head. “Ass-kicking ladies who have been stabbed in the line of duty get to drink wine and watch the man cook. That’s a rule, you know.”
“It is?” She clambered on to a stool. “Says who?”
“Says me.”
“Ah, yes. The famous Rhodes Rules. I have heard of them, actually.”
“Smart ass,” he growled as he brought her some wine. “Now, not too much of this, OK? It doesn’t mix well with your medicine.”
She took a tiny sip and then sighed. “Thanks, Luke.”
“No problem.” He went back to chopping vegetables.”I like taking care of you.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.” He stared at her, his eyes hot once more. “I want to take care of you in some other ways too. Take care of some needs you may have.”
She was surprised at the strength of her reaction: her arousal was immediate and overwhelming. Her pussy lips opened at the mere thought of Luke taking care of some of her needs… and she was definitely not thinking of dinner.
“Oh, really?” She kept her tone light and teasing, but he heard her breath speeding up. “What needs do you think that I may have?”
His grin was slow and dangerous. “I think you need for us to be naked together, babe. I think you need my mouth all over you, moving over every inch of your fucking incredible body. I think you need me to slide my fingers inside you, stroke you deep, until you come for me.” He watched her face closely, loving the glittery look in her eyes. “Those may be some of your needs. Maybe.”
“I – I…”
He cocked his head. “Speechless, babe?”
“Uh…” She forced herself to actually articulate. “Uh, yes.”
“Yes, you’re speechless? Or yes, those are some of your needs?”
“Both.”
“Huh.” He held her eyes, loving her clear, naked desire. “Good to know.”
Suddenly
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