to make her feel like her true self with him. Always.
âWhy did you come home?â
Her smile fled. âMom got sick. Dad needed me. I had to come home.â
âAnd when you came home, Zack proposed?â
âNot right away.â She stared at her fingers. âWe dated for a while before he proposed the first time.â
âThe first time?â
âI turned him down several times. But then, when I found out we were losing the ranch, and Zack had offered to help out if I agreed to marry him . . .â She shrugged. âMom loves that ranch. Itâs . . . her home.â
Of course. He knew it had to be something like that. She was willing to sacrifice her own happiness to rescue her parents. Exhilaration, vindicationâthat he hadnât been wrong about herâwhipped through him.
And lust. There was lust mixed up in the whirlwind too.
âAnd then you hired me. And here we are.â
With his words, the mood in the little room shifted, the temperature with it.
She glanced up at him, her eyes wide and hopeful. Her lips parted and sheened. Her features hungry.
He pulled her close, kissed her. Gently, this time, and laid her down on the bed.
He worked off his shirt and his jeans as he kissed her, fumbling in the pocket for that foil packet heâd remembered.
It didnât take long to bring her passion back up to fever pitchânot now that he knew her. Now that he could find and stoke her fire. And though she had wanted to experience a dominant loving, he had no desire to play that game now.
He wanted to take her gently, to take her slowly. To savor each moment and show her with his body that which he couldnât put into words.
She was an angel in his arms, responsive and sweet, cooing and moaning as he teased her nipples, caressed her thigh. She hissed in a breath as he skated over her mound, then wriggled beneath him.
His heart hitched at the slick welcome he found there.
He had wanted her for so long. Dreamed of this moment for years. He wanted it to last forever.
Lifting his hips, he positioned his cock and eased inside, hissing out a breath at the pleasure of finally, finally, sinking into her.
She was glorious. Divine. His.
Well, technically, not his. Not yet. But she would be.
She was getting married. To Zack Pucey, of all people. And this weekend was her last gasp of freedom.
He should be thrilled beyond words that he had, at least once, tasted her. But he wasnât. He was angry at her plight and, truth be told, a little desperate.
He only had a weekend, but he intended to use every moment to the fullest.
By God, he would show Hanna Stevens what sheâd be missing.
***
Hanna winced as Logan pressed in. He moved slowly, sliding in, in a leisurely fashion, giving her body time to accept him. He was large and filled her beautifully, despite her natural resistance. Heâd taken the time to warm her again, stroking and teasing and tantalizing her beyond sanity. And now, braced over her, staring down into her eyes, he took her.
It was everything sheâd imagined it could be.
The pressure of his shaft, sliding against her weeping folds, the snarling sensation scraping quivering nerves, the fullness, stole her breath.
Deep within, a cauldron bubbled, spat. An impatient fury for something more.
He pulled out, again with excruciating slowness, and then eased back in, this time deeper.
She shuddered as he hit a particular spot, one that made her tremble. She lifted her knees to cradle his hips, to encourage him, perhaps.
He hissed and stilled, and then withdrew again. His features were frozen in a mask of pain, of patience. Restraint.
She hated restraint.
âPlease,â she murmured, wiggling her hips.
âAh. What do you want, Hanna?â
âHarder. Please.â
A shadow crossed his face. His cheek bunched. âIâm trying to be gentle.â
She cupped his cheek. Kissed him softly on the lips.
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