Tempting the Artist by Sharon C. Cooper Page A

glanced up and their gazes
collided. His pulse galloped as he stared into clear, dark eyes
that held so much love and desire, tugging hard on his
heartstrings. He was a goner. One look, one incredibly sexy woman,
and a pierced belly button had him falling deeper and unequivocally
in love with this woman.
    He cleared his throat and returned his
attention to the task at hand. “What other treats do you have for
me?”
    Christina caressed the back of his
bare arm that was bracing him up. “Let your gaze and your fingers
take you lower…” Her voice trailed off and he did as she
suggested.
    He arrived at the last button. The
button holding together the portion of the shirt that covered the
part of her body he couldn’t wait to dive into. He unfastened the
shirt and let the halves fall open. Warmth spread through his body
and his penis leaped to attention.
    “ Damn, baby.” His gaze
steadied on the short curls leading to the V between her firm
thighs. “You’re just full of surprises aren’t you?” He ran his hand
from her flat abs on down to her pubic hair, formed in a perfect
heart-shaped design.
    “ You have no idea,” she
said on an unsteady breath, her lower body arching to his touch.
Unable to help himself, his fingers went lower, not stopping until
he was at the entrance to her core. He entered her with one finger
and she whimpered and moved against his hand. Wet and hot . “Lu…” Her words hung in
the air, her nails digging into his arm.
    “ You like that?”
    “ Lu…Lucas don’t play with
me. You know I do.” Her voice held a husky edge as she moved with
each thrust of his finger. “Please,” she begged. He added another
finger, this time going deeper and harder, massaging her interior
walls.
    Luke captured her lips again, sucking
on her tongue as he picked up the pace sliding his digits in and
out of her. Hearing her soft moans, a hot tide of lust built within
him. Desire pulsated through his veins and straight to his
erection. There was no way in hell he’d be able to take this
reuniting of their bodies slow with the way her hips lifted higher
on the bed, her moves more frantic against his hand. She was close.
She was close to her ….
    Christina snatched her mouth from his.
“Lucas!” Her hips rose fully off the bed bucking and jerking
uncontrollably. Her head thrashed against the pillow. “Ohmigod.
Ohmigod.” She locked her thighs shut and clung to him as she
shattered around his hand, her eyes tightly shut.
    Not waiting for her to come down off
her high, Luke reached over and pulled a condom from the drawer
next to the bed. He rid himself of his pajama bottoms and quickly
sheathed himself.
    “ I’m not done with you
yet.” He nudged her thighs further apart, moving between her
legs.
    “ Good.” Her breathing came
in short spurts and she smiled up at him, a light sheen across her
forehead. “We have some time to make up for and I’m planning on us
going all night long.”
    Luke laughed and positioned himself
above her, bracing his hands on each side of her head. “I love how
ambitious you are.” If anyone could go all night long, it was
Christina. Luke had never met a woman with her sexual appetite and
stamina.
    He trailed kisses from her cheek, down
the column of her neck and didn’t stop until he reached her
breasts. The feel of his tongue swirling around a taut nipple sent
lust sweeping through her body like a runaway train barreling down
a steep hill. Christina knew she would lose it again soon when he
caught the harden peak gently between his teeth, sending a sweet
thrill to the soles of her feet.
    “ Baby, I need you inside
me.” She wiggled beneath him and placed her hands on the side of
his face, getting his attention. Her nipple popped out of his mouth
and he grinned up at her.
    “ Impatient are
we?”
    “ Yes.” She pulled him to
her and kissed him with a hunger that let him know just how her
impatience had grown to explosive proportions. She loved that he
liked to