he lay down beside her eased her. Welcoming the unwanted intrusion, his arms wrapped around her curled body.
“I'm sorry.” she murmured through tear thickened voice. “I'm so sorry, Aidan. I'm fine.” Lie. She knew it, as she wiped away the wet traitors streaking down her face.
“ Shh, it's all right. I don't expect you to be okay with this. Believe me, if I had any other choice, I wouldn't go. The idea of leaving this bed itself is maddening.”
Rolling over to face him, she watched his eyes trace over every curve of her features. Thumbing over his lip, Raeve pecked a small kiss on the curve of his jaw as she held his tag close to her heart.
“I love you.” the words were so effortless to say, yet filled with years of meaning. She just needed those years to stretch out for many more. The very first time she’d spoken those three little words, she never expected that the meaning behind them would grow as it had.
“I remember the first time you told me you were in love with me.” Aidan spoke with utter sincerity as he stroked her cheek. “That was the second happiest moment of my life, well at that point.”
“What was the first?” There was no smile in her voice, only a detached sense of wonder.
“The first time we made love. You remember? At the hotel in Texas?”
Her returning smile barely lifted as she recalled those moments before she boarded her flight home.
“Yeah, I remember.”
~Chapter Ten~
Texas 1999
They had spent the afternoon visiting his base, meeting the wary stares of his friends in his platoon. As day carried on into night, and music littered the air at the Rusty Saloon, Raeve felt the heat of Aidan's stare on her while she danced. Swaying her hips to the rhythm as she silently coaxed him to join her on the dance floor. Words were pointless, the speakers bellowed out music set on a 'blow your eardrums out' level. The shiny slinky material of her dress hugged every curve of her body as she twisted and writhed to the electronic beats. Her heated gaze burned into his as her glossy red lips coyly begged him to join her.
Reluctantly he rose to his feet. Raeve knew all too well the things he was good at, dancing wasn't one of them. Skilled martial arts fighter and trained protector sure, but Fred Astaire, he wasn't. Sidling up close to his rigid body, she wasn’t about to let the night get away from her, even if it meant dancing for his eyes only. Her eyes locked onto his like heat seeking missiles as she watched in delight as heat flared off him in droves the moment her body rolled sinuously up to his. Slipping her arms around his neck, her body arched into his, demanding attention. Her fiery gaze glinted from the pulsing lights, as one hand slid shamelessly down to his chest.
She moved her body effortlessly, slinking around him like she was stalking her prey in a seductive version of The Huntsman. Rolling her hips across his, she felt his hard-on through the thick layer of denim which she was tempted to strip off his body. Her flesh felt alive and tight sensing the heat rolling off him in droves. Capturing his mouth, her wanting tongue sliced savagely between his lips. It had been hours since Aidan had rolled her body beneath his, filling her to the brink of sanity. But she needed more. She needed to feel him deep inside her again, consuming her with greedy need. Curling her slender fingers around his neck, Raeve pulled him to her lips while she explored every crevasse of his decadent mouth with her tongue.
The fire that pooled between her thighs burned hotter than before. She had known how Aidan could rule her body with one simple touch, but the way his ocean-blue eyes burned her with intensity had her heart pounding out of her chest. Like an addict seeking their next fix, Raeve felt utterly helpless against the way he made her feel. She craved him, and the hunger grew with every touch
“I'm sorry.” she murmured through tear thickened voice. “I'm so sorry, Aidan. I'm fine.” Lie. She knew it, as she wiped away the wet traitors streaking down her face.
“ Shh, it's all right. I don't expect you to be okay with this. Believe me, if I had any other choice, I wouldn't go. The idea of leaving this bed itself is maddening.”
Rolling over to face him, she watched his eyes trace over every curve of her features. Thumbing over his lip, Raeve pecked a small kiss on the curve of his jaw as she held his tag close to her heart.
“I love you.” the words were so effortless to say, yet filled with years of meaning. She just needed those years to stretch out for many more. The very first time she’d spoken those three little words, she never expected that the meaning behind them would grow as it had.
“I remember the first time you told me you were in love with me.” Aidan spoke with utter sincerity as he stroked her cheek. “That was the second happiest moment of my life, well at that point.”
“What was the first?” There was no smile in her voice, only a detached sense of wonder.
“The first time we made love. You remember? At the hotel in Texas?”
Her returning smile barely lifted as she recalled those moments before she boarded her flight home.
“Yeah, I remember.”
~Chapter Ten~
Texas 1999
They had spent the afternoon visiting his base, meeting the wary stares of his friends in his platoon. As day carried on into night, and music littered the air at the Rusty Saloon, Raeve felt the heat of Aidan's stare on her while she danced. Swaying her hips to the rhythm as she silently coaxed him to join her on the dance floor. Words were pointless, the speakers bellowed out music set on a 'blow your eardrums out' level. The shiny slinky material of her dress hugged every curve of her body as she twisted and writhed to the electronic beats. Her heated gaze burned into his as her glossy red lips coyly begged him to join her.
Reluctantly he rose to his feet. Raeve knew all too well the things he was good at, dancing wasn't one of them. Skilled martial arts fighter and trained protector sure, but Fred Astaire, he wasn't. Sidling up close to his rigid body, she wasn’t about to let the night get away from her, even if it meant dancing for his eyes only. Her eyes locked onto his like heat seeking missiles as she watched in delight as heat flared off him in droves the moment her body rolled sinuously up to his. Slipping her arms around his neck, her body arched into his, demanding attention. Her fiery gaze glinted from the pulsing lights, as one hand slid shamelessly down to his chest.
She moved her body effortlessly, slinking around him like she was stalking her prey in a seductive version of The Huntsman. Rolling her hips across his, she felt his hard-on through the thick layer of denim which she was tempted to strip off his body. Her flesh felt alive and tight sensing the heat rolling off him in droves. Capturing his mouth, her wanting tongue sliced savagely between his lips. It had been hours since Aidan had rolled her body beneath his, filling her to the brink of sanity. But she needed more. She needed to feel him deep inside her again, consuming her with greedy need. Curling her slender fingers around his neck, Raeve pulled him to her lips while she explored every crevasse of his decadent mouth with her tongue.
The fire that pooled between her thighs burned hotter than before. She had known how Aidan could rule her body with one simple touch, but the way his ocean-blue eyes burned her with intensity had her heart pounding out of her chest. Like an addict seeking their next fix, Raeve felt utterly helpless against the way he made her feel. She craved him, and the hunger grew with every touch
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