When she reached his pants, he grabbed her wrist. “Ineedyou.”
“I want to taste every inchofyou.”
His sexy growl sounded throughtheroom.
She unbuckled his pants, unzipped and pulled them off to reveal taut thighs covered with a smattering of wiry brown hair. As she perused his muscular abs, he smiled. She locked gazes with him as she dropped to kiss the inside of his knee. She watched his smile transform into a sultry display of masculine lust. Just knowing how much he wanted her gave her a sense of power that she wasn’t quite ready torelinquish.
She kissed every contour of his abs before dragging her tongue across his hipbones. She eyed his rigid cock and smiled. She couldn’t wait to make him moan. As she drew his hard length into her mouth, he whimpered. His belly clenched and his eyes glossed over. She swirled her tongue up and down, gently sucking andtastinghim.
When his eyes rolled back, her heart burst. She loved that she could make him feel the way he’d made her feel. After a few more strokes, she pulled back to kissthetip.
He hissed a breath. “Don’tteaseme.”
She smiled and crawled up to cover him with her body. Her thighs parted to wrap around his waist. As she lowered herself, the tip of his cock pressed against her slick folds. “Promise me that you won’t ever leave meagain.”
“I promise,” he whispered as he surgedintoher.
She rode him gently, savoring the contours of his thick cock against the soft walls of her pussy. Each time she dropped onto him, he held her hips. As she rose up, he gave her a little push. She braced her hands against his chest. Lips parted, thighs spread wide, she rode him far longer than eight seconds. She lost all track of time as tension built from a special place deep within her heart. She hadn’t remembered how good it could be with him. They were perfect together, made for each other. How could she have ever lethimgo?
Brady grabbed her waist and rolled her onto her back. He hooked his hands under the backs of her knees and pushed them up until they pressed against her breasts. In this position, he went deeper than he’d ever gone before. She cried out as he thrust over and over. The undulation of his hips heightened every eroticsensation.
“Brady,please.”
She didn’t know what she was begging him to do, but somehow, he knew. He increased his tempo, sliding in and out with increasing urgency. She arched her back and wrapped her legs around his slippery waist. Sweat glistened on his brow. His teeth clenched as he gave her a look that begged for herrelease.
When she couldn’t hold back another moment, she let the rising tide drown her in blissful ecstasy. She quaked against him, crying out and half-sobbing his name. He returned her passion with his own release, filling her with liquid heat. His feverish cries rang in her ears long after he’d collapsedontoher.
He eased back and rolled onto his side. As he brushed tendrils of sweat-drenched hair from her face, he smiled. “I needed that. Ineededyou.”
“Brady, I still…” Her throat closed before she could confess that she was still in lovewithhim.
He traced his fingers across her lips. “Shh… let’s just lie here. We can worry about everything else later. Tonight, I just want toholdyou.”
She snuggled into his arms. For the first time in years, she felt completely at peace. She hadn’t realized how much the weight of being a single mom to a sick child had affected her ability to relax. As she burrowed into his strong arms, she gave a silent prayer of gratitude. At least she wouldn’t have to go through everything aloneanymore.
Hours later, the shrill ring of the telephone woke her from a deep sleep. Disoriented, she reached for the phone. When she heard the terror in her mother’s voice she boltedupright.
As she listened to her mom’s frantic description of Jimmy, dread settled into her heart. “I’ll be there in ten minutes… can you stop the bleeding? Keep the pressure firm until I get there… No. We’re leaving now. I’ll call Dr. Landry ontheway.”
* * *
Brady snapped on the lamp.“What’swrong?”
Rachel flew out of the bed and grabbed her clothes. “Jimmy’s sick. He has a fever and a nosebleed that won’t stop. He’sreallysick.”
As he yanked on his clothes he asked, “Has this ever happenedbefore?”
“It happens every few months. Normally, we can get the nosebleeds to stop after a few minutes, but this one’s not stopping. He’s already lost too much blood. He’s too weak to lose anymore. We need to get to the hospitalrightnow.”
He grabbed his keys off the nightstand. “Let’s go. I’ll drive so you canholdhim.”
After racing out of the hotel, they jumped into the truck and drove to June’s house. He took the stairs two at a time and reached the top before Rachel. He pounded on the door. The faint sound of a crying child came from inside. He tried the doorknob. It was unlocked, so he opened it, almost plowingintoJune.
He’d never seen her so pale or frantic before. “Whereishe?”
“Inmybed.”
Rachel bounded into the room behind him. “Honey,Mommy’shere.”
