“I know.” He pressed his face into her hair. “Iknow.”
She turned half-way toward him. A thin layer of bubbles covered the swell of her breasts. He groaned. Why did she have to be sodamnsexy?
“What will it take?” she asked. “What can I do to show you how much Ineedyou?”
His cock swelled against the curve of her butt. Getting into the bath with her had been a huge mistake. How could he possibly think straight with her naked, soft body pressedagainsthim?
“I know you want me.” She placed her hand on the top of his thigh. “So what are youwaitingfor?”
“It can’t just be sex,” he choked as he struggled to retain the last thread of self-control. “I want a partnership with someone. I want someone who loves me for who I am. Someone who can see my faults and not judge me forhavingthem.”
“I want that too,”shesaid.
She slid one leg around his waist, then the other. As she eased forward into his lap, he clamped his jaw shut. God, she was going to kill him. How could he resist her when she was wrapped around himlikethat?
“Cindy,” he whispered. He reached up to brush a lock of damp hair out of her eyes. “You’ve been through a lot today. I don’t want you to come to me because you’re hurting, or scared. I want you to come to me because you wantme. A flawed, reclusive cowboy who would rather spend all day in a paddock than in a house surrounded bypeople.”
“But I do want you.” She slid her hands around his neck and drew him closer. “I’ve wanted you from the moment I met you. And I don’t mean, the fake, online version of you. I mean therealyou.”
“I don’t want to hurt you,”hesaid.
“Then don’t makemewait.”
As she brushed her mouth across his, a jolt of yearning shot straight to his core. He didn’t just want to possess her body. He wanted to possess her heart and soul. And he couldn’t do that until he confessed his own secret. But as her lips urged him into a deeper kiss, his resolve melted faster than a patch of snow in spring. He could worry about telling her everything later. Right now, he didn’t want to focus on anything except the feel of her inhisarms.
When she reached between them to wrap her fist around his cock, his hips jerked involuntarily. He’d never wanted anyone the way he wanted her. No other woman could unleash such overwhelming passion. He couldn’t get enough of her lips, of the smoothness of her skin, or of her scent—pure and floral, like a summermeadow.
He tangled his hands in her hair, pulling her tightly against him. She rode up higher on his lap, shifting her knees until they rested on either side of his thighs. As she straddled him, he devoured the damp skin along the side of her neck. He cupped her full breasts and brought them to his lips. After lavishing them with kisses, he sucked one plump nipple, then theother.
She used her hand to guide him into her slick heat. As she wrapped around him, he gasped. He held her hips, gently guiding her into a slow rhythm that sent water sloshing over the edge of the tub. He’d clean the mess up later. It wouldn’t be the only mess he’d have to clean up later and he knew it. But he didn’t care. Nothing mattered except her. They fit together as if they’d been made for eachother.
As she leaned back, he rocked up to meet her. Gentle, rhythmic waves of pleasure rose up from the base of his spine. Energy tingled and built in ever increasing pulses until he growledwithneed.
She tossed her head with abandon, riding him with an unrestrained wildness that made his bear roar with joy. Her head dropped forward onto his shoulder. She arched and bucked and rocked until she moanedhisname.
As she squeezed and pulsed around him, she screamed. He crushed his lips against her, swallowing her cries until his own cries of release melded with hers to form a perfect harmony. He shuddered as he came harder than he’d ever come in his life. Every last drop of energy spilled into her until he hadnothingleft.
Completely satisfied, he lay back, cradling her against his chest. He loved the sensation of being inside her. She was his in every way that mattered. In his heart, he knew, without a doubt, that they belonged together. But his mind kept getting in the way. He couldn’t stop thinking about how she’d lied to him over and over. It was something he was having a hard time forgiving and he wasn’t sure what it would take to movepastit.
* * *
Cindy layin the circle of his arms in the center of the bed. She snuggled up against him until every inch of her was enveloped by him. The way he could completely cover her with his body made her feel safer than she’d felt in a year. If she ended up staying with Drew, she’d never have to worry about being alone again. She’d be able to bring her daughter to a ranch where she could grow up around good people. Everything would be perfect. Too bad she wasn’t any closer to that point now than she’d been thepreviousday.
As she sighed, he pulled her closer. She rolled so that her butt spooned up against his hips. His arm draped across her waist, giving her a great view of his huge hand. They were the biggest hands she’d ever seen, but they didn’t look strange when you took into account his size. He towered over her by at least a foot. But unlike the lumberjack-type, he didn’t lumber around like a hulkingbeast.
“What are you thinking?” he whispered,startlingher.
“I didn’t realize you were still awake,”shesaid.
“I can’t sleep with you wiggling your buttlikethat.”
“I’m not wiggling,” she said with a smile as she ground against his semi-erect cock. God, did the man ever gosoft?Ever?
“If you want more, all you have to do is ask,” he growled inherear.
“Aren’t you tired?” sheasked.
“No. I could do this forhours.”
