Lex cocked an eyebrow.“Seriously?”
She nodded.“Yes.Now.”
“Then show me,” he challenged, his voice dark and smooth as velvet.
“Show you?”
He leaned in and kissed her.He tasted of wine and his unique blend of flavors.“Remove your clothes.”
Suddenly, she couldn’t breathe.This was what she wanted.Why was she hesitating?Their eyes met, and the look in his took her breath away.Standing, she pushed her thumb in the waistband of her jeggings.
“No,” Lex ordered, and she stopped.
Thoroughly confused now, Jillian sighed.“What do you want, Lex?”
“You.”
He scooted to the edge of the bed, gripped her shirt, and tugged her closer until she stood between his legs.He studied her, his gray eyes flashing with so much heat her breath caught.
“Remember how I always complain about never getting to undress you?”He undid her buttons one at a time, kissing the exposed skin.“I get to do it tonight.”
A shudder rocked Jillian.He was doing it again.Killing her with his gentleness when she wanted mindless sex.She wanted him to devour her and give her the release she sought.
She tried to take over.“Lex—”
“Shh.This is me unwrapping you, savoring you, loving you, and I refuse to be hurried.”He removed the last two buttons and parted her shirt.His breath was hot on her skin as he buried his face in her stomach and dipped his tongue inside her belly button.
He stood and pushed her shirt off, kissing her shoulder.His teeth nipped her skin, followed by the warm stroke of his tongue soothing the bite.His lips trailed down her arm as he removed one sleeve.Then he moved to the other arm, until her shirt fell in a heap at her feet.It was a slow torture, but she soaked it in greedily.
Lust spiked, nipples aching for his touch as heat pooled between her legs.For once in her life, she was enthralled by the pleasure of a simple kiss.Not that anyone would call what Lex was doing to her a kiss.
“The way I feel when I touch you is like nothing I’ve ever felt before,” he whispered, warm breath fanning her neck.“The taste of you.”He tilted her head and captured her mouth in a hot, bone-searing kiss that was both languid and commanding.
He made love to her mouth, tasting every inch of it.Outer lips to inner recesses, tongues caressing, dancing side by side, on top of each other.Blissful sensations rocked her body.All Jillian could do was cling to his shirt and weather the storm.When he lifted his head, she whimpered in protest.
“I’m just starting, sweetheart.”He captured her mouth again, and she was lost in his kiss, the taste and scent of him.“The things I plan to do to you tonight.”
Call her greedy, but she wanted it all.She pulled his head down and kissed him this time.Pouring all her yearnings, even those she refused to admit to herself into the kiss.
“Tell me,” she murmured against his lips.His eyes blazed with more desire that she’d ever seen on anyone’s face, thrilling her.
“I’ll show you,” he vowed.
“Yes,” she whispered.
He reached behind her, unclasped her bra and sat as he took it off.He studied her lushness.“So breathtaking.Every time I touch you, it’s like the first time.You are...mine.”
She was.For now.“Love me, Lex.Please.”
The words barely left her lips when he cupped her breasts in his large hands, leaned forward, and took one sensitive peak into his mouth.At the same time, he rolled the other one between his thumb and fingers.
Jillian’s knees gave away.She would have crumpled onto the floor if she hadn’t clutched his head.He moved from nipple to nipple, driving her insane as sweet sensations rolled through her.
“I need more,” he murmured as he lifted his head.He hooked his fingers under her waistband and peeled her jeggings off her hips, then lifted her and gently laid her on the bed.A few minutes ago, he’d thrown her on the same bed.The change in behavior was messing with her head big time.He knelt by her legs, his eyes burning with heat as he studied her.
Jillian stopped breathing, a weird vulnerability washing over her.She loved her body.Worked hard to stay in shape because of her line of work, but for whatever reason, she felt exposed.She wanted him to love what he was seeing.To desire her above all.
His eyes flicked to her face.“Do you know what I see when I look at you?”
