“I guess I am.”
She ran her hands over his shoulders then caught his jaw between her palms.“I know that’s not true.But I appreciate you.I don’t want to live without you and Bray.”
He lifted one of her hands and kissed it.“Have faith.”
She forced away the tears that threatened to blur her vision.She’d waited three years to have Brick back in her arms.She wouldn’t let worry and fear get between them again.There’d be plenty of time to face those tribulations tomorrow.“I’ll have you instead,” she said, her voice thick and sultry.
The corners of Brick’s mouth lifted, revealing his even, white teeth.She brought her hands to the hem of his shirt and pushed up the material.Her fingers brushed the hard weight of his vest and her mouth went dry.
“Forgot to take that off.”He pushed himself up to kneel between her spread legs.Reaching behind his neck, he grabbed a fistful of material and then tugged the shirt over his head.Muscle rippled with the movement and all the moisture that’d disappeared from her mouth suddenly appeared in her panties.
She chewed her bottom lip as she watched him unclip the vest and haul off the bulky gear.Tattoos and scars covered his chest and biceps, telling a story about this man that she prayed she’d learn one day.Right now, however, she just wanted him.She caught his belt buckle, but he chuckled and clutched her fingers.
“Not yet.”
He flicked her hand aside and caught the waistband of her leggings.Heat kindled low in her belly as he tugged them down her legs and tossed them aside.His hot, searing gaze traveled up her bare legs to the black panties covering her sex.
Desire made her extend her arms.She wanted him on top of her.But Brick had other plans.His head dipped low between her legs.
CHAPTER 16
Need buzzed alongBrick’s nerve endings as he stared at Natalie’s beautiful body spread out on the couch for him.Her sex was barely covered by the narrow black lace he wanted to tear off her.He kissed along her inner thighs, and the sweet smell of her skin spurred him on.
Her knees trembled on either side of him.“Brick,” she said, breathless.“This isn’t where we left off.”
He brushed his lips over the apex of her thighs, nuzzling the material of her panties.“It’s exactly where I left off.”
She dug her fingernails into his bare shoulders, and the sharpness on his flesh only made him want more.Fuck, he wanted her to scratch the shit out of his back, to shake and wither around his cock.He hooked his pinky into her underwear and moved them aside.
Her folds glistened with her heat and he groaned as he tasted her.
Natalie gasped as his tongue slid over her satiny skin.“Brick,” she moaned.
“Mmm.”He closed his mouth over her hood and flattened his tongue against her nub.
She cried out and bucked.He wrapped his free hand around her thigh, anchoring her to the couch as he devoured her.Her back arched and she trembled.She clutched at him frantically, her moans growing louder as she came on his tongue.
“Oh my god,” she hissed.
Her breath came hard and fast.From his position, he could see her heavy lids, her full mouth slightly turned down with bliss, her flushed cheeks.Her body relaxed in his hold.He pressed a quick kiss to her sex then straightened, tugging her panties off as he stood.
“Come back,” she said with a chuckle, reaching for him.
He grunted.“There’s no way in hell I’m going anywhere.”He freed his belt from his jeans.Natalie stayed exactly where he wanted her.On the couch.Waiting.
One of her tanned legs was bent at the knee, and just a hint of her full, luscious ass peeked out.Her hands rested on the sweatshirt she wore.He planned to free her of every stitch of clothing still on her body.
Her gaze wandered over his abdomen as he fished into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet.He opened the worn brown leather and removed one of the condoms he always kept tucked away.The idea of wearing one almost made him laugh, considering their son slept right above their damn heads, but until he and Natalie had a serious conversation about where things were headed, he didn’t want to get her pregnant again.
Hell, who was he kidding?Another child running around would be—No, he couldn’t go there.Wouldn’t expose his heart any more than it already was.Not yet anyway.
He shucked off his jeans and boxer briefs.Natalie’s small pink tongue jutted out to wet her lips as she stared at his cock.He brought the condom to his head and stretched it over his shaft.
She rolled into a sitting position and pulled her sweatshirt off.Her bare breasts jiggled as she dropped the shirt to the floor.He climbed onto the couch and she opened her arms and fell back.His mouth came down on hers.He fitted himself snugly between her legs.
Natalie’s hips lifted to meet his.He guided his head to her waiting entry and sunk deep.She let out a raspy cry as he filled her.He stilled, hoping he hadn’t hurt her, but she thrust her hips with urgency.
A primitive sigh came from his throat as he rocked into her.Her slick heat pulled a moan from his chest.
