Page 155 of Protective Heroes
Had to know he was her world.
And always would be.
He stood and leaned over her, pinning her to the table, his expression intense. “I’ve gone to war. Survived bombings and buried loved ones, but what you just said has left me gutted and has filled me with hope. You’re what makes me live.” He gathered her in his arms and wrapped her legs around his waist. Her attention honed in on him until the world no longer existed.
“Marry me, Willa.”
She froze, unable to look away from the intense power of his gaze.
Her emotions waged a war between her head and her heart.
“Do you remember what I said to you the day we first met?” His words played in the hair against her neck while he settled his hand on her stomach. Chills tickled down the length of her spine in anticipation of the pleasure his tone promised.
She nodded once and wrapped her arms around his neck, her hard nipples pressed against his chest. “That when you close your eyes at night all you’ll see are my emerald eyes looking at you.” Her voice cracked on the last note.
In even, slow strokes he ran the tips of his fingers up and down her spine, soothing her.
His touch was light, but the fire from the simple contact infused her skin and set her libido ablaze. Her heart softened a fraction more for the man and the power his touch held over her.
As she spoke, he pressed his forehead against hers. “And I meant it, baby. I’ll never forget the way you look at me. The way you have touched my soul. The way your sweet mouth fits around my cock so perfectly as if made for me alone. We might come at this from different angles, but there’s no denying what we feel for each other. Not any longer.”
“Seems love should be easier than this, don’t you think?”
Nathan purred in her ear. “Nothing this good ever comes, baby. I let your brother down once. Before tonight, I saw the promise I made as my penance. Something I had to live with for the rest of my life.”
His lips found her neck and he sucked on her pulse point, jacking her need to feel him in other places of her body tenfold. Hands cupping her ass cheeks, he pulled her tighter against his hard body and his quickly hardening cock between her thighs. “All that changed today when I thought I’d lose you forever. There’s been too much loss around here and this…” he squeezed her just a little harder, “… is all about you and me now.”
She liked that.
A lot.
Six
“Ithink it’s time you make good on your promises.”
She dipped and swirled her hips to the sound of his deep groan.
In a single stride he pinned her flush against the wall. Nearby pictures clattered to the floor with only a small rug to break the fall.
She broke their kiss and received a deep growl and a nip to her lip. She slid her tongue along the tender flesh and watched in awe as his gaze followed her every move. Like he couldn’t get enough of her. Her heart beat against her ribcage, threatening to burst with the love that filled her.
“Take me, Nathan. Not for just a night, but for now, and as long as you’ll love me. I’ll take it. I want you.” She felt vulnerable, unsure what to do now that she’d set it all out there. So she let her body react for her.
“Baby, this isn’t a one-night kinda thing.” His hands parted her ass and she gasped, feeling his big cock pulse hot against her drenched pussy lips.
Warm air of his breath enveloped her a second before the softness of his tongue found her hardened nipple. Live wires shot through her body, sending warm liquid to wet her folds. She couldn’t take it.
“More.”
Her nipple throbbed for the same attention he lavished on the other. She reached for it, but he pushed her hand aside. “Mine.” He squeezed the nipple between his thumb and finger with a delicious pinch to drive his point home and she withered in his embrace, eager for what he would do next.
Lips found her tender nipples, making her gasp and moan.
Pleading was on the menu too if he dared stop.
She could feel the sticky pre-cum from his cock smearing across her abdomen and she wanted more of it on her.
In her.