She smiled, thinking that he was sweet in a dangerous kind of way. Yeah, all that raw power and intensity was right there, lurking behind his molten, almost glowing eyes. And all of that intensity was for her. He wanted her that much!
“Could we skip dinner?” she suggested, peeking up at him shyly through her lashes. She wasn’t as hungry for food as she was hungry for him. For the way he made her feel.
“Damn, woman!” he growled and lifted her into his arms just as he had at the trailhead.
Laughing, Selena squealed as he carried her inside. “Put me down!” she laughed.
He rolled his eyes even as he took the steps two at a time, not even breathing heavily as he carried her up the stairs and shouldered his way into the bedroom where he lowered her feet to the floor.
Looking up into his eyes, her stomach muscles tightened with anticipation. “What are you going to do now?” she asked.
He stepped closer, pulling her hips flush against his own. “I thought I’d start with taking your shirt off.”
Selena suddenly remembered that she was wearing an ugly sports bra. “Um….”
“Don’t even try it!” he told her, chuckling and that sound…it was an amazing aphrodisiac! “I don’t care if you’re wearing lace or spandex,” he told her, correctly realizing where her mind was going. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s coming off too.”
His attitude intensified her excitement and caused her to relax. It was a strange sensation, feeling both at the same time. If she’d had a moment to think about it, she’d say that they were opposite reactions.
Then he pulled her tee shirt off, dumping it on the floor without any concern, and she was too shocked to think of anything. She couldn’t even protest.
Then his fingers moved to her breasts, his eyes tracing the path where her sports bra pulled her breasts in. “This isn’t supposed to look sexy,” he groaned, “but seeing your nipples through this material,” and he ran a finger over each, causing her to gasp, “is pretty hot.”
Over and over again, his forefinger teased that indentation, making her squirm and her knees to go weak. “Reid!” she gasped.
“I love it when you say my name like that,” he told her, then did it again.
She grabbed his wrists, trying to pull his hands away. “No more,” she told him.
His eyes lit up and he shook his head. “We’re just getting started, honey.”
Oh, she loved those sweet endearments! They sounded delicious to hear ears! “Could you hurry up?”
He laughed again. “No. I’ve been waiting a long time to do this with you. We’re going to savor every moment.”
She frowned, not sure she could take savoring this first time around. “Maybe we could savor later?”
His mouth covered hers in a kiss so hot, her toes literally curled. Her body couldn’t stand the distance so she moved closer, her hands clinging to his shoulders as she pulled herself higher, needing a deeper kiss, wanting more. His hands tightened in her hair but the prickles only turned her on more, especially when he angled her head, deepening the kiss.
“I need more,” he told her. “I want to see all of you.”
With the heat burning from his eyes, Selena felt strong and powerful, beautiful. The way he was looking at her, surely it wasn’t a lie,” she told herself. This was real! This was what she’d been missing all her life.
With a quick tug of the laces, her hiking boots were tossed to the floor and she was relieved when he pulled the ugly socks off as well. They might have protected the skin of her feet from rubbing against her new hiking boots, but that didn’t mean she wanted them on any longer than was necessary. He tossed the socks behind him with the boots and her shirt.
When his fingers moved to the waistband of her shorts, she panicked slightly, grabbing his hands to stop him.
“I won’t take them off if you don’t want me to, Selena,” he promised. She still felt his fingers against her stomach. The sensation was startling, intriguing, and exactly what she needed to let him proceed further.
Gone were her shorts and then he was staring down at her cotton panties.
“Okay, I have to tell you…I was wrong.”