I squeeze her hand in mine. “Don’t let this slip through our fingers. You know you want it,” I say calmly but firmly.
She takes a deep breath.
“I do…but I know how dangerous this is.”
I feel my lips tug up into a smile.
“All the best things are,” I say, and then I lean across the table and kiss her.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Tara
I gasp when his lips connect with mine. He takes my breath away as he kisses me, showing me everything I’ve been missing all this time.
Just one kiss from him ignites a whole world of possibilities that I never knew excited. I had no idea that anything could ever feel this good.
I was so wary about this happening. I know it’s a risk, that it’s dangerous. But that makes it all the more tantalizing. His hot lips on mine feel like heaven, and I never want him to stop. His hand cups my cheek, holding me close, and for the first time in my life, it feels like I’d risk anything to make one moment, this moment, last forever.
We break apart for a moment and Nate lets out a deep growl as stands from the table.
“I need to get you out of here, now,” he growls.
I blink in shock.
“But the food…” We haven’t even ordered. Nate growled at the waiter to leave us alone.
“It doesn’t matter,” he grits out. “I need you. Right this fucking second.”
He moves around to my side of the table and takes my hand, pulling me to my feet. Between my legs, there’s a heat that can’t be ignored, and it zips up my body rushing through me at the thought of what he plans to do with me.
I let him guide me out of the restaurant, his grip hard on my hand.
I’m so dizzy with lust that I barely register where it is that we’re going. It’s a part of the boat I don’t recognize, but I’m not paying much attention to that. I just watch Nate with eager eyes, drinking him in.
When we reach our destination, I suddenly realize where we are. The Captain’s quarters. It’s a luxurious part of the boat, much more inviting than my tiny cabin, and it feels so romantic that he’s taking me inside, to this part of his world.
He pulls me inside his quarters, backs me up against the door, and kisses me hard. I cling to him desperately and he pulls me ever closer, his tongue exploring mine.
“God, you’re so sexy,” he growls against my lips.
It’s like he can’t stop himself. I’ve never felt sexy in my life, but right now, he’s making me feel like I can be anything, that I can fulfill all of his deepest desires with just my touch.
His hands are all over me, desperate, grappling for the hem of my dress. I let him take control, trying not to care that my heart is in overdrive and I’m nervous as hell to let him see my body.
No man has ever seen me naked before, and I wasn’t prepared for this tonight.
What if he thinks I’m ugly, gross? What if he changes his mind about me?
But I’m willing to take the risk. I want him to touch me, and I can’t do that fully clothed. I have to hope that he still likes what he sees once I’m undressed.
I let him slide me out of my dress, my heart crashing hard against my ribs. The moment feels charged. But as he removes my clothes, he lets out a low growl of approval, letting me know he likes what he sees.
I sigh in relief, but I don’t have much time to register the release of my nerves because he’s kissing me again, his hand gliding all over me, savoring every inch of my skin. I’m trembling beneath his touch, coming undone with every movement of his hands, but it feels too good to deny myself this.
His lips find my neck and I moan deeply, feeling my skin tingle as he explores my neck. It feels so damn good. I know that my pussy is wet and waiting for him between my legs. I need him so badly right now that it takes everything in me not to beg, or cry out his name, to force his hand between my legs, and finally feel some relief from this growing need that’s been building between us.
When his hand begins to move up my thigh I gasp. I want it so much, and yet I’m still not prepared.
I don’t know what I’m doing. This is all so new to me. But he seems to sense my nerves because he brings his lips to my ears.
“You don’t need to be nervous,” he says, nipping my earlobe with his teeth. “Just relax. Let me do all the work.”
And then his fingers slide easily past my panties and inside me.