Blaze (Heat #3)(12)

"You're sure you want this?" He brushes his soft lips over my cheek before he rims the shell of my ear with his tongue. "I'm so hard for you, so ready."

I tug on the bottom of his T-shirt, wanting to run my hands over his sculpted stomach and hard chest. He acquiesces, pulling back from me only enough to give himself room to raise his arms. His shirt hits the floor just as my fingers find the button-fly of his jeans.

He edges forward, his hands pulling the fabric of my dress along my body. He slides it over my thighs before he stops to kiss the inside of my right leg. As the fabric grazes my stomach, his lips travel the same path. I shiver more with each inch of my skin that he unveils. Goosebumps pebble my arms as he motions for me to sit up so he can slip the dress over my head.

I fall back onto the bed, my ass squirming in a silent effort to encourage him to remove my panties. He does, slowly and methodically, his dark head lowering to kiss my cleft. He licks me twice, once along the seam, the second time deeper, separating my folds with the tip of his masterful tongue.

He's as eager as I am.

He moves quickly to get a condom from the drawer of my nightstand. His jeans are on the floor along with his boxer briefs, his cock sheathed, hard and ready for me.

He pushes my thighs apart as he lowers his knee to the bed. He's inside of me so quickly that I arch my back against the pressure. I clench my teeth, his name escaping me through a moan.

"Christ, Cadence," he gasps as he grabs my waist to still me. "I'll come if you do that. Your cunt is so tight. You're so f*cking wet."

I fist my hands in the blanket of my bed, grinding my hips in small circles. "Fuck me, Tyler. Make me forget everything else."

He slides out of me, then back in, harder, faster. He quickly finds his rhythm and I wrap my legs around him, wanting him closer, needing him to be as deep as he can be.

His hands fall to the bed on either side of my head, his lips resting against mine. "I'll always want more. You're so good. This is so f*cking good."

My core tenses with his words, the deep growl of his voice and the need that is there makes me ache. I clench as he swells inside me, his strokes slowing, driving me closer to the edge.

"I'm almost there." I breathe into the skin of his neck.

He plunges deeper, the motion pulling a roar from within him. The sound, the feeling of his cock filling me so completely, sends me into my release. I shudder around him and he moans my name as his neck arches back, his body tenses and he comes too.

***

"That comes in a close second for the best gift I received today." He slides his body next to mine in my bed, wrapping his arms around me. "That was amazing, Cadence. Fuck, that was so good."

It was. It was incredible. It's always been intense between us but that was different. The race to get off was only tempered by my need to watch him as he f*cked me. He had given everything away in his face. His need for me is just as strong as my desire for him.

"You were quick to discard me last night," I say the words that have been dangling from the tip of my tongue all day. "You broke up with me and fired me without talking to me first."

He nuzzles his face in my neck before he traces his finger along my jawline. His eyes find mine as he leans back to look at me. The only light in the room is filtering in from the window. It's enough that I can see the regret in his expression.

"When Sergio said you were the love of his life, there was this fire in my gut."

My throat tightens. "You didn't want anything to do with me. You cast me aside like I was nothing, Tyler."

"Christ, no." He tightens his grip on me, his fingers digging into my skin. "I was so pissed off. I lashed out because I was hurt. I've never felt pain that intense before. My chest was tight. It was hard to breathe."

"I felt pain too." I rub the pad of my thumb over his bottom lip. "It hurt that you wouldn't let me explain. It killed me inside that you threw me away that quickly."

He catches my thumb between his lips, his tongue grazing over it. "I would have realized what I'd done and come here to beg for your forgiveness. I regretted those things as soon as I said them. I was sick with jealousy, Cadence."

I study his face. He's a beautiful man, more so when he's like this, vulnerable and open. I've never felt jealousy like that. I felt a trace of it when I saw the images of him and Neela but deep down I know that whatever they had is over. She's not a threat to me. I'm secure in what he feels for me. Apparently, he's not convinced that what I feel for him is real.

"You don't have anything to be jealous of." I kiss him softly. "You're the only man I think about. You're the only one I want. There's no room inside of my mind or heart for anyone else."

He swallows hard, his lips press into mine again. This time the kiss is deep and slow. When he finally breaks it, my eyes are still closed shut, my lids heavy.

His lips find my ear. "My heart is filled with you. I'm falling in love."

I am too.

That's what I want to say. I don't. I can't, at least not yet. Instead I rest my head on his chest and listen to his heartbeat as I drift to sleep.





CHAPTER 14


"I'm going to be on the Rise and Shine morning show every week." I hand him a bowl of cereal. "You're sure you don't want me to make you something else to eat?"