From Sanctum with Love (Masters and Mercenaries #10)(57)

What the hell? She was left standing there half naked as Kai went and did… What the hell was he doing? Still, he had given her an order. He’d looked at her and growled the words “get naked.”

Should she get nakeder? Or pull up her pajama bottoms and go figure out what he was doing?

The door came back open and there was Kai, his face tight, his eyes going straight to her body. “I told you to get naked.”

Naked. She was going to be naked in front of Kai. But then he’d seen her naked. He’d thought she was pretty.

If she didn’t do what he asked, he would very likely do something super nasty to her. What was in his hand?

“Tell me you didn’t walk out to your car to get a condom? Did they see you?”

“I didn’t have one in my car. If you aren’t naked in the next three seconds, you’ll wear a butt plug to work today.”

She pulled her tank top over her head as quickly as she could. There were some things even her masochist’s soul couldn’t handle. “If you didn’t get it from your car, where did you?” The truth made her gasp. “Please tell me you didn’t ask your brother for one.”

“Good, I won’t tell you. Kiss me again. I can’t get enough of your mouth. I want to feel it everywhere.” He leaned over, pulling her to him. The rough feel of his denim stroked against her naked skin. “And it doesn’t matter how I got the condom. From now on, I’ll have them on hand.”

His brother knew they were about to have sex.

Kai slapped her ass, a hard, nasty strike that brought her back to him. “Focus. I don’t care who knows. I don’t intend to keep this hidden and if you’re embarrassed by being with me, you better let me know now.”

Embarrassed because she was about to have sex with the most amazing man she’d ever met? She went up on her toes and pressed her lips against his. “I don’t want you to gag me this time, Sir.”

His arms went around her, lifting her up so their mouths could fuse together. His tongue invaded and Kori couldn’t think about the fact that they weren’t alone in the house. Jared had been standing there the previous night when Kai had made her scream. It didn’t matter that he was outside now. Not when she’d made the decision to try with Kai.

Fear ran through her at the very thought, but she shoved it aside. Brave Kori. She was going with it. Brave Kori got all the orgasms, and that was worth the risk.

Brave Kori might end up with Kai. That was worth anything.

“Take my shirt off.” He growled the words against her lips as he set her back down.

She let her hands find the buttons on his shirt, carefully easing back each one. He was a present to unwrap, his masculine beauty a gift for her eyes only this morning. Kai stood still, his gaze steady on her as she pushed back his shirt and let her hands roam. Soft skin over smooth muscle.

She started to move on, but he stopped her, his hand coming up and moving over hers, holding her palm to his heart. “Go slow. It’s the first time.”

“The first time?”

“The first time you’ve touched me. Do you know how long it’s been since this meant anything to me?”

She was not going to cry. His warmth suffused her, seeming to spread from his hand through her system. He wasn’t letting up. If he’d walked in and demanded her submission, she could have told him to go to hell, but she couldn’t walk away from this. He made her meaningful and that scared her. Scared her and made her heart swell like it hadn’t in forever. “Not as long as it’s been for me.”

Quick would have been easy, but nothing was simple with Kai and that was a good thing.

When he eased off, she let her hand slide over his chest, learning the feel of his skin, the way his muscles moved under her touch, how his heart thudded against his ribs. She leaned forward because touch wasn’t the only thing she wanted. She kissed the curve of his neck, worshipping the body she’d watched and wanted for so long. Honoring the man she’d needed since the day they’d met.

Slowly she worked her way down his body, touching and kissing and exploring. He hissed when she licked at his nipple. Kai’s chest was smooth with only a few scars marring his perfection. She kissed those, too. It didn’t matter where he’d gotten them. It could have been in the Army or little reminders of carelessness from his childhood. They were a part of Kai and she accepted them. Flaws and imperfections made humans who they were, so his were lovely in her eyes.

She unbuttoned the fly on his pants. His cock was already tenting the jeans. She eased the jeans down and saw the head of his cock was poking out of the waistband of his boxers. Eager thing. The idea that beautiful cock was hard for her slammed into her brain.

“Touch me,” Kai growled. “You can be rough.”

She didn’t want to be rough with him. She gently pulled the boxers free, his cock springing forward. “I thought that was your job.”

“We need to talk about what you really like.”

She dropped to her knees before him. This was something she definitely liked. His dick was perfect, long and thick and made for giving pleasure. She brushed her fingers over the velvety head, examining the pearly drop pulsing from his slit. “I like you.”

His hand found her hair, twisting and lighting up her scalp. “I like you, too, baby. I’m talking about hard and soft limits. We don’t have any. I don’t want to scare you or hurt you in a way you don’t enjoy.”