Take the Fall (Take the Fall, #1)(24)

Chapter 7





Rowan


I don’t hear Seth when he first comes in, just the sound of his heavy footsteps as he approaches. I wait for him in bed, my palms damp and my heart racing. He enters the room, his dark gaze finding me as he unlaces his shoes and toes them off.

“Stand up,” he orders and my shaky legs comply.

The cool air hits my skin, making goose bumps appear. My nipples tighten painfully under his watchful eyes.

He smirks a little. “Undress me.”

I lift a brow.

“My rules, baby,” he says. “You lost the right to control what happens when you decided to publicly insult me.” His voice is eerily calm.

He’s correct, and he was well within his rights to do the same to me, but he didn’t.

I walk to him, stopping inches from his body. Heat and his smell pour off of him. Slowly, I push up the material of his thermal shirt. He dips down a little so I can pull it over his head. In the dimly lit room, I can make out his dog tags, the silver chain they hang from, and the broad chest they complement.

Before, we’d rushed to have sex, and I didn’t get a chance to really look at him, but now….I run my hand down the center of his body, feeling the hardness and the short crisp hair that merge into a single line trailing under the waistband of his jeans.

He sucks in a breath when I unbutton his pants, working one button at a time.

“Rowan.” My name is a warning on his lips.

Standing on my tiptoes, I press a soft kiss to his mouth. “Don’t worry, Marine, I’ll do my patriotic duty and take very good care of you.” My hand slips inside his boxer briefs and wraps around his cock. Velvet over steel. I slowly move my hand up and down the length of him, watching as his eyes close and his hips jut forward.

“Feels damn good,” he murmurs. His sexy mouth opens slightly and I lower to my knees.

Pulling out his heavy erection, I kiss the head. Seth’s eyes snap open, glittering black as he stares down at me. Keeping my gaze locked with his, I part my lips and take him inside. His body shudders and his hands go to my head, fisting in my hair.

I revel in this moment, in this power I have over him. For so long I was powerless when it came to Seth, but now, even on my knees, I’m holding him in my hands.

Strangely enough I don’t want to lord that over him. I want to please him. Run my hands up and down his erection and listen as he groans my name.

“Rowan.”

Smiling, I take my time stroking and licking him. I learn what makes him moan and what makes him hiss. What makes his legs shake and his hands tighten in my hair. I work my way up his body, pressing hot kisses along the way and shoving his jeans down. Rediscovering Seth’s body is both painful and healing.

My fingertips glide over his nipples, which are just as hard as mine.

He cups the back of my neck, pulling me closer. “Kiss me.”

Tenderly, slowly…oh, so slowly, I brush my lips over his. Again and again. He rumbles low in his throat and covers my mouth with his. He sucks on my tongue, making me whimper.

Pulling away, he grabs me by my thighs and lifts. I wrap my legs around his waist. His cock brushes against me with every step.

“I want you,” I whisper.

“Be patient,” he says as he lays me down in the center of the bed. I watch as he gets rid of his jeans, boxer briefs, and socks, then rolls on a condom.

Seth places a knee on his bed and then his hands. The muscles in his arms are cut perfectly, the veins bulging as he puts more of his weight on them. His dark gaze rakes over me as he licks his lips. I grow shamelessly wet.

He grins like he knows it and crawls up and over me. Straddling my body, he sits up and runs the side of his thumb right along his lower lip in that way I love. His erection is rubbing against my chest, right between my breasts. I arch my back slightly and begin to move.

“Take what you want from me,” I say, dying for him to finish this. I want him hot and hard inside of me. I want him wild and out of control. I want him—

He flattens his palm against my collarbone and runs it up to my neck, lightly closing his fingers around it. “You have no idea how much you own me.”

“That’s not my hand around your neck,” I say, but I make no move to push him away. A delicious thrill runs through me.

“Yeah, I’m bigger than you, stronger than you, and could make you do whatever I wanted, but that’s not what I’m here for,” he says softly. Keeping his fingers lightly wrapped around my neck, he pushes his body back so that he’s laying fully on top of mine. My thighs cradle him, the head of his cock pushing against where I’m hot and needy.

He dips his head, claiming my mouth in a hot kiss that makes my toes curl. The onslaught never comes, not like I expect. He devastates me one kiss at a time. He strokes my hair and the side of my face, then cups my breast. His thumb teases my nipple and makes me moan.

But still he won’t move his other hand; it’s like he thinks I’ll bolt. I grab his wrist. He peers up at me through lashes so dark and thick it makes him look like he’s wearing eyeliner.

“I need something to hold on to,” I say.

The most wicked smile I’ve ever seen from anyone, including Seth, kicks up the corners of his mouth. “Hold on tight,” he murmurs as his hungry mouth covers my nipple and sucks it deep. His teeth nibble and torture me. His tongue soothes the sharp bites of pain that he leaves all over my sensitized skin.