Then he rolled her back and settled atop her once more.
“You have beautiful tits,” Steele said in a sandpapery voice. “Been dying to taste them.”
Her lips quirked up in a grin. “You seem to have a lot of fantasies involving tasting.”
He leaned down and she thought he would put his mouth on her nipple, but he kissed between her breasts and then brushed his lips down her midline. He adjusted himself so he lay between her splayed thighs, his chin just above the lace waistband of her panties.
“Been looking forward to this,” Steele whispered as he began to inch her underwear down her legs.
All her previous inhibitions and nervousness fled. This was a man who genuinely wanted her and had evidently fantasized about her on at least a semiregular basis. Who was she to argue with a man’s fantasies?
He tugged the panties from her ankles and they fluttered to the floor over his shoulder. He nudged her legs farther apart and then moved his body up hers until his mouth hovered enticingly over her mound.
With gentle fingers he parted her labia, exposing her clit and opening her to his avid gaze.
“Beautiful,” he murmured.
Her breath caught in her throat as his head descended. She closed her eyes and gasped when his tongue stroked over her clitoris. It was a warm shock to her entire body. Her legs trembled and her belly tightened. She stirred restlessly underneath him as his hands smoothed over her hips, anchoring her further within his grasp.
He nuzzled and licked, pressing tender kisses over her most intimate flesh. Never would she have imagined Steele being such a patient, gentle lover. She would have placed odds on his being quick and forceful, and yet he seemed determined to take things exquisitely slow and bring them both maximum pleasure.
She was definitely okay with that. She was more than happy to lose a night’s sleep if it meant having Steele make love to her the entire time. She could always catch up after he and his team left.
The idea that it could be months before she saw him again left her with an achy hollow feeling, but she couldn’t focus on that now. Not when he was between her legs giving her the best oral sex of her entire life.
“You checking out on me, Maren?”
She blinked and looked down to see Steele’s head raised, his gaze boring into hers. She flushed. The very last thing she wanted him to think was that she wasn’t into this and he wasn’t satisfying her. Good grief, what woman in bed with him could ever think such a thing?
“No,” she said huskily. “Definitely not.”
“You with me then?”
“Oh yeah, I’m with you,” she breathed.
“Is what I’m doing feeling good? You have to tell me if I’m not doing it right. I want this to be good for you.”
Her heart melted at the tinge of uncertainty in his voice. She reached down and touched his cheek, letting her fingers run over his firm jawline.
“If you did it any better, I’d be in a pleasure-induced coma.”
Another smile flashed, and she realized she could fast become addicted to his smiles. They were so rare and yet in the space of an hour she’d been on the receiving end of multiple smiles from this hard-as-nails warrior. Did anyone else ever see these? Somehow she didn’t think they did, which made the fact that he was smiling for her even more precious.
“I want you out of your mind before I get inside you because I can’t guarantee how long I’m going to last when I get inside that sweet pussy of yours. Been fantasizing about it for too long.”
She let out a blissful sigh. “Oh, I’m with you, Steele. No worries there. I want you inside me every bit as much as you want to be there. Promise.”
Another grin flashed. “You been thinking about me too?”
Embarrassed heat scorched her cheeks. But if he could admit to his fantasies, she could definitely impart hers.
“Oh yeah. All the time.”
“Too bad we’re just getting around to this now.”
“I don’t know,” she mused. “You said you wanted me out of your system. If we’d done this before, we wouldn’t be doing it now, and right now I’m really glad it’s tonight.”
“Very good point. Let’s enjoy tonight then.”
She suppressed a sigh of unhappiness at the thought he wanted to have sex with her and be done. Not that she expected anything permanent. Steele wasn’t a permanent kind of guy. But it still stung that he wanted to exorcise her and never have anything to do with her after they had sex.
Oh well, carpe diem and all that jazz. Tonight would just have to fulfill any urges she had where he was concerned.
His tongue swept from her entrance up to her clit and then rolled teasingly, eliciting a gasp from her.
“You like that.”
His voice rumbled deeply from his chest, vibrating over her quivering flesh, sparking spasms of pleasure that coiled tautly through her midsection.
“Oh yeah, I like it a lot.”
He sucked gently with just the right amount of pressure. Her knees shook uncontrollably and her thighs went to jelly. He moved his hand down between her legs and tentatively slid one finger inside her while he continued to tongue her clit.
Her orgasm was rising, sharp, wildly out of control. She panted in an effort to stave it off. Not yet. She didn’t want it over so quickly. She wanted it to last. She wanted to savor every single minute of Steele in her bed, him touching and his mouth on her skin.
“Give me one, Maren. I want you to come in my mouth.”
She let out a moan even as she fought it.
“I want it to last,” she whispered. “I’ve dreamed about this too, Steele. I want it to last.”
A soft chuckle rumbled over her skin. “There’ll be more. I’m going to make you come many more times before I’m done with you.”
“Oh,” she breathed out. “In that case . . .”
“In my mouth,” he murmured.
He added a second finger, stretching her and softly caressing her slick passageway as his mouth continued his sensual journey, his tongue driving her to madness.
She arched upward, seeking more of his mouth, his fingers. So close. She teetered precariously, building, building.
“Steele.”
His name slipped out. A plea.
“Let go, Maren. God, you’re so beautiful. I wish you could see you the way I do right now. Flushed with pleasure. Your eyes glowing. Your skin pink. And you taste so unbelievably sweet.”
His words sent her right over the edge. Plunging hard and fast. The room blurred and spun dizzyingly around her. Her breaths were coming so hard and fast she was near to hyperventilating.
“Fucking amazing,” Steele growled from between her legs.
He licked and sucked, drinking deeply from her, until she was limp underneath him, completely sated. She lifted her hand as he rose over her and palmed his cheek as he came closer.
He turned his mouth in to her palm, pressing a kiss to the inside of her hand.
“Good?” he asked.
“Perfect.”
She could barely get the one word past her lips. She’d never felt so good in her life. She didn’t have the energy to move a single muscle. Thank goodness he seemed perfectly content to do all the moving for her.
He slid one hand between her legs, gently parting her thighs as he settled his big body over hers. He fumbled with the condom a minute with one hand while propping himself up off her with the other. Then he planted both hands on either side of her head and lowered his mouth to hers.
She sucked in a deep breath as his lips hovered temptingly over hers. She nudged her chin upward, impatient to have his mouth on hers.
She was rewarded when their tongues met in a heated clash. Hot, breathless. His tongue slid enticingly over hers, licking and sucking just as he positioned himself between her legs.