Despite the alarming widening of her eyes, she shook her head. ‘You take something off first.’
He sighed. ‘Are we going to argue about every single thing?’
The hand gripping the towel tightened defiantly. ‘Equality is a very big thing for women these days.’
His mouth attempted to lift without his permission but the severity of his need killed his mirth. His jacket came off and hit the floor, followed by his tie and shirt.
When his hand went to his belt, she froze, her gaze following the movement. He slowed the slide of the belt through the loops. Something about having her eyes on him turned him on even harder.
He hadn’t forgotten his paramount objective but, Dios, he was also going to take a little bit of pleasure in his task.
‘Do it, Suki. I won’t tell you again.’
Slowly, she let go of the towel.
Everything locked inside him, save for the electric zap of lust that powered his every cell. Maybe he was going to take more than a little pleasure in bringing his child into the world.
Discarding the belt, he pulled her into his arms, fisted one hand in her thick hair, angled her face up to his. The wave of anxiety that crossed her face pulled him short for a moment.
‘This can be the clinical exercise you accused it of being. Or we can attempt to enjoy it. Which would you prefer?’
Her mouth fell open in shock, then she blushed fiercely. ‘I...how can I answer that without...without...?’
He glided his thumb over her lips. ‘It’s fine, you don’t need to incriminate yourself. I would prefer the latter. And I will proceed accordingly unless you indicate otherwise.’
‘Or we can stop dissecting it and just get on with it?’ she muttered, her colour heightening as her gaze dropped from his.
Ramon wanted to bring it back to his. But he couldn’t resist the prompt to just get on with it. Not when his hands were gliding over her glorious skin and her breathing was altering in that heady way again. Not when the sight of the tip of her tongue caressing her inner lip was threatening to drive him insane.
The distance to his bed was mercifully short. Laying her down, he quickly disposed of his remaining clothes. When her wide-eyed gaze took in his erection, he swallowed a groan and brought himself under fierce control.
Stretching out next to her, he pressed her body to his, caressed his hand down the delicate line of her spine.
She arched against him, bringing the tips of her sweet breasts against his chest. When the sensitised tips brushed him, she whimpered. The sound, like every single one she made, drove blood straight between his legs.
Unable to resist, he bent his head and took one pink peak into his mouth. Her whimper turned into a cry as her fingers spiked through his hair.
Sí, there was absolutely no reason why they couldn’t enjoy making this baby that would ensure the continuation of his family’s legacy.
In pathetically few minutes, the insane hunger threatened to annihilate him.
Pressing her onto her back, he braced himself over her.
* * *
Suki didn’t think she had any more air in her lungs to exhale with as Ramon parted her thighs. But apparently the sight of him, crouched so masterfully over her, could elicit another giddy rush of air.
She couldn’t...shouldn’t be enjoying this. Every particle in her body shouldn’t be craving what was coming so much. And yet wild, dizzy anticipation continued to ripple through her as his fingers slid between their bodies, located that needy place between her thighs and delivered wicked caresses.
Her head was rolling restlessly on his pillow as he started kissing his way down her body. Open-mouthed kisses that branded her skin and left a trail of fire she was sure would never be extinguished. She wasn’t aware her nails were digging into his shoulders until he hissed encouragement.
Dragging her head off the pillow, she looked down to find his ferocious gaze pinned on her, tracking her every response.
He got to her belly and he paused, his lips hovering over her womb. An enigmatic expression washed over his face. Then his head dropped one last fraction, anointing her belly with a kiss. Something heavy and indefinable moved through her, wrapped around her heart.
Suki shied away from it, her intuition pushing her towards emotional self-preservation. His mouth brushed lower and she stopped thinking altogether.
She resurfaced from her first climax long enough to feel him tug her resolutely beneath him.