One Chance (Hogan Brothers 1)

As the rush of bliss left his body, his muscles turned to jelly. Collapsing on top of her, he felt a new spark of hope while her limbs moved along him. A purr of contentment worked through her as he turned them on their sides to face each other. The look on her face, pure delight, was enough for him to know she’d enjoyed their lovemaking.

“That was incredible,” she murmured, her eyes heavy with sleep.

Pushing the hair back from her face and tangling his fingers in the gold locks, he told her, “I like you like this.” He kissed her forehead. “Sated.” He dropped another on her cheek. “Happy.” Another on the tip of her nose. “Mine.” Before finally taking her lips with more passion than he thought himself capable of after such an intense coupling.

Falling asleep with her in his arms, the scent of their loving surrounding them, Nox had never felt so complete in his life.

He found her.

The one woman to make him love stupid.

She’d be his everything.

Looking down at her sleeping face full of love and life, Nox couldn’t be happier than he was in that moment as she let out a contented sigh.

Sophia was life.

Stop trying so hard for people who don’t care.

Sophia awoke the next morning deliciously sore in all the right areas. For once, she didn’t feel an ounce of uncertainty about what they’d done the night before. Giving Nox her body was one of the best choices she’d ever made.

The w

ay he’d held her as they made love, the protection from the world as he devoured her body made her heart crack wide open. She was falling in love with him and heaven help her, she wanted to. She wanted him to be the one person in the world that belonged to her.

Fairytale love had never been an inkling of an idea for her before. She’d never believed in the all-consuming, mind changing emotion. Seeing Lorraine’s love for her husband and then her sons had her mind opening up to the idea.

Meeting Lennox and his over-bearing personality, she was definitely a believer now. She still had her hectic life to work through. She had to find out why someone wanted to hurt her before she could even think about letting her emotions develop into full-blown love. She couldn’t give him a false promise if she didn’t know what the future held.

Hearing his groan next to her, a huge smile worked across her face. He was still there. For some reason, she thought she’d wake up alone. Feeling his fingers work across her belly to grab her hip, he pulled her into his body. He was warm, relaxed as he kissed her shoulder.

“Good morning, beautiful.” His husky words followed by his swollen member digging into her butt made her giggle.

Before she could say a word, his alarm clock and phone started going off simultaneously causing him to groan with frustration while nipping her shoulder where his lips had been. “Hey!” she admonished him as he stood from the bed.

Her eyes nearly bulged from her head seeing his naked body in the sunlight streaming through the curtain. His butt had to be sculpted from marble with its perfection. The ease with which he walked around, uncaring that she could see every imperfection in his body, not that she’d found any, made her green with envy.

One day she would have the confidence, she hoped.

The shower starting was her cue to leave the bed in search of her clothes. Seeing her tattered dress on the floor, she grabbed Nox’s shirt beside it. As she slipped the garment over her head, she walked into the bathroom.

“Care to join me?” he asked from the open shower door.

Blushing profusely, she admitted, “I’d like to keep the aches a little longer. Makes it real.”

The heated look and enormous grin on his face showed his immense satisfaction at her answer. She listened to his smug whistling while she brushed her teeth and hair. As he climbed from the shower, her eyes were glued to his reflection in the mirror. Watching him dry off, the water dripped down his muscular chest. Sophia had the urge to lick every drop free before it could be absorbed from his skin. She was lost in a trance as the rivulets worked their way down his body to his muscular thighs and all the way to his strong feet.

Feet that were moving.

Towards her.

“Oh,” she gasped as his front hit her back. His hands held hers on the counter. When their eyes finally clashed in the mirror, she was putty in his hands.

“Like what you see, Soph?” he groaned into her neck.

Coherent thought wasn’t something she could process. He was taking over her mind, hitting every pleasure sensor in her body without even trying.

“I like how you watch me, baby.” His hips pushed into her from behind as he nibbled on her ear lobe.