Swallowing hard, my pulse began to pick up. “That’s true . . . your touch excites me.”
With a raise of his eyebrow, he nodded. “I hope it always will.”
“Keep going,” I said breathlessly.
“Close your eyes.”
I did as he asked and gripped onto his shirt.
“Picture a room filled with candles burning.”
“O-okay.”
“I’m going to relearn every curve of your body. Move my lips across your soft skin until you beg me to make love to you. But I won’t just yet.”
My lips parted open. “Why not?”
“Because I don’t want to take for granted that the most beautiful woman in the world is lying next to me in bed and she is mine. Forever and always mine. So, I’ll go slow with every touch and kiss. I’m whisper against your lips how much I love you and want you. I want to love you, Taylor, like it’s our last time together.”
The ground felt as if it was moving as my knees grew weak and my lower stomach pulled with desire. “Jase,” I whispered.
When his lips pressed against mine, I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back with as much passion as I could. Things were quickly heating up. His hand moved up my shirt. Moaning into his mouth, I moved my hand over his hard hard-on and squeezed it.
“Jesus H. Christ. That is the last thing I want to see. Ugh. Noah, help me back outside ‘cause I think I’m about to puke!”
Jase smiled against my lips. Giggling, I stepped back to see my very pregnant best friend standing there with a snarled lip.
“Hello to you too, Grace.”
Noah waved off Grace. “Don’t mind her; she woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.”
I quickly walked up and took Hope out of Noah’s arms. “Hi, sweet baby girl. You’re getting so big! I can’t believe in a few months she’ll be one!”
Grace ran her hand over Hope’s back. “I know. Makes me so sad she is growing up so fast.”
Jase and Noah shook hands and started talking about baseball. Rolling my eyes, I turned back to Grace.
“How are you feeling?”
With a wink, she let out a short chuckle. “I’m okay. Just uncomfortable and I still have a month and a half to go. Wait until you see Alex!”
Alex was due with her second child the beginning of July.
“My gosh, why is it so hot?” Grace remarked while trying to fan herself.
With a shrug, I replied, “Cause it’s Texas in June.”
“And you had to plan a wedding outside. Did you not take into account your three best friends were knocked up?”
Attempting to keep my smile hidden, I spun Hope around while she laughed. “How terribly inconsiderate of me.”
“I know, right?” Grace bit back.
“Do you want to go outside and talk about the landscaping?”
Her eyes lit up. If there was one thing Grace loved more than her husband and daughter, it was plants and trees and dirt.
“Yes!”