His name fell from her lips as he kept up his pleasure causing ways. He groaned slightly as her back arched and toes curled. He was the only solid thing in her world as pleasure melted everything else into oblivion.
“I need you, Jace,” she whispered as her world slowly came back into focus. Having him inside of her, completing her, was the only thing she could think of. “I need you.”
He stepped back, leaving her leaning heavily against the wall, and slid out of his pants. His boxer briefs struggled to contain him and his desire. She was just coherent enough to reach out and pull the boxers down, gasping as he sprung free.
He was the perfect male specimen.
He chuckled at her expression, reaching down and grabbing something from the back pocket of his pants. It only took him a moment to sheath himself in a condom, but it was a moment that Ella wished she didn't have to wait for.
“You were saying something about needing me?” he asked, looking smug and sexy as hell.
She nodded, unable to speak as she stared at his perfect body. Her body moved of its own accord to wrap
a leg around him and pull him toward her needful center as her back pressed against the bar.
“Good,” he said, sliding into her to the hilt. “Because I need you.”
Her inner muscles tightened around him, never wanting him to leave. He groaned, low and deep, his eyes rolling back into his head as pleasure washed over his features. Together, they moved, slow at first, reveling each inch of sensation. He opened and filled her as only a big man could, driving her slowly wild.
“Ella...” Her name was a benediction. It was a prayer of desperation and wonder as he completed her.
She smiled into his shoulder, using her leg as leverage against his tight ass, pushing him ever deeper into herself. She never wanted him to leave, except that every time he rocked out, he always rocked back in better and stronger than before.
Without warning, he thrust deep, making her gasp and her legs tighten. His hands went to her waist, and lifted, picking her up as if she weighed nothing. She shrieked in surprise, completely skewered upon him as he walked them both over to the love-seat where he gently lay her down.
His body covered hers like a hot blanket of sexiness. From this angle, each muscle in his arms and shoulders popped out, looking as strong as she knew he was. She looked up at him, seeing only the strength of his shoulders and the beauty of his blue-green eyes.
She reached up, stretching to kiss him and bring his lips to hers. He tasted so damn good. His hips never stopped, never stopped rolling and filling her completely. Her hands scrambled along his muscled back, searching for purchase to draw him ever deeper into her.
Skin pressed to skin, they both struggled to find a frantic pace that met both their needs. Her hips arched and writhed to meet him, and his strength and stamina pushed her ever upward. She was so close to finding release yet again, with him deep inside of her.
She closed her eyes and stars formed behind them as she crested a wave of such intense pleasure she wasn't sure she was going to survive it. Nothing in her life had prepared her for bliss such as this, bliss that rode through every inch of her body, from head to toe. There were no words for pleasure like this.
It was more than just sex. Ella could feel him deep in her soul, settling within her in the space made just for him. There was no way two people could have this much physical chemistry without having something to power it. Their bodies fit together, while their emotions wrapped them like blankets. They were connected, and Ella knew it.
Ella let herself free. She gave herself over to Jace completely, letting herself shatter into him.
Jace was right behind her, riding her wave into one of his own. His body crashed into hers, claiming hers as his own. She'd never loved anything as much as she loved the way his heat coursed through the entire length of her. She melted around him as he melted into her, the two of them combining in the most perfect of ways.
She opened her eyes, just to look at him and gasped. It was the look on his face, the one she put there, the one of pure wonder and love that seared straight into her soul. There was more than just lust in those eyes, more than just animal desire. There was affection and... love? Her heart jumped into her throat. She had to be imagining things. Seeing what she wanted to see. They were so connected on a physical level that she assumed she must be projecting her own feelings.
Still, there was something there. That look, along with the way he wrapped around her, etched into her mind as one of the best memories of her life.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Ella snuggled her cheek against Jace's chest, listening to the pounding of his heart. She loved the way it sang to her, thumping away with the passion they had just shared. For a moment, just one, she let herself imagine that she could listen to it again. That it was beating just for her and that this moment would be one of many, rather than just a weekend fling.
She knew she shouldn't think of him as hers. He was a billionaire CEO, for heaven's sake, and she was just an overworked, underpaid servant for her stepmother. She was barely allowed to wash his sheets, let alone sleep in them.
Yet here she was, wrapped up in his arms and the most content and happy she'd ever been.
It wasn't fair. Ella closed her eyes, focusing on his heartbeat again. She wanted to save this moment up, store it in her mind for the rest of her life. For this moment, she was happy. She was loved. She wasn't sure when another moment like this would come again, so she was determined to keep it for as long as possible.
“You're awfully quiet,” Jace murmured, pressing his lips to the top of her head. “Penny for your thoughts?”
“I'm not sure they're worth a whole penny,” Ella replied. She wasn't sure if she should tell him what she was thinking or just pretend that everything was fine.
“I like to spend big,” he coaxed. “What are you thinking?”