Best declaration of love ever.
Her heart filled to capacity. Although she’d been in love with him for as long as she could remember, she never expected anything to come of it. The first time Rusty touched her, her dream died. The memory of that horrifying moment would never fully fade away. Not what he did to her physically, that she couldn’t recall at all because she’d been so lost in her head, despairing over the fact that the one thing she’d wanted her whole life would never occur. The certainty that Copper wouldn’t be able to stand the sight of her once he’d found out she’d been with Rusty. Yet, here they were, years later, declaring their love for one another. Every wish she’d ever cast into the universe was for this very moment to transpire.
“You don’t need to apologize for anything, Copper. I don’t blame you for your reaction. Not only were you blindsided, but you were blindsided by something you’d never considered a possibility. I’m just so grateful you gave me this chance to explain what happened and that you believe me. Of course, I want you in my life,” she said, stroking the soft hair on his face. “You’re the only man I’ll ever want in my life,” she said.
He kissed her then, sensual and so deep it felt like he was trying to merge them into one. The room spun, and Shell’s body responded with a sudden, overwhelming need. It’d been an emotional night for the record books. She needed the pleasure of the mind and body connection she’d found with Copper.
He stood, scooping her up as though she weighed no more than a bag of feathers. Immediately, she locked her legs around his bulk, clinging to him as they continued to devour each other. Copper walked them down the hallway toward her bedroom, pausing halfway and pressing her against the wall. He ground his erection into her, leisurely, torturously. Every move was unhurried, deliberate. Not a frantic race to come, but a gradual simmering build of heat. Shell just knew he was going to drag this out all night long.
And she planned to make the most of every single second.
With a maddeningly slow roll of his hips, he thrust his cock against her pussy. The silky panties were soaked through. They needed to go. As did his jeans and whatever he had on beneath. Copper took his sweet time exploring her mouth with sensual sweeps of his tongue. Each time he rubbed his cock between her legs, he squeezed her ass, and she shivered. Part of her wanted to groan in frustration and demand he fuck her while another part of her relished the unhurried pace.
“So fucking perfect,” he whispered, before diving into another core-shaking kiss.
After what had to be a solid few minutes, Copper pulled her from the wall and completed the short trek to her room. Down she went, onto the bed as he cradled her like she was made of fragile glass.
Finally ending the mind-melting kiss, he held himself over her. Heavy-lidded eyes met her gaze. She wiggled beneath him, grabbing the hem of her shirt, and shimmying it up and over her head. Then, with her gaze still on him, she arched up, unclasping her bra. Seconds later, it joined her top somewhere on the floor.
Copper’s heated stare traced her body down to where his tented jeans rested against her core, then back up to her face. Everywhere his gaze stroked burned for real touch. Her nipples were so tight they almost hurt. “I need your skin,” she said as she tugged on the bottom of his T-shirt. “I want to feel you all over me as well as inside me.”
“Fuck, you kill me.” He sat back on his heels and gave her a sexy grin through the fur of his beard. Gone was the tension, guilt, and remorse of the past hour. All that remained was a hungry outlaw about to pillage. He reached behind his head and pulled off the T-shirt, revealing hard pecs, hills and valleys of six-pack abs, and to-die-for shoulders. “This what you wanted to see, baby?”
Shell sucked her lower lip between her teeth and nodded. “Yes. But the best part is still hiding from me.” As she spoke, she reached out and ran her hand over Copper’s tight stomach.
“Oh yeah? I think I know what you’re looking for.” He scooted off the bed.
Shell’s gaze stayed locked on his pelvis as he lost the denim. His cock sprang forward, long, thick, and deliciously hard. The lack of underwear didn’t surprise her.
“Better?”
Oh yeah. “Much, much better.” She gave him a sly grin. “Now bring that bad boy over here.”
With a chuckle, Copper crawled between her spread legs and fisted his cock. “You want this cock, baby?”
“Yes, Copper.”
“Bad?”
“So bad.”