* * *
Liam held Abi close to him, wishing he never had to let go.
The first rays of the morning sun were shimmering in the window and he knew that meant the end of this loving interlude with his wife. When she woke up, he’d see the regret in her eyes. The fervent wish that she had not allowed herself to get swept up in the passion between them.
When he’d seen her note last night, he’d been filled with hope that she really wanted them to be together again. But the joy that had swelled inside him burst the moment her wide eyes had turned to him in surprise at the sound of his voice.
He knew at that instant that she wasn’t there to be with him. She had wanted to be with another man.
Del.
He nuzzled his face in her hair and breathed in the sweet scent. Orange blossoms.
She stiffened slightly. She was awake now.
He didn’t loosen his hold on her. He wasn’t going to make it easy for her to slip away from him.
“Good morning,” he murmured against her ear.
She drew in a deep breath. Instead of straining away from him as he’d anticipated, she rested back against him. His arm glided up her stomach, stopping when it brushed against the bottom of her naked breasts.
He shifted as she eased onto her back, gazing up at him. Her wide blue eyes were filled with caution.
“Good morning,” she responded.
CHAPTER FIVE
As Abi gazed up at Liam’s handsome face, her heart swelled, filling with both pleasure and pain. Being with him last night had been incredible. Toe-curling. Breathtaking passion and fireworks.
But it was always incredible with him.
Sex had never been a problem for them. But that wasn’t enough to make a marriage work. The fact that he’d married her because she’d been carrying his baby … That wasn’t good enough for her. He’d insisted he loved her, but then he’d known that was the only way to convince her to marry him. And it hadn’t been hard to convince her, because she was so in love with him.
She didn’t blame him for that. He’d been trying to do the right thing for her and the baby. And she was sure, deep down inside, that he’d believed it himself.
He stroked her hair behind her ear with such tenderness, her heart ached. Right now, gazing into his chocolate-brown eyes, filled with warmth, she could almost convince herself again that he loved her.
But believing that would only lead to despair.
When she’d lost the baby … when he’d pulled away from her so completely …
Her chest compressed so tightly she could barely breathe.
Despite all of that, she still wanted to be with him. Lying here with him, so close, his gaze on her filling with desire as he watched her …
* * *
The emotions flickering across Abi’s features confused Liam. She hadn’t run away yet, which was a good thing. And in her eyes, he saw pain, but it was mingled with so many other things.
“What are you thinking?” he asked.
Her voice trembled as she said, “I’m trying not to think at all.”
Then her arms came around him and she pulled him close. Her lips found his as she arched forward, her luscious breasts brushing against him. He leaned closer, consuming her sweet mouth. Her tongue nudged his lips and he opened, then delighted at the feel of it sweeping inside.
He prowled over her, his cock swelling to a rigid column of hot need. As soon as it fell on her belly, she grasped it with her hand and squeezed.
“You want me,” she murmured as she stroked him, driving his desire higher and higher.
“Of course I want you,” he breathed. “I’ve never stopped wanting you.”
“Make love to me, Liam,” she whispered.
She dragged the tip of his cock over her slickness. Fuck, she was so wet.
“This is what you’ve done to me.” Her voice was quivering with need. “Now I need you inside me.”
“Whatever you want, my love.” He eased forward.
Her hand, still gripping him, guided him inside as he moved. Then her fingers slipped away and her arm slid around his waist as he pushed deeper. He moved slowly, enjoying the feel of her passage tightening around him as she hugged him with her intimate muscles.
“Oh, fuck, baby, you feel so good around me. Every time I’m inside you it’s like I’ve died and gone to heaven.”
Her hands covered his ass and she pulled, trying to draw him all the way in, but he chuckled as he maintained his slow progress. Finally, the full length of him was inside her and the two of them were panting as he lay on top of her.
A tingle of delight danced through him as her lips pressed to his collarbone, then brushed along it in butterfly kisses. Then she pressed her tongue into the hollow and licked, swirling the tip over his flesh in that way she knew drove him wild. He rocked his pelvis forward, filling her a little deeper. She sucked in a breath and squeezed his ass, her fingers digging into the flesh.
“Ohhh, Liam. Please fuck me.” Her voice, so full of need, sent a wild hunger flooding through him.
He drew back, then glided deep again. Her luminous blue eyes gleamed in the morning light, never leaving his face. He drew back and filled her again.
“Is this what you want, my love?” he asked, his breathing increasing.
She nodded, her eyes seeming to fill with moisture. “Yes. I need you. I want you to make me come. To fill me with your seed.”
That’s what he wanted to do, too. Especially filling her with his seed. God, he so much wanted a baby with her.
But that could never happen. The doctor had told them she’d never have children, so she’d never be the natural mother of his baby.
None of that mattered right now. All that mattered was that she wanted him. And that made him deliriously happy.
He pivoted his hips forward again, glorying in the feel of her swallowing him inside her warm,
