My heart skipped a beat, and something low in my stomach warmed. I fidgeted. His head dipped lower, and his lips brushed my neck. I stifled a gasp as that tingle shot throughout my body. He slowly put his hands on the wall behind me, effectively trapping me, yet I didn’t feel confined. His gaze dipped to my lips, then back up to my eyes, as he slowly leaned in. It was all confusing, since he was making all the moves, but I knew, without a doubt, that I was in charge. He closed the last few inches to claim my mouth. It wasn’t a slow kiss like the ones I had shared with David and Travis. This was fast, and hot, and it brought a moan from me as I wrapped my arms around his neck. His hand tangled in my hair and guided my head to the angle he wanted. When he picked me up, I reacted without thinking, wrapping my legs around his waist. He deepened the kiss further and hungrily explored my mouth. His arms tightened around me, rubbing my core against his hardness. I moaned against him, and my hips moved on their own, looking for release from the pressure that was building in me. He abruptly set me on my feet and stepped away after running a finger down my cheek.
We were both breathing hard, but now I was more confused than ever. Why did he stop? He refused to look at me as he hurried out of the room. What the hell? I am ashamed to admit, it took more than a few minutes for me to gather myself to go back in the other room. When I opened the kitchen door, I heard angry voices farther in the house, followed by a slamming door. I rubbed my eyes. Now what?
No one was in the dining room, but Kait walked back in a second after the door slammed. I just raised an eyebrow at him. There was no need to vocalize my question. He just shook his head and said “Later.” He was still avoiding eye contact as he finished clearing the table. I held the door for him to bring it all into the kitchen, then I washed the dishes and put them in the dishwasher. Kait bustled around the kitchen, cleaning up the mess from making dinner, while I worked. He never said a word, so I didn’t either. Two could play this game.
Eventually, he sighed, and came up behind me, putting his arms around me as he did. “I didn’t want to leave you right then.” He placed small kisses on my neck as he said that.
“Uh huh.” I tried to hide my reaction to the kisses, but I’m not sure I was able to.
He chuckled against my neck, which did funny things to my stomach. “What, you don’t believe me?”
I sighed. “No, I don’t.”
He started moving down my shoulder with the kisses, and an occasional light nip. I couldn’t think. This needed to stop. I pushed him away.
“You know exactly what I thought, and you know exactly what you are doing to me right now. You need to stop distracting me and tell me what caused you to run out like that.”
His hot gaze seemed to devour me, and I could almost feel his hands on me. It slowly occurred to me that he was projecting what he wanted to do. “Stop, Kait. Answer my question.” I tried to make my voice firm, but it came out breathy.
“Fine. David was having problems with your reaction to me and was shouting at me in my head. I couldn’t focus on you anymore, so I went to deal with him.”
My stomach dropped. “And the slamming door?” It came out as a whisper.
“He’s going to take some time to get his head on straight.”
“He left? Without telling me goodbye?” My heart was breaking. Kait pulled me into his arms.
“Don’t worry, he’ll be back. He just needs to take some time.” I nodded against his shoulder. “Come on, Princess. Since David left, I’m going to take you to bed.” Despite my heartache, my body reacted to the promise in his words. He chuckled as he ran his hands down my arms, taking my hand to pull me toward my bedroom. I trembled slightly. My body and my heart really wanted some time with him, but my head was screaming all the reasons that wouldn’t be a good idea.
Chapter 6
When we entered the room, Kait closed the door softly behind us, and locked it. My breathing sped up as he took off his shirt. My eyes roamed over the muscled lines of his back. He put his arms over his head and stretched, then slowly turned around. I quickly turned my back to him, hiding that I was watching him and liking what I was seeing.
“Don’t fight it, Princess.” Kait’s voice was husky again. I shook my head. I didn’t trust my voice right now, and my mouth was too dry to talk. I gathered my pajamas and left the room to change.
When I came back in, Kait was standing by the door. He shut it and locked it again.
“Get in bed, Princess.” He was using his authoritative voice again, and it unexpectedly caused heat to pool between my legs. He grinned while he stalked toward me. I squeaked and jumped into bed. The look in his eye promised punishment if I didn’t listen and I didn’t want to explore if I would enjoy that punishment yet.
I laid down under the covers and stared at Kait as he slowly removed his pants, leaving only his boxer briefs that clung tightly to his body. He was enjoying watching me watch him. He climbed into bed with me, and I started to roll over, but he put a hand on
