Feeling the softness of the curves in her back, his hand moved lower. He slowed at the curve of her sweet bottom. The crush of fresh flowers enveloped him.
He used the tip of his tongue to click the crest of her nipple before taking it in his mouth. She moaned sexy sounds of pleasure.
Her lips quivered and her tongue darted across her perfect pink lips as his thumb grazed her beaded nipple. It was his turn to groan when he felt it swell under his touch.
“Hold that thought,” he managed to say as he pushed off the bed. He disappeared into the bathroom in order to retrieve a condom, returning to Lauren quickly.
“You’re beautiful,” he said before his lips crushed down on hears, kicking off a whole new wave of desire as she helped him sheath his erection.
He leaned over and kissed her belly. Moved down her leg, lingering behind her knee. He brushed kisses down her calves, stopping at her ankles.
Making his way back up, he slowed at the bend of her knee before brushing his lips on the insides of her thighs. He moved his hands up the curves of her stomach, kissing his way to her earlobe.
She nuzzled against his body, kicking off a whole new swell of desire.
He splayed one hand against the small of her back, positioning her exactly where he wanted to in order to better access her silken lips. His kiss, slow and tender at first, began to deepen as she parted her lips for him.
Lauren shifted underneath him before palming his erection and guiding him inside her. He dipped his tip and the sexiest sound tore from her lips.
She bucked her hips and he surged a little deeper.
“Take me, Jaden.”
Chapter 19
Lauren brought her hands up to Jaden’s shoulders and dug her fingers in as he thrust himself inside her. Everything about this man heightened her senses and brought her body to life. His warm and salty scent. His solid-walled chest. His beautiful blue eyes. And those lips. God those lips.
His fingers stroked her hair as she felt his lips brush her forehead, and she felt a yearning well up from deep inside that made her head numb. Being so close to him, feeling his skin under her fingers put her at war from the inside out. She struggled to do something as basic as take oxygen into her lungs as she felt his hands on her hips, and his length thrust deeper.
Lauren’s body craved his touch as she moved his hands up and down his back, her fingers stopping to outline every muscle. Her senses heightened until her body pulsed and tingled with the kind of sensations that must be similar to freefalling off the face of a cliff.
She let her fingers wander, tracing his jawline and then down his chin until they mapped his muscled chest. Every part of her was awake, alive with desire, with a need to feel his bare-naked skin. His tongue marked her every curve as his, lighting a fiery trail and she couldn’t imagine wanting a man more than she wanted this man.
“You’re perfection,” she heard him say into her thick mass of hair.
He kissed her, slowly this time, but with so much skill she got lost—lost inside him without any sense there could be anything else.
He stroked her body as his warm hand flushed a hot trail along her skin. He groaned a low, throaty growl as he stroked her breasts and she matched him thrust for thrust.
“Jaden,” she managed to say.
He stopped long enough to smile at her.
Her heart was in danger.
He raised her hands above her head. He moved her to the exact position he seemed to want her, kissing her on the lips. His elbows supported his weight, kept him from crushing her.
Lauren tensed as she tightened her legs around his midsection, allowing him to drive himself home.
She brought her fingers along his muscular lines as he thrust again. She matched his tempo. Everything was in perfect rhythm, their bodies, their breathing.
She wriggled her hips and their heat lit a fire inside her belly. “Don’t stop.”
“Oh, it’s too late for that,” he said with that devastating smile.
He pumped harder, faster, deeper.
And she met him on every level until match point. Blasts of electricity rocketed through her body. His heart pounded against her chest and his breathing was jagged as he stayed inside her, thrusting and surging until her body finished quivering and he finally let go. His breath quickened and his entire body tensed until she could feel the sweet release.
Chests heaving, he stayed on top of her until every last spasm was drained from her.
After a long moment, he rolled onto his side and pulled her against the crook of his arm.
“I’m falling for you, Jaden. But I don’t even know who you are,” she said quietly. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to hear from him. A commitment? This soon? It sounded silly even to her. But her world had been tipped on its axis from the minute they’d met. Making love had sent her down a path there was no returning from. And a part of her needed him to know that she didn’t take making love casually. “But what’s the use of caring for someone when you’re not even sure of his real name?”
Jaden stood, his expression darkened with hurt.
Damn his blue eyes. The pain. They had Lauren wanting to reach out to him and tell him everything would be okay. She finally understood how conflicted he was at making promises he wasn’t sure he could keep.
She wanted, no needed him to speak. She craved answers she knew deep down he didn’t have any more than she did.
When he didn’t, she said, “You said they’re expecting us in the morning. We should get sleep.”
Before he could respond, she rolled over and closed her eyes.
Why could Jaden speak his mind? Why couldn’t he tell Lauren that everything would magically work out? There
