"Something tells me you were ready to have your way with me, young Kate." His voice was low and sexy.
"Heaven forbid you make me wait any longer for you, Cade. I was ready long before today." She tugged his hand and drew him into the room. The window stood open, letting a cool breeze float over the heat of the candles.
Kate put her hands on his chest, eager to tear off his clothes, desperate for the moment she’d waited so long for. This night would be burned in her memory for ever, and she hoped she didn't disappoint him. One by one, she undid the buttons. Parting his shirt, she pushed it from his shoulders and ran her fingertips over his chest.
Tweaking his nipple, she smiled when it pebbled under her touch and leaned closer to flick it with her tongue. Cade’s hands on her skin, trailing down her almost bare back, thrilled her. With gentle force, she bit his nipple, tasting the salt of his skin. The heat built between her thighs and with each stroke of his fingers, the pressure increased.
His fingers trailed down her back, skipping over her thighs before lifting the edge of her dress. She gasped as his palms rounded her bare butt cheeks and toyed with the elastic on her thong. Kate stepped her legs apart, giving him access. He slid a finger under the edge and slipped it inside her.
"Oh my God." She arched her back, thrusting her hips in rhythm with his fingers. Laying her forehead on his shoulder, Kate let her senses take over and rode his hand. The moment of her climax would forever be imprinted on her mind. Cade called for her to let go and she intended taking anything he was prepared to give.
Her breath came in short gasps as she clenched her muscles around his fingers. The lights imploding inside her head bloomed, alive with colour with each spasm of her sex. When she slowed, Kate drooped in his arms and Cade picked her up carrying her to the bed.
He laid her down and crouched over her, his legs either side of her body. "That went well."
She gazed up at him, with neither regret nor embarrassment. "You bring out such strong feelings in me, Cade. You always have."
"I don't know what to say. I never knew." He leaned down, resting his forehead on hers.
"I was too scared to share my feelings until now. And now, I want to shout it to the world." She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down. "Am I scaring you, Cade?"
"Funnily enough, no. I thought about this earlier. I feel it's time for me to settle down and coming home has been the best thing I could have done." He rolled over onto his back and placed his hands behind his head. "Everything is fitting together, like a puzzle and with each piece, I breathe a sigh of relief."
"I love you, Cade Williams. Now I plan to show you how much."
Kate sat up on the bed, lifting the dress over her head and throwing it to the side of the room. With her wild red hair hanging over her face, she leaned down and kissed him passionately.
Cade cupped her breasts, rolling his fingertips over her pert nipples while they tasted each other. He groaned when she backed off, sliding from the bed.
Kate stepped out of her thong, a feeling of freedom with him she hadn't found with anyone else. She pushed his legs apart and stood between them, her fingers at his jeans. She traced her fingertip up and down the erection straining the cloth and smiled.
"You torture me, Kate." He reached for her hands and she shook her head.
""No, don't touch. Let me do this." She undid the button and then the zip, letting his pants fall open to reveal straining boxers underneath. Kate grabbed the legs of his jeans and pulled them down, letting them fall to the floor.
Cade had a smile on his face and she questioned him with a look.
"You’d better take what I have in the back pocket since you’re leading the charge here."
Bending down, Kate retrieved the jeans and dove her hand into the back pocket. When she pulled out two foil packets, she wiggled her eyebrows. "Big night planned, I see."
He shrugged, his sexy grin getting larger as he looked at her. "I was hoping you were in the same frame of mind as me. Luckily you are, so I won't go home feeling frustrated as I normally do."
"Really? I make you that way?" Kate threw the packets on the bed beside him and reached for his boxers. She slid her fingers up the leg, touching the softness of him before sliding her touch up his shaft.
"You're killing me here, Kate."
Wrapping her hand around him, she slid it up and down, her breath coming in time with the movement.
"Kate, don't ! No more." Cade grabbed her wrist, pushing her away. He reached for the packet and pushed down his boxers, letting his erection spring free.
Kate's mouth went dry and she licked her lips. "Let me." She took the packet from him and ripped it with her teeth. Sheathing him as fast as her shaking fingers would allow, she rolled the condom down before meeting his gaze.
He beckoned her with his hand. She scuttled up his body and poised herself over the top of him.
Cade gripped her hips and positioned her before pulling her down onto him.
Kate let out a soft mewling noise and closed her eyes. He filled her perfectly and they paused to let the magic sink in. When she opened her eyes, Cade was watching her, a faraway look in his eyes. With gentle movements, she started to move on him. Rocking her hips in sensual movements, Kate let her body take over.
Cade held her hips and moved with her. Gentle at first, he thrust into her, the intensity of the
