shut the door
and turned Kate to face him.
He kept his hands firmly on her arms, her body pressed
against the door so there was no chance of retreating. Not that her body wanted
to retreat, but her mind said she should escape before she did something else
stupid. Like kiss Carter.
“I should have?” Kate wondered why he would say that after
the obvious disgust he’d showed for her the last time she saw him. Why in the
world should she have even considered coming to see him sooner? She barely had
the courage to do it now.
“Yes, you definitely should have.” Carter moved his mouth
down to hers, not touching, but so close. “I’ve missed you, Kate.”
“Why didn’t you come to see me?” She didn’t think he was the
type to hold anything back, to shy away from taking what he wanted.
“I already scared you off once with my aggressiveness. I
knew I had to wait for you to be ready to come here. I couldn’t risk scaring
you away again. You mean too much to me.”
“I do?” The words almost didn’t come out of her tightly
clenched throat. He was saying the things she didn’t dare hope for, the things
she so desperately needed to hear.
She couldn’t breathe, couldn’t focus on anything but the
sweet words coming out of his mouth and the even sweeter sensations of his
touch as his hand ran down the bare skin of her arm, sending a warming
sensation straight to her core.
“You mean everything to me, Kate. I want you to be mine.” He
held intense eye contact with her.
“Even after…” She looked down at the floor and couldn’t
bring herself to say the words, to admit to the thing that would probably stop
them from having any chance at forever together.
“I don’t care if you sell drinks to men or have the need to
run around the town naked in the middle of the night or sit at the docks and
yell at the workers or…just as long as you never touch another man, you never
love anyone but me. You can do just about anything else and it won’t stop the
love I have for you. You are mine. Only mine, Kate.”
“I like the sound of that.” And she did. She liked being
claimed by Carter, liked knowing that no matter what mistakes she made in life,
he would always want her. She’d sure as hell tested that one out well.
“Good.” Carter pulled Kate tight against him and kissed her.
Hard. His mouth possessed hers, tongue invading, her tongue tangling with his.
Her core warmed and started to tingle.
There was something animalistic about the way Carter kissed
her. It brought out an uncontrollable desire for more. More of his touch, more
of his love, more of everything.
His tongue continued to invade her mouth and she let it
happen, gave in to the pleasure.
“Mmmmm.” Her own growl surprised Kate. It did convey the
feelings that threatened to erupt inside her, but she hadn’t meant for it to
slip out, hadn’t meant to encourage him so boldly.
Not that Carter needed any encouragement. He was a man who
took what he wanted, and that fact scared and exhilarated her at the same time.
“That’s right, Kate, you will be mine.” His words came out
with a deep growl that sent heat to her core.
She wanted exactly that. She shouldn’t, should take things
slowly, talk everything out and… Oh Lord, she couldn’t even talk herself into
believing it when his lips pressed against hers again and his hand moved under
her skirt, up to the sensitive skin of her inner thigh. She sure didn’t want
him to stop.
“Can I make you mine, Kate?” He moved his kiss to her neck,
to the place that took her breath away.
“Yes.” The one word was breathy, but she meant it. She
wanted nothing more right now than to be Carter’s woman.
“Good.”
He moved his fingers up higher, so that they pressed against
her sensitive folds, and even through the thin layers of fabric it was almost
more than she could take. Her body shuddered.
“If I make you mine, you will be forever. There won’t be any
going back.”
His words
and turned Kate to face him.
He kept his hands firmly on her arms, her body pressed
against the door so there was no chance of retreating. Not that her body wanted
to retreat, but her mind said she should escape before she did something else
stupid. Like kiss Carter.
“I should have?” Kate wondered why he would say that after
the obvious disgust he’d showed for her the last time she saw him. Why in the
world should she have even considered coming to see him sooner? She barely had
the courage to do it now.
“Yes, you definitely should have.” Carter moved his mouth
down to hers, not touching, but so close. “I’ve missed you, Kate.”
“Why didn’t you come to see me?” She didn’t think he was the
type to hold anything back, to shy away from taking what he wanted.
“I already scared you off once with my aggressiveness. I
knew I had to wait for you to be ready to come here. I couldn’t risk scaring
you away again. You mean too much to me.”
“I do?” The words almost didn’t come out of her tightly
clenched throat. He was saying the things she didn’t dare hope for, the things
she so desperately needed to hear.
She couldn’t breathe, couldn’t focus on anything but the
sweet words coming out of his mouth and the even sweeter sensations of his
touch as his hand ran down the bare skin of her arm, sending a warming
sensation straight to her core.
“You mean everything to me, Kate. I want you to be mine.” He
held intense eye contact with her.
“Even after…” She looked down at the floor and couldn’t
bring herself to say the words, to admit to the thing that would probably stop
them from having any chance at forever together.
“I don’t care if you sell drinks to men or have the need to
run around the town naked in the middle of the night or sit at the docks and
yell at the workers or…just as long as you never touch another man, you never
love anyone but me. You can do just about anything else and it won’t stop the
love I have for you. You are mine. Only mine, Kate.”
“I like the sound of that.” And she did. She liked being
claimed by Carter, liked knowing that no matter what mistakes she made in life,
he would always want her. She’d sure as hell tested that one out well.
“Good.” Carter pulled Kate tight against him and kissed her.
Hard. His mouth possessed hers, tongue invading, her tongue tangling with his.
Her core warmed and started to tingle.
There was something animalistic about the way Carter kissed
her. It brought out an uncontrollable desire for more. More of his touch, more
of his love, more of everything.
His tongue continued to invade her mouth and she let it
happen, gave in to the pleasure.
“Mmmmm.” Her own growl surprised Kate. It did convey the
feelings that threatened to erupt inside her, but she hadn’t meant for it to
slip out, hadn’t meant to encourage him so boldly.
Not that Carter needed any encouragement. He was a man who
took what he wanted, and that fact scared and exhilarated her at the same time.
“That’s right, Kate, you will be mine.” His words came out
with a deep growl that sent heat to her core.
She wanted exactly that. She shouldn’t, should take things
slowly, talk everything out and… Oh Lord, she couldn’t even talk herself into
believing it when his lips pressed against hers again and his hand moved under
her skirt, up to the sensitive skin of her inner thigh. She sure didn’t want
him to stop.
“Can I make you mine, Kate?” He moved his kiss to her neck,
to the place that took her breath away.
“Yes.” The one word was breathy, but she meant it. She
wanted nothing more right now than to be Carter’s woman.
“Good.”
He moved his fingers up higher, so that they pressed against
her sensitive folds, and even through the thin layers of fabric it was almost
more than she could take. Her body shuddered.
“If I make you mine, you will be forever. There won’t be any
going back.”
His words
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