you before you thought it was all about your sweet mouth.”
She put that sweet mouth against his and kissed him deeply. When she pulled back, she said, “You don’t have to say that. I’ll put my mouth wherever you want it.”
“But it’s true. And—I want to be the best time you’ve ever had too.”
Her eyes widened. “In bed? Or outside of bed? Or—”
“Yes.”
“Oh. Wow.”
Yeah, that was one way to put it. “Tell me what you want, Britt. I’ll do anything.”
She looked at him for a long moment. “I do have some things I’ve thought about. With you.”
“Like?” Chris felt like every fiber in his body was tight with need and desire—desire to be everything she’d ever wanted.
“You’re sure?”
“Anything, Britt.”
“Okay. I want to ride a roller coaster with you. And I want to go up in a hot air balloon with you. And I want you to come to my family’s next dinner and play board games with us. And I want to go away with you for a weekend where you let me plan the whole thing and it’s all a surprise to you.”
Chris had thought he’d already experienced intense emotions for her, but her listing all the things she wanted to do with him—easily and without having to think hard at all—made him feel things he’d never imagined. Especially the part about spending time with her family. He wanted that. All of it.
He cleared his throat. “I was expecting a list of naked things.”
“Oh, did you think you’d be dressed in the hot air balloon?”
He pinched her butt.
She laughed, then said, “Okay, I have a few—or a lot—of naked ideas too.”
Chris grinned at her. He wanted all of the non-naked things. More than he could believe. But the naked things were easier to handle right now. “Roller coasters and hot air balloons and families later. Let’s talk naked things.”
“I want you to be hotter and crazier than you’ve ever been before,” she said simply.
That rocked through him, heating his blood and making his fingers tighten on her hips.
She leaned in to put her lips against his. “I want you to let loose. Completely. No holding back. Go crazy with me.”
Chris swallowed hard. He didn’t let go easily. People who let loose ended up in the back of his ambulance. But he couldn’t deny that doing it with Britt was tempting. For one thing, that was her—fun, spontaneous, happy. But also because he could trust her. And maybe that was the bottom line. To really let go and grab onto the fun, he had to be with someone he totally trusted. “I’m feeling crazier every second here,” he told her honestly.
“Then tell me what you want. What will make you lose your mind?”
He wanted this so damned much. And it wasn’t like he hadn’t played this fantasy out in his head. A couple of times. Or a hundred.
“I want you at my mercy, doing whatever I say without argument, following my every command.”
Her pupils dilated but she gave him a mischievous smile. “So basically, me doing what I’m supposed to do at work but never do.”
“Pretty much.” He wanted that so much he was having a hard time holding onto his cool.
“You don’t get enough of bossing everyone else around all the time?”
But she wiggled in his lap, and he could tell she was turned on by the idea. “Never. And I want to boss you around.”
She chewed her bottom lip. “This is bedroom only,” she finally said.
“Fine. Because next time you’re defying me in the field, I’ll just think of you begging me to make you come.”
Her breathing had quickened and he waited, somehow, for her to say yes.
“Okay,” she finally said with a nod. “Let’s go crazy.”
He just looked at her. She was perfect.
“On your hands and knees, Britt,” he said low and firm.
That clearly surprised her and it took her a second to comply, but as she moved into position, Chris’ heart almost stopped. “So. Damned. Gorgeous,” he praised as he shifted into place behind her. He reached around and
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