wasn't sure he'd get her.
"What a hole," he said quietly, his lips fighting not to grin. "Who'd want to live here instead of in a cabin?"
Her face relaxed a fraction, then even more so when he gave her a little wink. He was learning how to be silly. It might have taken him twenty years, but he was getting there.
She played with the hem of her t-shirt and looked around. "Right?"
"Not a bad place to hang out while a cabin is unavailable, though." He walked right into her personal space and slid his hands over her jaw, tangling one in her hair and leaving the other on her neck. "A sacrifice of principles, of course."
"Of course."
"But for the right person…" He brushed his lips against hers. "For my mate…"
She made a small, desperate sound in the back of her throat. For him? Or for his understanding? It didn't matter. She had both.
"Let me love you," he said, resting his hands on her waist. He was shaking. If he were a lesser man, he'd be embarrassed. If he were a lesser man, he wouldn't be worthy of this second chance.
She crossed her arms between them and in a single, silent flourish, pulled off her shirt. His followed, her hands yanking it up his torso before she wrapped her arms around his neck and tugged him down for a kiss.
The room spun around them as they turned, slowly, and by the time they made it to the bed they were both naked and he was flat on his back.
Heather straddled his thighs.
And she had her hand wrapped around his heavy, throbbing cock.
So much for him making sweet, delicate love to his wife.
She licked her lips. "I owe you for earlier."
He shook his head. "I'm not keeping score."
"Maybe I just want a taste of you."
Yes, yes, yes please. "Be my guest," he grunted, trying not to thrust too eagerly into her touch.
Her hair fell around her face as she lowered her head, shadowing her approach. Warm breath was the next thing he felt on his cock, then the brush of lips. Smiling lips, he wanted to imagine.
Fuck it, he wanted to see.
He pushed himself up and reached forward, stroking her hair back and twisting it out of the way. He lingered his touch on her shoulder before falling back on his elbows.
His balls were heavy with anticipation, but even though he was dying for the sweet, wet heat of her mouth, this anticipation was achingly sweet, too.
Her tongue swiped at the first bead of pre-come, and she hummed as she lapped it up. A pulse of desire shot through his core and straight up his erection, giving her more to swallow down.
His body knew what to do to get her mouth on him.
She licked her lips, slicking the way for him to ease inside her mouth, then engulfed his crown with a tugging swallow that nearly made him blow his load.
It was wrong to think about how much he'd missed this. He'd missed her , every bit of her, and mostly her sharp mind and clever…tongue.
Ahhh.
Damnit. That tongue.
He was supposed to be making love to her and she was swirling her head around his erection and it was the best fucking thing in the world.
"Missed this so much," he muttered, because his mouth had disconnected from his brain.
She hummed happily and took him deeper still.
Heat swirled through him as she alternated sucking and licking, all the while keeping a firm grip on the base of his length. Just the way he liked it.
She squeezed him, then stroked her thumb lower, caressing his balls.
The way he loved it.
She was loving him, the same way he wanted to love her. She was giving to him, eager to be an equal part in their reconnection.
He was an idiot for not realizing it until this moment. "Come here," he ordered, harsher than he meant.
She pulled off with a pop and gave him a startled look. "Now?"
He laughed. God that felt good. Even his dick agreed that, yeah, now. "Come here," he repeated, softly this time. "We've got all the time in the world for give and take later. I need you in my arms right now."
"How can I resist that?" she murmured, slinking up his body.
"Dragging your
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