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She laid her palm over the center of his chest, then stiffened and drew it away Oh, aye, she knehat had happened to him Did she think he was still injured? Or that he wouldn't want her to touch him there? He bloody craved her touch there-

She leaned her head down to his chest He felt her fluttery breaths; he didn't breathe at all

She pressed a single soft kiss over his heart, having no idea he'd just given it to her

Chapter Twenty-One

Chloe was adrift in that stage betakefulness and sleep when a scent tickled her nose

What is that s faster, her skin heating

She turned toward the source and found her head resting on a man's bare chest Her man She lazily smiled

He was asleep beside her in the dih a crack in the heavy curtains Morning?

Though she was tucked beneath the covers, he lay atop theenerous and protective

And athletic, sexy, fun, smart, sexy, cocky, and sexy Realization struck her She could look for lifetimes and never find anyone who fit her so well

She watched hi his rugged jaw and stubborn chin Her gaze swept lower to his muscle-packed chest and the indentations of his sto fro jeans

On the outside, he was physical perfection But insidehe'd been hurt and still bore the ht, he'd unconsciously covered his heart when thinking about his torture, confir what Ronan had told her

MacRieve had realized that she knew He'd accepted that And after she'd kissed his chest, he'd clasped her in his arhtly she'd feared he would break her

Then, as if he'd been waiting for ages to sleep, he'd seemed to pass out She'd missed the opportunity to tell hi what she was

Today, she decided She'd talk to hi between them

For now, she reveled in his scent and heat Yes, she'd realized she could get used to hiain if she was exactly where she was meant to be

Fated to this man

He'd told her that he'd lived for more than three hundred thousand days Yet yesterday had been his favorite of all of them?

She decided that today would be his new personal best

Nobetween the one of his flat nipples, he woke

"Chloe?" He inhaled,"You needin' ue

"Min to stiffen, caught within his straining jeans With a groan, he adjusted hi into view

Her fingers curled as the urge to seize him arose The more she stared, the more she wanted to kiss it She licked her lips for it "Yesterday, I thought about soainst her will Literally

"What's that?"

Her fingers walked down his torso to the bulge between his legs, caressing hi you"

His hoarse voice broke lower as he said, "Were you then?"

"Kissing you"-she rubbed her thumb across the head-"here"

His hands flew to his pants, snatching therowl "Well then, if you must"

His body was laid out like a bounty before her Broad shoulders, narrow hips That glorious shaft continued to harden

"I've never done it before," she said absently as sheher, that big rod pulsing up and down "I'-with me But do it so I can see that little body of yours"

She gave hiive hiotten her shirt off, she hesitated at her bra

"Show me those bonny breasts, Chloe"

His hoht've been shy in front of this ht So she did, folloith her panties

As his gaze raked over her, he spoke to her in Gaelic, words she kneere praise Relish, "Ach, this will no' last long for o about it?"

"What do you feel like doing?"

Gaze locked on hiserection, she murmured, "Lick it like a candy cane"

"Gods have mercy," he hissed as moreit for her like an offering "Come have a taste"

This felt natural to her, like she was supposed to be here, with hiave the head a long lick As she gazed up to gauge his reaction-utter bliss-she tasted the delectable bite of his seed An alh her She ht repeated itself: Need iving upanother hit of sensation If hints of seed were aserly licked each new bead, like she was racing a rowl rumbled from his chest "I needI need your eyes on mine"

For him to keep control Gaze locked on his, she descended once ue As she loved hi was clicking into place inside her, like so She kissed down the side of his length so he'd move his hand and let her drive

"There, uided her, until she seemed to know exactly how to kiss him She knew he needed her to take him deeper into the heat of her ht around the base of his shaft, pu for her to fondle theers

Her ears twitched at his every groan or growl, at the way the tied as he neared his peak

According to her new intuition, she needed to take hier there

Two nights ago, Will had mused, "I think I'm bluidy in love"

As Chloe took his cock between those pluht, I know I am

She moaned and the scent of her arousal deepened The sweetest,this

Lucky man, Will! He was hard as stone and randy as a lad, excited like one