She studied him sideways. “Not because I want to.” Touching the brown and gold stone of the pendant hanging in the center of his breastbone, she asked, “Tiger’s eye?”
He turned to face her. “I didn’t ask you to come here for the information.”
She hoped not. Wetting her dry lips, she asked, “Why did you?”
He moved closer and cupped her face. “For this.”
She gasped as he crushed his lips to hers in a kiss that was both desperate and tender. He didn’t seek her tongue until she opened for him, but when she did, he took her mouth with frantic strokes. It was a delicious, slow-building heat, and being there in that unreal spot made her feel as if only they existed—untouchable, far away from Juan’s dirty world.
Neither of them was ready to end the kiss when he pulled away a few seconds later to let her catch her breath. His lips hovered above hers, uncertain. This time, she leaned in, initiating the caress. She straddled him and locked her arms around his neck, holding on and never wanting him to leave. Gripping her chin between his forefinger and thumb, he returned the kiss hungrily. She arched her hips and pressed closer, finding him hard. When he rubbed his erection over her clit, she sighed with pleasure and reached for the waistband of his shorts, but he grabbed her wrists to still her.
“I shouldn’t be doing this,” he mumbled. “This isn’t the right moment.”
She rested her cheek on his shoulder. “What’s wrong with the moment?”
“Look around you, kitten. We’re out in the open.”
“Exactly.” She sat back on her knees to look at him. “We’re on a beautiful, deserted beach.”
“It’s savage. There’s no soft bed, no candles, no roses or champagne. This isn’t what I want for you.”
“I need this.” She did. She wanted his touch in the most carnal way possible. She wanted to know they were alive and to lose herself in a sweet moment. This was what she chose, not the memory of Juan assaulting her in front of Eric. She preferred to make her own, beautiful memory. “Please, Sean.”
At the mention of his name, he kissed her again, this time weaving his fingers through her hair and using the leverage to hold her close.
“Are you sure this is what you want?” he asked against her lips.
“Absolutely.”
Getting up, he lifted her with him and ordered in a low, urgent voice, “Wrap your legs around me.”
As soon as she’d done as he’d asked, he walked to the smooth surface of a rock and pressed her back against it.
“I’m not on birth control,” she said.
He lowered her to her feet. “Undress for me, kitten.”
Holding his gaze, she slipped the straps of the sundress from her shoulders and let the dress fall around her feet. The blue of his eyes turned a shade darker when she unfastened the string of her bikini top and removed her briefs. Taking a condom from his pocket, he held the foil packet between his teeth as he stripped with feverish haste. When they were both naked, she lay down on the warm sand, admiring his strong body and the perfect cut of his muscles as he stepped over her. His cock jutted out proudly, pre-cum glistening on the head. Not taking his eyes off her, he tore open the packet and sheathed his cock.
“We don’t have much time,” he said with a note of regret. “This is not how I imagined our first time.”
“I’ll take what I can get.” Who knew if she’d be alive tonight or if Juan would keep his word and not touch her until April? She couldn’t even think about the future.
Straddling her, he sat back on his heels, gripped her waist, and lifted her ass off the sand to rest on his thighs. The position put his cock at her entrance. She arched her hips to take him, but he held her in place and ran a finger through her folds.
“Good,” he said when her arousal coated his fingertip. “You’re wet for me.”
She was wetter than she’d been for any other man. He raked his fingers through the triangle of curls and gave a gentle tug. Using his thumbs to open her gently, he placed the large head of his cock at her entrance.
“Ready?” he asked in a tight voice.
She could only nod, her throat dry with anticipation.
Studying her face, he pressed forward slowly, stretching her until the crest of his cock was lodged inside her entrance. He wasn’t even fully inside her yet, and already pleasure raced through her body.
“More?” he asked, the control he practiced evident from the taut set of his jaw.
“Yes,” she sighed.
He worked himself deeper inch by inch, stroking over sensitive nerve endings and igniting a fire under her skin. She dragged her nails over his shoulders and lifted her hips to take more, but he rocked into her gently until he was buried to the hilt. Giving her no more than a couple of seconds to adjust, he pulled out and slammed back in. He filled her so completely and so fast, she didn’t have time to process all of the sensations. Heat spread from her center to the rest of her body. Her internal walls clenched around the intrusion.