Chapter 24
Nate stood in front of Eliza, speechless. In less than one minute she’d made all of his dreams come true. She’d given him everything he’d always wanted. She’d given him her love.
He knew the second he touched her that he’d lose himself in her, and in the back of his mind he still had enough rational thought to realize they were at his office. Even though he was the only one there now, that didn’t mean someone couldn’t come by.
The best thing to do now would be to take her home. They could be there in under five minutes. But that was five minutes longer than he could last without touching her.
With purposeful steps he moved around his desk and crossed the room.
Behind him he heard her ask, “What are you doing?”
“Locking the door.” He turned the knob and pressed the button that rolled the privacy shades down the floor to ceiling windows that overlooked the Riverwalk.
He turned back and stalked towards her. When he reached her he threaded his fingers in her hair and tilted her head up so she was looking in his eyes. She’d told him how she felt and now it was his turn.
“I love you, Ellie. I loved you when you and Neil were together. It’s the reason I left school early. I just couldn’t see the two of you together. It was torture. I loved you when you were married to your first husband.
“I loved you when you were married to your second husband. I would check on you. Make sure you were okay even though it killed me seeing you post pictures with him. Putting status updates when you’d go on vacations or out to dinner.
“I loved you when you moved back here, and I still didn’t think I could have you. I have loved you every day since the day you walked into class on the first day of high school wearing a light blue, sleeveless turtleneck and wet hair because you overslept and didn’t have time to dry it and I will love you until the day I die. I will always love you.”
“You remember what I was wearing?”
“Yes.” He didn’t think that was the important part of what he’d just said, but it seemed to mean a lot to her.
“And you love me?”
There it was. The important part. “Yes.”
Now that they both knew how they felt about each other, he lowered his head and when their lips met it was an explosion of savage harmony. He kissed her with all the pent up love, sorrow, passion, heartbreak, happiness, and despair that he’d suppressed for over a decade and she kissed him back with equal fervor. They devoured each other in a soul-stealing kiss.
Out of desperation, they both began stripping out of their clothes as their tongues and lips stayed locked in an erotic dance. He started unbuttoning his shirt as she removed her lab coat. Needing to feel her, he stopped his progress to assist with hers. In seconds they were able to remove her pants and heels. Next came her shirt, bra and panties.
His hands, currently roaming up and down her body, knew that they’d successfully completed the task of getting her naked, but he wanted visual confirmation. Breaking their kiss, he took a step back and let his eyes drink in every curve, every dip, every freckle, every inch of her incredible body.
Her skin was flush with arousal, her nipples dark red and stiff, standing out in beautiful contrast to her rosy pink flesh. Her chest and neck were already slightly red and blotched, the way she got when she was really turned on.
His hand reached out and he traced the sensitive area around her nipple, first the right and then the left. He watched as her nubs peaked beneath his attention. Her entire body trembled as he moved his hand lower, over her ribs, her torso, and stopped at the patch of hair between her legs. He listened to the shallow pants of her breathing and felt the heat of her arousal as he dipped his fingers between her legs.
When he started to lower down to his knees to worship her with his mouth, she stopped him.
“No. I want you in my mouth.” With that bold statement, she beat him to the punch and dropped to her knees in front of him.
Fuck.He was one lucky man.
Without hesitation, and without another word, she undid his jeans with facile ease and pulled out his straining erection. Taking it in her hand, she held it firmly as she licked it from base to tip, over and over again, coating it with a thick layer of saliva for lubrication. She gave it a few heart-stopping strokes with her hand before diving and completely taking his entire length into her mouth, all the way back to her throat, moving her head up and down, slowly at first and then building speed—and never, never, breaking eye contact with him.
She devoured him with her mouth hungrily. His knees locked as a groan ripped from his chest. He couldn’t tear his eyes from her bobbing head. It was the sexiest thing he’d ever seen. Her gorgeous, emerald gaze looking up at him. It was so mesmerizing he couldn’t tear his eyes away even if he wanted to.
But the longer she continued, the sensation of her sucking him ruthlessly into her hot, wet mouth was almost too much for him to take. His climax was building like a snowball in an avalanche. He tried to keep it at bay but he felt his balls tightening against him as his dick began pulsing with barely restrained release. When every cell in his body was straining to be set free, holding it all back was a real challenge.
Knowing that he had to do something or this was going to be over before it began, he pulled her up onto her feet and when she reached out to touch his shaft again, he grabbed her wrists and held them tightly in his hand.
“My turn,” he growled.
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Eliza had marveled at how good it had felt to take control and have her way with Nate. But now that he was firmly back in the driver’s seat, she couldn’t believe how good that felt as well. Basically, everything with Nate felt good. She couldn’t think of one thing they had ever done together that hadn’t been next-level incredible.