Total pages in book: 25
Estimated words: 25039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 125(@200wpm)___ 100(@250wpm)___ 83(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 25039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 125(@200wpm)___ 100(@250wpm)___ 83(@300wpm)
"There's nothing to freak out about."
"I am not freaking out," he bit out.
"You look like it though."
"Well, you're looking at it the wrong way."
"But—-"
"If I wanted your fucking opinion," he said pleasantly, "I'd have told you, Ms. Gaines."
The words were already out when he realized what he had just said...and how he had said it.
You fucking idiot!
Hale took a deep breath. He had promised himself he wouldn't do anything to jeopardize what he now had with her. But here he was, doing exactly that, and all because he wasn't man enough to handle a pair of hamsters.
Apologize, you bastard, and beg if you have to.
He turned to Heaven, but as soon as their gazes met, she burst into laughter instead.
"Eleven minutes," she told him.
What the hell did that mean?
Was she saying she would give eleven minutes to get the hell out—-
"I was wondering how long it would take before you started swearing again," she explained with a smile.
Well, fuck.
"And eleven minutes is a lot longer than I expected, so...yay!"
Hale could only stare at her.
Because right now, he just had no fucking words.
All he knew was that he was the luckiest man on earth to have her—-
"I just can't believe we're okay now."
—-and that he didn't deserve someone as sweet as her, with the way she even had stars in her eyes as she gazed at him.
Hale suddenly found himself able to conquer his unmanly fear of hamsters by gently taking each one by hand.
"Oh wow."
Hale knew he still had a lot to make up with Heaven, but did she really have to sound that shocked?
He returned the furballs to their respective cages before turning to Haven. "I think you've just damned me with faint praise."
Heaven blinked at him in genuine confusion. "When?"
"When you said we're okay."
"B-But aren't we—-"
Heaven could no longer speak, with the rest of her words disappearing in his kiss.
Oh, Hale.
Her body sang out a now-familiar melody as it came into contact with the powerful hardness of his frame. He was strong where she was soft, his every angle complementing her every curve. It was as if their flesh was meant to make music together, and oh, when she thought of how much more beautiful it would be, the moment they were one...
Hale, oh my Hale.
Just imagining this had her breath catching, and then she could barely breathe at all, with Hale now undressing her.
His expertise in getting a woman out of her clothes was slightly unnerving, but she forgot all about that as he unclipped the front clasp of her bra.
He then took a step back to take a good look at her, and Heaven felt herself turn pink as his burning gaze devoured her flesh.
She tried to cover herself, but he caught her wrists and gently lowered her arms back to her sides.
"Let me look my fill of you, baby."
The words had her biting back a whimper, and even though she tried—-she really did try her best to stay still for him—-it was just impossible!
"I can't," she choked out.
She heard him chuckle even as embarrassment made her wish the ground would swallow her up. But when she made another attempt to cross her arms over her chest, he was just as swift to put a stop to this, and aaaaah!
He suddenly had her up in his arms, and her legs involuntarily locked around his waist as he had her back against the wall.
What in the world is he going—-aaah!
She had her answer the moment his lips closed over one nipple.
Hale, oh my Hale.
It was so excruciatingly good to have him suckle her nipple like a babe.
Gently at first.
Then harder and harder.
Until the lines between pain and pleasure blurred into one, and all she could do was grip his head as he moved to its twin, and it started all over again.
Yeeeees.
Her inhibitions were no match against the flaming need of her flesh, and she could only sob out as she found herself pushing her nipple deeper into his mouth.
"Please."
She didn't think she could bear another moment of this.
But she also knew she would die if he were to stop.
"Please, Hale—-"
He wrenched his head away, and she cried out in protest.
No, please no!
His mouth covered hers in a kiss, but just when she was thinking she was too greedy to think that a mere kiss wasn't enough—-
"Haaaale..."
It truly wasn't.
And Hale knew this, too, with the way he was now sucking on her tongue—-her tongue!—-while his fingers began plucking her nipple.
Pluck! Suck! Pluck! Suck! Pluck! Suck!
Her sanity was no match—-just no match at all!—-against the carnal rhythm, and in mere moments, her arms had automatically tightened around his neck, and so did her legs around his waist.
Here it comes, she thought dazedly.
Every inch of her body tightened for one moment.
And then she was coming for the second time.
And it was even more beautiful than the last time.