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  His demand made her tremble. Somehow, the idea that he wanted her to obey him made it so much more intense.

  The little clasp that held her bra shut was in front. Amber forced her fingers to snap the thing open. His eyes didn’t drop to her chest. Instead they watched hers as she fed her need to be bare in front of him.

  Her eyes didn’t tell him to stop. Joe watched the way she struggled with the idea. Indecision was written on her face even as her cheeks were covered with a blush. His body surged forward with the need to taste her. Her feminine scent rose from her spread thighs making his cock pulse with hunger. It was the sharp bite of need that made his teeth clench when a small click told him she’d opened her bra for him.

  “Good girl.” His voice whispered just one inch from her ear. His teeth nipped the lobe as his fingers smoothed over her shoulders. The straps slid down her arms until he tossed the garment onto the counter.

  Two hands gently cupped her breasts making her moan. But he didn’t look yet. Instead his face returned to hers as his fingers softly rubbed the globes of flesh. His lips hovered only an inch from hers making her yearn for another of his hot kisses.

  “Kiss me.”

  He laughed at her request. Rich male amusement that made his chest vibrate. His mouth captured hers a second later. This time it was slow and hot. His tongue traced the surface of her lower lip before seeking out the length of her own.

  Her hips twitched forward out of pure need. Her passage was so wet for him. Somewhere in the back of her skull was the nagging idea that she should use her common sense and stop. But her nipples screamed louder for the hot lips that were on hers. The walls of her passage contracted as they tried to condense the empty space inside them. She felt so much. Every finger on each of his hands as he gently lifted each of her breasts.

  “What color are your nipples?”

  “Huh?” Why didn’t he just look? Waiting was driving her crazy. Need burned through the little hard tips making her moan from sheer sensation.

  Joe let that little rumble of amusement shake his chest again. Her eyes were wide as they stared into his. The hot smell of need came from her body making him sweat as he held on to his control. Women were amazing creatures. Any man lucky enough to get naked with one should take his time.

  “I want you to tell me what color these…” his thumbs flicked over the hard points of her breasts, “…delightfully hard nipples are.”

  She didn’t understand why he needed her to tell him. But the idea made her shiver again.

  “Are you one of those dominant kind of guys?”

  A grin appeared on his face. “Are you a submissive kind of girl?”

  She never had been but an image formed in her head of him making her submit to him. Kneeling in front of his body and taking the erection that was pushing his jeans out in her mouth at his command.

  His grin was getting bigger as he watched her face. His thumbs flickered across her nipples again but he still didn’t look at them. “I’m not some boy who thinks the best part of sex is the fucking. I don’t get my kicks out of pain either. But a little command and compliance can be fun.”

  “I didn’t agree to have sex with you.” The words startled her. Her breasts were bare and her thighs spread open as his hips stood between them. His body was so strong and hers so hot. She wasn’t thinking at all.

  She should be. His hands moved on her breasts again but didn’t touch her aching nipples. Instead he circled around them, never moving over them to give her what she wanted. His eyes were hard as he stared into hers.

  “Let’s get one thing clear, honey, I don’t play prom night games. Either you’re woman enough to deal with a man or go run back home to your mama.” His thumbs found her nipples and flicked over them. Desire flamed bright and true in her eyes. Joe clenched his teeth together and refused to dip his head towards those hard nubs.

  She was going to have to tell him. The skin on his face was drawn tight but control appeared to be woven into the very cells of his body. She’d insulted his pride and the price was going to be her relenting. That or letting her body burn from the inside out because she wouldn’t tell him what he wanted. Maybe he had a point. She wasn’t a girl anymore. To have sex or not was her choice.

  “They’re coral.”

  Coral. The knowledge undid him. Need surged through his hold on his imagination. Her breasts were perfect in his hands. Heavy and soft but the nipples were hard enough to cut a mirror. His cock jerked and pressed against his fly.

  Goddamn it! Coral nipples and red hair.

  Temptation called him towards the promise his fingers told him he’d find on top of those plump mounds.

  Amber gasped. She listened to the sound of her own cry and almost didn’t believe that sound had come from her. His mouth scorched her nipple. Hot and wet, his lips closed over the point as his tongue lapped the aching nub. Her fingers curled into the fabric of his shirt as her back arched to offer her breast completely to his attention.

  Her hips demanded she move them. Small little jerks that just seemed necessary as he sucked harder on her nipple. Her passage clenched as more fluid flooded the channel. Sex had never been so intense before. Her body had never demanded it so loudly that not a single other idea even entered her brain.

  All she thought about was those hot lips pulling on that nipple and the fact that its twin screamed for its turn.

  “God, you’re sweet. So damn sweet.”

  Joe found her opposite nipple and gently ran the tip of his tongue around it. She was perfect. Her skin smelled so fresh, the scent seemed to urge him forward towards the deepest touch male and female could share. He could smell the flow from her body. He knew she was wet for him. He captured the nipple between his lips and sucked it into his mouth. The little cry that came from her throat made him growl around his treat.

  “Take your shirt off.” Amber was desperate to get rid of the fabric between her fingers and his shoulders. Her mind was full of that brief image she had of those powerful arms. She needed to touch him. Get closer to the hard strength of his body.

  His mouth left her breast. A little whimper caught in her throat but it emerged as a purr when he ripped his shirt over his head. The way his arms moved fascinated her. So much strength. It hit her as extremely male. As though she was noticing the difference in their genders for the first time in her life.

  Joe forced his body to stand in place. Her blue eyes roamed over his chest like little beams of heat. Stroking and touching him despite the distance between them. The look on her face almost humbled him. Her eyes were full of admiration for him. It went beyond lust somehow. Her nude torso was thrust forward with hard nipples that begged for more attention. She had her hands flattened on the countertop to support her arched back. Her thighs were spread open and stayed there as she looked over his bare chest. A woman who wanted you was beautiful, one that needed you was stunning.

  His cock twitched and he suddenly had to see the rest of her. The little pair of shorts made him angry as they prevented him from seeing her completely.

  His face became harsh. Amber felt her eyes go large as he reached for her. His grip was firm but not biting. He lifted her from her perch as one hand caught the waistband of her last garment and pulled it from her body. Cool air hit her fevered skin making her sigh. But the harsh look on his face made her tremble. He wanted to take her. In the most primitive of a manners. Spread her body open as he penetrated deeply into her most secret place.

  Excitement poured over her in response yet she shivered again as she felt the sheer power of that body. She craved his strength yet embraced how superior his body was to hers.

  Her skin hit his making him grunt. Need was becoming too powerful to control. Her heavy feminine scent was overpowering every civilized cell in his brain. Needs that had never surfaced before sailed into his brain as he caught her mouth in a hard kiss of ownership. He thrust deeply into her body and grunted approval as she gently sucked on his tongue.

  “
I want to look at you.” His voice was harsh. She landed gently on the counter again as he backed away from her body. She was completely vulnerable to his eyes. They traced every curve until they dropped to the center of her spread thighs.

  She shivered but watched his harsh features. There was something so primitive about his viewing her. Almost like he was inspecting her before granting her his body to mate with. The pure magnificence of his bare chest made her hold her body still for those sharp eyes.

  She was more than wet for him. The little curls over her mons glistened in welcome. Her hips twitched forward as need burned along her body. His was erupting into action at the sight of her spread body. She wanted him, it was written on her face.

  She should be thinking. Amber tried to engage her brain. Instead Joe dropped a hand to his fly and her body took complete control. He popped the button fly open with sharp motions. The heavy rod of his cock fell through the opening making her gasp. It was swollen and red, looking too large to fit inside her. But her passage screamed for it to stretch her to accommodate him.

  His hands caught her hips as the hard head of that cock nudged the folds of her sex open. His lips found her ear as he cooed softly and pressed forwards.

  “Hold on to me, honey.”

  Her hands found his shoulders and rejoiced as her palms flattened on top of his skin. He pressed into her body and stretched her passage with his length. Pain and pleasure mixed inside her as he pulled back and thrust forward again. His hands held her firmly in place as he bucked between her legs and penetrated further.

  “Oh yes!” The words were born from need. Amber had never wanted anything so much. She craved more but his hand held her exactly in place.

  “Easy, baby.” His voice was thick and harsh as his fingers pressed into her skin. A deep breath expanded his chest as he moved between her thighs with a slow thrust. He pulled free and her hips tried to follow but his hands held her still. His face lifted and his eyes aimed their sharp command at hers again. “Nice and easy, baby. Slow and steady.” Amber didn’t have any choice but to obey, he held her bottom in place as his hips thrust his cock back into her body.

  She was too damn tight. Joe ground his teeth together as the urge to pound into her rode him hard. The little sounds of pleasure from her throat didn’t help. Instead they pressed him on to complete loss of control. All he wanted to do was fuck. Hard and deep until her body gripped and milked him dry.

  The cheeks of her bottom filled his hands as he thrust forward. She stretched and shivered until he felt the last inch of his cock bury itself inside her. Sweat beaded on his brow as he held steady and let her body adjust. He could feel the swollen nub at the top of her sex against his cock. Pulling out, he made sure to slide the entire length of his cock along that little button.

  “Oh my God!” Amber jerked and dug her fingernails into his shoulders. No one had ever done that! Pleasure spiked through her until she panted. He thrust back into her and she almost screamed for mercy. It was too intense. The pleasure tightening and twisting her until she didn’t know what to do. His hands wouldn’t let her do anything. They held her still as he thrust into her body, his hips flexing back and forth between her thighs. He made sure to draw the length of his cock along her slick folds each and every time. She couldn’t control the pleasure as it burst into a storm of heat that burned her body in a single flame of explosion.

  “That’s it, isn’t it, baby?” She whimpered as Joe made sure to make his next thrust slow and hard. Her fingernails cut into his shoulder and the little pain made him hungry for more. The tight body wrapped around his cock drove him towards the insane desire to slam into her, but the sweet moan rising from her throat made him thrust his cock back into her with a slow motion that stroked her little clit.

  “Look at me, Amber.”

  His voice was hard with authority. Amber didn’t care. She lifted her eyelids to stare into the hard probe of his eyes as his body pulled free from hers. His face was drawn tight as he thrust deeply into her again. All the pleasure was twisting into a knot that was so intense it almost felt like pain.

  “I want to watch you come.” Her thighs tightened on his hips as his words hit her. Defiance flashed briefly across her face before he pulled his cock along her clit once again.

  She moaned with rapture, making him grin. His cock needed the same release but the need to watch her climax burned in his brain. He slammed his length deep into her body as the walls of her passage gripped him. Her nipples stabbed into his chest as her fingernails cut into his shoulders. He rode her through the pleasure as her eyes dilated and his cock burned with the need to join her. Her body flooded with her release and Joe felt his control shred. He jerked and thrust deeply into her body. His hands held her bottom in place as he bucked and thrust hard.

  His seed hit the deepest center of her body as she tightened around him and pulled, making him groan as pleasure erupted along every nerve ending he had, but it all centered around the hot flesh gripping his cock. Her body milked him as her head fell to his shoulder.

  Pleasure pulsed from their connected bodies as Joe listened to the little whimpers coming from his partner. Her passage still clung to his cock as her hips pressed forward for the last drop of his seed. The smell of her skin hit his senses as the most feminine scent he’d ever encountered. His hands gently stroked the smooth length of her back as his cock twitched with the remains of climax.

  * * * * *

  The bees were settling down. Joe looked out the kitchen window and wished the damn insects had more of a temper. Amber’s nipples stabbed into his chest and he was still buried inside her wet body. All he wanted to do was take her into that ultrafeminine bedroom for the rest of the day.

  He had to let her go though. Reality was arriving as both their bodies became sated. She wiggled in his embrace. The clawing hands became gentle pushes for release. She ducked her head as he stepped back and jumped lightly to her feet. That sassy bottom flashed by as she went scurrying after her discarded clothing.

  Ah, hell.

  He hadn’t planned it but the plain truth was, he wasn’t sorry. Not in the least. No one could predict just when the blood would rise in response to another person. Men were a little more accepting of that fact. Little Red was nervous. He wasn’t exactly sure what to make of their combustive effect on each other.

  But he did know, he wasn’t going to ignore it.

  She really needed a shower. Oh God! She’d done some impulsive things in her life but never had she had wild sex! Everything was backwards! You went to dinner with a nice guy. Then maybe a kiss to see if there was any heat. After you checked around and made sure he wasn’t a cheating dog or a deadbeat father, or on probation, you let him take you out again.

  People did not have sex on kitchen counters! At least not normal kinds of people like her.

  “Are you all right, Amber?”

  “Fine.” Her voice squealed as she wrapped her arms over her breasts.

  “Uh-huh.”

  He raised an eyebrow at her while pulling his shirt back into place. Why did he get to look so composed? That wasn’t fair! He turned to look out the window at their venom-wielding captors.

  “Grab your purse, I think we can make it to your car now.”

  “Help yourself, I’ll just wait for the beekeeper to show up.”

  He chuckled at her and turned those sharp eyes back to inspect her face.

  “I’m contacting an exterminator. Those kind of bees are deadly. We wipe out the hives when possible. This one is new. They must have moved in after the hurricane.”

  “Fine with me.” Her thigh chose that moment to remind her of the sting. She rubbed the wound and refused to feel any pity for that hive.

  Joe didn’t wait for her to get her purse. He grabbed it off the counter and opened. He pulled her car keys out of the bag before she found the breath to protest. With her keys dangling from one hand, he tossed her purse towards her chest with the other.

  Amber caught it as
he captured her hand and pulled her behind him. The front door was opened before she could dig her heels in to stop the man. Not that she had much of a chance of doing that. Her head didn’t even reach his shoulders. His hand closed all the way around hers.

  The front door opened and his body surged forward. He pulled her right along behind him. The man had her car unlocked in mere seconds.

  “Get in.”

  He rolled right over the hood of the vehicle before yanking the driver’s door open. The rising sound of buzzing made Amber eager to comply. She slammed her door shut as the dark cloud rose over the top of her house. Joe slammed his door so hard the car rocked. The bees swarmed around the car as Joe flipped all the vents closed.

  “I agree, call the exterminator.” The insects were hostile little buggers. There was nothing sweet or fuzzy about them. Their honey was probably poisonous. The car was surrounded by them as they tried to find a way in.

  The ignition turned over as a muffled curse came from Joe. Turning around she giggled at the sight of the man in her car. He was bent over with his knees up around the steering wheel. He scowled at her from his bent position before searching for the gearshift and putting the car in reverse.

  “Amber, I’m driving my truck when I take you out for dinner.”

  “Excuse me, when did I accept a date from you?”

  His eyes slipped down her body. Her cheeks flooded with heat in response. His hand suddenly caught her chin in a firm grasp as his mouth captured hers. The kiss was hard and deep. Her body responded immediately to his making her jerk away from him.

  Her head bumped into the door making her grumble. Joe smirked at her before he turned his attention back to his driving. “We sort of passed the date stage, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a good meal.” His dark eyes dropped down to her nipples as his lips thinned. “I think we might need the energy.”

  The pure confidence displayed by his smug grin made her temper explode. The bees followed the car as they backed down the driveway, trapping her inside with the testosterone ape.