Tortoise Tango Page 9

  Amber gritted her teeth as she tried to ignore the ripple of pleasure his breath sent across her bare neck. Her nipples drew into little buttons as they clamored for his hands to correct them as well. Her hips gave an instinctive little wiggle as Joe brushed against her bottom once again. Amber couldn’t stop the telltale motion, her body refused to resist rubbing across the hard length of his erection.

  Joe laughed in a deep husky tone as his entire back came into contact with her body. His hands covered hers again as the brush of his breath hit her temple. His hips bumped against hers as she almost purred with the delight of so much contact. That hard cock was pressed to both sides of her bottom making her sweat as the towel became almost unbearable to keep on.

  “That’s it, honey, but I have a little confession to make. I’d rather just get naked with you.”

  Oh yes!!!

  Amber bit her tongue and struggled to keep her body under some kind of rational control. Her self-restraint had eroded as the ripples of pleasure coursed through her body and joined into a river that flowed between her breasts and her passage. The hard cock throbbing against her bottom tempted and promised more delight, if she would just forget about control.

  “We are not getting…undressed!”

  Joe laughed at her words and shifted as he tucked his gun into the back of his waistband and pulled her closer. One arm snaked around her waist to hold her in place as he let go of her chin and stroked his warm fingers down her throat. His fingers touched her chest and kept going until they found a hard little nipple beneath her towel. His thumb gently circled the nub, making her squirm against the sudden, almost painful need that simple touch produced. Fluid actually began seeping down the walls of her passage like honey. She felt it on the top of her thighs as a tremor shook her body.

  “This little nipple thinks we should get naked.” The hard cock in his pants agreed. Joe pressed her along his length as he caught her denial with his mouth. Her lips parted as he captured the back of her head and held her in place for his kiss. He growled against the soft lips that opened to admit the thrust of his tongue. Need was raging against the chain he’d used to hold it. Had it really only been that afternoon that he’d had her? It seemed far too long since he’d listened to the little whimpers of pleasure that were beginning to emerge from her throat.

  Joe rubbed a thumb over one nipple and watched Amber gasp. Her swollen lips formed a little round expression as he pushed the terrycloth away from the coral tip. “I love the way your nipples get hard for me, baby.” His eyes turned hard as his thumb rubbed across the bare tip. “These little buttons drive me insane with the need to get inside you.”

  Amber blinked as she tried to remember just why she needed to keep her stupid towel. It was wet and clammy against her skin. Her hands had left the top of it to spread along the wide shoulders that beckoned for her touch.

  One tug and Joe sent the towel towards the floor. He bent and swung her bare body up against his before angling her through the doorway. The sight of his bed snapped her back into reality. It was like crossing the doorway leading to the master bedroom was a form of declaration. Almost like an act of submission.

  “Just hold on. Red light!”

  Joe tossed her onto his bed in response. Amber bounced in a tangle of limbs before tossing her hair out of her face. The look on his face made her wish she’d left the auburn curtain in front of her eyes.

  “Red light? What the devil is that supposed to mean?”

  Beyond torture. She was stunning, completely bare and in his bed. Instinct bubbled over his control with the need to take. The little red curls at the apex of her thighs beckoned to him as her breasts thrust their coral nipples towards him. Joe didn’t give a damn what her mouth said. He could smell how wet she was.

  “What do you think it means?”

  That wasn’t the right thing to say. His eyes actually glowed as he thought about what he wanted her to mean. She swallowed roughly as his eyes stroked her body, lingering over her breasts. Memory surfaced with acute recollection of the feel of his firm lips on her nipples. Heat poured towards her belly as his eyes traveled down her until they reached the barrier of her closed thighs.

  Her reaction to him was written on her face. Joe felt his lips curl back from his teeth as he watched the blush spread down from her face until it turned the creamy mounds of her breasts pink.

  “I think it means, talking is a waste of time, honey.” It was also driving him insane. He could smell her body, the heat that proclaimed the interest her words were attempting to deny. His shirt scratched against skin that was too hot for any kind of civilized modesty. Joe ripped the garment open. Her eyes dropped to his chest as that little pink tongue appeared to moisten her lower lip. “I think it means you need a little work on expressing your emotions, honey. Your mouth says back off and your nipples say…suck me.”

  She gasped again, this time her face turned as red as her hair as Joe moved his hand to his belt buckle and opened it.

  “Were you sure about that color?” Joe popped one single button of his fly open and her eyes flew to the small gap he’d opened. “Maybe we should try yellow. I could spend at least an hour on yellow.” Two more buttons popped as she licked her upper lip. “There’re a whole lot of places on that lovely body that I could spend my time lingering over while we wait for that light to turn green. No hurry at all.”

  Fear ignited as she looked at his face. The skin was drawn tight as he considered just exactly how to make good on his words. There wasn’t a single doubt in her mind that this man could do exactly as he said. The need to refuse bubbled up in her throat.

  “I’d like to see you try.”

  She wasn’t sure just why she wanted to throw another gauntlet down at his feet. There was a demon inside her, urging her to question this man’s abilities to master her flesh.

  Joe popped the last button free in response. Her skin tightened almost unbearably as she waited for his jeans to release his swollen cock. Instead the fabric held and teased her with its straining edges.

  “So would I.” His words were harsh. That tingle of fear brightened as he shucked his jeans and his entire body came into view. He was so completely male. Amber actually felt her nipples tighten for him. Deep inside her most secret passage an ache clamored for the attention of the male in front of her. This wasn’t about civilized conversation or choices. Everything she thought she wanted in a lover condensed down to the sheer need her body felt for Joe. She wanted his weight pressing her down as his hips spread her thighs for that cock.

  His hands were hot. So strong yet controlled as he handled her. Joe captured her shoulders as the bed gave under his weight. A tiny moan escaped through her lips before he caught her mouth and claimed it with his. His tongue stabbed deeply into her mouth as he caught his weight on his bent elbows. The wide expanse of his chest hovered above her while the crisp hair covering it teased her ultrasensitive breasts.

  He wanted to taste her. Joe lingered over her mouth, teasing the surface of her lips as he coaxed her to open them completely. Right here, words didn’t matter. He thrust his tongue deeply into her mouth as he indulged himself in the pure sensation of male to female. Her thighs rose on either side of his hips as she cradled his body against the hot opening that begged for possession. His fingers twisted in her hair as he held her in place while he continued the kiss. It fed his need. She surrounded him with her taste while the scent of her open body rose between her spread thighs. His cock swelled tighter as he trailed his mouth over the column of her throat. He enjoyed the bite of arousal. Joe wanted to let it twist and burn while he took her to the edge of reason.

  “Do you have any idea how sweet your nipples are?” Joe nuzzled the mound of a breast as Amber found her hands twisting over his shoulders. Her back arched without conscious thought, offering the aching nub to his mouth. He didn’t end her torment of longing, instead his fingers tightened in her hair as his eyes captured her.

  “Those little nipples are h
ard enough to cut glass with. I could spend a long time just licking them.” He meant it too. Regret for her hasty words wasn’t enough to conquer the flame of excitement that raced along her spine. He watched it burn in her eyes before dropping his lips to one coral tip. His warm breath teased it as her back arched almost painfully towards the promise of pleasure from those firm lips. “After that, I’d enjoy sucking them.”

  Instead the tip of his tongue gently touched the top of one beaded nipple. He drew the rough surface over the top of her before licking around the little nub. A moan rose clear and long from her throat and his chest shook with amusement. His hands slipped from her hair and under her back as he held her up for his attention.

  His lips still didn’t close around his chosen treat. He licked its top and around its swollen center before tasting the puckered edges of her nipple. She hung on sensation so sharp it merged into pain as he moved to her opposite breast.

  “That light still yellow?”

  She purred at him. Joe gave her nipple another lap before surrendering to the need to wrap his lips over it. His cock gave a jerk as he sucked on her sweet flesh and listened to her whimper. Maybe it was supposed to be a battle. Consensual sex had never felt so hot. Right then he wanted to make her yield. Take back the restraining words that she’d hurled at his feet while her hard nipples thrust up in invitation.

  The hot scent of arousal filled his head and he followed it down her body. Joe lifted her hips as he licked and tasted the satin covering her belly. The crisp curls covering her mons smelled so damn sexy.

  There was a naughty delight spreading through her as Amber held back the words he was waiting for. She wanted him so bad but needed to play with his control just as much.

  “It’s green!” She couldn’t take what his warm breath promised her he intended. His breath hit the spread opening of her body and she twisted as sensation shot straight into her core. She balanced on the edge of insanity as her imagination delighted in conjuring up what he might do with his tongue between her thighs.

  “Glad to hear it.”

  He growled his words before lifting her hips to his mouth. His dark eyes looked up her body as his breath hit her exposed clit. “I like playing games with you, honey. I like it a whole lot.” His eyes lowered to her open sex as Amber felt her breath lodge in her throat. “And I love to win.”

  She bucked as he caught the first taste of her. Joe tightened his hands and held her for his touch. He found the little nub at the top of her sex and gently sucked it between firm lips. The cry she let out only fueled his determination to taste her pleasure.

  “Joe…I can’t take it!” The sensation twisted and pulled so tight, she was powerless to control it. Her body seemed to belong only to his will. She had ceased to fear that level of submission. The pleasure coursed over her will as her body tightened further and climax began to bear down on her. Nothing mattered but the shimmering promise of fulfillment.

  “Don’t worry, baby, I’ll hold you while you take it.”

  His words were as hard as his will. His eyes glittered with promise and triumph as he looked up her body. A second later he dipped his mouth and captured her little pearl between impossibly hot lips. The tip of his tongue joined in the stimulus as she listened to a husky moan rise out of her chest. Her hips thrust towards his mouth as her breath caught in her throat. He released her clit as his tongue made a long lap down her slit to the opening of her passage. He licked it in a slow circle before gently lapping her slit back to the button at the top. “God, you taste good.” His hands tightened on her hips as his lips sucked the little nub hard. Amber shattered in a moment of pure sensation, certain that even her heart stopped beating while everything twisted and burned with pleasure.

  Her cry pushed his control over the limit. Joe rose above her body and thrust deeply into her. The walls of her passage clung to his cock as he growled with primitive glory. Her thighs gripped his hips as he firmly thrust and rocked inside her. The need to climax burned deep inside him as he listened to the sound of her whimpers.

  “I’m really enjoying this yellow light.” Amber felt her eyes fly open with horror. He thrust deeply into her body and pulled out on a long, slow stroke. There wasn’t even a hint of hurry as she bucked beneath him and twisted in the flame of need. Reaching between their bodies, Joe made sure the lips of her sex were spread open so that each thrust drew across her clit. A whimper rose from her throat as he made sure his thrust remained slow and hard.

  “That light turned green, Joe.”

  “Yeah? I guess I missed that part.” His hips flexed as his cock lodged deeply inside her once again. “Doesn’t matter, I’m enjoying the ride.”

  She growled at him. Joe thrust hard into her body as her lips parted in tiny pants. Yeah, he was enjoying every thrust into her wet body and each shudder that shook her as his cock impaled her. But the need to burst inside her made his cock demand he give her what she craved. Leaning over, Joe sucked one coral-tipped breast in his mouth as he thrust hard into her body. He growled around the little tip as Amber whimpered. “All right, baby, I’ll take you home now.”

  He filled her so completely, Amber could only cling to his larger frame as he drove into her with quick thrusts. Her hips lifted for him and told her pride to go to hell. It felt so right to be filled by him, moving with him. The pleasure was deeper this time, more intense and rooted in the very center of her body. She needed it so desperately and he joined her in that quest. His shoulders shook as they both struggled in the last moment of sanity before sensation ruled and they dissolved into the swirling mixture of need and fulfillment. It washed away the barriers between them as they merged into one entity, grasping each other as the ultimate joy enwrapped them both. The hot splash of his seed inside her made her purr with some deeper emotion that had never really shown up before. Amber felt her thighs grasp Joe’s hips frantically as he growled and his cock jerked inside her.

  Joe rolled off her and pulled her body along with his. Amber squirmed but his hands smoothed her into place next to his warm body. Two little tears stung her eyes as he refused to let her wiggle away. Instead Joe caught the back of her hair and gently pulled until her face lifted to lock eyes with him.

  “You have an appointment somewhere?” His eyes were hard as they studied hers.

  “I don’t need a reason to get up.”

  He grunted and captured her lips with his. It was a slow and warm kiss that made her skin begin to heat once again. His hand held her head in place as his lips pushed hers apart. He rolled half over her as the fingers in her hair tipped her head up for his mouth.

  Joe lifted his head and reached beyond her. The comforter suddenly wrapped over her as he rolled back onto his back. Because they were lying on the bedding, Joe was able to pull the edge of the comforter until she was trapped against his body by it. The solid arm around her waist was strong enough that the fabric trapped her into a cocoon. One of his knees rose between her legs as he kept tugging on that blanket until she was completely bound to his length.

  “Then don’t go looking for one, honey. We can butt heads tomorrow.”

  “I think I should sleep in the other room…” The arm around her waist gave a squeeze as his opposite hand caught the back of her head and pushed it down onto a shoulder.

  Her words were soft. Joe tipped her chin up to look at her eyes. “Honey, I don’t want to know what guy ever made love to you and then let you go sleep in a cold bed. Because I might have to find him and beat the hell out of him.” His eyes went hard for a moment before Joe smoothed her closer to his body. A little purr came from her throat as Amber enjoyed the secure clasp of his arm around her shoulders. Joe watched her face before grinning at her and pushing her head back onto his chest. “Get some sleep, honey. I want a rematch of traffic lights later.”

  She giggled before slipping her fingers through the hair on his chest. That secure feeling coated her thoughts as she felt his hand settle on the curve of her hip. Yeah, she could fall in
love with Joe and at that very moment, it felt like a really good idea.

  Idaho where?

  “Go to sleep, baby.”

  Joe listened to the sound of her respiration as it grew deeper and lengthened. He looked at the red curls covering his hands and grunted. Her thighs slipped along his, making his cock twitch with renewed hunger. He stroked her head instead and watched the way her eyelashes rested on her cheeks.

  She looked so peaceful right then, almost docile. His chest rumbled with amusement. Little Red didn’t have a docile fiber in her body! Tomorrow morning she would be as ruffled as a badger with wet fur.

  And God help him…he was looking forward to it.

  * * * * *

  “I am moving to Idaho!” No one heard her. Amber kicked at the bedding and hissed as it held. She was wrapped in the comforter tighter than a newborn. She couldn’t even decide how Joe had done it. But all the ends were tucked and folded using her body weight as the force holding her in the center of it. The shower was running in the master bathroom making it the best time to escape without having to face her rash behavior of last night.

  She kicked and rolled over. Her cocoon lost some of its strength so she kicked harder and rolled again. She fell off the end of the bed and landed on her knees. A yelp came out of her mouth as the shower immediately shut off. She scrambled to break free from the comforter as she heard the glass door on the shower stall open.

  “Amber?”

  “I’m fine!” She gave the comforter a vicious kick before running towards the door and her room. She was not getting caught naked by Joe this morning! The day was going to be tough enough without that little disadvantage.

  Joe listened to the frantic paddle of bare feet on his wood floor and frowned. He ducked back under the showerhead and gave the handle a twist to wash the shampoo out of his hair. He didn’t like her running out of his room. In fact, his pride was stinging as he heard the thump of the guestroom door as it slammed shut.