Summer squirmed and shifted in her sleep as a shapely leg slid between Nick’s muscular thighs. The feel of her soft flesh so intimately close made him close his eyes tight as his body responded to her sensuous touch.
“Summer?” He whispered in hesitation not sure if she was asleep or not.
“Hmmm.”
“Uh, do you think you could move your leg?”
He was close to losing it. To flipping her over on her back and doing…well you know. It had been so long since he had touched or held another woman. It was almost impossible for him to restrain himself.
Soon as she came into contact with Nick’s hard flesh she became aware of his desire for her. He wasn’t alone. She wanted him too. But she was also conscious of the fact that he was holding back. He wouldn’t take things any further than she allowed.
Keeping her hot scorching flesh in place, she made a bold request. “Nick make love to me.”
There was nothing in the world Nick wanted more. He wanted to love Summer, but wasn’t sure where her heart and her head was. True, she had admitted to loving him. However, he wasn’t certain if Summer was still in love with him. There was a difference. Finally after all this time he knew where his heart belonged and who it belonged to. What he wasn’t certain of was if Summer’s heart still belonged to him? Summer sensed his hesitation. He doesn’t want me. “What’s wrong Nick?” She asked, fear trembling her words.
“Get up for a minute please.”
Reaching over, he turned on the lamp on the nightstand before sitting up and resting against the headboard. Nick rubbed his eyes with the heels of his hands. Was this woman trying to kill him or what? Why did she have to look at him with those eyes? Eyes that were begging him to love her until she couldn’t see straight. “Nothing’s wrong, baby. I want nothing more than to make love to you. But are you sure this is what you really want? We don’t have to do this. I don’t want you to have any regrets.”
Straddling his lap, Summer held his face between her hands and gave him a quick kiss on his full lips. Regrets? What regrets? Although he hadn’t spoken the words she knew in her heart that he loved her. With Nick’s love Summer knew she would never have any regrets where he was concerned.
“I won’t have any regrets. I just want you to love me.”
Threading his fingers through her hair, palming the back of her head he pulled her to meet his lips. The kiss was long, deep and the drugging.
Looking into her soft brown eyes, he exposed all his vulnerabilities as he opened his heart and his soul to her. “Baby, I’m going to love you for the rest of my life.”
A single tear slid down her cheek at his tender confession. “Oh, Nick.”
Not bothering to turn the lamp off, Nick slid down on his back pulling Summer to his chest lightly kissing the salty trail on her cheek. He didn’t bother to hush or quiet the other tears that followed. His admission of loving her was the beginning of her healing. Of his healing.
Summer felt her heart completely opening up to him places she thought were closed off forever. Summer exhaled the breath she’d been holding for months as she gazed into Nick’s dark eyes that held a longing for her that was so deep, so sweet, and so tender. It was a longing not of lust, but one of genuine love. A soft smile danced at her lips as she blinked the tears away. Yes. He loved her. He had pledged to love her for the rest of his life.
“Nick, I really do want you… I need you.
“Are you sure?”
Summer nodded.
“It’s been a long time, Beautiful. There hasn’t been anyone since you.”
Summer was stunned. She had thought for sure he’d found another lover. Just the thought of him doing all those intimate things he had done with her to another woman used to send her into a frenzy fit of crying spells.
“For real?”
“Yes, Beautiful. I never could get you out of my system. And now I know why.”
Chapter 28
For the longest time Nick and Summer lay facing one another staring into each other’s eyes. The love shining through their souls was undeniable. Neither of them wanted to rush the inevitable. They had all night. They had forever.
Slowly Nick began to caress every curve, every inch. The entire time he explored her body Summer writhed under his glorious touch as he again familiarized himself with her body. When he worshipped her most delicate feminine zone she nearly shattered into a million pieces when her release over took her.
Positioning himself over her, Nick wavered. Is this what she really wants?
He got his answer when her hands impatiently tugged on his shoulders. “Nick please.”
With her consent he slowly entered her and began moving in and out. Falling into sync, Summer wrapped her legs around his waist taking him in deeper as they moved as one being. Working themselves into an erotic haze, simultaneously they crashed into wave after wave, drowning in an abyss as their bodies trembled in ecstasy.