Now, Please(47)

A flurry of butterflies assaulted my stomach as Hunter took my glass. He returned to pull me up to standing. His fingers worked over my buttons quickly, opening my sweater before discarding it. He pulled my tank top over my head and paused at my see-through, lacy black bra. His palms slid down my chest and over the swell of my breasts. With both of us breathing faster, he skipped down to my jeans, ripping open the button and pushing down the zipper in quick movements. He bent down in front of me as he worked them to the floor. I stepped out, only to have my leg directed to a wider stance. He hooked a finger into my panties and pulled them to the side.

I moaned, my head falling back, as a wet tongue probed my lips before circling the top of my slit. He sucked me in, making my knees go week.

“Every time I see you I want you,” he said, rubbing eager fingers along my wetness. A finger worked into me as his thumb circled my clit lazily. His mouth took over for his thumb again.

“Or maybe we could just hang out in here until dinner,” I said as my eyes fluttered closed and my body wound tighter.

He took one last, long suck before backing off and pulling my panties down to my ankles. Cold air brushed my aching wetness. My bra fell away a moment later.

“We’ll have all night in bed, Livy. Let’s spend the evening elsewhere. I’m sorry we have to be confined—I should’ve known what I was likely to come home to. That’s something I’ll need to change.”

He draped the robe over my shoulders as he quickly stripped out of his shirt. I ran my hand up his perfectly sculpted chest while he worked at the buttons on his pants. He shrugged into his robe and gestured me out of the room. We walked down the stairs and toward the back of the house, hearing a murmur of voices coming from the living room. He let me out through the back door and to a covered gazebo. He flicked a switch, and soft lights lit up a hot tub and illuminated a pool beyond. With economic movements, he took the cover off the large, circular tub.

He turned to me, taking off my robe and hanging it on a hook in the gazebo before removing his. I sighed as I sat into the hot water. He stepped in a moment later, on the opposite side of the tub. His gaze held mine. “I wanted to talk to you about…our situation.”

I put my arms along the side of the hot tub. “Okay.”

“I can’t share you, Olivia. If you can’t be with me solely, you need to say that now before we get any more serious.”

I didn’t even have to think about my response. “I only want to be with you.”

“Good.” The edge to his voice eased somewhat. His muscles visibly relaxed. He leaned back. “I have a strange setup, but I’ve always only been with one woman at a time.”

“Yet…you don’t ask that that one woman be monogamous.”

“How could I? I only…sexually engaged with a normal admin once a week or so, and for a short period of time. I gave no other part of myself. Everything I’ve done with you has been…abnormal. I’ve opened myself to you in ways I’ve only done once before. I couldn’t ask a woman to give me more than I was willing to give to her. That’s not what that contract is for.”

My heart surged, warmed with his admission. “So…then…you’re willing to give me more?”

“C’mere, Livy.” He reached out through the water. I took his hand, allowing him to pull me closer. He sat me in his lap and circled me with his arms. “I’m willing to give you all. I’ve tried to deny you, and you worked closer anyway. What’s the point in resisting? You’d just steal my heart in the end anyway.”

I put my face close to his, feeling the fire of love and passion lick the inside of me.

“I’ve never been with Blaire, so you know,” he said quietly. He turned his face so his lips glanced off mine. “I’ve never intended to. She knew that going in.”

“She’s obviously pretty sexual, and I bet she’s really pretty—isn’t she hard to resist sometimes?”

“Not at all. No one has ever been hard to resist, past my sexual awakening. Until now. There is only one like you, Livy. Every man that sees you notices it. I’m lucky enough to have you.”

“Behind all that rudeness is this guy. It’s amazing.” I shifted until I was straddling him. I fell into his kiss, passionate but soft. Deep and heartfelt.

I was falling in love. This conversation clinched it. I didn’t ever want this to end.

“Do you want kids, Livy?” he murmured.

I snaked my arms around his neck. “Someday, yes.”

“How many?” His hands came around my back and pulled me tighter to his chest.