As soon as she stumbled toward Merrick, he met her halfway and enfolded her in his arms. He picked her up and swung her round and round.
With the crowd roaring their approval, he let her slide down his sweaty, bloody body, and then he fused his mouth to hers in a long, breathless kiss. And God help her, but she kissed him right back there in front of a million viewers.
C H A P T E R T H I R T Y - E I G H T
THE DRESSING ROOM WAS INSANITY. Champagne was sprayed everywhere and on anyone in close proximity. As soon as the media had been allowed access, Cade herded Elle into one of the smaller changing rooms.
It was a bit like closing the barn door after the horse already got out. Merrick had just kissed her in plain view of not only those in the arena but the millions watching the fight on pay per view. But Cade was adamant that he and Merrick both didn’t want her directly exposed to the media.
So she rolled her eyes and sat while the insanity went on outside the door. To her surprise, a mere twenty minutes later, the door burst open and Merrick came in, Cade close on his heels.
Without a word, Merrick stalked to where she sat in a chair across the room and hauled her up and into his arms. His mouth crushed down over hers with bruising force that left her gasping for breath.
His need was a tangible thing, thick in the air. It vibrated from him in waves.
“Need you,” he growled against her mouth. “Right here. Right now. Jesus, baby. I need you.”
Her heart pounded like a freight train, but she put her arms around him, holding him close, and she murmured next to his ear, “Okay, then. Okay. I’m here. Take me, Merrick. Take what you need.”
He set her down only long enough to free himself from the trunks he wore and to reach underneath the filmy skirt she wore and yank away her underwear.
Then he lifted her again, hoisting her up his body.
“Wrap your legs around me,” he said hoarsely.
She wrapped arms and legs around him, anchoring herself to him. He grasped her behind, lifting and then settling her down over his rigid erection. Then he walked her back until she bumped against the wall, and he thrust hard and deep.
The angle was impossible. She was too far forward, too smashed between him and the wall. She pushed at him, wanting him to get the hint without her interrupting the desperation that gripped them both.
Muttering a curse, he gripped her tighter and turned away from the wall.
“Hold her, Cade.”
Heat prickled up her nape. Her nipples hardened, and her pussy clenched around Merrick’s cock. The sheer eroticism of what Merrick suggested had her flushed with arousal.
Cade’s chest met her back, his warmth invading her body as he slid his arms underneath hers, holding and supporting her weight while Merrick gripped her hips and plunged deeper.
“Lean back against me, honey,” Cade whispered.
She let her head fall back against his shoulder, and Cade turned his mouth to nuzzle her jaw while Merrick fucked her with an intensity he’d never unleashed with her before.
There, held between the two men she loved, one holding her while the other drove into her over and over…it was more than she was able to withstand.
She came quickly. No build up. No prolonged, slow rise to completion. She hurtled over the edge like a plane falling from the sky. And still, Merrick plunged deeply into her body, as if he’d never get enough.
“Need you so much,” Merrick panted.
She reached to touch the damp hair at his shoulders and then gently ran her hands over his jaw, framing his face.
“I need you too,” she said softly.
“Table,” Merrick gritted out.
He withdrew only long enough for Cade to carry her to the padded exam table against the far wall. Cade positioned her on her belly, her legs down, feet just touching the floor, and then Merrick was inside her again, thrusting into her from behind.
His hands caressed her back, running up and down her spine with gentleness that was contradictory to the way he was driving into her.
So much adrenaline. This was his outlet. She was the one person he wanted. Who he trusted. He’d come to her. He loved her.
The stirrings of another orgasm rose from deep within. The position he had her in forced him deeper, at a different angle. His cock touched different parts of her pussy, and she gasped as the familiar flood of pleasure began foaming through her body.
Then he tensed against her. And then he went hard. Fast. Rocking her forward, almost rough as he came in wave after wave.
And then finally he lowered his body over hers, lying flush against her back, his breath whispering harshly in her ear.
God, but she was so on edge. So close to another climax. Her entire body tingled, and she unconsciously bucked her ass upward, wanting, needing more.
Merrick lifted himself up and gently pulled out of her body. She moaned, wanting that fullness back. She needed it.