I had no idea how long we sat there like that, but it was long enough for one of my legs to lose its feeling from being squished behind him. I didn’t care, though, and I wasn’t in a hurry to let him go. I kept running my fingers through his black, spiky hair over and over again as his heart slowed to its normal rhythm. It was really quiet in the car when I felt his chest rumble under mine. He said something that I couldn’t make out. His mouth was covered by all of my hair.
“Hmm?” I said as I ran my fingers from the bottom of his neck up to the top of his head. Grasping a handful of hair, I gently pulled him away so I could hear him better. “What’d you say?” I put my forehead on his.
“I said I love you. I never thought I’d ever feel this way about someone, not after dealing with losing my friends. I’ve been scared to feel so close to someone again, but I can’t help myself with you. You make it easy to love you. You’ve settled yourself into every part of me, and I’ve fallen, Kat. I’ve fallen so hard.”
I pulled my head back so I could look into his eyes as he spoke. Nobody had ever spoken to me with such conviction before. If a man had said these words to me any time before now, I would have thought they were empty feelings. With Timber, I couldn’t doubt him. Not with the way he was looking at me, and not with the way I was feeling towards him as well. But was it love that I was feeling?
I had no idea. I knew he made me feel things that were brand new. I knew that I wanted to be with him every minute of the day because if I wasn’t, I missed him. I knew that he was the first person that I’d opened myself up to about my terrifying past and he hadn’t judged me like I expected a man would have done. He didn’t leave me and go running for the hills because I was the girl with bags and bags of luggage to deal with. He was the guy that carried it for me, and made each day better and something to look forward to. Before Timber, I’d simply existed in my life. I hadn’t been living it. I loved his challenging ways and how controlling he could be. So did I love him? Yeah, I think I did.
“I love you, too.” And as I said the words, I knew I meant them.
The most heart stopping smile I’d ever seen spread across Timber’s face. “Those are some pretty words on your lips.” His thumb brushed my lower lip. “I know something that would look even better on your mouth.”
I laughed. “Are you talking dirty to me after you just said the sweetest thing I think I’ve ever heard, and are we still parked on the side of the road?”
He dazzled me with his sparkling sky-colored eyes. “Get your mind out of the gutter, Kat.” He swatted my behind. “I was talking about this.”
He leaned forward and lightly placed his lips on mine. The gesture was so soft I barely felt anything besides his warm breath whispering across my mouth. His teeth grazed my lower lip and my tongue darted out, licking where I’d felt him. He took this as his invitation to deepen our connection as he opened his mouth and placed his hand on the back of my head. His tongue slipped into my mouth and caressed my own. I could feel him harden beneath my center as he ground into me and moaned. Our tongues danced together, tasting every inch that we could. I pushed my hips down on his lap and I heard him suck in a breath.
“Shit,” he growled into my mouth.
I smiled, my teeth tugging on his full lower lip. “How quickly you do put my mind in the gutter, Mr. Nelson.” I pushed a little harder, creating some friction at my core. “Oh, God, I need you.” His hand released the back of my head and smoothed up my shirt. He went all the way up until his rough hand palmed my breast over the top of my bra.
“More, I need more.” I was quickly working myself into a frenzy and my hips were now rocking back at forth on their own accord.
“Kat, we need to stop. I’m not willing to let half of Texas see my girl naked while I fuck her on the side of the road.”
I rolled my eyes. My body was ready and willing for him to take me regardless of the scenery. I reached up and pinched his nipples through his shirt, and he let out a yelp. “That’s for getting me hot and bothered, then not finishing the job.”
I was already making my way back over into my seat when he slid his hand behind my hair on the back of my neck and brought my face to his. He looked absolutely savage as his gaze bored into mine. “I said I won’t have everyone that passes us looking at your perfect body. These nipples,” his fingers tweaked my already hardened buds, “and this pussy,” his hand went down and cupped me, “are for my eyes only. Do you understand me? I’m all for public displays, but when it comes to you being naked, I’ll hurt anybody that glances in your direction. And I will be remedying this when we get home.”