“Well, his toes were kind of touching and taking some of his weight,” he said.
She put her hands up and smiled. “I’m not going to argue. You saved my butt. I’m just saying you didn’t scare me. Not at all. Unlike most people, I get that you actually have a pretty good heart.” She poked him in the chest, and there was that almost annoyingly strong warmth again.
His whole body seemed far too eager for more.
“Let’s get you to bed,” he said, walking toward the doors out of the club.
She looked at him, flushing, and he realized the double meaning.
“No,” he said. “I meant… just… I’ll walk you to your room. Nothing inappropriate.”
When they reached her door, she touched his arm. “What do you mean inappropriate?” she asked.
He looked down into her green eyes, which for some reason seemed extra glossy, alluring. “I… You know. If I came in.”
She looked over her shoulder at the door. “Do you want to?”
He shoved his hands in his pockets. Of course he wanted to. He wanted to make love to her now and forever. But it wasn’t the right time. It was only their first date, despite how much time they’d spent together the past couple days.
“No,” he said. “I’d better not.”
She bit her lip, and the motion made him ache with want. “What if I want you to?” she asked, leaning against the door with hopeful eyes. “What if I don’t want the night to end yet?”
His gaze roved over her, her perfect curves that he’d protected that night, the body that should be his alone, to care for, treasure, and spoil rotten. Not to mention guard forever.
But to her, he was just a good-looking man who’d done some nice things for her. Would she really want something so serious physically this soon?
She reached up and grabbed his collar, jerking him down and reaching up on her toes to bring his lips down over hers. The minute he kissed her again, he was lost.
His whole body was hot and needy, and he was unable to have a single rational thought about what should or shouldn’t happen or what was proper and right.
Her tongue swept inside his mouth, and she moaned as she pressed her body to his hungrily.
His mate wanted him, and all that mattered was answering that desire.
Which Adrien did by wrapping one arm around her, enjoying the feel of her curvy body against him as his other hand reached for the handle and opened the door to her apartment. Not breaking contact with her mouth, he led her inside, practically carrying her and shutting the door behind him, latching the deadbolt.
That finished, he focused on using his tongue to maximum effect, swiping inside her and drawing a soft moan from her throat. Her body went slightly slack, and he held her more tightly, both hands free now.
For several long seconds, they kissed right there at the entryway to her apartment. His tongue found her sensitive spots even quicker this time, stroking and making her shudder with anticipation as her grip on his arms tightened. In the apartment, the lights were still off, leaving the atmosphere dark, everything illuminated in cool shades of blue and green from the city lights trickling through the shaded windows.
When he delved deep inside her once again, she almost lost her footing, and Adrien picked her up off the ground as if she weighed nothing and walked in the direction of the bedroom.
The apartments were by no means small, but they weren’t the castles that Adrien had been used to back in his day. Above all, they had privacy, and that mattered much more than sheer square footage.
By the time he reached the door to her room, his mouth was at Kelsey’s throat, kissing the soft skin there as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He flicked one light on as he passed through the doorway, giving them a soft, orange light that didn’t make the room bright, but nonetheless kept them from utter darkness.
After all, he wanted to see his mate while he pleasured her.
They reached the bed, and Adrien’s mind was already wild with all the things he could do to Kelsey. All the things he wanted to do to her.
Certainly more things than could fit in a single night.
But tonight was what they had, and Adrien was going to make the most of it.
He came onto the bed with Kelsey, now on top of her as she lay on the soft, downy comforter beneath. His mouth wanted to go lower, and he kissed from her neck down to her collar, just above the fabric of the black tunic she’d been wearing that Adrien had fantasized about taking off all night.
Deftly, his hands undid the belt she’d worn around her midsection, casting it aside. By now, he’d already traced a trail of kisses across the edge of the dark fabric, and he went lower, to the edge of the swell of her luscious breasts, so soft and tantalizing.