Bedding the Billionaire (Book 3) (Legacy Collection) (20 page)

“It’s not an option either.”

He chuckled and
bent to kiss her
again
, but she
turned her head away
. When he lifted his head in confusion she
ran a hand over the stubble that was just beginning to show through on his otherwise perfectly smooth face.

She said, “
Your pants.”

An excited flush spread up his neck and across his face.
He
removed the
rest of his clothing with remarkable speed and returned to his initial position, this time his
freed
erect
ion
and pressing
against her.
He bent to remove her panties, trailing kisses down her stomach as he did.

Once she was completely unclothed, he knelt before her and held her still with a strong hand on either hip.
His hands sought a
nd worshipped every inch of her.

With
a
strong move, he lifted one of her legs and hooked it over his shoulder, opening her wide before him, an opportunity he took full
advantage of with his mouth. Lil clutched at the back of his head when his tongue tasted and invaded.
Each flick was strategic and sent her head sagging backward in ecstasy.

He stood and their kiss tasted of her own excitement, something that drove her over the edge and she gladly sank to her knees before him, returning the favor.
Feeling him swell and jut against her suckling increased her already mind blowing fervor.
She cupped him from below and rubbed the area at his base with her thumb
, reveling at the moan that escaped him. The muscles of his thighs tensed beneath one of her hands.
When she thought he could take no more, she stopped and moved her kisses to his stomach.

“You’re killing me,” he groaned.

“What do you want, Jake?”
she asked, knowing the answer but
needing
to hear him say it.

He hauled her up to her fee
t and said, “I want to take you
now
, make you mine.”

She
looked into his golden brown eyes and said,
“Do it. Let go and just do it.”

He lifted her, repositioned her
so that her legs wrapped around his waist
, and entered her with
one powerful thrust
.
She threw her head back
with
a cry of pleasure.
He took two steps toward the wall and held her there, off the floor, as he
pounded
again and again, deeper and deeper
.

A wave of warmth spread from deep inside of Lil and tingled outward through her, increasing and
pulsing through her with each thrust. This was a taking that surpassed any she’d
dreamt possible. There was no him, no her… only
them
and a wild feeling of freedom.

He came with a shudder as
her own
release had begun to ebb.

“Did you?”
he asked and
she
bit her lip. Was silence a lie if it brought them both further
pleasure
?

He kissed her deeply and
stayed within her.

Without hearing his request, she knew what he wanted.
She tightened and released her inner muscles on him, finding a comfortable rhythm that not only brought him back to life within her, but also stimulated her in a new and wondrous way
.

He slid himself out of her, picked her up and carried her to one side of the couch.
He turned her and bent her over the large, cushioned arm of it.
Lil looked over her shoulder at him and
shuddered as his hands closed over her hips, holding her still while his ever hardening shaft teased her outer folds.
He kissed the back of her neck, trailed kisses down her sp
ine, his hot breath tickling as it excited.
When he reach
ed the curve of her butto
cks with his lips, he straighten
e
d and placed a foot between hers and moved them apart impatiently.

He slipped a finger inside her and continued to kiss the back of her legs, the
curve
of her cheeks. In and out he pumped until she was clutching onto the couch with both hands
and
was
oh so ready for him.
He straightened and she felt him, fully erect again, graze her leg.

Then he was inside her again, o
ne hand on eithe
r hip, moving her to meet him, b
uilding a rhythm between them that she could not and had no desire to fight.
Their first coupling had been amazing, but he lasted even longer this time and her final orgasm was even more intense and devastating as it shook her
.
She came with
a profane
exclamation she could not contain and he joined her with one last deep
thrust
.

Withdrawing, h
e turned her to him, lifted her again
, and sank onto the couch with her sideways on his lap.

“I’ll never look at this couch the same way again,” she joked into his bare chest.

“
Ssssh
,” he said, but he smiled.

In union, their breathing slowly returned to normal.

A thought
came to him
that tensed him
slightly beneath her in an entirely different way than
earlier. “I didn’t use a condom.
”
H
e groaned.

“Shit,” Lil said
,
sitting straight up
in his lap
. “You’re right.”

He rubbed a hand across his eyes as if trying to wipe away his confusion.
“I’ve never forgotten before.”

She had, but that was why
she’d
gone an additional step. “Don’t worry, I’m on the pill.”

“It’s about more than that.”
He absently played with the hair that spilled down her back.

“Do you have a disease I should know about?”
she joked.

He shook his head and
pulled her
against his chest. “No, but not using one was completely irresponsible and I…”

This time she was the one who tensed.
He was probably more worried about what he could catch from her than the reverse.
“And you’re always responsible.
Unlike me.
I know. I get it.”

He soothed her li
ke one would a child, running his hand through her hair gently and then cupped her chin. “I’m not judging you.
I’m
just
questioning my own sanity.”

That didn’t make her feel much better.

“I’m not sure ei
ther option is very flattering,” she struggled to free herself from him, but he held her on his lap.

“
What if something comes from today?”
he asked in his oh
-so-obnoxiously-
rational tone.

Lil broke free of his hold and stood.
“You
mean,
what if I get pregnant
?
Wow, you know how to kill a mood.”

What had felt so right a moment ago now made Lil feel vulnerable and
defensive.
She was in the process of putting her shi
rt back on when he stopped her by
standing in front of her and taking
both
of her shoulders into his hands.
“I’m serious.”

She lashed out.
“
So am I. If anything comes from today, it’ll be my concern, not yours.”

“What is that supposed to mean?”

Fear surfaced as anger.
“We are not even dating
.
W
e’re just fucking.”

His face darkened. “You make it sound cheap.”

She struggled to
get away, but he held her there, intent on
making his message heard.
“I would n
ever leave you with a baby….
my
baby.”

“There is zero possibility that I would terminate a pregnancy.”

His hands gripped her shoulders tighter.
“I know that. I would
take care of
you.
You’d live with me.
”

“Are you s
erious?” she joked
.
Jake’s steady gaze held hers.
“Oh, my God, you’re serious.” Her heart pounded in her chest. “
I’m
not
pregnant so we don’t have to have this conversation.”

“You could be and we do.”

Lil shook her head vehemently.
“Even if you have super sperm and I’m already pregnant, there is no way I
would move in with you
like that
.”

His hands loosened and massaged her shoulders gently.
“You’re right.
We’d have to get married.”

Lil cut in, “Stop.
Stop right there. Let’s not go nuts. I’m not pregnant. We’re not getting married. This whole thing between us is just a …”

“Don’t say it,” he said, his hands stilling.

She stopped.

She
met
his eyes and
then
looked away, unable to
decipher the emotions she saw
churning there
.
“Wh
at happens if you don’t say it?” he asked softly.

She studied his broad, lightly haired chest.

“
What happens if I don’t either?” he continued. “What i
f we just see where this goes?”
He rubbed a thum
b down her jaw
pensively as if he were trying to solve an equation.

Her throat dried, making her first attempt at a rebuttal impossible.