Page 71 of Too Guarded to Love

Olivia watched indecision swirl in Nic’s dark gaze. Did he really think a fling with her was going to put his position at VIPER at risk?

Before she could ponder the question, his mouth crashed onto hers. With a desperate sound she felt deep in her bones, he shoved his tongue between her lips in a deep and furious kiss that mirrored the emotions swirling in his gaze. He tasted like mint and anger and passion, and it stole her breath.

He pulled his mouth inches from hers and framed her face in his hands. “I can only promise tonight, or until I get the call to go. I’m not capable of more right now.”

One night would never be enough of this resilient, wounded man who shared the painful past that shaped him into a warrior. “Well then, stop talking and help me get naked.”

His lips covered her breast before her shirt hit the ground. She cradled his head and leaned into his mouth, offering her body.

Herself.

Everything.

Pushing him back, she straddled his hips. With a ragged inhale, she ground her pussy against his erection. “Take your shirt off.”

He pulled it over his head. She kissed the spot where the bullet that had gone through her shoulder hit between his steel and skin. He moaned, the sound as deep as her desire to taste every inch of this man, as she licked down the seam that bonded living flesh to machine. Smooth steel and rough skin created a coarse tingling on her tongue. The sensations she knew she’d never feel anywhere else shot down her belly and landed between her legs.

Settling back on her heels, she traced the area she’d tasted with the pad of her finger. God, he was magnificent. All corded muscle and coiled strength, and hers for the night.

Her heart sank at the reminder he’d be gone in the morning, but she ignored the disappointment. If this was all the time she had with him, she’d make the most of it. Rushing because she needed to touch him everywhere, she fumbled with his belt. He pushed her fingers away and yanked it open.

“The zipper too. And your pants.” She needed to finish what she started at the beach before the VIPER-verse and all the danger and mayhem inside of it stole her chance.

He rolled her to the side and shoved his pants and boxers down his hips. “So you’re leading this time around?”

A little gasp sprang from her throat as his cock sprang free. He was as thick and potent as she remembered. Scooting back, she straddled his legs. The feel of cool, hard steel against one thigh and warm, solid muscle on the other nearly spiraled her into an orgasm. With a moan of pure delight, she gripped the base of his hardest body part and dipped her head for a taste.

He gripped her hair. “Oh no, baby. You’re not going back there until I have all night and into the next day to thoroughly enjoy every lick, every suck of your sweet mouth.”

She lifted her gaze and smiled. “Good point. Frantic sex it is then.”

“Glad we agree.” Scooting back against the wall, he lifted her over his hips and slipped his finger under her damp panties. Her eyes rolled back in her head as he thrust a steel digit inside.

“So wet, sirena. Like you’ve come out of the ocean to play with me.”

“Yes.” He may have said play, but there was nothing playful about the way he surged his finger in and out of her pussy.

“Do you like the way my steel feels inside you?”

She threw her head back and moaned as he hooked into the spot he’d discovered and claimed as his own.

He stilled his hand. “Look at me.”

She obeyed and almost detonated at the heat in his gaze.

“Good girl.”

He hooked his finger again, and she purred like he’d pressed a secret button. “Nic. Oh my God. Do that again.”

Chuckling, he obliged. “You’re the first woman I’ve ever touched like this with my steel. Tell me again how much you love it.”

“So, so much.” Bracing her hands on his chest, she rocked against his palm as she lowered her hips.

“I’m going to fuck you fast and raw. I haven’t been with a woman since my physical last month and I’m clean.”

“I was tested after I broke up with Jonathan and I’m clean too. And I’m on the pill.”

He grazed her clit as he sank another finger inside her. “I’ve been thinking about your pussy since I tasted it last night.”