Page 64 of Come A Little Closer

“Not nearly as beautiful as you,” I murmured before I wound my arms around his neck and pressed a kiss right over his heart. “You know, when you walked out of the bedroom, I couldn’t help but notice that you have a little situation going on down there. Well, not little. You know what I mean.”

He let out a dark chuckle. “It’s a permanent state of being for me when I’m around you.”

“Hmm,” I hummed with my lips against his. “I have a similar problem, but while we’re waiting for the water to run, I thought I might help you out with it.”

As he arched a brow at me, I let my hands run across the strong expanse of his back, taking a firm grip on his hips and keeping my gaze locked on his. “Can I?”

“I’m yours, Tallulah. I’ve already told you that. I love you and you can do whatever you want with me, but I thought you were overwhelmed?”

“Yeah, but not so much so that I want you to be polite with me,” I said playfully, sliding my fingers into the waistband of his underwear and lifting it over his erection. “Besides, this will help to distract me from the enormity of the day.”

“What wi—” He cut himself off when I wrapped my fingers around his shaft, using my free hand to push his underwear down until they dropped to the floor.

His skin was hot and soft against my palm, but he was so hard that it made me catch my breath. “Niall…” I swiped my thumb across his tip, biting my lip at the wetness I felt there. “How?”

“I told you,” he whispered, his breathing becoming shaky as I started moving my fist slowly up and down. “I’ve never said ‘I love you’ before. It turns out that hearing it back from you and knowing that we’re in this together is just about the hottest thing that’s ever happened to me. I find it insanely sexy.”

Suddenly, so did I. “And here I thought you were a player. Who knew expressing your feelings for just one woman would turn you on so much?”

“Not me, but I think this confirms it,” he said raggedly, his eyes practically crossing as I stroked him. “I was always meant to be a monogamist. I just had to find the right woman to do it with.”

“Well, you found her.” I took his hand and put it at the front of my panties, sliding it into them so he could feel what this was doing to me in turn.

Niall groaned as his fingers slid between my folds and my breathing hitched, my hand moving faster between us. His muscles tensed as his free hand shot out to the vanity to steady him. “Shit, Tallulah. I’m too cl⁠—”

I picked my pace, heat flooding the space between my legs. I sealed my mouth over his. A moment later, he lost it, swelling in my hand before he coated my stomach in jets of his release. Panting in the aftermath, he wrenched his mouth away from mine and let out a husky laugh.

“How’s that for not being polite?” he asked before hooking the arm that had been bracing him against the vanity around my hips, his hand still moving between my legs.

I moaned, sparks of pleasure shooting through me and making me feel like I’d have fallen over if he hadn’t been holding me so tight. “Niall, the water…”

He groaned, glancing toward the tub and then letting go of me to shut off the faucet. With that done, he made quick work of my panties before he climbed in, helping me into the deep, hot water after him.

As soon as we sat down, he kissed me again, letting his back rest against the side of the tub before pulling me into his lap and making me hear angels sing as his fingers moved inside me. When the orgasm finally subsided, I lay with my back against his chest, just processing as he held me in the soft candlelight.

When the water finally started getting cool, I turned to him, smiling at the relaxed look on his face. His eyes were closed, and for a moment, I thought he might’ve drifted off, but then his lips twitched into a smirk.

“I can feel you looking at me.”

I chuckled. “At least that means you didn’t fall asleep on me. What happened to making love all night?”

“Depends. How’s the overwhelm?”

“Depends,” I repeated after him, folding my hands on his chest as I rolled over. Water sloshed over the sides of the tub, but it was worth it to be looking at his handsome face again. “We love each other, but what does that mean? Are we in an actual, committed relationship now? How do we handle things at work? I know this is how romantic relationships usually start, but I’ve never done it this way before. I’m not really sure what’s supposed to happen now.”

“First things first,” he said as he finally cracked open his eyes and looked intently into my own. “Tallulah Pruette, will you be my girlfriend, forsaking all others until either death or something else does us part?”

I giggled. “How romantic, but yes. I will be your girlfriend.” My heart just about seized in my chest as I grinned at him. “Will you forsake all others?”

“I already have,” he murmured. “As for work, I don’t need to answer to anyone, remember? I’m the boss, but if it makes you uncomfortable, we don’t need to advertise our relationship while we’re working. You’re damn good at your job and that’s all there is to it.”

“Okay,” I agreed slowly. “You’re not going to make me move in with you immediately, are you?”

“I wish.” He winked at me, but then he sighed as the expression in his eyes grew serious again. “No, my love. I’m not going to make you do anything and I’m sorry if that’s what Carter did. When we do move in together, it’ll be because you’re begging for it.”

I smiled and swatted playfully at his chest. “You might beg for it first.”

“It’s a definite possibility,” he agreed easily, pumping his eyebrows at me. “Right now, all I’m going to beg for is that you take me to bed.”