And when he got off stage, the tears in her eyes were good ones.

* * *

HE PULLED UP into his garage, and the door slid closed behind them.

“At long last I have you alone and in the vicinity of a shower and my bed. It’s like Christmas morning.”

She rolled her eyes as they headed inside, and he only paused long enough to reset the alarm before tugging her upstairs as he pulled his clothes off one-handed, leaving a trail down the hall.

“I’m a sweaty mess.”

“You are. But you make it look really good.”

He smiled. “Damn, Nat, you’re here with me. I’m so happy right now.”

She reached out and grabbed his cock. “Wanna be happier?”

“You first.”

Instead of their usual quick shower sex to take the edge off, they both cleaned up fast, drying as they rushed to the bedroom.

“You, on that bed.” He flicked the switch to get the fire going and turned on some music before moving to stand at the foot of the bed, watching her as she lay there, a flush from the shower pinkening her skin.

“There are so many things I want to do with you—to you—I don’t know where to start. It’s like trying to read a menu when you’re really hungry. I’m afraid if I choose one thing I’m going to really want something else.”

She spread her legs, putting her feet flat against the mattress as she drew her knees up.

All the spit in his mouth dried up.

“Plenty of time to eat more than one thing.”

He cursed, moving to her, over her, sliding his body against hers until his c**k notched up against her.

“Trouble.”

She laughed and stretched up to steal a kiss. “The best kind, though.”

She moved, counterbalancing him, and sat astride his body. He tried to sit up but she pushed him back against the mattress. “Oh, no. I’m in charge right now.”

Trixie Whitley’s “Undress Your Name” came on, and she gave him a smile. “I love this one.”

He had planned to respond but she slid herself down his c**k hard and fast and everything wisped away, replaced by pleasure, sharp and raw.

Then she began a slow rise and fall, undulating her hips as she came down on him fully.

“I was really sad without you. I never expected to actually get used to having someone in my life.”

The only light in the room was from the fireplace and the warm orange glow against her skin made it appear as if she glowed. He slid his hands up her thighs and the nip of her waist.

“I’m—”

She put a fingertip against his lips. “I’m not telling you to make you sad or sorry. I’m telling you so you understand what you mean to me.”

He lifted his hip and rolled, flipping her to her back. “Now I’m in control.” He thrust in harder and deeper. “Now I’m going to tell you how every night I’d go back to my hotel room and try to convince myself everything would be fine. In between bouts of drinking too much and jerking off while I thought about you. I came into the coffee shop this morning. Bobbi was excited when I told her I was going to surprise you. So I gave her the doughnuts.”

She laughed, wrapping her legs around his body, her heels on his ass, pushing him, urging him deeper. “Those were your doughnuts? So sneaky.”

“It’s merely an indicator of what I will do to get you back. Anyway.” Damn, she felt so good around him, he lost his words for long moments, just falling into that sensation as the heat of her rippled all around him.

“That’s so good.” He kissed her before he moved, keeping inside her while he got to his knees.

She was flat on her back, legs spread with him between them, looking up at him with those big blue eyes burning with a light made just for him.

“I love you this way. Laid out all for me.” He caressed over her stomach and up to her br**sts. He got back to his story. “And then you walked in. Your cheeks rosy from the cold. Everything had been chaos in my head since Chicago, and when I saw you, everything stilled. Got quiet until I didn’t see or hear anything but you. You’re the one.”

“Even after you talked to my father?”

“Don’t spoil this moment with that ass**le. We’ll talk about that later. For now, let me declare my love.”

She snorted a laugh, and then he nearly swallowed his tongue as she slid a hand down her belly and began to stroke herself slowly.

“This. You’re like my diamond. So many facets. On the surface, you’re cool and elegant and then here, when it’s just us, you’re raw and sensual. It’s like the best secret I have. Here, what we have is all ours.”

She caught her bottom lip in her teeth, and her inner muscles tightened. “Don’t hold back. I know you’ve got a lot more in you after this one. I’m just going to watch.”

She arched, her head going back, exposing more of her neck, enough that his mouth watered, but he held back kissing her there because he’d miss the way she looked as she made herself come.

She didn’t close her eyes, her gaze on him as his roved over her body. Over the way her ni**les had darkened, pulling tight, the flush on her belly, the peekaboo nature as her hand moved, her mouth as she dragged in air and then to her eyes.

“Love you, Nat.”

Her body heated around him, making him gasp as she did, as all that hot wet squeezed him in waves, dragging him closer to his climax with nails dug deep.