Angel's Touch [PUP Squad Alpha 7] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read Online Free PDF Page B

then grabbed Lilly’s hand to lead her back to the bedroom. She turned back to Devlin, mouthed the words “thank you,” and then went with Jed.
     
    * * * *
     
    Jed’s heart was thumping so hard he wondered if it were possible for it to break his rib cage. He’d longed for this woman and had mourned her disappearance five weeks ago. If Hannah hadn’t come into his life and needed his help, he would probably still be sitting in that out-of-the-way diner waiting for Lilly to come home. Of course, if he’d had any idea of what was happening to her, he would have tracked her to the ends of the Earth. How ironic that in the end it was exactly what he’d done without knowing it.
    He hadn’t even considered that Lilly Wicks, missing Oracle’s receptacle, might have been related to Lillian Connelly, missing waitress and woman who held his heart. Even with the dates they’d gone missing seeming to coincide, it would have been a huge leap to link the two.
    But now that he had a chance to show his sweet Lilly how deeply he felt, suddenly he was tongue-tied and awkward. His palms were even sweating like a teenager on his first date. Fuck. He’d never been this nervous about anything in his life.
    He went to say something, give Lilly some sort of reassurance that everything would work out, but every word he thought to say sounded glib and insincere. He’d fantasized about the woman but had never truly imagined finding himself here and now with Lilly in his arms.
    “Jed,” Lilly said, obviously picking up on his internal turmoil, “we can just get some rest if you’d like. I know this has to be a weird situation for you. It’s okay if you want to walk away.” She lifted onto her toes, placed a warm hand against the side of his face, and pressed her lips to his own briefly. “I know what I’m asking for isn’t exactly normal.”
    A soft laugh escaped him, breaking the tension and bringing back the sense of peace he’d felt only minutes earlier. “Actually, sweet Lilly, in my current line of work it’s becoming quite common.”
    “You’re pulling my leg,” Lilly said with a smile. It was so similar to the way that she’d smiled at him when he’d teased her at the diner that vivid memories swept through his mind, washing away the unease he’d felt upon entering this room.
    “No, I’m not, but can we leave the explanation for later? Right now I have a burning need to see you completely naked.”
    She smiled and stepped away. Panic streaked through him at the loss of contact. For days now either he or Devlin had been physically attached to the woman in some way or other. She’d even held their hands as she’d showered. She always had the GPS tracker with her, but it seemed that unexpectedly bouncing away from them had been the thing she’d feared most.
    But not so now. Now she stood two feet away and peeled the clothes from her delicious body.
    The travel vortex that she’d opened into the living room had seemed as controlled as his own bounce tunnels—an extraordinary achievement considering he’d grown into his skills and had almost three hundred years of practice. To master such a talent so quickly was surely the sign of an amazing mind.
    But every thought melted away as Lilly dropped her shirt and bra and revealed her beautiful body. He’d been the perfect gentlemen when she’d showered, but now that he knew what he’d been missing he had no doubt she’d never shower alone again. He reached for her, running his hands over her soft flesh as he learned her shape, memorizing the hills and valleys of her gorgeous body.
    She stepped back into his arms, curled her fingers under his shirt, and lifted the material over his head. He claimed her mouth, kissing her savagely, his need to stamp his ownership on this woman suddenly overwhelming. She moaned and pulled him closer, possessing him as thoroughly as he did her.
    They dragged the rest of each other’s clothes off frantically, the need, the obsession