tattooed chest, then stripped off his pants and boxers in one swift motion.
He walked toward her, magnificent in his nakedness, his muscles rippling.
She could hardly believe this was really happening. She’d wanted to be with Rafe Ranier for so long. That was heaven enough, but this … this was Storm, and being with him was beyond anything she’d ever dreamed possible.
Her insides ached at the sight of his long cock bobbing up and down. She wanted it inside her, filling her completely. She wanted him to grind into her, plunging inside until she screamed his name.
But he didn’t prowl over her and thrust inside as she expected. He lay down beside her and stroked her hair from her face.
“You are so beautiful.”
She smiled. “Do you say that to all your groupies?”
But he didn’t laugh. He shook his head. “You are very special, and someone I’ve wanted to get to know for a long time.”
She leaned up on her elbow. “Then why didn’t you?”
But she knew why. She’d worked for him.
“I didn’t want to ruin our working relationship, but more than that. I guess I didn’t feel worthy.”
Shock vaulted through her. “What? How could you not be worthy?”
His lips compressed. “You know what my father was like.”
She had worked for Rafe when his father was still alive. The man had been stern and authoritative. He had been hard to be around. Very critical and demanding. And totally uncompromising.
“I was never good enough for him. Not me. Not my friends. And no woman I ever dated. Even if we hadn’t had the boss-secretary thing between us, I never would have wanted to drag you into a situation like that. He would have wound up driving you away.”
“But you dated other women back then.”
“Never seriously.” He stroked her hair behind her ear. “And I guess I always realized there could be something serious between us. That’s why I just decided you were off-limits.”
She just stared at his sky blue eyes, glowing with warmth. Could she dare hope it was true?
His lips captured hers in a warm, sweet kiss. Her arms swept around him and she held him close as his tongue curled over hers and undulated in a dance of passion. She arched against him, wanting to feel his body against hers, then reached down and grasped his thick cock and glided it over her thighs. He rolled over her, holding his weight on his elbows as she guided his thick cock between her legs. When it nudged her slick flesh, he pressed forward, stretching her opening as he glided inside. Their gazes locked as he pressed deeper inside her. Then deeper still. Her eyelids flicked closed briefly as pleasure shimmered through her, then she opened them again to meet his gaze.
Once he was fully inside her, he continued to watch her. There was a depth of emotion she couldn’t read. Then he drew back and surged deep again, taking her breath away.
He moved in a fluid rhythm, smooth as silk as he filled her deeply again and again. She clung to his broad shoulders as his cock pumped into her, stoking her desire to a feverish pitch. Her fingernails dug into his flesh as a surge of pleasure rushed through her, then she gasped, and moaned long and loud.
He thrust faster, driving her pleasure higher.
“Oh, God. I’m going to …” She sucked in a breath, as bliss seared through her. “Oh, Storm.” She tightened her grip on his shoulders. “Yes.”
She wailed as he flung her to ecstasy.
He continued to pump into her, then groaned his own release.
Finally, he dropped onto her, then rolled to his side, still holding her close. She could hear his rapidly beating heart. She lay there contentedly, listening to it slow to normal, along with his breathing. Her eyelids fell closed as her excitement turned to a blissful elation, then she dozed off.
***
Melanie opened her eyes to the bright sunshine. Storm’s arm was tossed over his head, and her gaze glided along the tattoos adorning his arms, then across his chest. She still couldn’t