“Are you satisfied now?”
“Not quite, but I will be,” he said as he pulled her close, took her hand and guided it down his belly and beyond.
When Adan pressed her palm against his erection, Piper blew out a staggered breath. “I do believe I’ve located an impressive sea creature down below.”
“Actually, it’s an eel.”
“Electric?”
“Highly charged.” He brought her hand back to his chest. “But should you investigate further, I fear I will not be able to make it to the bed.”
She stood on tiptoe and kissed the cute cleft in his chin. “What’s wrong with a little water play?”
“If you’re referring to water foreplay, then I am all for that.” He wrapped one arm around her waist, then lowered his mouth to her breast while slipping his hand between her thighs simultaneously.
Piper gripped his shoulders and grounded herself against the heady sensations. She felt as if her legs might liquefy with every pass of his tongue over her nipple, every stroke of his fingertip in a place that needed his attention the most.
As badly as she wanted the sensations to go on forever, the climax came in record time. She inadvertently dug her nails into his flesh and unsuccessfully stopped the odd sound bubbling up from her throat.
Once the waves subsided, Piper closed her eyes and sighed. “I’m so sorry that happened so fast,” she murmured without looking at him.
He tipped her chin up with a fingertip. “You have no need to apologize. It has been a while for you, by your own admission.”
“Try never.”
As she predicted, he was obviously stunned by the truth. “You’ve never had an orgasm?”
She managed a shrug. “Not with anyone else in the room.”
“You clearly have encountered nothing but fools.”
Fool, singular. “I’ve only been intimately involved with one man, and he basically treated me like a fast-food drive-through. In and out as quickly as possible.”
Adan released a low, grainy laugh. “I am glad to know you find some humor in the situation. I personally find it appalling when a man has no concern for his lover’s pleasure.”
She draped her arms around his neck and wriggled her hips. “That goes both ways, and I do believe you are greatly in need of some pleasure. Why bother with a bed when we have a perfectly good pool deck and a comfy-looking chaise at our disposal?”
He kissed her lightly. “True, but we have no condoms.”
“I see where that would be a problem.”
“A very serious problem. I have already received one unexpected surprise with my son. I do not intend to have another.”
Piper wasn’t certain if he meant another surprise pregnancy or simply another child, period. Or he could mean he didn’t care to have a baby with her. But she refused to let haywire emotions ruin this little temporary piece of paradise, even if it was based on pretense. “Then I suggest you take me to bed, Your Machoness.”
No sooner than the words left her mouth, Adan swept her up into his arms and carried her into the house. She expected him to make use of the downstairs bedroom, but instead he started up the stairs with ease, as if she weighed no more than a feather. Far from the truth. Yet he had a knack for making her feel beautiful. She figured he’d probably earned pro status in the flattery department years ago.
Piper barely had time to look around before Adan deposited her in the middle of the bed covered in a lightweight beige spread. She did have time to assess all his finer details while he opened the nightstand drawer and retrieved a condom. He was evidently very proud to see her, and she was extremely happy to be there. But when he caught her watching, she grabbed the pillow from beneath her head and placed it over her fiery face.
She felt the mattress bend beside her right before he yanked the pillow away. “You’re not growing shy on me, are you?” he asked.
No, but she was certainly growing hotter by the second. “I’m just feeling a bit exposed.”
He smiled as he skimmed his palm down her belly and back up again. “And I am greatly enjoying the exposure.” Then his expression turned oddly serious. “If you have any reservations whatsoever—”
She pressed a fingertip against his lips. “I want this, Adan. I have for a while now.”
“Then say no more.”
He stretched out and shifted atop her body, then eased inside her. She couldn’t speak if she tried. His weight, his powerful movement, captured all her attention. The play of his muscles beneath her palms, the sound of his voice at her ear describing what he felt at that moment, sent her senses spiraling. His broken breaths, the way he tensed signaled he was barely maintaining control. When she lifted her hips to meet his thrust, he groaned and picked up the pace. Only a matter of time before he couldn’t hold out, she realized. And then he shuddered with the force of his climax before collapsing against her breasts, where she could feel his heart beating rapidly.
Piper wanted to remain this way indefinitely—with a sexy, skilled man in her arms and a sense of pride that she’d taken him to the limit. She felt unusually brave, and incredibly empowered. Never before had it been this way with Keiler Farnsworth. And the fact that the jerk’s name jumped into her brain made her as mad as a hornet. He couldn’t hold a candle to Adan Mehdi. She suspected she’d be hard-pressed to find any man who would.
After a few blissful moments ticked off, Adan lifted his head from her shoulder and grinned. “I hope you don’t judge me on the expediency of the act.”
She tapped her chin and pretended to think. “I’ll have to take a point off for that.”
He frowned. “You are keeping score?”
“I wasn’t until you mentioned it. However, I’m giving you back that point because you are just so darn cute. So no need to despair, because you’ve earned a perfect ten.”
He rolled over onto his back, taking his weight away and leaving Piper feeling strangely bereft. “I will do much better next time,” he said in a grainy voice.
Next time couldn’t come soon enough for her.
* * *
Piper McAdams proved to be more enthusiastic than any woman before her. Adan had recognized that during their second heated round of lovemaking at midnight. And again a few hours ago, immediately before dawn, when she’d awakened him with a kiss before urging him to join her in the shower. They’d spent a good deal of time there bathing each other until he took her up against the tiled wall. Still he could not seem to get enough of her.
Making love to her a fourth time in twenty-four hours seemed highly improbable. He should be completely sated. Totally exhausted. Utterly spent.
“Smells like something good is cooking in the kitchen.”
At the sound of her sensual morning voice, Adan glanced over
