Part 29 (1/2)
”I kinda like kissing in the rain.” She nuzzled his nose. ”I don't think I've ever done that before.”
”I like it, too.”
They spent another ten minutes outside before Kate began to s.h.i.+ver from the chill. She whimpered when he broke their kiss to walk them to the porch.
”You're not relapsing on my watch,” he said sternly as he took the stairs.
”You ruin all my fun.”
”Is that so?”
She nuzzled her cold nose against his neck. ”Uh-huh.”
Inside, he went straight up the stairs to their room and headed for the shower. He moved very quickly to strip them of their wet clothes and guided her into the steaming water.
”Ah, that feels good,” Kate said as the heat drove the chill from her bones.
He held her from behind, his hands traveling from her b.r.e.a.s.t.s to her belly and below.
”That feels good, too,” she said, already weak in the knees.
”Put your hands on the wall.” His voice was gruff and s.e.xy.
Kate did as directed and waited to see what he would do. Her legs quivered as antic.i.p.ation mixed with desire.
He kneaded her shoulders and back, working his way down to give her bottom special treatment.
She pressed back against his arousal, drawing a groan from him.
When his arm encircled her hips and lifted her, a surprised squeak slipped from between her lips that quickly became a moan when he entered her from behind. ”Oh G.o.d,” she muttered.
”You like it?”
He expected her to talk right now when she could barely form a thought, let alone words? ”Yeah.” Her mind raced as her body reacted to the new experience of being taken from behind.
Letting her feet slide back to the floor, Reid urged her to bend forward. His fingers dug into her hips as he slammed into her, making her come once and then again when he reached around to stroke her to another shattering climax.
He pushed hard into her one last time, coming himself with a groan that echoed in the shower.
Kate's legs felt like rubber as he withdrew from her. She turned into his embrace, reeling from the shockingly erotic interlude.
”Are you okay, darlin'?”
Pressed against his chest, she nodded as the warm water rained down upon them. He tended to her with almost religious reverence, was.h.i.+ng her hair and body as if she were made of porcelain. When he was done, he toweled her off and carried her to bed.
He slid in next to her and reached for her.
Kate turned into his embrace, resting her face on his chest.
”Did I hurt you?”
”No, of course not.”
”You're so quiet.”
”I've never done that before.”
”We did that.”
”No, we didn't.”
”Are you sure?”
”Yes,” she said, laughing. ”I'm positive.”
”Was it too much?”
”I loved it.”
He hugged her tightly. ”So did I.”
”Is there other stuff we haven't done?”
”Lots of other stuff.”
”Can we do all of it?”
Laughing, he said, ”We can certainly try.”
”I'll look forward to that,” she said kissing his chest. ”How did everything go on St. Kitts?”
”Fine.” After a beat of silence, he said, ”That's not true, actually. It wasn't fine. I wasn't going to tell you because I didn't want to upset you, but I got into trouble before by not being honest with you, and I don't want to make that mistake again.”
Alarmed, Kate propped her chin on his chest so she could see his face, which was troubled. ”What happened?”
”Mari trashed our place. Everything was smashed and destroyed.”
Kate gasped. ”Oh my G.o.d. Are you sure it was her?”
He nodded.
”Did you call the police?”
”They were already there when I arrived. I guess the neighbors called. There was a neighborhood dinner in town last night, so Mari would've known everyone was out. I wasn't going to give them her name until...”
”Until what?”
”She ripped up one of Ashton's baby pictures. I saw that, and I didn't care about protecting her anymore.”