When she parted her lips and licked them again, a mental image formed in his mind that made him groan aloud. He had to get up.

She whimpered a protest, turning her head and looking for him.

“I’m here,” he told her, standing by the head of the bed.

He caressed her breasts, plucking at the nipples. Then, he ran a thumb over her lower lip, unable to resist that mental image in his mind. “Do you trust me, Brontë?”

Her entire body seemed to tremble with anticipation, and then she took his thumb in her mouth and bit down lightly. “I trust you.”

“Do you want me?”

“More than anything.”

He grasped the headboard and leaned forward until the head of his cock pressed against her mouth. “Then taste me.”

Her lips parted, and she ran her tongue over the head of his cock, licking up the salty pre-come there. He groaned when her tongue slipped down the shaft, flicking against it. Then she opened her mouth and tilted her head, taking him in deeper. The sight of her lips wrapped around his cock was almost enough to send him over the edge, and he clutched at the headboard, trying to keep control. “Brontë,” he groaned. “Ah, God, your mouth.”

Her tongue licked against the underside of his cock, running along the thick vein there. So trusting and loving. So incredibly erotic.

She sucked, trying to take him deeper, but he pulled out of her mouth. It was too much pleasure too fast, and it would be over with far too quickly if he let her continue.

He wanted her to come first. Logan moved a step back from the bed, eyeing her all spread out and delicious. “Are you enjoying yourself, love?”

She nodded, biting her lip. Her hips lifted a little, as if unable to stay down. “More, Logan. I need you.”

“I know,” he told her. “I’m going to give you more. But I need you on your hands and knees.”

Her little gasp was followed by a low moan, and she obediently turned over, moving to her knees and then leaning forward to rest on her elbows. The position pushed her pretty ass high into the air.

Logan ran his hand all over her exposed skin—her thighs, her calves, the small of her back, along her spine. It was a pleasure simply to touch her. She seemed to be enjoying it as well, her little breathy sighs of pleasure almost as enticing as touching her. His fingertips snagged on the waistband of her panties, and he tugged them down her thighs, exposing her wet, gleaming flesh.

Brontë moaned again, her fingers curling into the blankets on the bed, anticipation making her entire body tense.

Well, now. He had to reward that. Logan brushed his fingertips over the slick lips of her sex, then parted them, stroking up and down.

She jerked in surprise, and then a whimper escaped her when he circled the slick opening to her core. She rolled her hips, forcing his fingers to dip in, just a little. “Logan,” she breathed. “I need you so badly.”

He moved down to her clitoris, rubbing it between two of his slick fingers and stimulating it. Brontë jerked again, her hips flexing, and her gasps became rapid and wild, as if she were unable to control herself. She worked her hips against his hand, and he continued to rub her clit, then pushed his thumb into her core.

She went wild, writhing against his hand and moaning his name as he continued to work her. He could feel her pussy shuddering with each shallow thrust, and he pushed the pad of his thumb forward, increasing the friction even as he continued the measured, steady rubbing of her clitoris. “Logan,” she cried. “Oh, please! I—”

Her entire body clenched under him, muscles quivering, and she made a soft, keening sound. Her pussy clenched around his thumb, milking it with the force of her orgasm. He continued to rub, wanting to prolong the pleasure for her, and she continued to make that low keening noise that made his cock throb with wanting her.

The orgasm seemed to go on forever, but then Brontë gave one final shudder and sagged against the blankets, resting her cheek against them. Her legs were sprawled, her sex gleaming wet from her pleasure. “Oh,” she breathed. “Oh, Logan.”

He licked his fingers, tasting her pleasure on his skin. “Beautiful.”

A soft, sated smile curved under the blindfold, and it made his cock jump with need. “Condoms?”

She stilled, reaching for the blindfold. “Oh . . . I don’t think I have any . . . I don’t—” He spanked her ass lightly, and her hand flew away from the blindfold. “Pill. I’m on the pill.”

“Right. Good.” He was pleased to see that her hand had slipped between her thighs and she was playing with her flesh, lightly rubbing along her clit. She bit her lip as he waited, watching her. She let her hand slide away.

“No,” he told her. “Keep touching yourself. I like seeing that.”

He could see the hot blush stealing over her cheeks under the blindfold, but her hand returned between her legs and began to move slowly again. He watched her, fascinated by the sight of her pleasing herself. His cock jerked with need again.

Logan moved behind her on the bed, moving between her spread legs. Her ass was so beautiful, perched in the air, that he couldn’t resist running his hands over it again. “Are you still touching yourself?”

She sucked in an excited breath and nodded, as if unable to trust her voice.

He thrust into her in one swift move, hands gripping her hips. She jerked in surprise, a choked moan escaping her. He stilled immediately, worried that she’d been too surprised and he’d somehow hurt her. “Brontë?”

“Move,” she moaned, her hips bucking up against him. “Oh, God, move.”

He groaned in response to that, thrusting hard again. He’d wanted to be so controlled in his movements, slowly driving her back up the peak of desire, but it seemed that, sheathed deep in her warmth, he’d lost all control. His thrusts were rough and wild, his hands gripping her hips to anchor her back against him. And she was out of control, too, pushing back against him to add force to his thrusts, a low scream building in her throat.

“Keep touching yourself,” he demanded, his voice ragged as he continued to pump into her.

Her only response was another muffled scream, and he felt her pussy clench all around him. Logan uttered a curse, trying to retain control, trying to keep his rhythm, to make this as good for her as possible. Make it last until she was mindless with pleasure. Show her how much he fucking loved her and her body.

She made a soft sound that was almost like a sob, and then she spasmed around his cock, sucking him tight as she began to come again, her body trembling all over with the force of her passion.

He lost control. Thrusting hard into her again, he groaned her name and went over the edge, his own orgasm exploding from his body with a fierce intensity that shocked him. It seemed to go on forever, coming hard and fierce, until it left him as breathless and wrung out as the woman beneath him.

Logan pulled out of Brontë, ignoring her small noise of protest, and rolled the condom off, tossing it into a nearby trash can. When he turned around, she was sitting up in bed, her hands pulling at the blindfold. He moved toward her, gently undoing the knot at the back of her head and then leaning in to kiss her when she smiled up at him.

“I love you,” he told her, his voice gruff. “I mean that.”

Her smile faltered a little. “Thank you.”

She didn’t say it back. For a moment he was surprised, and then angry. And then he chuckled at himself. So this was how she’d felt when she’d confessed and he’d ignored her. Fair enough. It was a good lesson for him to learn. “You don’t trust me yet.” It wasn’t a question.

She bit her lip, then shook her head. “I’m sorry. I’m just really . . . I just—”

“Don’t apologize. You can’t help the way you feel. Just know that I do love you, and I’ll prove it to you somehow.” Logan sat down on the edge of the small bed and grabbed the blankets. “You’d better move over if you want to get any sleep tonight.”

Brontë gave a small squeal and shifted on the bed, elbowing him by accident as they tried to make all of their limbs fit in the twin bed. “We both won’t fit,” she protested.

“We will,” he said with determination, and pulled her hips against him until their bodies were flush. The fit was tight but pleasant, and it allowed him free rein to nibble on her ear.

She was already drifting to sleep, though, her eyes drooping with exhaustion, and so he watched her doze off, his mind whirling with thoughts. One particular quotation that he’d read in another of her books came to mind, though. To test whether she was awake, he leaned in and whispered something sure to get a response.

“Veni, vidi, vici.” I came, I saw, I conquered.

“I heard that,” she muttered sleepily, but she smiled and patted him on the arm.

He decided to keep the other to himself. “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.”

It seemed that loving Brontë brought out the philosopher in him as well.

Chapter Thirteen

The next morning, Brontë woke up to find Logan’s body curled around hers, and her arm was asleep from being in a cramped position over her head. She lay in bed for a long moment, debating getting up, since there was no way she’d be able to get out of bed without waking Logan.

Sweet, gorgeous Logan. God, she loved him. Terrified of getting hurt again, she’d chickened out on saying it the night before. But he’d seemed to understand her fear, and it hadn’t bothered him. He’d just kissed her, and they’d climbed in to bed together, sleeping in a tangle of limbs because they didn’t want to be parted. She’d been resting on a spring all night, and her leg was trapped under his, and her arm hung off the bed.

It was the best night of sleep she’d had in a long time.

Her bladder was protesting the hour, though, and she sighed and sat up, beginning to extract herself. Logan woke up and kissed her arm before rolling out of bed, yawning and stretching to work out the kinks in his back. “Morning, love.”

He’d been calling her “love” all night, she’d noticed. She liked it, too. Brontë smiled at him. “I need to run to the bathroom before Gretchen gets in there. She’s a shower hog.”

“Go ahead,” he told her, lying back. He grabbed the pillow and tucked it under his head, as if to go back to sleep.

She grinned and shook her head at him, then raced for the bathroom.

When she returned from her shower, she was surprised to see him up and moving about her room. He’d dressed in his boxer shorts and had made the bed. Her suitcase lay atop the blankets, and he’d pulled several of her hung-up clothes out of the closet.

Brontë gave him a curious look, holding back her frown. “What’s all this?”

Logan smiled over at her. “Thought I’d help you get started while I waited for the shower.”

“Get started with what?” She crossed her arms over her towel and tried to look open-minded about what he was going to say.

His mouth thinned a little. “We’re back together now. You’re moving back in with me.”