Securing His Destiny (Power Security #2)

Chapter 10

Chapter

Ten

T abitha clung tight to Steve as he carried her toward her bedroom. She’d given him a quick tour of her house when they’d arrived. At the time, she hadn’t had a reason for showing him around, as she didn’t do it for anyone else who visited. However, her subconscious mind was at work and clearly wanted him to know the location of her bedroom.

Steve lay her gently on her bed, and she moved to the middle to allow him to lie next to her.

She waited for him to kiss her. To take her to a place where Tabitha didn’t have to think about Elton or Linex Corporation or what their next steps might be.

Except Steve wasn’t moving.

Wasn’t closing the distance between them.

Was he waiting for her to make the first move?

“Is there something wrong?” she asked, after the silence began to drag between them.

“No. I’m just—mentally pinching myself that I’m here with you.”

“Isn’t that something I should be saying?”

The corners of Steve’s mouth hitched up. “Maybe, but I’m not ashamed of it. I wanted this to happen, but never thought it would.”

Tabitha moved closer and rested her hand over his heart, a place she loved to touch. She reveled in the freedom to do it freely. “No more talk of never thinking this would happen, because it is. It’s you and me. Always.”

“I like the sound of that.” He nuzzled her neck.

She arched her back, a shiver of desire rippling down her spine. She needed more. She cupped his face, bringing it closer to hers. “I want you, Steve Power. I need you, Steve Power. Make me yours, Steve Power.”

His brown eyes darkened, and he closed the gap between them.

At last.

Tabitha gave herself over to his kiss. To the way his hands moved down her body, reaching the hem of her top and pushing it up, while she did the same with his.

She hated having to break the kiss, but if it meant that they could be flesh-to-flesh, then it was worth it.

They tossed their tops over the side of the bed and were back in each other’s arms in a flash.

Steve’s skin was warm beneath her fingertips.

Tabitha traced the bumps of his spine, his muscles jumping beneath her touch. She reached into the band of his pants and cupped his ass, lifting her hips to grind against his hard cock. “There are still too many layers,” she complained against his mouth, giving his chest a little shove.

The second he rolled over, she dealt with the rest of her clothes, and Steve did the same.

Her breath caught at the sight of his naked, hard body. His erection jutted out, and she licked her lips, thinking about how it would feel to take him into her mouth.

As if he could read her thoughts, he came down on top of her. “Later,” he whispered before capturing her mouth with his again.

Tabitha explored his body while he did the same to her. A gasp left her when he pinched her nipple, a rush of wetness pooling between her thighs. She’d never been this turned on.

Steve seemed to know exactly what she liked. How much pressure to give as he massaged her breasts. The way his teeth nipped lightly at her neck with his tongue soothing the bite.

“More,” she moaned, writhing beneath him, and needing— burning for him to possess her. She couldn’t wait to feel his hard length slide into her and fill her up.

“I’ll give you everything you need and more.”

Tabitha didn’t doubt he’d keep his word. She could already tell he wasn’t a selfish lover.

Steve would take his time to make it pleasurable for them both.

Her arms fell to her sides at the first stroke of his tongue along her pussy. He sucked her clit, and she just about came off the bed.

“Oh God, yes! Harder.” Tabitha lost track of time as he licked, sucked, and brought her to the brink over and over, until he inserted two fingers and pumped twice.

Her orgasm slammed into her, and she gripped the sheets, as if that would keep her grounded. Her body shook, and through it all, Steve lightly lapped at her like she was the sweetest thing he’d ever tasted.

Slowly, he kissed his way up her body, stopping to take each of her nipples into his mouth.

Tabitha floated in a place of blissful happiness. “If that was the starter, I can’t wait to see what the main course is,” she murmured.

He chuckled against her breasts, the vibrations sending a new wave of desire slamming into her.

“Honey, that was all dessert.”

She pouted. “Does that mean we’re done?”

Steve shook his head. “Far from it. I like my dessert a lot. I’m coming back for seconds.” He brushed his mouth against hers before he rolled over and reached down to grab his pants.

“I’ve got condoms in my top drawer,” she said when she worked out what he was looking for.

“Trust me, we’ll need those as well.” Steve slid the condom down his long length, and Tabitha wished she’d asked if she could do the honors.

A second later, he was lying over her, his cock notched at her entrance. “You good?” he asked as he reached down between her legs.

She lifted into his touch. “I could be better,” she said cheekily.

“How so?”

She took his cock in her hand and rubbed it up and down against her slick folds. “You inside me.”

Steve groaned. “Anything you want, I’ll give it to you.”

Conversation was impossible after he slid balls-deep inside of her.

Her eyes drifted shut, and she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, relishing in the closeness that they were sharing. Tabitha never wanted to let him go. Wanted him to always be in her arms. In her bed. In her life.

She was falling for him, and she was quite happy to tumble headfirst into the unknown with Steve because he’d always keep her upright. Always keep her safe.

If she’d thought he tortured her before with his mouth and fingers, it was nothing compared to what he was doing with his cock.

He pulled out before slowly sliding back in. Each motion ratcheting up the sensations within her, until she was writhing and begging for him to move faster. To take her over the edge again, yet like before, he left her hanging, which only made the fall even more powerful when it came.

Tabitha screamed his name as her body trembled from the force of her release. She was aware of him yelling out hers. The feel of his own climax as he stilled inside of her.

Wanting to deepen the connection even more, she found his mouth, and she poured everything she was feeling into the kiss. Saying with actions that she was his. Only his. His return kiss said he was telling her the exact same thing.

T abitha awoke to a featherlight touch trailing across her shoulders down her back, before sweeping back up to repeat the motion. She lay there, loving the feel of Steve touching her.

Their night had been amazing. After their first time, they’d cuddled and chatted about general things. There was more they needed to talk about, of course, like everything that was happening to her, but it was as if they’d both silently agreed it could wait. That they didn’t want anything to spoil their first time together.

Steve had then pulled her over his body, and she’d rode them both to another amazing climax.

Tabitha had collapsed on top of him, and after he’d disposed of the protection, he’d pulled her tight against him and she’d fallen asleep.

Now morning had come, and her long day was about to start. She rolled over and lost herself in Steve’s dreamy brown eyes. “Morning.”

“Morning, honey. Did you sleep well?”

She sighed and snuggled farther into his warm body, wanting nothing more than to stay there and forget about the world outside of her front door. Only she couldn’t. Tabitha had responsibilities, and today, she needed to face what was really happening around her. “I did. What time is it?”

Every day she woke at four forty-five to get to the café by five fifteen so she could get the first of her baked goods ready for when she opened her doors at six thirty. Her first customers usually arrived fifteen to twenty minutes later.

As she hadn’t set an alarm the night before, she had no idea if she’d overslept or not.

“It’s four thirty. I didn’t know what time you woke up, but I figured it had to be early to get ready for the day.”

“I do. Why are you awake though?” She smiled and stretched.

Steve shrugged. “I usually wake at five to go to the beach for a run and swim. I woke up a little earlier today.”

The thought of waking up early to exercise was a foreign concept. She’d much rather leave exercise to the evening—if she did any at all—which she didn’t do as much as she should. “Do you swim even in winter?”

“Yep.”

“Isn’t it dangerous to go by yourself? Especially when the sun isn’t up?” Tabitha loved the beach, but only when the sun was shining and the water was nice and calm so she could see what was in it with her.

“I usually go with the guys, and we work out together.”

The image of him in nothing but swim shorts as he ran up and down the beach and then swam, was a welcome one. Perhaps one morning, she could get up and go with Steve, just to give him moral support. Not to ogle at his sweat-slicked body.

Steve chuckled, and she looked up at him. “What?”

“I know what you’re thinking.”

Her man was many things, but a mind reader he wasn’t. “I’m sure you don’t.”

He nipped at her earlobe before whispering in her ear. “You were imagining me in nothing but swim shorts working out.”

Tabitha sat up, pulling the sheet so that it was tight under her arms. “I was thinking nothing of the sort,” she said primly, struggling to hold her amusement back.

Steve burst out laughing. “Uh huh. Come on, we need to get ready.” He slid out of the bed, and she was treated to his naked, tight ass as he walked into her bathroom.

It looked as good as it’d felt last night. The sound of the shower starting had her moving in that direction. Showering together would save water and time.

She giggled at the thought of saving time. Yeah, like that was going to happen. Today might be the first day she was late opening.