Page 163 of Even Ground

“Don’t you dare go to sleep.” He chuckles.

“It’d be so easy to do. I’m tired, and you’re relaxing me.”

Reece slides his hand down between my legs. “Let’s see if this wakes you up.”

I lean against him as he strokes my thighs one by one, inching closer, and touching me everywhere but the one place I want him to touch.

“Don’t tease me.”

His fingers spread me out until finally he runs his index finger over my clit. “I just want this to last.”

“Why? I’m not going anywhere.”

His eyes meet mine. “It’s going to take a while to get used to that.”

I smile. “Believe it.”

Taking a deep breath, I relax into the bed as his fingers do their work.

I grip his arm, feeling the muscles in his bicep move in time with his strokes.

“I love it when you do that,” he murmurs.

“Do what?”

“Feel me touching you.”

“How did you …?”

He looks deep into my eyes. “Because I do the same thing to you. You just haven’t noticed.”

My eyelids flutter, and I fight the urge to close them. “You do?”

His lips twitch. “I notice everything, Pania.”

My heart melts at his words. Where once I was unsure of what the future held, Reece makes me grow more confident by the minute.

He slips a finger inside me, and I’m lost in sensation as he draws it back out and over my clit.

“You’re all mine now,” he whispers. “Never giving this up.”

Tears prick my eyes. “You’ll never have to.”

Heat traverses my body, and I give in to the urge to close my eyes. Reece’s lips graze my right nipple, and it’s all I can do to hold this sensation.

“Reece,” I cry out.

“Give it to me,” he whispers.

I shudder, and he wastes no time moving between my legs.

“Oh no, you don’t.”

He laughs as I push at him, rolling him onto his back and then straddling his hips, taking his length into me. He moans, brushing my hair from where it’s fallen over my chest.

“God, you feel so good.”

“So do you,” I whisper.