Page 37 of Beautiful Chaos
I run my fingers through his thick hair. “I could never resist you.” My voice is scratchy from the emotions he pulls from me.
He smiles as he leans forward, kissing my lower abdomen through my dress. He runs his hands up the outside of my thighs under my dress, and when he reaches my hips, he pulls me down on the blanket with him.
Once I’m seated beside him and his own shoes are thrown to the side, he reaches for the cooler and pulls out a bottle of wine and two wine glasses.
“I’m sorry we couldn’t do this yesterday,” he says after popping the cork. He fills a glass and hands it to me.
“Tonight is the perfect night to be out here.” I gaze up at the full moon. “The sky was overcast yesterday, so we wouldn’t have had this beautiful sight.”
While sipping my wine, I enjoy the breeze drifting past us. It really is a beautiful night, especially considering it’s the beginning of fall and usually a little cooler this time of year in the evenings.
I glance over at Hunter and find his steady, green gaze on me. I’ve counted myself lucky so many times over the years for having Hunter as my husband. I don’t need to wonder how my life would be if I hadn’t met him. However glorious that life might have been, I don’t want any part of it. It’s impossible to imagine anything better than what I have now.
Hunter takes my glass from me and places it beside his on the cooler lid. Reaching into his pocket, he pulls out a small black box. It brings back memories of him doing this before. But instead of a diamond ring, I find a small silver key hanging from a chain, both twinkling in the bright moonlight. Leaning forward, I take a closer look.
“You took possession of my heart the first time I saw you in Slate all those years ago, Cat. I never wanted or asked for it back. It belongs to you forever, because I know you will always treasure it.” Tears spring to my eyes when he holds up the key dangling from the necklace. “The key is unnecessary, because my heart hasn’t been my own for years, but it still belongs to you.”
A tear blazes a path down my cheek as I reach out for the key, touched beyond measure by Hunter’s words. After angling the key just right, I see the words written in Italian on the side:Per Sempre Vostri.Forever Yours.
“It’s beautiful.” I lift my eyes to him. “Thank you. Help me put it on?”
I spin around, giving Hunter my back and lifting my hair out of the way. The key is cool against my heated flesh when it settles just above my cleavage.
Warm breath fans across the back of my neck seconds before Hunter’s lips touch the spot. Shivers run through my body as goosebumps appear on my arms. I look at Hunter over my shoulder and he immediately captures my lips in a kiss. Without breaking away from him, I turn around so I’m facing him. I meant to climb on his lap, but he has me on my back with his body poised above me in the next breath.
One long finger traces the curve of my cheek. I can’t see his face because he’s cast in shadow, but I know his expression is full of love.
“If God gave me the ability to build the perfect woman, I couldn’t have done any better than He did with you.”
“Hunter,” I whisper his name, emotions clogging my throat.
“You give me life, Cat, and there’s not a day that goes by that I’m not thankful and humbled for that.” His finger moves to my lips, and I open my mouth as he gently rubs the bottom one. “I don’t know what I did to deserve you, but never doubt that I know what a rare gift I have in you.”
Unable to take anymore of Hunter’s sweet words before I burst into a blubbering mess, I fist my hands into the back of his hair and yank his head down. He thinks I’m the special one, and to him I may be, but it’s Hunter who’s truly the special one.
With our mouths pressed together, I try to put every bit of love I feel for him into the kiss. Words would never be enough, although Hunter’s loving speech comes close.
Hunter lifts his body just enough for me to spread my legs and he settles between them. His hand travels up my thigh and raises the skirt of my dress as he goes. His hand is warm and slightly callused, the roughened skin fueling the fire already burning within me. My thigh is lifted higher, and I moan when the hard length of his cock, through his slacks, rubs against my wet center. In search of a firmer touch, I clutch Hunter’s shoulders and lift my hips.
Our mouths separate and he trails his lips down my neck to the valley of my breasts. Once there, he lifts his head and tugs down the flimsy material of my dress and bra. The cool breeze blowing across my nipples, coupled with the intense desire Hunter brings out in me, has the peaks turning into stiff little points.
“You look absolutely stunning in the moonlight,” he rumbles, his voice filled with appreciation. “Like an innocent angel on the verge of committing her first filthy sin. I could look at you for a lifetime like this and never get my fill.”
“Hunter, please,” I plead. I gently grip the strands of his hair, pulling him closer.
I arch beneath him when he pulls a hardened nipple into his mouth. “Yes,” I shout, caught up in the moment. People rarely come to the lake at night, so I’m not too worried someone will hear us. Even if they did, I wouldn’t care. My head is too full of Hunter to worry about being seen or heard.
He pays homage to one breast while kneading the other. Then he switches to the opposite and does the same. Need and desire blaze through me like a hurricane wreaking havoc, leaving me desperate to have Hunter’s mouth on other places.
As if hearing my thoughts, he moves his mouth south. Lifting my dress so my bottom half is completely exposed, he leaves light kisses behind as he makes his way to the top of my panties. Expecting him to pull the lace material down my legs or hook his finger and pull them to the side, I release a deep moan when he sucks my clit through the silky material instead.
“Damn, baby, you’re fucking soaked,” he growls.
I wiggle my hips and release his hair, moving my hands to the thin straps on the side of my panties.
“Off,” I pant. “Take them off, Hunter. I want your mouth on my bare skin.”
“You want me to fuck you with my tongue?”