One Christmas Wish by Brenda Jackson
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
WHEN VAUGHNSLIDhis tongue inside Sierra’s mouth, a low growl erupted deep in his chest and he felt hot. Truth be told, he was feeling hot before he got here. Just knowing he was going to see Sierra alone had nearly burned him up. He couldn’t remember ever being filled with so much need.
He had seen her only hours earlier. Hell, he’d spent six hours with her out on the gulf. But at no time had he been able to do this, and after he’d taken a shower, a primal force had taken over his senses and demanded that he come get this, the taste of Sierra that he needed.
And he couldn’t get enough.
With his hand still holding her jaw, he slanted his mouth over hers while his greedy tongue swept her mouth. Her taste was like an addictive drug he couldn’t do without. It was making every single part of his body sizzle. His heart skipped, then started to race when he deepened the kiss.
Her scent enveloped him in the most erotic way, and he felt it all the way to his toes. He felt his erection swelling and figured she had to feel it through the material of her caftan.
Just when that thought entered his mind, she pressed her body against him, making his erection even harder. The throb of desire in his veins made sexual need curl in his stomach and when he felt the tripping of his pulse, he knew he had to pause or else he would take her on the stairs.
He eased his mouth from hers but didn’t step back. Instead, he traced a path along the curve of her neck with his lips while trying to bring his ragged breath under control. When he began licking a certain spot on her neck, he heard her whisper, “Don’t you dare suck on me there and leave a mark.”
His mark.Vaughn leaned back and smiled at her. She licked her lips and his gut tightened. “You don’t like my marks?” he teased, still trying to slow his breathing.
“Not there. Too visible.”
“If you need another scarf, I will buy you one.” Her soft chuckle made him shiver. It sounded so damn sexy. “But that just means I’ll have to leave my marks where they aren’t too visible.”
He leaned in and captured her mouth again, loving the sound of her moans. Moments later he pulled back from the kiss. “Teryn’s asleep?”
She tilted her head and grinned. “Now you ask?”
He grinned back. “The reason I didn’t ask earlier is because you mentioned when I was walking the two of you to the car that chances were after such a busy day Teryn would be knocked out. I took you for your word.”
“And you aren’t wrong. After her bath, she chattered about how much fun she had. Her exact words were to tell Mr. Vaughn that she had such a fun-fun time.”
“A fun-fun time?”
“That’s what she said. And by the time she made it to her bed she fell right asleep—with a huge smile on her face. Thank you for that.”
“You don’t have to thank me. But I am concerned about something, though.”
Sierra lifted a questioning brow. “About what?”
“What about Teryn’s godmother? Will she have a huge smile on her face when she falls asleep tonight?”
Why did just being around Sierra bring on such profound awareness, such intense need? He had battled it all day, being in her presence and breathing in her scent. He wanted her. There was more than something sexual at play when it came to her, but right now that sexual thing was about to eat him alive if he didn’t do something about it.
He watched as she nibbled her bottom lip. From past experiences, he knew the gesture meant she was thinking. He thought there were times she probably thought too much, but then he had no problem with her doing so. He wanted her to be as sure about them as he was.
Then, as if she’d made up her mind about something, she said, “If Teryn’s godmother will have a huge smile on her face when she falls asleep tonight, it depends.”
“On what?”
“If you’re going to leave me with one.”
Sexual excitement curled in his stomach and he felt a sweet, intense pull of desire. She’d issued an invitation he had every intention of fulfilling. Leaning down, he took her mouth once again and the kiss was as raw as it was seductive. He wanted her to know what she did to him, and at the same time give her an idea of what he would be doing to her.
Only Sierra had the ability to do this to him, make him crave things he used to think he could do without. Sierra Crane had ignited a flame within him that he doubted could ever be extinguished.
When he could tell that she was getting weak in the knees, he swept her into his arms and began moving.
SIERRAKNEW VAUGHNwas taking her somewhere, but it wasn’t up the stairs. Instead, it was to her office. When he laid her on the love seat she opened her eyes. She watched as he locked the door. He hadn’t just kissed her tonight. Vaughn had made love to her mouth. That was becoming a habit every time their mouths connected.
Now he was stripping out of his clothes and she suddenly wanted to do something she’d never done before, not even with Nathan.
She watched Vaughn remove every stitch of clothing, then he grabbed for a condom packet he’d taken from his wallet. She still couldn’t believe she’d put it on him the last time, and from the look of things, he was about to give her the opportunity to do so again.
He offered it to her. “Here you are, cherie.”
Easing off the love seat she crossed the room to him. She took the condom but put it on her desk. “Not yet.”
She began touching him everywhere, running her hands over his shoulders, his hairy chest and then to the lower part of him, feeling his shaft and those glorious balls. Her fingers were tingling and she felt herself getting wet and overheated.
Sierra met Vaughn’s gaze to decipher his reaction to her touch. What she saw in his eyes was red-hot fire. “You like this?”
“Sierra...” His husky voice trailed off when her hand dipped low to cup him and his breathing grew ragged. Leaning in close she began spreading openmouthed kisses over his shoulder, loving the taste of his skin. Then she lowered to his chest, determined that her mouth would follow the path her hands had taken, down to that part of his anatomy she was now holding in her hands. She ached for something she’d never experienced before and that was the taste of a man. But not any man. This man.
“Are you trying to kill me before I make you smile?” he forced out.
“No. I just want you to feel the same bone-melting fire you’ve ignited within me.”
He gritted his teeth as her lips continued wandering over him, sucking, licking and nibbling, leaving her own marks along the way.
“I feel it, baby.” He practically moaned the words.
She eased down to her knees and looked up at him. “No, Vaughn, you haven’t felt anything yet.”
Hungry for the taste of him, she drew his shaft into her mouth. She sucked him in deep. Then she began sliding her tongue up and down his hard length, while simultaneously massaging his balls.
Glancing up she saw he was staring down with a wild look in his eyes as her mouth, tongue and hands continued to work him the way she’d read of in the romance novels she and Rhonda would share in college.
Suddenly, Vaughn arched his back, and she continued to work his entire shaft, licking and lightly skimming the skin with her teeth.
He threw his head back and began growling words in French. The only one she recognized was très bien, which meant very good.
She sucked harder, determined to get the taste she desired from him. He was so big that she had to work her mouth to make sure he stayed inside, right where she wanted him. He must have felt himself ready to come and grabbed her hair to pull her to her feet, but she resisted and gripped his hips tighter. She wasn’t going anywhere.
Giving in to his desire, he pumped his hips seconds before he began shuddering. He let go, exploding, and she accepted everything he gave.
The feel of his hand pulling her hair only added to the excitement. At that moment she felt like a woman in total control, secure in the knowledge that her touch, her mouth and her hands had totally pleasured him. For her that was a powerful feeling, a mind-blowing revelation, and one very significant moment.
And for a little while tonight, he was hers. All hers.
PANTINGANDFEELINGas if a surge of electrical force was taking over his body, Vaughn pulled Sierra from her knees and they moved to the love seat.
He had not expected her to take him in her mouth. It had been the most spectacular experience he’d ever shared. Now he felt even more possessive of her. If he hadn’t claimed her before, he was definitely claiming her now.
He quickly removed her clothes and when she was totally naked, he had to taste her. He started with her lips and after thoroughly kissing them, he licked a path down her neck. He then leaned in and traced the tip of his tongue all over her shoulder blades and began sucking her skin. These were the beautiful shoulders he’d been tempted to taste all day, and was having a grand time doing so now.
He continued working his way on down to bury his head between her legs. After making her come with his mouth, he tossed the pillows and cushions from the sofa in front of the fireplace. Then he carried her there. It didn’t matter that it was unlit. Tonight, the fire was raging within the both of them.
He grabbed the condom packet off her desk and sheathed himself. There was no way he could let her touch him there right now.
Joining her on the floor he eased her back on the pillows and spread her legs wide. “You’re so wet, cherie.”
Straddling her, he leaned in and kissed her as he slid inside her body, feeling her wetness surround him, and then her inner muscles clench him.
Unable to hold back, he began pumping in and out with a greed that no longer astounded him. He set a pace and then increased it to a fast and furious tempo.
He ignored the slight pain of her fingernails digging into his shoulders. What he couldn’t ignore were the sensations caused by his slick skin sliding over hers.
“Vaughn!”
Hearing her scream his name as her inner muscles clenched him hard triggered his orgasm and he exploded.
She tugged on his hair to bring his lips down to hers and he took her mouth with a hunger that had him trembling. Moments later he eased off her and gathered her into his arms as their spasms subsided.
It was near daybreak when he lifted Sierra and carried her upstairs to place her in her bed. She opened her eyes and looked at him. He thought she was magnificent and looked totally gorgeous.
Before walking out of her bedroom, he paused to look back and saw she had fallen asleep with the most beautiful smile on her face.