His response was to dip his mouth to the crook of her neck and suck on the tender spot where throat met shoulder. She gasped and angled her head to give him full access even as she wiggled to fit her body to his.
When his heavy weight lay between her thighs, her body tingled with strong need. She hadn’t been with Theo in days, and after working closely to build the walls, her feminine sensibilities had been awakened.
As he skated his mouth down her throat and shoulder, he pushed off the strap of her tank top and bra. Using the flat of his tongue, he bathed the exposed spot, raising a shudder from her.
“I’ve been waiting all day to rip this itty bitty tank top off you. And these shorts. Jesus, woman. You must know how hot your ass looks in them.”
Her chuckle morphed into a moan when he exposed more flesh and sucked on her already hardened nipple. Slowly losing her head, she spread her hands over his strong shoulders, anchoring herself to the warm steel beneath his dusty white tee.
In seconds, they were both naked and panting. Then he spread her thighs and lowered his mouth to her aching pussy. She fisted the drop cloth beneath her.
“Mmm-mmm,” he growled against her. She thumped a heel against his spine and cried out.
He plunged two fingers into her. When his perfectly callused fingertips stroked her G-spot, she creamed all over him. As he plunged them into her over and over, he suctioned his lips over her hard pearl and blew her mind.
Need was a hot wire threaded through her whole body, from fingers to toes and everything between—and Theo had plugged it in again.
Waves hit her, softly at first and increasing in power until she lifted her hips and came against his mouth and fingers with a loud cry. Her mind blanked to everything but the pleasure he gave her.
He gentled his ministrations, bringing her down and tormenting her simultaneously. Finally, he lowered her to the mattress, and their gazes met.
“Get naked, cowboy,” she ordered.
He cocked a brow, and his lips twitched in amusement. “Bossy, are we?”
“I can be…when I know what I want.”
He stood at the side of the bed, shucking shirt, work boots, jeans and briefs. Taking his impressive erection in hand, he gave it a pump in his strong fist to fit the condom in place. Her eyes latched to the veins snaking up his forearm and running through the length of his shaft to the mushroomed head.
“Lay down,” she told him.
“I like a woman who takes the bull by the horns.” He stretched out on the bed, and she didn’t waste time straddling him—backward.
“Holy hell on a horse, sweet thing.” He cupped her ass. She centered his cock at her entrance and in one smooth glide, sank over him.
His hands convulsed on her backside, and she gave a shiver of power as she rode him in slow, steady strokes. He released her ass to reach up and remove the scrunchie from her hair. The mass swaying over her bare skin pebbled her nipples, and she toyed with them as he once again latched onto her ass.
With each upward stroke, he parted her globes. “Seeing your sweet pink pussy suck me in…fuck!”
She craned her neck, throwing him a smile over her shoulder. The burning concentration on his rugged features showed her just how far gone he was—on the verge of coming.
She moved faster. Bottoming out on the downstroke. Her walls clenched on his thick length, and she let go at the same moment he did.
Sadie’d had some great sex with Jackson, and she locked those moments away in a vault deep in her heart. But sex with Theo was exciting, fresh, blazing hot and everything she never knew she needed to add to her to-do list of life before coming to Crossroads.
What might be seconds or minutes later, she emerged from her sexual stupor, lying on her back next to Theo. His body heat called to her, and she stretched out her fingers, found his and squeezed.
* * * * *
Theo closed his eyes, trapping in the lightning bolts zipping around his body as Sadie’s soft fingers gently working across the mattress to squeeze his.
The moment felt supercharged—with what, he didn’t know. Lust had many levels. Maybe they’d reached a new one he never explored before?
Flipping his hand, he gripped hers back. A breathy sigh escaped her that had him pivoting his head to look at her.
She didn’t have the appearance of a woman who believed herself in love, or even infatuated. She continued to stare at the ceiling, and for all he knew, she was dreaming about her new loft.
“Whatcha thinkin’?” Son of a whore—now he’d become that person after sex?
She giggled. “That I’m hungry enough to take on a whole buffet.”
Damn, he liked her more by the minute.
She flipped onto her side to face him, their fingers still entwined. “Is it bad I didn’t say I’m thinking of your prowess in bed and your impressive size?”
His lips quirked up. “While that would be nice to hear, I can’t deny hearing a woman who loves a buffet doesn’t jack me up.”
She issued a tinkling laugh, sounding like bells in this space that once heard the gong of a school bell. “Is it weird if we go out together? Not as a date—only to get food?”
“Absolutely no weirdness.”
“Good!” She sat up, not even a little self-conscious of her nudity. In fact, she pranced across the room, giving him the perfect view of her round ass swaying away from him before she entered the antiquated bathroom that was next on the remodel list.
He lay there with nothing to do for the moment but lie in a beautiful woman’s bed and bask in the afterglow of amazing sex.
He started to harden again and realized he better take care of the condom. When she exited the bathroom, her hair brushed and gleaming in waves that covered her naked breasts, his shaft gave a hard jerk.
“Well, hello to you too.” She stepped up to him, cupped his jaw and went on tiptoe to kiss him.
The brush of her plump mouth pulled a groan from him. They hadn’t kissed at all during their encounter, and doing so fed him that link he hadn’t known he missed until this minute.
He deepened the kiss, teasing her mouth in a soft caress that went on for long heartbeats. At last, she dropped to her heels, shot him a smile and reached around him to smack his ass.
“Why you naughty…” He made a grab for her, but she skirted away and started pulling clean clothes from a box she was living out of.
He chuckled all the way to the bathroom, and minutes later in the truck, he felt different. It wasn’t until they were a few miles down the road that he realized with Sadie he felt lighter.
He was actually seeing the beauty of the countryside, the trees so lush and green and flocks of birds flying across the sky. Hours ago, he would see all the work that needed done. Some of his stress had vanished like a wisp of smoke—and he’d bet hard-earned cash that Sadie was responsible for that change.
Shooting her a look from under the brim of his hat, he caught a soft smile gracing her beautiful face. His chest grew tight simply looking at her…left him wanting more.
He’d never experienced such a feeling before, but he shoved it down now. He was in no shape to have a woman to take care of. On his small wages, having a family would be rough.
No, he couldn’t get deeper than basic physical pleasure right now.
Even if another man threatens to snatch her up?
That question didn’t come from his dick but from much higher up, in the vicinity of his heart.