Give a Little by Lee Kilraine

Author:Lee Kilraine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-09-17T10:50:55+00:00

Chapter 17

Gray

I lay in bed, my arms wrapped around Tessa, her head resting on my chest, trying to absorb everything that had just happened. I believe the term for what we were doing was cuddling. Not my favorite word. This was not something I did. Not before Tessa.

“Wow,” she whispered.

“I agree. Wow.” Bend wow over the couch and fuck it wow.

I felt her head move. Felt her eyes on me. “But you didn’t even— I mean, you still have your pants on. Are you sure you don’t want to… You didn’t even get your pleasure.”

“Oh, Tessa. You couldn’t be more wrong. I fucking did. I may not have come, but I did get off.” Got off on her kiss and the feel of her lips. I got off on the taste of her against my tongue. Christ she was sweet. Pleasure from the way her hands gripped my shoulders. And ran through my hair. From listening to the sighs and gasps and cry when she came.

“Well, if you change your mind, let me know.”

“Trust me, you’ll be the first to know.” Or maybe not since I was still hard. Painfully so. But seeing Tessa’s body—the scars—the woman had been through a lot. The last thing she needed was to get tangled up with a man like me. I’d love more than anything to make love to her, but right now, especially because she was a client, probably best to back this up. If anything more happened between us, it should only be after careful consideration.

What I wasn’t going to examine was the gut punch I got when I saw Tessa’s scars. Looking at her body and knowing the pain she’d lived through killed me. The strength it must have taken to be where she was today blew me away.

“When we walked through your house…I saw the hospital bed…saw the wheelchair…saw the safety rails, the walker, the crutches… I thought they all belonged to your grandmother. The one you said had lived with you. I thought you were putting off the reno because you were still dealing with her loss.”

I felt Tessa’s shuddering breath against my chest. I ran my hand over her shoulder, along her back and down over her hip, my hands moving slowly and firmly over her, touching her soft skin and scars. Her body had gone rigid in my arms, even though I’d been trying for the opposite effect.

“You don’t have to tell me any details. I think I can guess.” I wanted to know, although that wasn’t my most pressing need. Because more than that, I needed to ease the tension I felt pulsing through her. Pulling her closer, I kissed the top of her head. “Are you a novice sword juggler?”

Thank God she laughed. She turned her face into my chest and giggled. Her body relaxed into my arms, and I felt her lips soft on my skin. She ran her hand lightly back and forth over my abdomen.

I had to grit my back teeth with how much I liked her hand on me.

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