His Hearth by Mary Calmes

Author:Mary Calmes [Calmes, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
ISBN: 9781615815722
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2011-04-17T05:00:00+00:00

III

HIS hands were everywhere, and I smiled into the pillow. I shifted, and there was pressure exerted between my shoulder blades, gently stroking to keep me from getting up.

“Don’t move.”

“Yes, Ry,” I sighed, loving the whispering.

He cleared his throat. “How do you feel?”

“Pretty damn good.” I could not contain my grin. “How ’bout you?”

“I’m fine,” he said distractedly, “but could you—is it okay if I turn on the light?”

“Why?”

“Please.”

“If you must,” I teased him, closing my eyes, wondering vaguely why it was so important but not enough to really care.

I heard the click of the light, felt his hands run over my skin, pressing, touching, almost like he was checking me for injuries.

“What’re you doing?” I chuckled, rolling over onto my back, opening my eyes a crack, squinting up at him.

His eyes were huge as he stared down at me. “Julian, your skin is… your hair… you’re… can you look at me?”

“I am looking at you.”

“No, could you…?” He trailed off, his breath catching, shivering suddenly. “Julian, look at me. Open your eyes wide and look at me.”

I did as I was asked, breaking into a smile seconds later when he caught his breath. “I am so not this interesting, by the way.”

“Oh.” His eyes filled as he stared into mine.

Shit. “Honey, what’s wrong?” I reached for him, worried suddenly.

“Julian,” he barely got out, “you’re fine. You look the same.”

“Not glowing in postcoital euphoria, ya mean?”

“No, you just—” The way his voice hitched, how he had to bite down on his trembling lower lip was almost funny. “You’re fine. You’re perfectly fine.”

He had not taken the bait of the sarcasm; instead, he was completely engrossed in my appearance. “What’s going on, Ry?”

His smile a moment later was breathtaking. “I wanted it to be you so… I hoped.” He swallowed hard.

I was confused, but the question died on my lips when he leaned over and snapped off the light, plunging the room back into darkness. His head pressed to my chest.

“What’re you do—”

“I’m listening to your heart.”

“Why?” I asked, inhaling the scent of his hair.

“Be still.”

He was acting weird, off-the-chart weird, but his warm skin felt so good next to mine that the reason for the contact hardly mattered. He had to touch me, had to, and the knowledge ran through me and warmed all the hard to reach places.

“I knew it. I should have just listened to… but I don’t trust myself anymore,” he said more to himself than to me.

“Knew what?”

He let out a deep breath, almost a sigh, slipping his leg over mine and pressing into my side. “Julian, I’m keeping you,” he said matter-of-factly.

I snorted out a laugh. “I thought you already were.”

“God,” he said, leaning into me, “you’re so amazing. Anybody else, I would be freaking them out.” He lifted up, moving over me so he could straddle my thighs and stare down at me in the semi-darkness. “I knew it was you, Julian. I just knew it.”

The moonlight streaming through the window illuminated him above me.

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