Seasons of Glory by Cheryl Anne Porter

Author:Cheryl Anne Porter
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250092748
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter 13

Glory had no time to think before Riley was upon her and holding her, kissing her. His arms slipped around her back, pulled her closer against his muscled length. Faint with wanting him, and not quite understanding the hot, pricking sensations happening inside her, things Riley caused with his nearness, with his kiss, she surrendered to his touch. And realized she could do that because she trusted Riley. Trusted him not to hurt her, not to betray her. Not to take more than she could give.

Riley broke his kiss. He pulled back enough to stare down into her face. “I’ve waited years for you, Glory. For this moment. I just hate that it’s out here, out in the open like this. I wanted it to be special, to be something more…” His voice trailed off. He smiled, his expression baring his heart.

Glory reached up and stroked her hand down his tanned and smooth cheek. “It is special, Riley. It’s wonderful. Because it’s you.”

She watched the effect her words had on this strong, strong man. Clutching at her hand, holding it to his mouth, kissing her palm, he closed his eyes, his mouth quirked into a tender line. His expression suggested he savored her words, as if each one were a treasure he could never recapture after this moment. As if this were his only chance to enjoy them.

Warmed to her core, despite the day’s coolness, despite not having on Papa’s coat anymore, Glory tugged her hand from his and slipped her arms under his duster and around his back. She then lay her head against Riley’s chest. Even through the thickness of his flannel shirt and underlying combination suit, she could hear, could feel his heart beating right under her cheek. “Oh, Riley, I do love you.”

Riley stirred, tensed. “Oh, damn, Glory,” was all he said, his words no more than a husky whisper sighing off his lips. His arms encircling her more fully, he said, “I’ve got to feel you in my arms.”

“I want that, too,” Glory heard herself saying. “I want you.”

Riley smoothed his hands around to her arms and held her away from him, looked down into her eyes. “Nothing and no one will ever stand between us again. I swear, it to you right here, right now.” With those words, and with suddenly feverish motions, Riley kissed her again with all the fierce longing for her that Glory knew he’d harbored for years.

Almost overcome with his intense passion, with his hands roving hard and fast over her body, as if her clothes were no barrier to his touch, she felt a faintness settle in her knees. And a hot heaviness in the vee of her legs. A throbbing pulse burned in her secret woman’s place. The hurting ache of it, she somehow knew, could only be quenched by Riley’s touch, his kiss. And so she put everything she felt into returning his kiss, into dueling with his tongue, into opening herself fully to his onslaught.

Riley

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