Wait For You by Elisabeth Naughton

Author:Elisabeth Naughton [Naughton, Elisabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945904264
Publisher: Elisabeth Naughton Publishing LLC

Six

When he didn’t respond, when he only continued to stare at her as if she was speaking a foreign language, a pinprick of fear pierced Annie’s chest.

He still hadn’t moved, still hadn’t said anything, and though her head wanted to read into that, her heart wouldn’t let her.

She’d come this far. She’d already put herself out there. She was determined to lay herself bare, so he believed what she said was true.

Because it was true. Nothing had ever been truer in all her life.

She moved even closer, until the citrusy scent of his skin made her light-headed and told her this was right. He was right. They were right.

Together.

“You asked me what I want?” she whispered. “I want you. I want us. Wherever that takes us. I love you, Ryan Harrison. I have for a very long time.”

His eyes softened, and he lifted his hands to her face. Then, he whispered, “Annie,” and lowered his mouth to hers, kissing her deeply, passionately, so completely she didn’t know where he ended, and she began.

She gripped his arms at the elbows, curled her fingertips into the fabric of his rolled-up sleeves, and opened to his kiss. She opened her heart and soul and everything she’d kept so carefully guarded to this man who had changed her life, because he was all that mattered. He was all that had ever mattered.

He groaned into her mouth, stroked his tongue against hers, and kissed her deeper. And as she kissed him back, desperate for more, desperate to taste every part of him, the connection she’d felt to him from the very beginning flared hot and wild inside her.

She felt herself moving. Felt the tile shift beneath her feet. Felt the counter press against her spine and his hard, hot body close in at her front. Then, she groaned herself when his erection pushed against her belly, telling her just how desperate and needy he was for her, too.

“Annie,” he whispered again, drawing a breath away from her lips to stare down at her with damp, shimmering blue eyes that made her whole-body tingle. “I…”

His words trailed off, and his gaze skipped over her features. And even though a whisper of doubt echoed through her, she pushed it aside and focused on what she felt. Not what made her scared.

“It’s all right,” she said. “You don’t have to say anything.”

He kissed her again. Softly. Sweetly. Then pressed his forehead against hers. “I know exactly what I want to say. The same thing I’ve wanted to say for three damn years. I love you, too. I have since that baseball game when Mitch realized I was seeing you and took a swing at me outside the ballpark.”

Warmth flooded her chest. So much warmth it felt as if her heart might explode. “I remember that day.” She skimmed her fingertips over the scar on his chin. “You showed up at my sorority house looking like you’d gone a round with a prize fighter.”

“In his dreams. I could have dodged your brother if I’d wanted to.

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