Paradise Peak by Janet Dailey

Author:Janet Dailey [Dailey, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2020-10-14T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

Travis closed his eyes and parted his lips; the warm press of Hannah’s mouth against his and her soft breaths brushing his cheek swept through him on a rush of pleasure, making his legs tremble.

Heaven. He’d never been able to imagine it before—had never been able to conjure it with words or images. But right now, with Hannah kissing him, touching him, approving of him . . . he could feel its pleasurable glow in every dark corner of his heart.

“Hannah . . .”

Her tongue touched his, then retreated, her sweet taste flooding his senses just before she lifted her mouth from his.

Her wide eyes had darkened to a midnight blue and her pink lips trembled. “You don’t want me?”

The wounded expression crossing her face turned the pleasure spiraling through his veins into pain. “Yes.” He cradled her face and lowered his head, whispering, “I want you.”

More than anything. Body hardening, he caressed his thumb over her reddened lips, ran his palms over the delicate skin of her neck and smooth shoulders, then rested his hand over the upper swell of her breast.

Her heart pounded rapidly beneath his touch and he dipped his head, kissing her flushed skin. A sound of pleasure left her lips, making him eager to hear her satisfied sigh again. He trailed more kisses over the upper swells of her breasts, above her collarbone and up her neck, pausing when he reached the sensitive skin behind her ear.

Travis pulled in a strong, steadying breath, the fresh scent of her damp hair filling his lungs, then touched his lips to the soft shell of her ear. “I want you,” he whispered. “But we’ve been through so much today, and when I make love to you, I want it to be because you know me—all of me—and want me for who I am. Not because of something I’ve done, or as a result of circumstance.” He forced himself to release her and step back. “So let me be the gentleman you say I am. Let me not rush this.”

Hannah touched her lips with shaky fingertips and stared up at him. Her chest lifted with swift breaths against the towel wrapped around her. “You said you’d do anything I asked.”

He had to lean forward to catch her soft words, and they stoked the desire inside him as well as the guilt. “Yes. And I meant it.” He flexed his hands by his sides. “If you ask me to, I will.”

She studied his face a few moments more, then reached out, her fingers fiddling nervously with a button on his shirt. “Then, will . . .” Tears welled in her eyes and one spilled onto her lashes. “Will you at least hold me?”

Heart aching, Travis wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in, sliding his leg between hers and holding her as tight as he could without hurting her. “All night.”

* * *

Vibrations and the heavy whir of helicopter blades woke Travis the next morning.

He opened his eyes, and the large window beside the hotel bed caught his attention.

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