The Liberation of Nina Fontaine (Awakening Book 3) by Michelle St. James

Author:Michelle St. James [St. James, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blackthorn Press
Published: 2018-09-24T18:30:00+00:00

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They gorged themselves on pizza in front of the TV, making fun of the impossible stunts and cheesy dialog of the action movie they’d chosen for sheer watchability. Halfway through the movie she laid down on the couch and Liam pulled her feet into his lap, his hands resting over the wool socks she’d worn under her boots.

The living room was dark except for the flicker of the TV and the candles Liam had lit while they waited for the food, lulling Nina into a pleasant state of drowsiness that wasn’t quite enough to send her over the edge into sleep.

By the time the credits rolled they’d finished the bottle of wine and there was one piece of pizza left, a credit to Nina since Liam had only eaten two pieces. Liam clicked off the TV, throwing the loft into shadow punctuated by the candlelight shining around the room.

“What should we do now?” Liam asked from the other end of the sofa. “Begin a game of monopoly, make bread, tell ghost stories, braid each other’s hair?”

Nina smiled as she watched his face. Now more than ever, it was so dear to her.

She looked into his eyes. “Let’s go to bed,” she said.

He held her gaze. “You’re making it very difficult to take things slow.”

Maybe it was seeing Peter the night before, casting off the chains of her marriage and divorce, but she knew what she wanted, and it was Liam.

His hands and mouth on her skin. His naked body on hers.

She smiled. “Just take me to bed, Liam.”

He slid her feet off his lap, stood, and held out his hand. Pulling her to her feet, he drew her against his body. When he lowered his mouth to hers, his eyes were like molten sapphires.

The kiss was long and slow, his tongue sweeping her mouth in languid strokes, stoking the fire at her center. He pulled away and it seemed right that unlike the first time they made love, he wouldn’t carry her to his bedroom, that this time she would follow him on her own two feet.

They made their way out of the living room and into the bedroom. Nina waited while he lit the candles. This was Liam’s way: to take his time in all things, the attention he showed her when they spoke the same kind of attention he was about to lavish on her body in a room lit only with candlelight.

When he was done, light shimmering against the walls and ceiling, he stood in front of her by the side of the bed and took her face in his hands. His eyes were filled with a storm of emotion.

He rubbed his thumb against her lower lip. “Nina…”

He let his hands slide down her neck, across her shoulders, and down her arms. She lifted her arms when he reached for the hem of her shirt.

He pulled it off her body and tossed it aside, quickly returning his eyes to her face as he slid her bra straps off her shoulders.

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