He was waiting for her as soon as she opened the door to his hotel room . Sam Kelly

watched as Sophie turned, watched the wash of desire that ?ickered in her expressive blue eyes

as she found him .

Before she could reach behind her to tug at the tie to her apron, he had her in his arms, his

lips crushing hers in that ?rst sweet taste .

“Sam .”

His name came out in a breathy sigh that he felt all the way to his balls .

He reached around and took the tie from her and pulled until the work apron she wore came

free .

“Any trouble tonight?”

She shook her head even as he found her lips again . “I hate that you work there .”

She paused in her kiss, and for a long moment they stood there, their lips barely a breath

apart as she stared up at him . Her mouth turned down into an unhappy moue, and he was sorry

for spoiling the moment by expressing his

dissatisfaction with her job .

Who was he to say anything at all? She was working in a little dive in Bumfuck, Mexico —a

place a girl like her clearly didn’t belong —but maybe it was all she could do to make ends meet .

It wasn’t like he could offer to sweep her off her feet and carry her off into the sunset .

“Forget I said anything,” he murmured . “Come here .” He tipped a ?nger under her chin and guided her mouth back to his . He was hungry —

starving —for her. Even now his brothers and their team were doing the job he was here for

because he wanted a few stolen moments with a woman he hadn’t been able to resist —a woman he’d known he had to have from the moment he walked into the bar where she waitressed .

A woman who made it too easy to forget duty. She leaned into him, warm and unsteady. He lifted her just enough that she could circle his

neck with her arms, and she smiled against his mouth . “Better,” she whispered .

“I’ll be better when you’re naked .”

He carried her toward the bed and lowered her onto the

mattress until he hovered over her,

trapping her underneath his body. His mouth was just over her belly, and he looked up her body,

meeting her gaze .

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“You’re so beautiful,” he murmured .

With slow, methodical movements that belied his urgency, he slid her T-shirt up, baring her

slim waist .

Even as he raised it higher over her breasts, he tongued the shallow indention of her navel .

She shivered beneath his lips and a ?ne smattering of chill bumps raced across her belly.

She arched her back almost as if she’d buck him off, but he left her shirt and gripped her

hips, holding her in place .

“Mine .”

She shuddered and let out a light whimper when he licked up her midline and caught his

teeth on the band of her bra . He grinned and levered himself upward so that his knees were on

either side of her hips, and she was effectively trapped .

Impatient to have her undressed, he grasped the hem of her T-shirt and ripped it up the

middle until it lay in two pieces on either side of her. It hung from her arms, and he simply

pulled until she was free .

Her nipples puckered and strained against the lacy cups of her bra . The material shielded

nothing of the dark crescents . Idly he toyed with the nubs through the satin, touching and

molding until they were hard points begging to be set free .

The swells plumped over the edge of the cups, and with a light ?ick, he pushed them free,

baring her nipples so they peeked over the bra . Her hands crept up his thighs, sliding over the rough denim of his jeans, but he reached

down and grasped her wrists, pulling her away. She started to protest, but he brought one hand to his mouth and kissed her palm before

raising her arms over her head . He leaned until they were pressed to the mattress, and once again she was captured .

In a moment of inspiration, he gathered the tattered remains of her T-shirt and tied one wrist

to the head-board . She gasped, her eyes going wide when he took her other hand and secured it

as well .

Her breathing speeded up and her chest heaved . She licked her lips nervously, but her eyes

darkened to sapphire . His smile was slow and predatory. She was like a drug . A high he didn’t

want to come down from . She made him feel strong and invincible .

“Now what to do with you?”

He reached into his jeans and pulled out his pocket- knife . Her eyes widened slightly, but no

fear shone in her gaze . He ?ipped the knife open and tucked the blade underneath the band of her

bra . The material fell away, baring her breasts to his hungry gaze .

He closed the knife and tossed it aside, then turned his attention to the clasp of her jeans . He

wanted to rip them from her, but he forced himself to take his time and to savor each inch of her

?esh he unveiled .

He worked the jeans over her hips and then down her legs, moving so he could free her

entirely. Her shapely legs drew him . He ran his ?nger up the slim lines and curves and then

followed with his mouth, kissing and licking a path to the silky scrap of underwear that shielded

her pussy.

He tucked one ?nger behind the lace, threading through the curls into the slick folds . She

moaned and twisted restlessly when he found her clit . For a moment he played, stroking his

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?ngertip over the sensitive nub . Then he slipped down until he rimmed her entrance, teasing her mercilessly.

With one push, he was inside . Liquid velvet closed around his ?nger, and he closed his eyes

as he imagined his cock there, gliding through her tight, swollen heat .

“Sam!”

Her agonized cry jerked him back to awareness . Her face was ?ushed, her eyes glittering

with need .

“Please,” she begged .

He ripped the panties, no longer patient, no longer willing to prolong his seduction . He

wanted her. Had to have her. Now.

His shirt came off and sailed across the room . He rolled

to the side and yanked at his jeans,

cursing under his breath when they snagged around his ankles .

Where the fuck was the condom? Pocket . Shit . He

leaned over the bed to pick the pants back

up and yanked several packets out . They spilled onto the bed as he rolled back over. He grabbed

one and ripped it open as he straddled her again . Her gaze was riveted on his groin . Her eyes ?ashed appreciatively, and in response he

reached down, grasped his cock and stroked . She strained against her bonds, and it only made him harder and more eager to take her.

With a shaking hand, he rolled the condom on and then reached down to spread her legs .

God, she was so soft and beautiful . Delicate and feminine . The silky blond curls were damp

with desire, and he ran his thumb down the seam of her pussy before pushing her legs farther

apart .

She was open to him . Open and unguarded . His to take . His to pleasure . His to taste and to

touch .

He rose over her, tucking his cock against her small opening . He could never get over that

?rst thrust, where her body fought his size and her pussy closed around him like a vise . He was

sweating and shaking like a teenager, and he hadn’t even gotten inside her yet .

“Are you ready for me, Sophie?”

He nudged inward just enough that the head spread her opening and he could feet her heat .

“Please, Sam . I need you .”

Those softly uttered words sent him over the edge . He gripped her hips and dove deep . She

gasped . All the breath left his body in a groan of intense agony.

She writhed beneath him, trapped . Her mouth opened and closed, and her arms strained

against the bonds at her wrists . She surrounded his dick like warm honey. So sweet . So hot . He’d

never felt anything to match the sensation of being inside her.

When she bucked upward in protest of his not moving, he withdrew, and they both moaned

at the sensation of him rippling through her ?esh . “God, honey, you’re so tight . You feel so damn good .” “We ?t,” she said on a moan . “You ?t me . Perfect .”

“Damn right,” he growled as he swooped downward to devour her mouth .

He ?exed his hips and sank deep again . He swallowed her gasp of pleasure, savored it, then

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returned it in his next breath as their tongues mimicked the action of their bodies .

There was no thinking . Only the slick, hot feel of her against his cock . His brain went numb

as he lost himself. Deeper. Harder.

The rest slipped away. No mission . No asshole who needed killing . No frustration because

KGI八s efforts had met with no results .

Here it was just the two of them . And mindless, perfect pleasure .

He reached down to hook his forearms underneath her

knees . He pulled hard, and the angle

sent him deeper, until he was wedged so tight that his balls were crammed against her pussy.

He glanced up, meeting her gaze, making sure she was with him and that he hadn’t hurt her.

Only her desperate need for release stared back at him . With a savage cry, he pulled back and then hammered into her, rocking the entire bed as he

thrust over and over. Her eyes slammed shut and her cry split the air. She went tight, so tight, as

every muscle in her body tensed, and then suddenly she went liquid around him, bathing him in

intense heat .

He threw back his head, closed his own eyes and pounded forward one last time before his

release gathered in his balls and shot up his cock . He erupted painfully, the pleasure so

staggeringly intense that he lost himself for one brief moment .

His hips still ?exed spasmodically as he carefully lowered himself onto her limp body. She

trembled as their ?esh met, and her lips brushed over his jaw as he laid his head against her

shoulder.

He was still buried deep and he had no desire to move . She felt good surrounding him,

holding him in her body. He moved his hips again, a shudder rolling down his spine at the nearly

painful sensation over his cock .

“Did I hurt you?” he asked against her skin . She hummed, a content purring sound that told him he’d done no such thing . Still, she spoke

softly against his hair, reassuring him that he’d given her as much pleasure as he’d taken .

Though he hated to move, he knew he was crushing her. Carefully he pushed himself up and

then withdrew from her body. Damn but he was still hard .

He reached up to untie her and then rolled away to discard the condom . When he moved

back, she immediately curled into him all soft and limber. Her hands moved over his body

almost frantically, as if being denied the ability to touch him had made her all the more desperate

to do so now.

He caught one of her hands and tugged it down until her ?ngers circled his cock .

“See what you do to me? I Shouldn’t be hard again for two weeks after that, but I seem to

stay that way around you .”

She laughed softly and ran her hand up and down his length, exploring every inch .

“Think He’ll wait long enough for me to grab a shower? Do you mind?” Her nose wrinkled in distaste . “I smell like beer.”

He nuzzled her neck, licking over her pulse . “You smell wonderful, but yeah, go get a

shower.” He felt a twinge of guilt for having ambushed her as soon as she’d walked in . He

should have let her shower and rest . She’d been on her

feet the entire evening .

She reached up and kissed him before rolling away. He watched her, enjoying the gentle

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sway of her hips and ass as she walked naked to the bathroom .

She was one hundred percent woman . Soft and feminine, with curves in all the right places . She was everything his job wasn’t, and maybe That’s why she appealed so strongly to him .

He lay there for a long moment, and ?nally after ?ve minutes, he ?gured he’d given her

enough time to wash . If she hadn’t, he’d ?nish the job for her.

He got off the bed and went into the bathroom, where the steam from the shower had already

fogged the mirror. She was standing motionless in the shower, her body blurred by the glass .

It was enough to send his blood roaring to life . God almighty but he couldn’t explain her

effect on him . It was crazy and left him feeling unbalanced .

He opened the door, and before she could turn around, he slipped into the shower with her,

his body molding to hers . She started to turn, but he stopped her, holding her still .

He lowered his mouth to her neck, where little droplets of water beaded and rolled down her

skin . Her knees buckled and she threatened to fall when his teeth sank into the slim column of

her throat . He caught her and held her tight .

“Put your hands on the wall .”

She put her palms on the tile and slid them up until her arms were above her head . He arched

against her then reached down and hooked her right leg with his hand . He pulled up, lifting her

while he held her steady with his other arm .

While the water beat down on them, he thrust into her, ?nding her warmth all over again . It

was never enough . It would never be enough .

In the back of his mind, a warning ?ashed . He hadn’t used a condom, but he was lost in the

feel of her silky heat against his bare ?esh . His mind screamed stupid, but the male roared that

she was his and he’d take what was his .

She tightened around him . Her ?ngers curled into ?sts against the shower wall . She threw

her head back, arching into him as he marked her neck with his mouth .

His .

It was primitive and hard core . It puzzled him even as he knew it couldn’t be explained .

“Mine,” he whispered .

His release when it came was quicksilver. A lightning ?ash that was intense and painful and

had him arching to tiptoe as he strained to get deeper. She made a small sound, and her hands slid down the walls as if she’d lost any remaining

strength . She sagged and he caught her gently to him . He was ?lled with an odd tenderness as he

reached up to turn the water off and then settled her into his arms .

He stepped from the shower and put her down long enough to wrap a towel around her. For

a long time they stood there, her forehead resting on his chest as they both tried to catch up .

She snuggled sleepily into his arms, and again, guilt assailed him as he imagined how tired

she must be . He kissed the top of her head .

“Let八s go get some sleep . You’re exhausted .”

She turned her face up to his and smiled even as her

eyelids drooped . Then she rose up on

tiptoe to curl her arms around his neck .

“Take me to bed,” she whispered .

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