Hunter shuddered again and stroked his fingers through her hair, sending goosebumps skittering down the back of her neck and along her spine. Claire was wearing a soft cotton dress and Hunter ran his hands from her hair down her back and back up her sides, bring the dress up with him. “You could start by taking this off.” She smiled and sat back on her legs and pulled it over her head. Hunter whistled through his teeth. “Damn, you’re gorgeous.” Claire had never felt pretty and after what happened to her in Italy, she’d struggled with feeling as ugly on the outside as she did inside. But Hunter made her feel beautiful and she loved it.

He pulled off his shirt and her fingers reached up of their own accord and traced the muscles in his chest. His left arm was still bruised, and the bruise was big and black and ugly. The bullet hole was covered with a thick flap of skin and still had staples holding it together. Despite that, as the light from the flames danced across his taut chest and arms, he was still the most incredible sight she’d ever seen. She leaned in and kissed his chest, and Hunter took hold of her arms and pulled her up into a kiss. It wasn’t just any kiss. It was a long, slow, passionate, panty-melting kiss that was hotter than the fire she could feel at her back. Claire returned the kiss with as much passion as it was given, and she could feel her heart beginning to slam into her chest. Hunter kissed her until neither of them could breathe and then he let his mouth slide over to her cheek and up to her ear. He licked the inside of her ear and then blew his hot breath into it, causing her whole body to shake. Then, he took her face into his hands and tipped her head back slightly so that he could kiss her neck. He started out with slow, sweet, steady kisses that became harder and more intense before turning into his sucking her sensitive flesh into his mouth and nipping at it with his teeth. Claire moaned as his hands moved down from her face to her shoulders and then her breasts. He continued to kiss and suck on her neck while he fondled her breasts through her bra and then used his thumbs to flip it down out of his way before moving his face down from her neck to the mounds of flesh that he was caressing.

“Oh, Hunter,” she breathed out. She felt him smile into her flesh before bringing his tongue out and licking across one of her cold, hard nipples. The combination of the cold air and his warm breath was almost too stimulating, and she cried out. Hunter spent some time sucking and licking each one while her panties became more and more drenched, and then he took both of her hands in his and pulled her to her feet. Almost like they were dancing, he changed positions with her and lowered her down to the chair. He kneeled in front of her then and nudged her legs apart. When he took hold of the top of her panties she said, “I thought I was supposed to be making up to you.”

He grinned. “You still are, but this is what I want.” He pulled her panties down to her ankles and she helped him pull them off. Then he reached up and unhooked her bra and Claire let that fall down her arms and to the ground. Her nipples were as hard as rocks, and Hunter returned his attention to them with his mouth while his hand traveled up the inside of one of her thighs and his fingers found the wetness there. He began to trace her juices across the soft flesh of her legs and then, sending shock waves racing through her, he traced it across her swollen lips. As he dragged his fingers up through her wetness, he skimmed across the hood of her clit and she squealed. She felt him smile into her breast as he did it again, and then once more. She felt on the verge of orgasm already before he let go of her breast and kissed his way down to the top of her mound. Claire groaned and opened her legs wider, and Hunter’s tongue licked her sensitive clit just as she did so. She grabbed his head and cried out, “Oh, fuck! Hunter!” That seemed to fuel his desire and he dove in between her legs. Lips, tongue, teeth, and fingers began to torment her pussy so sweetly that Claire could barely breathe. She was covered in a fine sheen of sweat and each time the cool breeze blew across her damp skin, she shuddered, hard. Hunter kept up what he was doing between her legs and Claire felt the orgasm take over her body and begin to rise from her toes. She pressed his face harder into her as her body stiffened up and got ready for it. Hunter felt her excitement and just before she hurtled out into space on the wings of the orgasm, he bit down on her clit. He didn’t bite hard. It didn’t hurt…but it sent a sensation unlike anything she’d ever felt before rushing through her. She screamed as she came with an orgasm that left her shaking and gasping and rasping out his name. It took her a long time to work through it, but when she finally had, Hunter looked up at her and grinned.

“God, I love you,” she said. She hadn’t said that to him, except when she admitted she “might” be falling in love with him. His pussy-eating grin turned into a soft, sweet smile and he moved his lips up to her face. He kissed her so softly on her lips and then barely pulling back he whispered, “I love you too.”

Claire reached down and began to grasp and pull at his belt. She suddenly felt a driving need for him to be inside of her. Hunter grinned again and stood up. She watched impatiently as he undid his belt and then unbuttoned and unzipped his jeans. As soon as they were loose, she pulled them down, taking his shorts with them. She got them as far as his boots before moving her head back up and sucking his thick, rock-hard cock in between her lips.

“Jesus…fuck, Claire,” Hunter grunted out as she started licking and sucking the shaft and the head of his throbbing cock. She sat back down in the chair and held onto the cheeks of his ass and bobbed her head up and down on him, taking him into the back of her throat and reveling in the way he was breathing, moaning, and saying her name. He let her suck on him for quite a while as he pulled and tugged at her hair and thrust his hips in and out, fucking her mouth and moaning. At last he used his grip on her hair to pull her mouth off him. He looked down at her and smiled. “Stand up, baby.”

While Claire was trying to stand on her shaking legs, Hunter finished stripping off his boots and pants. Once he was nude, he kissed her again and this time he took her body and pulled it into his. It felt so good to have their naked bodies pressed together. He was so warm and she could feel his heart racing against her chest. Once again, as if they were dancing, he moved her backwards until her back was up against the smooth wall of the cottage. He used his knee to nudge her legs apart and then reached down between her legs and played with her pussy while he kissed her. She’d just finished having an earth-shattering orgasm, but she could feel another one pressing into his fingers and dying to get out already.

Hunter felt her tensing up again and that was when he pulled his fingers back and used them to grip onto his own cock. He gave it a couple of strokes and then, bending his knees so that he could line himself up with her pussy, he pushed forward into her hot, wet tunnel. He moaned and then wrapped his right arm around her butt and lifted her up. Claire wrapped her legs around his waist and Hunter pressed her tighter into the wall. Using a steady pace then, he moved his hips forward and back, burying himself as deeply into her as he could each time. Claire was gasping and panting and she could feel the muscles of her pussy gripping onto his hard cock tightly each time he tried to pull back. Her body wanted him as much as her head and her heart did, and as they made love next to the fire, near the ocean and under the moon, everything was right in her world. Hunter was gasping and panting himself when he hit that spot that sent her into another quaking, shaking orgasm before he let himself go as well. He held her so tightly that she was sure she’d have marks on her skin from his grip, but she didn’t care. If there was ever a man that Claire would want to be branded by, it was Hunter. She’d never imagined that she could love someone so much, especially after her earlier experience. But God, she loved this man and she wanted to keep him, forever.