JADE
“Are you kidding me?” I squealed happily when we finally arrived at our destination. “What is all this?”
Eli looked smug as he leaned against the door of our lodgings. “We’re going to be glamping here in Montana for the next four days,” he informed me. “You’re a genetic conservationist who hasn’t really had much of a chance to do anything except study animal genetics and all the lab data that involves. Now you can really explore the wilderness, since I know you love doing that, too. You mentioned that you like to hike. This is probably one of the most beautiful areas to do it.”
I looked around the supposed “tent” we were sharing. I raced through the large space, taking in the glamorous setup. Our luxury tent included two bedrooms, a spa-type enormous bathroom, and just about every amenity a person could find in a five-star hotel. It might have been designed to look like a tent from the outside, but the inside was full of glorious luxury.
We’d set off right after finishing breakfast with my brothers. I’d boarded Eli’s jet without a clue where we were going, and I’d been kept in complete suspense until I’d gotten a chance to take in my surroundings once his jet touched down at a small airport.
On the drive here, I’d pretty much realized we were in a fairly remote area, judging by my surroundings, but it had been a toss-up for me as to exactly where we’d flown.
The time and direction of the plane trip had given away that we were still somewhere in the West, but it could have been one of several states.
I stopped in front of him, still stunned. “We’re in Montana?”
He nodded.
Before I could think about my actions, I threw myself into his arms and squeezed him as hard as I could. “I’ve always wanted to come here. It’s been my dream since I was a child.”
My emotions swamped me as I recognized that Eli was making one of my dreams come true.
Maybe I had the funds to do my own trips now, but I would have never thought that I could stay comfortably in the middle of the wilderness. Most of my research trips were spent in a real tent with no running water, and bathroom facilities that were far from ideal.
His strong arms wrapped around my waist, and he held me tightly against his hard body. “If I would have known you’d be this happy, we would have come here on day one,” he said in a teasing, hoarse voice.
I was suddenly overwhelmed with Eli’s scent, a masculine, pheromone-filled aroma that completely intoxicated me. “No. I love this. And I wouldn’t have wanted to miss Vegas and Disney. I’m just happy that we’re here in Montana, but what exactly is glamping?”
“Glamorous camping,” he answered, his warm breath wafting sensuously over my ear. “I jumped on board as a partner in this project with some friends, and I’ve actually been here a couple of times. I had a feeling you’d like it. We’re in the middle of nowhere, and this area is loaded with wildlife. I was pretty sure you’d enjoy staying here. There are plenty of activities available to keep you entertained.”
“How could I not love it?” I replied with a laugh, not the least bit surprised that Eli was one of the owners of a campground with all the luxuries. “We’re camping with all the amenities. Are we really going to hike?”
“As much as you want, Butterfly,” Eli answered readily. “We’re not all that far from the north entrance to Yellowstone. It would have been better if we’d come during the summer so we could actually see all of the park, but we’ll see what we can while we’re there. The weather has been unseasonably warm.”
I estimated that the temperatures were in the sixties when we’d come into the luxury tent. So it was very nice weather for Montana in the fall.
I fell into his powerful body and wrapped my arms tighter around his neck.
While it was exciting to be in Montana, being here with Eli made it really special.
It was strange, but being plastered against him felt natural, even comforting. But I had to hold back the primal urge I had to explore every inch of his body.
I pulled back to look at his face. “I hope you won’t be bored.”
He’d dedicated so much of his rare vacation to me, and I was grateful. But I wanted him to enjoy himself.
“Like I said, I’ve been here before. I wasn’t able to stay long, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. We might be in the middle of nowhere, but there’s plenty of entertainment if you like to fish, hike, horseback ride, and most other outdoor stuff. And the food is good.”
I’d noticed that the resort was small, probably more like a boutique place for the super-rich, but I wasn’t complaining. I loved to be out in the wilderness, but I personally hated not being able to take a real shower. And being exposed to the elements pretty much sucked.
It was one of the less likable parts of my job. But I’d learned to deal with it, since it put me outside so I could observe the wildlife firsthand in their natural habitat.
But I had no problem leaving the crappy part of camping out in a tent behind.
During my fieldwork, I hadn’t had much of an opportunity to get outside California, so I was ecstatic about having new territory and different species to observe.
“Will you hike with me?” I asked.
“That’s my plan,” he answered with a smirk.
“I’m not sure I have everything I need,” I said sadly. “I pretty much came with nothing.”
“Although I’d very much like to see you with nothing, I think I’ve got us covered as far as hiking clothes and equipment go,” he told me in a husky voice.
We stared at each other, Eli’s hungry eyes devouring me. Heat shot through my body and landed squarely between my thighs.
His hand was stroking up and down my back, and his possessive expression seemed to suck out every primitive instinct I had to crawl up his body, touching and tasting every powerful muscle as I went.
“Why do you have to be so damn attractive?” I said breathlessly.
“It’s our chemistry, Jade. Don’t you feel it?” he said in a low growl as he took my hand and put it on his chest. “It’s been there since the first time I saw you, and it’s getting stronger every day. Maybe neither one of us really understands it, but I think we both feel it.”
He reached for my ponytail and pulled my head back.
I had no desire to resist as he covered my mouth with his.
Every thought in my brain fled as Eli kissed me like I’d never been kissed before. I had no will to resist anymore, so I let everything go and opened to him. I’d never felt this way, and rather than be afraid of it, I wanted to savor it.
Eli made me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world, and I had no reason to think he thought otherwise. The way he consumed me was mind-blowing, and the feel of his hard body against mine was heady and exhilarating.
Needing to get closer, I wrapped one of my legs around his thighs, desperate to get relief from the almost painful ache that was violently pulsing through my entire body.
“Eli,” I said breathlessly as he finally released my mouth.
“Don’t think, Jade. Not now,” he demanded as he grabbed my ass and pulled me up so I could wrap my legs around his hips. “Just feel how we are together.”
I put my head on his shoulder as he walked us into one of the bedrooms. He dropped my body gently on the bed and came down on top of me.
Any thoughts of resisting the man who could make my body sing with pleasure had completely faded away.
I wanted Eli.
And he wanted me.
I didn’t give a damn about why he was the only guy I’d ever had this kind of connection with, or what his motivations were anymore.
It didn’t matter.
The only thing I needed right now was . . . him.
His eyes were like molten steel as he said, “I don’t think I’m going to live another fucking day if I can’t touch you.”
“Then touch me,” I pleaded. “Please.”
I was done depriving myself and wondering what would happen in the future.
I desperately wanted Eli, and I wasn’t going to be satisfied until I’d licked every inch of his gorgeous body.
Squirming beneath him with desperation, I finally wrapped my legs around his hips again.
That was when I really felt the truth about the way he wanted me. His rock-hard cock rubbed gloriously against my sex. There was no more alluring evidence than that. “I want this,” I told him boldly as I rubbed against his erection.
“It’s all yours, sweetheart,” he rumbled. “I don’t fucking think it works anymore for anybody else.”
“Do you mean that?” I asked hesitantly as our eyes met.
“You have no idea. The only way I can even get off is to fantasize about you.”
The delicious image of Eli stroking himself to orgasm while he thought about me danced tantalizingly through my mind.
“What were those fantasies?” I asked breathlessly. God, I’d love to make every single dirty dream this man ever had come true.
“Most of them revolved around me making you come. I want to see that, Jade. I want to watch it and I want to hear it.”
“I’m not exactly vocal,” I warned him as I stroked a hand down his tight jaw.
“Maybe you’ve just never had somebody who could make you scream,” he answered arrogantly.
I pushed on his chest and sat up. “Then give it your best shot,” I challenged as I pulled my T-shirt over my head.
I was so ravenous for Eli that I had no shame. I quickly unbuttoned my jeans and started to pull them off. He finished the job as he pulled them off my legs and tossed them to the floor.
I stopped and salivated as he pulled his own T-shirt off and tossed it aside. My mouth went dry as my eyes ate up every delineated muscle in his powerful chest and abs.
I landed flat on my back as Eli came back on top of me and held my wrists over my head after his greedy eyes had looked their fill at my scantily clad body.
“Jesus, Jade. You’re so fucking beautiful,” he rasped as he pulled the tie out of my hair and let it fan out around the pillow.
My core clenched as I felt the heat explode between our bodies. The way I needed Eli was almost terrifying, but it was also the most erotic pain I’d ever experienced. “Fuck me, Eli,” I begged.
“I thought I’d never hear you say that,” he growled as his mouth slammed down on mine.
I wanted to wrap my arms around him, but his hold was firm on my wrists, and the way he took control felt so damn good that I didn’t care.
He never lifted his mouth from mine when he moved my wrists together and held them in one strong grip.
The clip on the front of my bra came loose with a flick of his wrist, and I moaned against his mouth as his strong hand encircled one of my breasts. He teased the hard nipple, tormenting me before he finally lifted his head.
When he moved down my trembling body, he released his grip on my wrists and cupped the mounds together until they touched.
I speared my fingers into his hair as his mouth wrapped around one of the hard tips.
“Oh, God. Eli,” I moaned.
I almost came off the bed when he nipped at one pebbled nipple and then soothed it with his tongue.
Heat flowed from my core, and the knot in my stomach tightened.
I didn’t know whether to pull him closer or push him away. The sensation of his hot mouth ravaging my breasts was almost more than I could take.
But I didn’t stop him. I couldn’t. We’d started something that couldn’t be halted. There was no way I could handle it if Eli ceased touching me right now.
“I ache, Eli,” I whimpered.
He lifted his head. “I know, baby. And I plan on taking care of that.”
Eli was so confident, so intense. He seemed to know exactly what to do, while I was still confused about why my body was a mass of white heat.
I’d had one boyfriend.
And sex had never been all that exciting for me.
But Eli had upended everything I knew about pleasure, which wasn’t actually very much.
I never knew that it could be this carnal, this all-consuming.
The only thing I could do was trust him, because my mind was completely fried.
He wasn’t shy as he slowly licked his way down my body, tasting every inch of my flesh.
And when he finally settled his head between my legs, the first feel of that wicked tongue stroking over my panties made me come unglued.
“Eli!” I cried out as my hips rose to keep the connection between us.
Every nerve in my body fired as he pushed a finger beneath the elastic of my panties and delved into the moist heat of my pussy.
“You’re so damn hot, Jade. So wet. I’m going to enjoy licking every inch of this gorgeous pussy.”
I started to sweat at the thought of his wicked tongue laving over my sensitive flesh. It was something I’d never had a guy do to me before.
“You don’t have to,” I said hesitantly, knowing it had always been something my ex had never wanted to do.
He rose to his haunches and pulled the panties down my legs. My heart jumped as I saw the ferocious look on his face as he said, “Oh, I do have to, Jade. If I don’t taste you right now, I’m going to lose my fucking mind. There’s nowhere I want to be except between your gorgeous legs.”
I watched as he spread my legs wide, then teased my slit with his thumbs, making an animalistic sound as his head dropped lower.
I closed my eyes as I prepared myself for the initial sensation of his tongue stroking over my sensitive flesh.
But there was nothing that could ever get me ready for the electric jolt that zinged through me as Eli’s mouth connected with my clit.
He didn’t start slow. He didn’t tease. His tongue lashed boldly between my folds and consumed me like I was liquid and he had been deprived of water for way too long.
There was no way he was doing me a favor by indulging in oral sex.
He was savoring me, ruthlessly pushing me higher and higher as his tongue stroked over and over my pussy, ending every breathtaking movement with a satisfying brush over my clit.
I got lost in the furor of Eli’s demanding mouth, my body a slave to every stroke of his tongue.
The knot in my belly tightened, and it kept clenching relentlessly to a point where I could barely breathe.
“Please, Eli,” I pleaded. “I can’t take it anymore.”
I gasped as he nipped at my clit, centering all of his attention on the tiny bundle of nerves. I was helpless to do much of anything except clutch at the bedspread, hoping my grip would keep me grounded.
I screamed as the knot inside me began to unfurl, and my body shook and pulsed its way to climax. “Eli!” I screamed. “Yes.”
I panted as I drifted back to Earth, Eli’s face still between my legs as he wrung every drop of pleasure he could get from me.
When he finally crawled up my body, I wrapped my arms around his neck and tugged his head down to kiss him. He tasted like warm, wicked pleasure, especially since I could taste myself on his tongue.
I let him go and flopped back onto the pillow, my body completely spent.
“I thought you weren’t a screamer,” he said in a low voice against my ear.
“I guess I just never had a guy who made me want to scream,” I said, confirming what he’d said earlier.
I smiled as he chuckled, and I let him have his moment of triumph.
He’d earned it.