Misa lifted her arms so Sam could pull her thin sweater over her head. His gaze fastened on her bra and the hard nipples poking against the satin fabric. Without a word he lowered his head and closed his mouth around one of them, biting gently before tugging it into his mouth. She moaned as heat streaked through her right to her cunt. Her panties were so wet she could feel the moisture on the inside of her thighs. The more he sucked on her nipple the wetter she got. When he turned his attention to her other nipple she slid her hands between them and squeezed his cock convulsively. A harsh animalistic sound burst from his throat.

His nimble fingers unfastened her bra and he peeled it from her body before turning his attention to her slacks. Even as he unfastened the button and lowered the zipper he returned his mouth to her nipples, licking them and tracing the edges of her aureoles.

Reluctantly she released his shaft and clutched the hard muscles of his arms for support. Toeing off her shoes she kicked away the fabric that pooled at her feet. With his large hands beneath her ass he lifted her so her mouth was even with his again.

“Put your legs around me,” he ordered in a soft voice.

Misa wrapped them around his waist, his cock pressing against her pussy, her entire body fairly vibrating with need. The thick rod rubbed against her clit as he walked them out of the living room, sending white-hot shafts of electricity zinging through her.

They moved, in that position, down a very short hall and into his bedroom. Late afternoon sun slanting in through the window cast a glow on the huge bed that dominated the room. A bed she wanted to dive into with him. Yanking back the covers he lowered her carefully onto smooth sheets, his arms bearing her weight and the picture flashed briefly across her mind of him in full turnout gear carrying the baby securely but gently. Rather than dampening her passion the memory ramped it up.

So many of her friends thought an alpha male was defined only by his strength. For Misa a man was defined as much by his gentleness and his caring, as his power. And Sam apparently had both.

When he had her arranged on her back to his satisfaction, he stretched out beside her, the heat from his body singeing her skin. Holding her arms over her head with the fingers of one hand clamped around both wrists, he used the other hand to caress her body. He moved slowly over her curves as if memorizing every inch of her with his fingers.

His touch was gentle and arousing at the same time as he circled the taut buds of her nipples, he followed a line between her aching breasts and traced the furled flesh of her navel. He seemed to take forever to move his touch lower until he reached the curls covering her mound. With infinite care he brushed over them lightly before dipping a finger into her wet slit and tracing it from top to bottom.

Ohmigod!

Misa shivered at the delicious feeling stealing over her and hitched her hips toward him.

Touch me more. Put your fingers inside me. Fuck me! Fuck me! Fuck me!

The words chanted so loudly in her head she was afraid Sam would hear them.

His laugh was low and rough. “I know what you want, sweet thing, and you’ll definitely get it. Have patience.”

But she didn’t want to be patient. She wanted it now. Right now. She moaned her displeasure.

Sam laughed again, knelt between her thighs and placed his mouth directly over her clit.

Oh, sweet Jesus!

Misa nearly bucked off the bed. His tongue was like a hot flame touching every one of her sensitive nerves, driving the threads of fire through her body. Every muscle in her pussy responded, contracting with hungry need.

Sam gently peeled open her cunt lips and licked every inch of her flesh. Every few moments he turned his attention back to her clit, nibbling and sucking on it, and tugging it with his teeth. Each time she jerked her hips at him, silently begging him to take her, fuck her, drive her into that waiting orgasm.

At last—at last—he plunged his tongue inside her, taking her clit between the thumb and forefinger of one hand and tormenting it as he fucked her with his tongue. In and out, in and out. She managed to wrap her legs around his neck and tighten him to her body, rocking against his tongue as he lapped at her heated channel.

It was only moments before a climax roared through her, grabbing her like a giant fist and shaking her until she shuddered. She bucked against his mouth, quaking with each tremor, cries of pleasure escaping her mouth. She squeezed her inner muscles against his tongue. Until the last spasm subsided and she lay limp and spent beneath him.

Sam moved back up her body and kissed her thoroughly, her taste still sharp on his tongue. Even as she struggled to regain her breath she slid her hands between them, found his nipples and scraped her nails over them. His cock, thick and hot, flexed against her thigh. She shimmied her body and reached down to close her fingers around his magnificent shaft, stroking gently.

Sam tore his mouth away from hers.

“Let’s leave that for later,” he gasped. “Okay? Or this will be over before it starts.”

He reached into the nightstand drawer for a condom, rolled it on with one hand and cupped her ass with his other hand. His gaze locked with hers, like twin lasers skewering her in place. He sucked in a deep breath and plunged into her in one swift thrust.

Oh, lordy, he was big, stretching her pussy to its limits. She clenched around him, wanting to hold him in place forever. But the tension in his body told her he wasn’t waiting for anything. Taking only a moment to lick each of her nipples once, he rolled his hips and began pounding into her, hard, fast, and furious, and Misa was with him every step of the way. She wrapped her legs around him and dug her heels into the small of his back, levering herself so they were welded tightly together. Everything faded away except for this man and the erotic ride he was taking her on.

Her body, so recently spent, roused with each stroke of his cock into her cunt, slamming into her again and again. Lax muscles tightened, sleeping nerves awoke again. And the liquid of her arousal flooded her pussy as the head of his cock dragged over her sweet spot, bathing him in her juices, lubricating the way for him.

His body stiffened as his climax hit and hers roared right up with him. They exploded in a kaleidoscope of light, twisting, and tumbling in a black velvet space, fireworks bursting around them as they convulsed over and over. He collapsed forward as they rode out the aftershocks, the skin on both their bodies covered with a fine sheen of perspiration. Misa wasn’t sure whose heart was pounding against her ribs, hers or Sam’s.

She had no idea how long it was before her breathing evened out and her heart rate slowed. Sam had managed to raise himself slightly on his elbows, taking some of his weight from her body. He nuzzled her neck and the sensitive spot behind her ear, and a flush of warmth that had nothing to do with sex stole over her. At last he lifted his head, brushed a kiss over her and rolled to the side. He padded to the bathroom to dispose of the condom but he was back beside her in seconds.

Stretching out full length he cupped her face, turning it toward him. His gaze locked with hers, searching as if he could look into her very soul. Misa licked her lips, nervous now that the original sexual combustion had passed. Was he sorry? Did he regret what happened? Should she have waited until Saturday, waited for his call? Was he mad that she jumped the gun?

She was definitely not prepared for what he said to her.

“You’re the first woman I’ve ever invited into this bed.” His voice when he spoke had that low, rich, alpha quality. No uncertainty there.

“You’re kidding me.” She studied his face, trying to read what was in his mind.

“Not even a little,” he told her.

“I would have thought…I mean…I figured—”

He touched one finger to her lips. “That I had hot and cold running women here? I’d like to think you know better than that, Misa. Have you ever seen anything since I moved in that gave you that idea?”

When she thought about it the answer was no. As a matter of fact, she hadn’t ever seen a woman at his house, overnight or otherwise. She frowned.

“No.” She drew the word out. “Come to think of it, I haven’t.”

“You know why?” He licked the edge of her lips. “Because I keep my playtime out of my private space. I’ve never hooked up with anyone I wanted to share it with. Until now.”

“B-But you hardly know me.” She grinned. “Is it my sparkling conversation at the mailbox?”

Only he wasn’t smiling back at her. “I’m pretty good at sizing people up. I have to be in my line of work. From the first time we talked, I knew there was something real about you. Something honest.” He traced her mouth again. “Something I wanted to get to know better. Something I would get to know better.”

She wrinkled her forehead. “So why did it take you so long to make a move?”

“Busy. Both of us. We work twenty-four hour shifts at the fire station, then we’re off for forty-eight. But a lot of times during that down time we’re doing community service. So…”He shrugged. “Not much extra time built in there.” He flashed his grin, the one that showed just the hint of a dimple at the left corner of his mouth. “And you’re pretty busy yourself, coming and going at all hours.”

“Yeah.” She sighed. “I love being a photographer for the newspaper, but my editor doesn’t seem to think the people on his staff have a personal life or want to take time to sleep.”

“Maybe it was fate that sent you to cover that fire this morning,” he said, brushing a curl away from her forehead. “And sent you over here just when I came out of the shower.”

She laughed. “Ya think?”

He pulled her body against him. “Actually thinking isn’t what I had in mind at the moment.”

“Oh? So what are you thinking?”