Alexa
Cade lifted me onto his lap, arranging me so I was straddling him, and my dress was hitched up around my legs. He trailed his fingertips along my exposed thigh, tracing a lazy pattern. “You sure you want this?” he whispered.
My heart was pounding so hard I thought it was about to burst through my ribcage. I could feel his erection pressing into the apex of my thighs. I did want this, didn’t I? Wasn’t this why I was here? God, I was confused.
But this exact scenario had been on my mind more and more lately. I was more than ready to ditch my good-girl persona and live a little. And right now? I’d never felt more alive here in this man’s arms.
“You hesitated,” he breathed against my neck before pulling back to meet my eyes.
“I know.”
He straightened my dress around me, ensuri
