The quiet restraint of his previous courtship was completely gone. The lingering taste of her on his lips, the memory of her raspy gasps against his ear, and the raw reality of having her back in his arms had awakened an insatiable, possessive hunger in Thomas that a single round could never satisfy.
His long, warm fingers slid up from her hip, tracing the sensitive dip of her waist before slowly moving higher. Jen's breath caught in her throat as his hand cupped the full, delicate weight of her breast.
" Thomas, wait," she breathed out, her voice dissolving into a needy whisper as his thumb lightly brushed across her peak.
" I waited five years, Jen," Thomas rasped against her collarbone, his voice rough, uneven, and laced with absolute devotion.
" I am done waiting."
He shifted hig
