Chapter Nine
Later, still floating from the effects of their lovemaking, Sierra lay with the sheet draped over her legs, drawing circles through the dark hair that dusted Phoenix’s chest. With his arm around her and fingertips trailing up and down her side, she thought over the amazing time they had spent together. She had never felt more adored.
His chest hardened more as he craned to brush his lips over her crown.
In the shadows, she pushed up on one elbow. When she found his eyes, she sent him a mock chagrined look. “You are such a charmer.”
“Do you doubt my sincerity? Because if you are…” he shifted until his face was an inch from hers…“I should show you how serious I am.”
His kiss was tender and at the same time held more passion than any other. At that moment Phoenix wasn’t her
