Her skin was tingling at his closeness, and all she could smell was the clean scent of his body spray. “I’ve missed you, too, you know,” she whispered.
She sighed in satisfaction when he leaned in and nuzzled her ear, his tongue darting out to map the whorls. “All the more reason for you to come with me,” he said. His warm breath made her shiver, and before she realized what he was doing, he’d turned her to face him, his hands rising to gently cup her face.
His kiss was soft, undemanding, lingering for seconds that stretched beyond rational limits. He was so careful not to touch where she’d been injured, keeping his fingers still where she knew normally he would be stroking her skin, but the heat from his hands merged with hers to cause her cheeks to flame red-hot. By the time he pulled
