So many things involving Maggie were new and different. This tenderness, this protectiveness, this urge to shield her and hold her close—all new. Normally after s*x, hunger drove him out of bed in search of a snack. Then again, normally he got to come along with the woman in question. Before or after, didn’t matter. Of course, he made sure she got her satisfaction. He wasn’t some kind of callous beast. But mostly he’d looked out for himself. He could see that very clearly now that he’d been with Maggie.
Because with her, he’d given almost no thought to the throbbing organ between his legs. He’d shoved his own lust to the back of his mind so he could focus entirely on her.
Of course, now he wanted to jump out of his skin at the feel of her smooth, trusting body nestled against him. God, h
