She loved this man. All his faults, all his arrogance, all his tender qualities. Even the heartache he’d put her through couldn’t override the enormity of feeling he brought to life.
But there was a conversation they needed to have, if they were going to clear the air between them completely. A discussion about the courtroom and the sucker punch she’d thrown. “Brad, about this afternoon with Judge Larker.”
A quiet chuckle rumbled beneath her ear. “It’s court, Cassie. The same routine that has you fighting with opposing counsel, then discussing drinks after a grueling day.”
She twisted her head to look into his eyes. “You’re not upset I played a little dirty?”
Trailing his fingers through her hair, he smiled. “Surprised. Not angry. I probably would have done the same thing, honestly. Don’t worry about it.”
Snuggling back into his embrace, she soaked up the comfortable silence that enveloped them and smoothed a hand down his forearm, watching as the fine hairs there lifted, then fell back into place. “When do you leave?”
He grazed his lips across the crown of her head, tucked her back more securely against his chest. “I have to be at a dinner tomorrow night. They’ve pushed my review up to Monday, and the partners expect me there. Randall’s still waiting for a briefing on the Cooper case. I’ve been dodging him.”
“Oh.” One night. Then she’d have to say goodbye all over again. She blew out a heavy sigh.
Brad ran his palm over her hip. “I did some thinking on the plane.”
“About?”
“Us.”
Her heart skipped a beat. Us. That sounded quite a bit permanent. Quite unlike the man who’d sat in her living room and confided he didn’t do relationships. “What about us?”
“This case is the only immediate obstacle. I can’t offload it—I tried like hell before I came out here.” Pausing a beat, he trailed his mouth across her shoulder. “We either have to violate ethics and a dozen other regulations, or we have to stay apart until it’s resolved.” His fingers skimmed the inside of her thigh, gave a provocative squeeze. “I’m not too fond of staying apart.”
“Mm.” She slid her leg over his to give his fingers room to roam. “Me neither. But there’s so much risk.”
Accepting her silent invitation, Brad cupped her mound and swirled a fingertip against her clitoris. “It was risky to invite me home with you on Valentine’s Day.”
True. Very true. She’d been pretty damn lucky to have things work out the way they had. She lifted her hips into his hand, closed her eyes as pleasure lapped over her body. “Can you keep it separate?”
“Yes. I think I’ve proven that today. Can you? I intend to win.”
A smirk drifted over her mouth. “So do I.”
His husky chuckle rasped pleasantly across her skin a heartbeat before his teeth nipped the sensitive skin at the back of her neck. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Closing his lips over the spot he’d bitten, he soothed the sting with the flick of his tongue. Between her legs, his fingertip mimicked the motion.
Cassie curled her fingers into the sheets. Against her buttocks his cock swelled, telling her he was more than capable of going another round despite the thorough way he’d loved her a handful of minutes ago. She angled her hips to accommodate his thick girth. Slowly, he pushed between her parted thighs. The tip of him stroked her center, adding another drop of pleasure into her veins. She countered his motion, alternately stroking herself against his thick length and his wicked fingers.
“I can’t get enough of you,” he whispered into her hair. Withdrawing his hand, he lifted her leg higher on his thigh. “Take me deep, Cassie.”
A drawn-out moan slid from her throat as she pushed back against his erection and he slid into her slick depths. When he had seated himself to the hilt, he skimmed his hand up the centerline of her body and covered her breast with his warm palm. He rolled her nipple beneath his thumb.
“You were made to fit me, sweetheart.”
“I think…” She gasped against a punch of ecstasy. “You were made to fit me.” Perfectly designed to fill every need she possessed. Basking in the lazy, unhurried way he glided in and out of her, she let out a contended purr and snuggled even closer.