Phoenix Rising (18 page)
Authors: Kaitlin Maitland
Epilogue
“Mine.”
His possessive growl ripped a visceral response from somewhere below Jessa’s belly. Her pussy lips plumped as the crown of Connor’s thick cock slowly bounced against her creamy center. Jessa shivered.
The bar was completely empty. They’d barely made it past the door before Connor had begun stripping her out of her clothes. When they were both naked, he’d settled on the nearest tabletop and pulled her astride his magnificent body.
“You’re so wet, Jessa. I’m dying to sink inside you.”
His words drew her eyes downward. Jessa’s gaze skimmed past the muscled perfection of his belly to the three fingers slowly stroking her sex. She watched in fascination while he spread her labia and skimmed his fingertips over the silky hood of her clit.
His low chuckle made her groan. “Are you watching me touch you, Jessa?”
“Yes,” she hissed wantonly.
Connor shuddered and eased his erection into position. His dusky-skinned cock pulsed with independent life. He pushed the crown past her outer labia. The soft, wet sound made Jessa mad with desire. Connor’s fingers kept her gently spread while he sank his thick shaft into her heat.
“Look at me, Jessa.”
“I am.”
“Give me your eyes, sweet Jessa,” Connor murmured tenderly.
His black gaze smoldered with hellfire when Jessa lifted her eyes. But something else lingered in their unfathomable depths, something she’d sensed before but had never seen. It drew her closer. Her pussy welcomed the full length of his cock. And her lips met his.
Connor’s hands cradled her face with surprising gentleness. His hips bucked against her, moving the fullness of his erection against the sensitive ribbed muscles of her vagina. But when she would’ve cried out in her passion, he captured her sounds with his mouth in a soul-mating kiss.
Jessa wrapped her arms around his neck, hands splayed against the velvet stubble on the back of his head as their mouths meshed in a passionate duel. Her tongue rubbed alongside his, the erotic play of their bodies mimicked in the drugging kiss.
Connor moved deep inside her body, and their lips met again and again in surrender. His kiss turned gentle, teasing; he nipped at her tongue and lips, evoking a wave of tender feelings. But when Jessa’s wet sheath grew taut and she neared her climax, Connor’s kiss grew almost violent. Teeth bumped together, and he possessed her mouth with his tongue and lips until she was gasping for air.
“Connor!”
“I love you, Jessa.”
The words came on a groan. Connor shuddered. His cock pulsed wildly, sending a hot rush of cum deep inside her body. Jessa seized, her muscles exploding into a rocking orgasm, hips bucking again and again, riding his cock until the haze of pleasure receded.
Fans twirled lazily overhead. The cool air dried their sweat-slick bodies. Jessa didn’t move. She didn’t want him to remove the still-throbbing length of his cock from her body. Connor seemed content to remain on the tabletop with her cradled in his arms.
His expression was unreadable. Jessa tenderly traced the strong line of his jaw with her fingertips. He caught her hand and kissed it.
“This is all I have,” Connor gestured to the bar.
Jessa eyed the jumble of tables and chairs, the bar, the shelves of liquor behind the counter, and offered him a warm smile. “This isn’t all you have, Connor.”
“It is, Jessa. There’s no long dead relative waiting to will me his millions. I don’t have a college degree to fall back on. I’m just an ex-convict.”
Jessa placed her fingers over his lips. “That isn’t what I meant.”
Connor lifted an elegant eyebrow in silent question.
“I just want you, Connor. The rest of it isn’t worth a hill of beans. Believe me, I should know.”
His face tightened. Jessa was struck by this sudden display of vulnerability. It was humbling that a man like Connor, gifted with such incredible physical prowess and a brilliant mind, could be so unassuming.
Jessa cupped his face in her hands. “You told me once that the past could be burned away. That we could rise from the ashes and be reborn.”
“The way we were meant to be,” he agreed.
She laughed, rocking against his hips. “Well, if memory serves, a Phoenix rises again and again from the ashes.”
Comprehension dawned in his hell black gaze.
Jessa moved again and then leaned down to whisper in his ear.
“You’ve burned a mark on my soul, Connor Archuleta. You’ve helped me to be reborn. Now all I’m asking is that you help me rise from the ashes again and again.”
It didn’t take any more convincing. Connor hungrily devoured Jessa’s mouth. Before she was consumed by the sexual storm of their mutual passion, Jessa had the wry thought that the cycle of death and rebirth would never grow dull with Connor by her side.
~ About the Author ~
Kaitlin Maitland is that person sitting in the corner, absorbing every detail about life. She often says she's an accidental author who keeps writing because, well, how could you not when there are just so many interesting stories to tell? A self admitted horse addict, Kaitlin loves spending time with her horse Mercy when not pounding out her next novel on the laptop.
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