TONY: Slow Burn (Raging Fire Book 1) by Kallypso Masters (the false prince TXT) 📕

float on the surface, knowing Tony’s arms and her legs held her securely. Her hair fanned out around her and she pictured herself as a mermaid again giving Tony a tempting view of her upper body. The water rippled at the sides of her breasts, and she imagined Tony’s mouth leaving a trail of kisses there as he made his way to her nipples. As she stared into his appreciative eyes, those neglected nipples grew harder signaling her readiness all the way to her core.

“The things I want to do to those nipples.”

She expected this interlude to end at any moment. Anytime they tried to become intimate, Tony distanced himself again. No time to waste. “What are you waiting for?”

Tony leaned over and placed a light, grazing kiss on her left nipple and then again on the right. The scratch of his whiskers made her tingle in all the right places. Tony didn’t seem to shave unless he was going on duty, and his beard grew fast. She remembered the rasp of his scruff against her thighs during the garter reversal at the wedding reception.

Suddenly, Tony’s hands moved under her arms to pull her out of the water and press her against the wall of the pool. Her feet now touched bottom and his erection throbbed against her abdomen; she grew even wetter in anticipation. He took her head between his hands and kissed her lips. Somehow, being spontaneous like this was much more exciting than having the planned rendezvous they had originally intended after dinner. She opened her mouth to him, and he deepened the kiss. Their tongues tangled, caressed, retreated, and tangled again.

In the shelter of his body, Carm relished the feeling of being protected in this unfamiliar place. Although she’d had few qualms about her safety yesterday afternoon, she’d never have gone out skinny-dipping alone at night, given the dark corners of the pool area. But her safety concerns went out the window with Tony. She could simply give in to the sensual experience.

He lifted her slightly and pressed his hips against her lower body, the hardness of his erection throbbing against her sex. Holding her in place with his lower body, he broke the kiss and stared into her eyes as his hands trailed down her suddenly ticklish neck to the ultrasensitive hollows of her collarbone. He paused a moment before giving her a lascivious grin and lowering his hands to cup her breasts.

Her nipples pebbled even more, and Tony glanced down at them. “So hot. Sexy as sin.” He met her gaze again. “As always, you tempt me sorely.”

His eyes grew smoky, and he kissed her again, this time with small nibbles at her lower lip and the corners of her mouth. The thumb and forefinger of his right hand pinched her left nipple, and she gasped, drawing his breath into her mouth. She tilted her lower body against his cock and wrapped her arms around his neck to make it easier for him to explore her body. He wasted no time, either, pulling away from her slightly. His other hand skimmed down her side and between their bodies until he grazed her waiting sex. She opened her legs to accommodate him, and his finger slid between the folds to her wetness. When he spread her lower lips and touched her aching bundle of nerves, she screamed, “Yes! Don’t stop!” Carm closed her eyes and found it difficult to breathe. She’d fantasized about this for so long.

“Like that, dolcezza?”

She lowered her face to the crook of his neck and shoulder and placed several small nibbles on his skin. “Yes,” she whispered close to his ear. “Very much so.” I need this! Tony had driven her insane for nearly two months. At last, he was letting down his guard and opening himself up to her; she spread her legs wider for him.

“I’ve been wanting to touch you like this for a long time, Carm.”

She pulled away and met his gaze. “You have?”

He chuckled. “You’re the hottest woman I’ve ever met.” It wasn’t just a line he used on all the women he was with, was it?

“What’s the matter?”

“The matter?”

“You tensed up.”

She’d never been with a man so in tune with her body. Carm needed to tell him what she’d thought if she hoped this would last beyond a fleeting interlude in paradise. But she was reluctant to invite the women from his past into this moment.

“I just wondered if you say that to all your women. You know, in the heat of the moment.” Her cheeks flushed, and she glanced down. Had she just put an end to the sexual interlude she’d been waiting for so long to happen?

Tony withdrew his hand from her nipple and tucked it under her chin to force her to meet his gaze. She did so with reluctance.

“You want me to be honest?”

She nodded, even though she wasn’t sure she wanted the answer anymore.

“You scare the shit out of me, Carmella. I’ve never met a woman who had me thinking about her all the time, even when we weren’t together.” He did that too? “You’re on my mind constantly. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t accept your invitation immediately. I’m not the kind of man you deserve.”

Is that what kept him turning cold on her all the time? “What are you talking about? I’ve seen how much you care about your family, how hard you work to protect and serve your community. Just what kind of man do you think I deserve?”

The wheels seemed to be spinning in his head, but he didn’t respond. Carm decided to table this discussion. Clearly, Tony did see her differently than the others, and that’s all she needed to know right now. She’d figure this man out eventually. “Tony, this girl is on vacation and just wants to have a little fun.”

While she hoped for more time together after they returned to Colorado, they’d have to take this budding relationship one step at a