Chapter 79

Heart tattooing the inside of her chest, she straightened her spine and reached behind her back to snap the bra open. Her nerve endings were singing, her body flooding with liquid heat. She lifted her arms and pulled the bra off first one side and then the other before letting it fall to the floor behind her. She felt the heat of a blush rising up her neck, but she refused to acknowledge it. Instead, she tilted her chin up and put her hands on her hips, daring him to look his fill.

She didn’t know what to expect next, but Simon clearly did.

“That’s it,” he said. “I forfeit.”

Shoving the cards aside, he reached for her. He stroked the skin of her shoulder, his fingers so gentle and light that she shivered, little goose bumps rising in the wake of his touch.

“You are amazingly beautiful,” he said before his mouth came down on hers.

She wanted him inside her, on top of her, tangled up with her, loving her with the fierceness and ruthlessness that were the