Chapter 49

“Dear God, Care…!” He groaned harshly as he slammed the bowl down on the side before turning back to take her firmly in his arms, molding the softness of her curves against his much harder body, knowing by the widening of her eyes as she looked up at him that she felt his arousal pressed against her. “Don’t hate me for this, okay?” he growled huskily. His head lowered and he crushed her lips beneath his, knowing as the feeling of rightness spread through his entire being that this was what he had wanted to do all evening. To hold Caroline. To crush her softness against him. To taste her.

Caroline hadn’t even seen this coming. She’d been feeling so relaxed after their meal and the light conversation, relieved that they were actually talking comfortably together again, that the fierceness of Nicholas’ desire totally took her by surprise. And thrilled her.

There was no way that she could deny the warm surge of her own desire as his lips devoured hers. He pressed her even cl