Total pages in book: 180
Estimated words: 182075 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 910(@200wpm)___ 728(@250wpm)___ 607(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 182075 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 910(@200wpm)___ 728(@250wpm)___ 607(@300wpm)
“No. Never,” she told him. “I guess I’ve just lost some of my confidence. I’ve been so caught up in Hope that I didn’t really think about it. But I do have stretch marks now and my stomach isn’t as flat as it was before I got pregnant. I feel different and it’s a bit weird.”
“Let me show you that different isn’t a bad thing. That nothing about you is bad or wrong or unattractive. Trust me to take care of you.”
It might have been different if he’d ordered her to strip. Or just told her that she was being stupid. Instead, he’d realized how much this was affecting her.
And he wanted to help.
She sniffled. “You still think I’m beautiful?”
“Yes.” It was said firmly without hesitation.
“That I’ll always be beautiful, no matter how my body changes?”
“Stunning. Gorgeous. Sexy. Kind. Wonderful. Smart. You are all that. You’re a fucking queen. And we should get down on our knees and worship you.”
“Well, that does sound kind of nice,” she told him with a smirk.
He let out a huff of laughter. “I bet it does. Are you ready to show me?”
Indie sucked in a sharp breath but then nodded slowly. “Ready.”
Part of her couldn’t believe she was doing this. But she didn’t protest further as he undressed her. She forced herself to stand there once she was naked. He stepped back and studied her for a long moment.
Then, to her shock, he knelt in front of her.
She’d never thought she would see him kneel for her like this. His face was now level with her stomach, the area she was most self-conscious about.
But when she tried to take a step back, he grasped hold of her ass, keeping her in place.
“Stay,” he said quietly. “Let me show you. Trust me.”
Shoot. She had said that she trusted him. She stayed still, closing her eyes. He leaned forward, kissing along her belly. Then he ran his tongue lightly over the sides of her tummy. Indie belatedly realized that was where her stretch marks were.
A tear slid down her cheek at the worship she could feel in his touch.
“So gorgeous,” he told her as he kissed back along her stomach to the other side. His touch was so light, almost reverent. As though he really did worship her. This was the most connected she’d felt to him. “So beautiful. My stunning girl.”
Shoot. And here she’d thought she was all cried out. More tears escaped.
“The girl that I love and adore. Who I am deeply sorry that I hurt because she is so precious to me.”
Jeez, for a man that was supposedly emotionally repressed, he sure did know how to make her feel things.
She was feeling all of the feelings.
He moved lower, placing a kiss on the top of her mound. Where her scar was. It was like a butterfly kiss. Barely there but still noticeable and poignant. She didn’t really want anything to touch her scar and she knew he felt that when he quickly moved away.
How were these guys so in tune with her? It was insane.
“Step back until you’re against the wall,” he ordered.
She shuffled back until she was resting against the wall, he moved with her.
He placed his foot flat on the floor with his knee bent. Then he placed his hands around her hips. “I’m going to support you. I want you to put your foot up on my thigh.”
Indie nodded and placed her hands on his shoulders for support as she raised her foot and rested it on his leg. This spread her legs. She wasn’t at risk of falling, both the wall and his hands were holding her up.
Which she was grateful for as he leaned in and flicked his tongue over her clit. He spread her lips with his tongue, licking and playing with her.
A moan escaped her.
God. How was she so close to the edge already? It was insane. It had been so long since she’d come.
A sob escaped as he drew back.
Please don’t let him stop.
“I don’t want you to hold back. I want you to know how much I adore your body, adore you. Come whenever you want, baby girl. Let me hear you. Let me know that I’m taking good care of you.”
Oh, thank God.
He returned his tongue to her pussy then, playing with her until she was shaking. Until her breathing was harsh and fast. It was almost too much. It had been so long. Indie was worried that she wouldn’t find that release. Then it hit her hard, her entire body tensing as she came, falling over that edge into bliss. Her mind floated as her body shuddered through the release.
It was intense and beautiful. She could feel herself relaxing as she floated down from the high.
That was amazing.
She was barely aware of Quaid moving, of him hugging her tight.