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  “I’m ready for my recurring dream to become real. How about you, Keri? Do you want to know how it feels to be hot, sweaty and totally lost in another person’s mind, body and soul?” Richie brushed his erection against her ass.

  Maybe if she was able to get away from Richie this spell he had over her would go away but when she tried to move, Richie growled deep in his throat and wrapped his arm around her waist keeping her against him. Keri was deliciously aroused at the thought Richie wanted her so badly that he didn’t desire to have an inch separating them.

  Did she want to have a night of passionate sex with Richie? Could she really do that and still walk away from him? She wasn’t dumb. Richie wasn’t in love with her. Keri knew now that no other woman would capture his heart like Kristy, but for tonight Richie was totally focused on her. She was going to live her life in the moment and not over think the ‘what if’s’. Richie wanted to give her tonight and she was going to take it.

  “Yes! I want it to be real,” Keri answered before she could change her mind.

  Chapter Fourteen

  Before Keri could say another word Richie removed the remainder of her clothing until she was standing naked in front of him. She couldn’t believe she was standing here in the hall without any clothes on. When she’d come home tonight she never thought this would be happening to her. The heated way he stared at her body made her self-conscious. She tried to cover her body with her arms but Richie brushed her hands away.

  “You never have to cover up your body in front of me. I love everything about you,” Richie said. He kissed her softly on the mouth and then picked her up in his arms. She loved how it felt to be next to his muscular body like this.

  “Which way to your bedroom?” he asked. “I don’t know how much longer I can last.”

  “Down the hall—the first door on your right,” she answered.

  He made it to her bedroom in a flash. Stopping by the side of the bed, he gently laid her down in the middle. Seconds ticked by turning into minutes, but Richie never spoke a word. All he did was stare at her body like he’d never seen a naked woman in his life.

  The intense way his blue-gray eyes took in every inch of her made her reach for the cover at the end of the bed, but she stopped when Richie raised an eyebrow at her. After a few more minutes of the same thing, she had finally had enough.

  “Are you just going to stand there and stare at me all night? I might be a novice when it comes to sex, but I know that it involves more than looking and touching here and there.”

  Deep, rich male laughter echoed through the quiet room. After Richie stopped laughing, he grinned at her. “Sweetheart, you are correct, making love does involve more than that.” He kicked off his shoes. He reached for the first button on his white shirt, but Keri sat up on the bed and laid her hand on the top of his.

  “Let me do it,” she said, looking at him.

  His sensuality always reminded her of a mountain lion ready to pounce of his prey. A woman never sensed it was there until he was up on her and she had no place to go. The side of his mouth kicked up into a slight smile as he slid his hand from underneath hers.

  “Have at it, but don’t take too long. I have waited a long time for you, sweetheart.”

  Keri blew off Richie’s comment not thinking much about it because she was more concerned about getting him as naked as she was. She shivered at the thought of finally being able to touch Richie’s body all she wanted. Without a doubt, she knew the first item she was going to remove from him.

  “Turn around,” she instructed, softly.

  “Why?” the question hung in the air. It was said low, but it came across like Richie wasn't about to obey.

  “Don’t question me. Just do it.”

  Pushing his shoulder, Keri made Richie spin around until his back was facing her. “I have been dying to do this for as long as I can remember.” Reaching up, she pulled off the black rubber band that held Richie’s thick hair away from his gorgeous face. Once his locks were brushing the top of his shoulders, Keri threw the rubber band down on the floor.

  Starting at the sides of his hair, she ran her fingers through the cool strands pausing to massage his scalp as she went. Richie tilted his head back, lost in her touch. Keri loved having him under her control like this. She massaged his scalp for one more minute, then stopped.

  Sliding off the bed, she moved around Richie placing her hand in the middle of his chest. A small smile of pleasure touched her lips at how fast Richie’s heart was beating. At least right at this moment he wanted her just as much as she desired him.

  Slowly, she unbuttoned his white shirt hoping he didn’t notice how her hand was shaking a little. She wasn’t sure if it was from nerves or anticipation. Standing on tiptoes, Keri pushed the fabric off Richie’s wide shoulders while the scent of his cologne kicked up her attraction to him another notch.

  “I thought I might have to do that myself because your touch was driving me crazy,” Richie confessed.

  Glancing up, she noticed his eyes were a shade darker with desire. “Are you saying that you aren’t man enough to wait until I finish undressing you?”

  Keri gasped as Richie picked her up tossing her back on the bed. Damn, she loved how forceful Richie was being. She wasn’t usually into dominating men, but he was making her rethink her lists of don’ts when it came to a man.

  “I’m saying I’m trying to let you have your way with me, but I can’t this time. I need to be inside you.” Richie hurriedly stripped out of the rest of his clothes and joined her on the bed.

  ****

  Keri was more than ready for this because over the past nine months her dreams about Richie had grown more frequent. She couldn’t stop thinking about him every night her head hit the pillow. She moved her eyes slowly over his face taking in every single detail so she could burn it into her brain.

  His eyes held a bright sheen of purpose like he was going to prove that his reality was so much better than any of her nightly dreams. Richie’s boldly handsome face held a slight smile of eroticism making her body grow even wetter than it already was.

  Dropping his head, he ran the tip of his tongue across the corner of her mouth before planting a kiss there. “Do you know how much I love the way you smell?” Richie grabbed her by the wrists and placed them at the side of her head. “Sometimes at work I would get as close as I could to you hoping it would rub off on my clothes.”

  Keri was shocked at his admission. She never knew that and it made her feel feminine as hell to know Richie’s attraction to her ran that deep and intense.

  “No, I didn’t know that,” she moaned as Richie licked the side of her neck. “You never told me until now.”

  “Baby, I have so much more to tell you, but later. I’m ready to stop talking and make love to you.” Richie captured her mouth with his, slipping his tongue inside.

  Chapter Fifteen

  Richie had to calm down his racing need to spread Keri’s smooth legs wide and push his cock into her as deep as it would go because she was a virgin. He wanted to go as slow as possible to make it good for her, but he had waited so fucking long to be with her like this that he was almost crazy with want.

  Moving his hands from her wrists, he cupped the back of her head so he could deepen the kiss. Slowly, he traced the top of her teeth with his tongue loving the soft mewling sounds coming from the back of her throat. He couldn’t believe how hot her skin was. Her wonderful breasts were pressed into his chest and the warmth from them was driving him crazy.

  As he continued to kiss her he allowed his hands to roam freely over her tight, sweet little body. Every part of her was like a treasure he was having the pleasure of discovering and he wasn’t about to stop until he got to the best one. The one she had been saving for that one special man…him. He wasn’t about to let Keri go after this. She was his and would be for the rest of their lives.

  Richie groaned loudly when Keri’s soft hands started exploring different parts of his body fr
om his chest, down to his stomach and around to the lower part of his back. However, she didn’t touch him where he wanted it the most. Grabbing her hand, he placed it on his cock and held it there when she tried to move it.

  “Don’t panic. I only want you to get used to the feel of me.” He moved his hand showing Keri how he liked to be touched and stroked. His balls grew tighter when her thumb feathered the tip of his already rock hard erection.

  Every soft innocent touch Keri was doing to him made his cock grow longer and harder. She truly didn’t know how close he was to completely losing control. Before he lost it entirely, Richie brushed her hand away from him and grabbed her plump, juicy ass with both of his hands. Using his knee he spread her legs and eased them apart until his erection was resting against her. Keri’s body scooted back a little from his, but he grabbed her by the waist and brought her back.

  “Relax…don’t get nervous on me now,” he coached in a low voice.

  Trying to get Keri’s mind off what was about to happen, Richie refocused his attention on her breasts. Lowering his head, he sucked one hard nipple into his mouth rolling it around with his tongue until he felt the tension leave her body.

  “Oh God…that feels so good,” she whimpered.

  He couldn’t get enough of her. After months of wanting, dreaming and needing, Richie was finally getting Keri the way he wished and hoped for: naked and sweaty in his bed. It was so unbelievable that he had to kiss her again to make sure it was real and not another one of his x-rated dreams.

  “Please don’t stop,” she begged shamelessly as her body twisted around on the purple sheets.

  Blue-gray eyes had turned so dark that they almost looked like steel. Richie heard Keri’s words, but he had to be positive she was ready. Once he started it would kill him to stop, but he would if she needed to do it for her. His love for her ran that deep and he wouldn’t want to do anything to cause her any kind of pain.

  “Are you sure?” Richie asked one last time.

  Keri’s eyes held his and he saw the desire hovering there along with ultimate trust. She believed in him and he wasn’t about to disappointed her.

  “Yes.”

  Richie worked his cock halfway inside of her biting down hard on his bottom lip to keep from screaming out in pleasure. Keri was so tight and wet. He got halfway in and stopped moving, so she could get used to having a man inside of her. He hadn’t taken her virginity yet, but he was close to making her his woman.

  Taking a deep breath, he pulled out just a little and then thrust all the way back in until he was in to the hilt taking her virginity. Keri’s wetness wrapped around him like a well-fitted glove while he kissed her swallowing down her soft cries. He had been proud of things in his life before but none of them compared to this moment and nothing else ever would. He kept kissing Keri until her tears lessened and then he started to move.

  Richie pulled Keri as close to his body as he could, working his hips slow and steady. He didn’t want to scare her by pounding into her too fast since she wasn’t used to making love. But as her walls tightened around him sucking him even deeper inside of her, his thrusts sped up until the bed was moving underneath them and Keri was biting at his shoulder to keep from screaming out.

  Sweat covered their slick bodies at they moved across the sheet toward the edge of the mattress. He quickly readjusted them back to the center, so Keri wouldn’t end up on the floor but he didn’t think that would have stopped him or her.

  Shit…it wasn’t enough. He needed more from her.

  Flipping them over, Richie lay on his back so Keri could ride him. Holding her waist, he guided her through the actions until she got the rhythm of it on her own. She cried and moaned her pleasure as her orgasm grew closer making him hotter than she already was for him. Richie felt his orgasm hovering, but he wasn’t about to come until Keri did.

  Without giving her a chance to react, he changed their positions again, so he was back on top. He placed her legs on his arms giving her sharp corkscrew thrusts until she closed her eyes and screamed his name so loud that he was positive that her neighbors were going to call the cops.

  As soon as Keri finished he thrust deeply into her welcoming heat several more times and hollered his own release as the best orgasm of his life shot through his body. After the earth-shattering experience was over, Richie barely had enough energy to pull a semi-conscious Keri to his body, cover them with a sheet and whisper softly ‘I love you’ before he fell asleep with her wrapped in his arms.

  Chapter Sixteen

  Stretching in the bed the next morning, Keri couldn’t get over how exceptional her body felt. If she had only known making love left a woman with this feeling she would have done it a long time ago. She had barely sat up before Snuggle ran through the door and jumped on the bed trying to lick her face.

  “Snuggle, you know better than to be on the bed with me. Go and eat your breakfast,” she laughed as she moved the puppy away from her and pointed toward the door. Snuggle barked at her before jumping off the bed and racing out. Keri couldn’t wait until she got to see Richie this morning. She listened for sounds of his moving around the house, but she didn’t hear any.

  Tossing the covers off her, she was about to get out of the bed and go look for him when she noticed the note next to her clock. She picked it up and smiled at Richie’s masculine handwriting, but it went away once she started to read what he had written.

  Keri,

  I’m sorry I wasn’t there when you woke up this morning, but I had an early morning meeting with Deborah and then I need to meet Taylor at the hotel to make sure everything is perfect for tonight.

  I’ll be back to pick you up for the charity tonight.

  Love,

  Richie.

  Keri balled up the note and flung it across the room. Why did she ever think anything would change between them because of last night? Richie got what he wanted from her and left without even waiting for her to wake up this morning. Well, she didn’t need another slap in the face for him to show her how last night meant absolutely nothing to him. Hell, he could have called Tate and told him to have those two meetings, but no, he had to be the one who went. Damn it to hell! She wasn’t going to sit back and wait to see if he would show up for her tonight. She was going to get dressed and go there without him. She had volunteered to be in the event and she wouldn’t let what happened between her and Richie ruin what the charity was about—getting more money for the shelter.

  “Happy St. Patrick’s Day to me,” Keri mumbled under her breath as she got out of the bed and headed for the shower.

  ****

  Richie tried to block out Taylor’s rambling while she gave him a tour of the hotel for tonight. He had to admit, Taylor might be a pain in the ass, but the place did look damn good. He couldn’t wait until he was able to show Keri around before the guests got here later on.

  Last night, while she was asleep he stayed up and watched her wondering how he’d made it so long without her. Yes, he had been in love with Kristy and she would always have a special part of his heart, but Keri was his everything and then some. Now, he understood the love Nick had for Tasha. It was all consuming.

  He had already rented a room here tonight, so he could finally tell her his feelings. He wanted to last night, but she had fallen to sleep and he didn’t have the heart to wake her. Then this morning he thought about doing it when he remembered these two appointments he had agreed to right before he left the office yesterday afternoon.

  God, he wished he had told Tate to do this instead of him. He could be back at Keri’s house making her breakfast in bed instead of here with Taylor. He knew she was purposely holding him longer than she should and he was about to put an end to it.

  “Taylor, I need to…”

  “Thank God, Mr. Davidson, you’re still here,” one of the servers said as he ran up to him. “We have a problem in the kitchen and the caterer needs to see you.”

  “What’s the problem?” Taylor demanded
before he could say a word.

  The male server gave Taylor a quick look and then focused his attention back on him. “She made six vegetarian meals for the guests tonight who requested meatless meals, but she didn’t bring them with her. She left them at home.”

  “Just tell her to go back and get them. We still have several hours before the party,” Richie said.

  “That’s the problem. She doesn’t have a car because her husband dropped her off and then took it on a business trip out of town. She doesn’t have a way to get home and her sister was going to pick her up after work. She has no way to get the food unless someone drives her back to her house which is over an hour away.”

  “Taylor, can you take her back home for the food?” Richie asked.

  “I can’t,” Taylor said. “After I leave here I have two more parties that I need to check in with tonight. I can’t do it.”

  If he took the caterer back home then he wouldn’t be able to make the trip to Keri’s house to pick her up for the charity. All he would be able to do is drop the caterer back off here and then make a quick run back home, shower and change for tonight. Shit! Tonight wasn’t turning out at all like he wanted it to, but they needed those dinners here. He would just call and tell Keri. She would understand and they still would have time together during the event and afterwards.

  “Tell her to give me five minutes and I’ll drive her back home to get them.”

  “I’ll let her know,” the waiter said and then hurried away.

  “Taylor, thanks for making the place look so amazing. I’ll have Keri mail your check to you.” Richie pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and then walked away leaving Taylor standing there, so he could call Keri. He punched the number one on his speed dial and waited for her to answer, because he wanted Keri to know early that he wouldn’t be able to pick her up. He prayed she wouldn’t be too mad at him.

  “Hello?”

  “Hi sweetheart,” Richie said. He loved that he could call Keri that now.