Chapter 6

“It’s nothing. Just some scratches. I don’t even feel them anymore.” Tugging, she tried to pull him toward her, but with the difference in their sizes, it was a nominal gesture. “I’ve been waiting for you to come home all day. Get in here.”

He let her go and stepped back, quickly stripping out of his clothes. She watched every movement, searching over his body as if it was the first time. The attention ignited the tinder already sparking at his spine, licking in long flames up and down his body until every inch of him was hungry for more than her gaze. He had had many lovers over the years, but few had fired him up as much as Annie did. Perhaps, only one ever had, but that was a name he dared not allow admittance when he wasn’t alone.

“Were you hard all day, thinking of me?” Annie whispered.