Page 19 of Beau (Sheppard’s Shadow #5)

Danielle was sick of sleeping alone. She wanted someone to snuggle up with and be warmed by them.

Beau was being a gentleman, and she was sort of sick of that, too.

He’d been so polite with her that she wanted to bash his head in and make him see reason.

Whatever that reason was, she didn’t know, but she was getting frustrated with him and his politeness.

She just needed a way to make sure he understood that she was ready for him to come and have lots of sex with her. But how to make that happen?

She supposed that she could just come right out and say she wanted him.

But that didn’t seem like something that she’d do.

She’d always been sort of shy about sex and the way it worked.

Like it was a job or something. There was a time in her life when she was sheltered away from sex, and that had been her undoing when it came to dating.

She just didn’t know how to be sexy when it came to having someone find her alluring.

Being more of a tomboy, she’d never grown up where things made her feel like one of the girls.

She had always wanted to hang out with all of the boys around town.

She played football in the fall with them, baseball in the spring, and sometimes she’d go to the movies with several of them just so she could see a movie when they did.

While later she did understand the difference between boys and girls, and had even started dating when she was a teenager.

But her formative years had been ruined by hanging out with the boys who had played with her older and younger brothers when they’d been out and about around town.

Not only did she not know how to be sexy, but she didn’t know how to make sure that someone knew that she wanted sex, too.

Beau came into the kitchen with her and started drying the dishes as she washed up. He’d cooked, and she had promised to do the dishes. She didn’t realize that he meant to help her out with them, too, and was glad for it. She asked him if she could ask him a question.

“Sure. Anytime. I have a couple of questions for you as well.” She told him to go first. “All right. Today, when I was in town, I saw you at the bank. Did you sign all the paperwork that was there for you to sign? That puts you on the deed to everything that I have, and I wanted to make sure you got the credit cards.”

“Yes, I got everything signed the way I was supposed to. They told me to sign the paperwork with your last name. So I signed it, Danielle Sheppard. Right?” He said that was great. “And I got the credit cards. I had no idea there were so many that I’d need.”

“For the most part, only a couple are needed, but we get good discounts for using the store cards in the store when we’re there.

No biggie if you don’t use them, but it’s nice to have them around when you need them.

” She told him that she’d just use the store ones in town when she went, and the others when she was ordering online.

“Good idea. It’s best to have a credit card with insurance on it in case something goes wrong. ”

“What else did you want to know?” He had to think before asking her, and when he did, she had to laugh.

“Yes, I loved dinner. It was better than I thought it would be when you told me we’d be having fried eggplant.

I’m not very good at trying new foods. But I loved it. I’d eat it again whenever you cook it.”

“Good to know. Sometimes people will have fried eggplant instead of meat. I don’t know if I’d go that far or not, but it’s really good.” He put the last of the dishes in the cabinet. “Now what did you want to ask me?”

He was drying the glasses that they’d used when she blurted out that she wanted to have sex with him.

She also mentioned that she was sick of waiting, but didn’t look him in the face when she said that last part.

When he lifted her chin up and had her look at him, it was all she could do not to run from the room and hide.

“I’m not going to be any good at sex. I like it all right, but I’m sort of selfish, I’ve been told.

Actually, what I’ve been told is that I’m too needy and selfish about my needs over anyone else’s.

I suppose that’s right, but he was just taking too long to get to the end, so I’d just take over and do it myself.

Why are you laughing?” Beau was laughing hard while she stood there waiting for him to stop.

“I don’t think this is the least bit funny.

I’m trying to tell you why I want sex, so if you’re going to laugh at me, I’m going to find someone else to make love to me, and that will be all on you. ”

“No. Please don’t look for anyone else. I’m sort of a jealous lover, and I’d hate to have to kill someone over you.

I would, but I’d rather not be in prison for having to kill someone who wasn’t fast enough for you.

” She knew that he was making fun of her, but she couldn’t figure out what it was that he was doing.

“I promise you I won’t make you wait until the end.

But if you ever want to take over, you go right ahead, and I’ll be happy. ”

“You’re making fun of me, aren’t you?” He promised her that he wasn’t. “I don’t know why, but I don’t believe you. Why are you teasing me right now?”

“Because I find you to be a delight.” She didn’t know what that meant either, but decided that she wouldn’t have sex with him ever.

He was making fun of her, and she didn’t think that was right.

“You’re beautiful when you’re flustered.

I think that I could get used to this, while we talk about sex. ”

“I don’t want to talk to you anymore.” He teased her enough that she smiled at him. “You’re not very charming. I hope no one told you that you were. You’re sort of mean if you want to know the truth of it.”

“I’m sorry. Very sorry, as a matter of fact.

” He put his hands on her hips and turned her toward him.

“I’d love to have sex with you. However, I think I prefer the term making love with you.

” She asked him what the difference was.

“One is just two people getting their rocks off, the other is a night of bringing each other to peak several times over simply because you love the way they look when they’re coming.

I’d like to bring you to peak several times while I watch you.

I’d also like to taste your flesh. And anything else that I can sink my teeth into on your body. ”

He moved his mouth along her chin to her throat. Once there, he began nibbling on her skin like she was a meal that he really was feasting upon. Her skin heated up, and she was glad that she was standing; she might well have fainted right out of a chair had she been sitting.

When he turned her around so that her ass was right at the counter, she let out a little yelp when he lifted her up and put her onto it.

Not sure what to do with her hands, she put them on his shoulders and looked at him.

She could see his gorgeous eyes this close up and couldn’t believe the shade of blue that they were. Simply beautiful.

This time, he put his hands on her waist and, using his thumbs, he rubbed the bottom of her breasts.

She could feel her nipples getting painfully hard while he did that, and she wondered what he was going to do next to her.

It wasn’t until he cupped her breasts that she knew he was going to take her right there on the countertop in the kitchen.

And she was going to love every second of it.

Putting her hands on the counter behind her, she watched him unbutton her blouse.

The way he was taking his time made her think that he’d done this before.

But she didn’t want to think of him being with other women, so she watched as he slowly moved the tiny button from her blouse through the little hole that held it in place.

She would never remove her blouse again without thinking of him doing it to her today.

Once her blouse was open, he didn’t pull it apart like she thought he would, but moved his fingers along the top of her bra over her breasts.

When the blouse came open, he leaned in and licked the area where his fingers had been, then blew a warm breath over the trail.

Christ, it nearly made her come with just that movement.

Taking her blouse off her shoulders, he pulled it down to her hands that were still on the counter.

Taking his time, he unsnapped her bra from the front and again left it the way it was.

When he put his fingers in her pants, just at the snap, she let out a long breath that she’d been holding and closed her eyes.

She was nearly ready to help him remove her pants when he gently ordered her to stay the way that she was.

While he was taking his time with her, she couldn’t help but want him to go slower so that when she did come, and she would, she’d have a climax that beat all others that she had.

She was out of her pants in minutes and enjoyed the freedom of the room with him there with her.

She’d never been naked outside the bedroom or bathroom, so this was a new thrill for her.

Even as she sat there in her panties and open bra, she would catch her breath every time he touched her skin.

His fingers were so warm, and her skin felt chilled.

As he leaned in to kiss her, she felt his cock at her pussy.

Even through his pants, she knew that he was thick and hard.

The kiss was gentle and warm, his tongue traced the inside of her mouth, each dark place that she knew tasted of him.

She wanted more of him, but was forbidden to touch him just yet.

This was so exciting to her that she thought for sure that she was soaking the countertop with her warm juices.

When he pulled her forward on the counter, she wrapped her legs around his hips and moaned when he rocked into her.