Kade: Armed and Dangerous (23 page)

When she finished she stared at her reflection in the mirror. Her brown eyes were
warm and expressive, her honey-blond hair flowing in soft waves to her shoulders.
Maybe Kade was right, she was pretty. She’d let Davis’s verbal assaults eat at her
for far too long, and it was time she let them go.

When she returned to the table, Kade had paid the bill and was ready to head out into
the night.’

With his arm around Kelsey, Kade opened the front door and led her out of the restaurant.
As soon as they stepped into the warm night, she stopped and wound her arms around
his waist. Her fingers brushed the gun at his side and she froze.

“Why do you have your gun?” she asked, her voice muffled against his shirt.

“Just my line of work, honey.” He nuzzled her hair. “I always carry it and usually
a spare.”

“Oh.” She tilted her head and gave him a worried look. “I keep forgetting what a dangerous
job you have.”

“Don’t worry so much.” He rubbed her shoulders and all he could think about was getting
her alone. “What do you think about heading up to Bisbee? There’s a nice bed-and-breakfast
we can stay at. A good friend of mine, Nicole, owns it.”

“Yes.” She looked up and smiled. “I’d love to.”

On the way to Bisbee, Kade used his cell phone to call Nicole to see if she had an
available room. Fortunately she did have one left, and said it was all theirs.

He also called Sadie and let her know that he and Kelsey wouldn’t be back until the
following night. He could hear the smile in his mom’s voice when she told him to have
a good time.

Sadie was more than delighted with Kade’s interest in Kelsey, and if he knew his mom
she was probably working hard to finish that wedding ring quilt. More and more, Kade
was finding he hoped she would need to.

“We’re lucky Nicole had an available room,” Kade said as they walked into the bed-and-breakfast.
“Couldn’t get into this place normally. We’re in historic Old Bisbee. A real tourist
magnet. Tomorrow, I can show you the sights—all two of ‘em.”

He signed the old-fashioned guest register with the plumed pen provided by a man who
looked like he came straight from the sixties. He wore a faded tie-dyed T-shirt and
frayed jeans, had a flowing beard, and long blond hair held back with a leather strap.

“All we have is the honeymoon suite.” The clerk handed them a set of brass keys, rather
than a modern key card.

“Where’s Nicole?” Kade asked. “I’d like to introduce her to Kelsey.”

The clerk shrugged. “She’s out with her cousins.”

“Maybe we’ll catch her in the morning,” Kade said as he took Kelsey’s hand and led
her up the stairs.

A paisley carpet runner covered the polished wooden staircase, and every step creaked.
Old-fashioned gas lamps lit the stairwell and hallways, and the walls were painted
a deep mulberry. At the top of the staircase, their room was the first to the left.

When he opened the door, Kade thought it was a nice room, as far as rooms went. But
Kelsey seemed enchanted.

“Incredible. All the furniture is at least 1800s, and this pitcher and washbasin are
fabulous.” Kelsey tossed her purse on the bed and then dodged into the bathroom. “This
is so wonderful. And the tub is enormous.”

She peeked around the corner and gave him a sexy smile that made him hard in a rush.
“Big enough for two.” She went back into the bathroom. “Oooh, and champagne bubble
bath, too.” He heard the pop of a cork and then running water.

“Right behind you.” After he pulled a foil package out of his wallet, Kade tossed
the wallet into the top drawer of the dresser, slid his Glock next to it, then peeled
off his clothes. An ice bucket with a chilled bottle of champagne sat on the vanity,
along with two crystal glasses and a note that read Compliments of the staff on your
honeymoon.

Kade smiled at what he was sure was Nicole’s mischievousness. He had dated her a couple
of times, but they’d decided they enjoyed being friends more than they liked dating
each other.

He opened the bottle, poured two glasses full, and managed to carry both along with
the bottle to the bathroom. By the time he joined her, Kelsey was chest-deep in bubbles.
She was leaning back in the tub with her eyes closed and a look of total relaxation
on her face. He set the champagne bottle on the vanity beside the tub before he climbed
in.

Water and bubbles rose and splashed over the side as he settled next to Kelsey, his
naked body sliding along hers. He pressed one of the chilled glasses against her left
nipple and her eyes flew open.

“That’s cold,” she murmured as the nub grew taut and he brushed the glass across the
other nipple, making sure it had equal attention. “You naughty boy.”

He winked and handed her the glass. “How about a toast?”

“Mmmm, champagne.” She took the crystal stem and held it up. “To what?”

“To us.” Kade brushed his lips over hers. “And to first times.”

“First times?” Her breath was warm on his mouth.

He took his glass and slid it to the sensitive spot between her breasts. “First time
making love in bubbles.”

Kelsey gasped and shivered at the feel of the crystal sliding over her skin. “I’ll
toast to that.”

Kade clinked his glass to hers, the sound like the sweet chime of a bell. Feeling
utterly content, Kelsey took a single swallow of the golden fluid, the bubbles tickling
her nose and her throat.

He drained his glass and set it on the vanity beside the tub. “Drink up, sweetheart,”
he said with a glint in his blue eyes. “I want to take as much advantage of you as
I possibly can.”

Kelsey couldn’t help a giggle. “All right.” She raised her glass. “Here’s to being
taken advantage of by the hottest cowboy in the West.”

The corner of Kade’s mouth quirked as he watched her sip from the champagne. “Come
on now, down it, honey.”

She took the challenge and tilted her head back and swallowed the rest in one long
draught. When she handed him the glass, she was amazed at how she already felt woozy
from the champagne.

He set her glass on the vanity with his, then grabbed the bottle of champagne. When
he brought it toward Kelsey, she raised her eyebrow. “What are you going to do with
that?”

“I like dessert with my champagne.” Kade tipped the bottle and Kelsey gasped as he
poured some of the sparkling fluid over one of her nipples, washing away the soap
bubbles from the hard pink nub and her breast. He lowered his head and licked the
champagne with long strokes of his tongue.

With a moan Kelsey arched up to him, reveling in the contrast of the cold champagne
and now his hot mouth licking and sucking her nipple. He poured more of the bubbly
over her other breast and proceeded to lick it all away, too.

Kelsey could only feel, could only give herself up to the sensations. The champagne
affected her senses and she felt so relaxed yet so hot for Kade.

“Hold on, honey,” he said as he set the champagne bottle aside again.

Kade settled on his haunches between her thighs. He positioned Kelsey so that her
back rested against the side of the tub and she was in his lap, against his cock.
She slid down a bit in the bubbles but braced her hands to either side of her. Her
head was still above water as he hooked her legs above his shoulders, raising her
ass up in his palms so that she was wide and exposed to him.

Somehow he managed to hold on to her and grab the champagne bottle, and then poured
more of the fluid over the soft curls on her mound.

Kelsey cried out at the incredible feel of champagne bubbling over her. When he set
the bottle aside, he raised her up while lowering his head and began licking and sucking
her.

The tipsy feeling from the champagne, combined with the sensation of Kade’s warm mouth
on her, was almost more than she could bear. Her arms trembled as heat rushed over
her, expanding to every pore in her body. It was like fire, fire licking her from
her toes to her thighs, her belly, and on up over her breasts and her cheeks to the
roots of her hair. She gave a choked cry and almost slipped under the bubbles as her
climax hit her.

Kade released her long enough to catch her to him and pull her up out of the water
and onto his lap. She faced him so that her legs straddled his. His jaw tensed, his
eyes sparking with blue fire as he cupped her head and brought her to him and kissed
her. With her dazed senses she could swear he tasted of fire as well as champagne.

“I’ve got to take you.” His expression was fierce as he pulled away. “Now.”

Kelsey was burning up as he grabbed a foil packet that he’d apparently left on the
vanity. He tore into it and in no time he tossed aside the wrapper and covered his
erection.

“I want to fill you up,” he said. “I want to take you rough and hard. Is that how
you want me to take you?”

“Yes.” Kelsey nodded, wanting this wildness, this freeness that she’d never before
experienced. “Please, Kade.”

She gripped his powerful shoulders as he raised her up and brought her down on his
cock, deep and fast. God, how he stretched her wide and filled her so, so deep. She
let herself go and rode him hard, raising herself up and down his length. Her breasts
bounced and her nipples ached as she gripped his shoulders.

He had a tight hold on her and he moved her even faster. “That’s it, sweetheart. Ride
me just like that.”

Kelsey watched his face, his intent expression, the fire in his blue eyes, and the
way he gritted his teeth as if holding back with everything he had. She pressed her
hands on his shoulders and rose up and down on his shaft, slamming down on his cock
so that it reached her G-spot again and again. Water splashed and blood roared in
her head as he took her like he never had before.

All the sensations were too much. Kade’s tongue flicking against -her nipples, his
cock deep within her, water sliding over her body. Kelsey came in a rush, her body
so hot that this time she thought she’d burn into cinders. Her channel contracted
around his cock, gripping and releasing him in wild flares as her body continued to
tremble. Several more thrusts and Kade’s growl told her he’d climaxed. He gripped
her hips tightly and she collapsed against him, their bodies melding together completely.

Sunlight spilled through sheer curtains at the bay window and onto their bed, caressing
Kelsey’s face with its gentle warmth. Kade had molded his body to her back, his arm
snug around her waist, and she could feel his cock, hard against her. She smiled,
loving the feel of him against her, not wanting the moment to end.

His breath tickled her neck, and she shivered. He moved his hand to her shoulder and
traced a pattern on her back with his finger.

“What are you doing?” Her voice was husky with sleep.

“Playing connect the dots,” he murmured. “You have the cutest freckles across your
shoulders.”

She rolled over in Kade’s arms to face him. “Oh, yeah?”

“Mm-hmm.” He ran his finger along her collarbone, then down to the swell of her breasts.
“More freckles here. And here. And here.” Kelsey stroked his cheek with her palm,
his stubble coarse to her touch yet somehow erotic, inflaming her desire for him.
He slid his thigh between her legs and she felt his erection hard against her stomach.

She wiggled so that his thigh was higher, pressing against her mound. “We’ll be late
for breakfast, cowboy.”

“It’s a bed-and-breakfast. Bed comes first, then breakfast.” He lowered his mouth
to hers, his kiss waking every nerve in her body. “Or breakfast in bed, which is what
I’m interested in.”

With a teasing grin she slid her palm down his muscled chest, his tight abs, and down
to his cock. “Can I have seconds?”

His mouth quirked into that drop-dead sexy grin of his. “And thirds.”

Kelsey kissed his chest, flicking her tongue and tasting the salt of his skin and
breathing in his masculine scent. She didn’t care if they ever got out of bed. She
couldn’t imagine a more perfect moment than this.

A rumble rose up in Kade’s chest and he worked hard at regaining his self-control.
He intended to make love to Kelsey this morning, not hard and fast like they had last
night. The way she was kissing and touching him, he was finding it harder and harder
to hold back, but he was a man with a mission.

A mission to make her his... forever.

He loved her slow and easy, taking his time to taste and touch every inch of her.
And when he finally slid his cock into her silky heat, it was like everything around
them slowed to that one point in time.

He rocked his hips against hers, feeling a sense of satisfaction welling up inside
him in tune with his building climax. This was his woman, and there was no way on
earth she was getting away from him.

They barely made it to breakfast in time. Kelsey let out a sigh of contentment as
the desk clerk escorted them to a garden courtyard with a fountain splashing in the
midst, a sheer rock wall hugging one side of the patio.

Sunlight filtered through leaves of oak and mulberry trees, their shadows dappling
the white patio furniture. A hodgepodge of geraniums and roses in brilliant hues of
reds and pinks crowded the tables. Because she and Kade had arrived during the night,
Kelsey hadn’t realized that the B & B was nestled against a mountain.

A breeze caressed her skin, as soft as a newborn’s breath, the perfume of roses light
in the air. Kelsey wore her hair in a French braid but felt grungy wearing the same
clothes she had the day before. Kade promised to take her shopping after they ate,
but once Kelsey got a look at the casual clothing of the hotel staff, she didn’t feel
a bit out of place.

Kade introduced Kelsey to his friend Nicole, who owned the B & B.

“You’ve got a real cutie here,” Nicole said to Kade with a good-natured grin as she
ushered them to a table for two and set out a menu for each of them.