Her arm wrapped around his neck and she peered deeply into his eyes. “Thank you, Tiger.”

He wanted to kiss her but refrained. She’d made a choice and he had to respect it. He wasn’t an animal despite his urges to ignore her refusal to share his bed. He was a male. He wouldn’t force her to go home with him even if he wished she would—it wouldn’t be fair. She wasn’t strong enough to keep him in line the way a Species female could when a male became too dominating, though he’d never hurt her.

“Thank you for today,” he said honestly.

Chapter Five

Zandy liked that Tiger made her feel petite and womanly in his arms. He carried her as easily as he’d said he could and wasn’t even out of breath when they reached their vehicles. No one seemed to have disturbed them. He didn’t halt until he gently placed her on the hood of his Jeep. He tossed the folded blanket off her lap and over the windshield to land inside the vehicle.

He smiled. “We are back at the beginning. Here I stand and you are sitting in the same spot as when we first kissed.”

A smile tugged at her lips. She was more than a little amused and touched by his romantic streak. It also impressed her. “I like this time better.”

“Why?”

“No one interrupted us.”

His striking blue eyes stared deeply into hers. “Meet me here again tomorrow after work. I’ll bring food and we’ll have a picnic.”

It was a bad idea but she refused to say no outright. She was falling for the guy big-time and it would end badly. It was a weakness of hers to get involved with men too fast. He seemed too good to be true and she knew how that worked out. Badly, and divorce lawyers cost a lot of money. Not to mention the dreaded phone call to my family to tell them I screwed up again. She nodded anyway. She just couldn’t resist Tiger but she didn’t need to worry that he would ask her to marry him. He didn’t seem the settle-down type of man.

“Okay. Do you want me to bring anything?”

“Just you.”

“I can do that.”

He cleared his throat. “Good. I might be a few minutes late after your shift ends but wait for me. I will come.”

“Okay. Are you going to close the road down again to make sure no one goes searching for us when they spot our cars?”

“I’ll think of something.” Amusement flashed in his gaze and he stepped closer.

She nodded. “I better get going. Lunch was a long time ago and I worked up quite an appetite.”

He chuckled. “I still think you should go home with me.”

“Don’t tempt me.”

“I don’t want to make you sore either. I definitely would if I took you home.”

“I just told you not to tempt me.”

He threw back his head and laughed. His hand came up as he caressed her cheek. “Thank you for waiting for me today. I was afraid I would return to find you gone. It would have greatly disappointed me.”

“Me too. That’s why I stayed and waited.”

“You are very unique and wonderful, Zandy.”

“So are you.”

He moved suddenly and his mouth brushed hers. She kissed him back. The purr that rumbled from him made her instantly hot and horny as memories flooded her mind of what he could do to her body. He shifted his hips and moved between her thighs until the hard length of his trapped cock rubbed against the seam of her underwear as she spread her thighs wide to make room for him. Zandy wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging to him. She wanted him again and it felt as if he wanted her too.

His hands cupped her breasts and squeezed. She moaned against his tongue to encourage him. One of his hands lowered down her stomach and fisted her skirt to tug it up her hips. She shifted her ass, helping him bunch the material around her waist to get it out of the way. His hand slid between her thighs to hook a finger in the band of her panties and she felt them jerked out from under her ass. He easily tore them off.

Excitement gripped her. It wasn’t just the danger of them being caught—no one had ever torn her clothes off her body before. It was a fantasy he’d just made a reality. Her nails dug into his shirt and she wished she could touch his skin.

Tiger tore his mouth away from hers to break the kiss and she opened her eyes. There was something wild-looking about his eyes in that moment when passion flared through them. Eyes were the window into someone’s soul—she believed that—and his were promising hot sex.

His hand left her thigh and gently pressed between her breasts. He pushed her flat on her back over the hood of his Jeep. The trees had shaded it and the feel of cool metal against her bare ass was a little naughty. She really liked it. She liked him.

His hands gripped her hips and tugged her closer to him until she should have worried about slipping over the edge. It didn’t concern her since she’d wrapped her legs around his waist when they’d kissed. He slid his palms upward, shoved her shirt up until it bunched over her breasts and his gaze lowered.

“Beautiful,” he rasped. “But this is in my way.”

She gasped when he gripped the center of her bra and tugged. It didn’t stand a chance against his strength as it broke apart and freed her breasts.

Zandy panted a little as he leaned forward, cupped her breasts again with his bare hands and his mouth opened over her nipple. He sucked it into his mouth and she felt his teeth clamp down on the skin around the taut tip. He didn’t hurt her but he had a good grip. She felt a second of fear, knowing if he bit down it would hurt. Instead his tongue started to slide across her nipple and he sucked on her harder.

She gasped. It felt as if her breast and her clit were connected. Her fingers slid into his hair to keep it out of the way, while making sure he didn’t stop. She breathed his name, “Tiger…”

He growled as he slowly released her breast when he lifted his head. Their gazes met. He reached up and his fingers encircled her wrists to tug her hands free from his hair. She let go and was stunned when he used his hold on her to lift her arms above her head until they rested against the hood of the Jeep.

“Keep them there.”

She nodded. He broke eye contact with her to peruse the length of her body spread out in front of him and growled again. His hands gripped her knees and he nudged them, indicating that he wanted her to release him. She freed his hips and he lifted her legs straight up against his chest and spread them enough to brace them at his shoulders.

He reached down and she heard his zipper as he opened his pants. His gaze held hers. “I wanted to do this the first time you were here,” he rasped.

She expected him to just enter her but Tiger wasn’t so easily predictable. His finger traced the seam of her pussy. She knew he’d find her wet and ready to take him but then he decided to play with her clit. She moaned as he rubbed small circles around the bud.

“Tiger…” she moaned.

“I’m right here.”

Yes, he is, she agreed, reveling in the raw enjoyment of the pleasure he gave. She really wanted to touch him but he wanted her to keep them above her head. It was almost torture and her legs tensed, unable to take much more.

“Please?”

One of his arms locked across her legs to pin them against his chest and his gaze lowered between them to stare at her pussy. He adjusted his hips until his cock pressed against her. The feel of him entering her body broke her focus on his face and she threw her head back. He lifted her enough that her ass hovered over the hood and he began to fuck her in long, firm strokes.

She moaned and could only feel the drive of his cock and him continuing to play with her clit. The overwhelming urge to come burned her from the inside out.

“Faster,” she urged.

He growled. “No. I’m in control.”

Her wrists twisted and she clawed at the metal under her palms. Tiger suddenly thrust into her a little deeper and rocked his hips at a faster pace. He massaged her clit to match. The sounds that came from him were a mixture of a purr and a moan.