9 Chapter 9

“You can put me down now.” I told him but I wasn’t at all sure I’d have much luck walking through such thick snow.

“Nonsense.” He tapped my buttocks again. “I’ve carried you this far. Besides, I’m enjoying the view.”

“Some women would take offense to that and say you prefer my ass to my face.” I pointed out and he chuckled all over again.

“Ava, you are beautiful.” He spoke just as he reached the top step of the porch and finally placed me on my feet. “If I look at you too long, I get the urge to do this.”

Just like that he was kissing me again. My heart hammered in my chest like the beating of heavy wings, and he stole the breath from my lungs.

His lips placed just the right amount of pressure on my own, and this time it was his tongue that invaded my mouth. I welcomed him in with evermore desire and pressed my breasts against his rock-hard, muscular torso.

When his arms wrapped around me, I knew that there would never be another sensation like it