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He nodded and her
answering smile hit him like a punch to the stomach. Shit, he was in serious
trouble.

“Come over here,
and then don’t move,” she said, gesturing to a clear area of counter near the
sink. He had no idea what she was planning, but he moved to where she had
pointed and leaned back against the counter, his hands resting on the edge of
the countertop. Before he could ask what she was up to, Kelly grabbed a
dishtowel and dropped it on the floor at his feet. She lowered herself to her
knees so her mouth was level with his groin.

Without giving him
time to think, she tugged down his pants to mid-thigh and started dusting the
length of his cock with tiny kisses. Lust roared through him, his hips already
bucking gently against her mouth. “That feels so good, baby.”

She took the head
of his cock into her mouth and hummed in response, the vibrations travelling
right through to his balls. It felt so good his knees nearly buckled and he had
to grip the edge of the counter to stay upright.

Kelly just
continued humming, one hand fisting the base of his cock as the other cupped
his balls and started massaging them gently. Her tongue started working back
and forth across the tip and a low groan rumbled up from Ben’s chest as he
watched. Every twist of her head and flick of her tongue made it harder to stay
still. He wanted to thread his fingers through her dark curls and fuck her
mouth until he came, but he didn’t.

Watching her kneel
in front of him, her head bowed and her soft hair brushing against his
thighs,
was the most intoxicating thing he’d ever seen.
Every stroke of her tongue was pure pleasure, and he was certain that his
fingerprints would be forever embedded in the counter’s edge by the time she
was done turning him inside out.

When his control
was about to break Ben groaned, brushing a hand over her hair to warn her. She
made a soft sound of acknowledgment and continued what she was doing. He came
hard enough his legs were trembling and his eyes were closed by the time it was
over.
The delicious sensation of her swallowing his cum added
made every second even more intense.
Ben’s breathing was ragged and his
heart was hammering against his ribs as he opened his eyes to find to see Kelly
looking up at him with a smug smile on her lips.

“Good morning,”
she chirped merrily and started to get to her feet. Ben helped her up and then
tugged her into his arms.

“I’ll say it’s a
good morning,” he managed to murmur between kisses. “Possibly the best morning
I’ve ever had.”

 
“Me too,” she confessed softly.

“Not yet, but it
will be.”

****

Kelly was enjoying
every minute of her time with Ben. He made her feel safe and beautiful, and
that combination allowed her to be herself in a way that she’d never experienced
before. At least not with anyone she’d ever dated. Giving a blow job in the
middle of the kitchen was certainly something she’d never even
considered
before. Ben’s response had
been everything she hoped for, and knowing that she had the power to bring the
big, sexy man to his knees was intoxicating.

I am definitely going to do that again soon.

Ben’s mouth was
still on hers when he started walking her backward. He kept guiding her until
they bumped into the kitchen table, making the silverware rattle. “What are you
do
—”

He scooped her into
his arms in one move and then lowered her carefully onto the sturdy pine table.
“Better hold still until I move our coffee mugs,” he told her as he let go.

“I set the table
for us to eat!” She was laughing as she complained.

“Trust me. I’m
going to be eating in just a minute here.” She turned to see him grinning at
her as he moved their coffee to a safer place. “Did I tell you yet how much I
like syrup with my breakfast?”

“What does that
have to do with why I’m on the table?”

“Patience, baby,
give me a second here. I need to rearrange a few things.”
 
Ben moved a fork out from beneath her calf
and then sat down at one end of the table, nearest her feet.

“Ben?” She wasn’t
sure what he was up to, but the wicked smile on his face had her toes curling
in anticipation of whatever was about to happen.

“C’mere,” he said.
She was lying on a placemat, which made it easy for him to slide her body down
the table until her feet were well past the edge. He pushed the edge of the
T-shirt up to her navel, baring her pussy. Then he parted her thighs with his
hands, stroking up the tender flesh until his fingers were brushing her labia. “Now,
I need syrup.”

“What!”
 
She lifted her head and stared at him as he
plucked the squeeze bottle of maple syrup off the table and uncapped it before
turning it upside down.

“This may be a
little cold,” was all he said as he gleefully
drizzled
syrup over her inner thighs, crisscrossing it over her pussy.

“Chilly!” she
hissed through her teeth, letting her head fall back on the table.

“Not for long,” he
promised, his mouth already close enough she could feel his breath warming her
skin. He turned his head and placed an opened mouthed kiss on her thigh,
swirling his tongue through the lines of syrup. He took his time, licking and
nibbling his way up her thigh. By the time his wicked mouth brushed over the
lips of her pussy, she was panting with need. He swiped his tongue along the
seam of her lips and she moaned, her hips lifting slightly.

Ben lifted his
head, denying her the pleasure of his mouth. “You are now my favorite breakfast
food, tasty girl. You’re invited over for breakfast anytime you want.”

“If you’re
cooking, I’ll be here,” she said with a laugh. “Maybe next time we can have sex
in the bedroom and breakfast in the kitchen.”

“Maybe,” he said,
just before his mouth touched her other thigh and he began the entire process
again. She was trembling by the time he made his way back up again, her clit
throbbing and her pussy slick with arousal. She was already teetering on the
brink when his tongue finally parted her folds.

Lust sizzled in
Kelly’s veins, sparking a firestorm of pleasure that threatened to overwhelm
her senses. His mouth devoured her, tongue flickering over the tiny cluster of
nerves until she was barely able to breathe. He teased at her entrance with his
fingers, penetrating just a little before retreating again. In and out went his
fingers as he nibbled and sucked at her throbbing clit.

“Need more,” she
gasped brokenly as her hips rocked in time to his clever tongue. He drove his
fingers deep into her pussy, filling her so suddenly that sparks flared and
danced in her vision and she cried out in pleasure.

 
Eyes shut, fists clenched, her entire body
vibrated with the need to come. Just as she thought she couldn’t take anymore,
he curved his fingers upward, stroking over her secret spot and sending a
breathtaking orgasm sweeping over her.
  

Her cries filled
the kitchen and she felt as if every cell in her body was infused with heat,
pleasure, and a jolt of pure joy. She was still trying to catch her breath when
Ben released her from his mouth, his chair creaking as he moved.

“Wow,” he
said,
his tone almost reverent.

“I think that’s my
line,” she replied when she managed to make her mouth work well enough to speak
again. Her eyelids fluttered open to find Ben leaning over her, his lips and
chin sticky with leftover syrup.

“We’re a mess.
Want to shower again before we eat?” he asked.

Kelly laughed and
nodded as she carefully sat up. “You got syrup on my new T-shirt.”

“I’ll wash it for
you.”

“Then what am I
going to wear?”

His smile was one
part joy and two parts devil as he lifted her into his arms.
“If
I have my way, not a damned thing.”

Chapter Six

Ben’s life was
good. No, it was better than good. The past five weeks with Kelly had been some
of the best times in his adult life. Her schedule was as cockeyed as his, which
meant they often met up while most people were at work. They went out for
breakfast and hung out in parks people-watching and eating ice cream. They took
Chase for walks or played catch with his favorite ball until even the
four-legged wonder was too tired to run anymore.

What few nights
they were both off work usually ended with Kelly sleeping over at his place,
filling it with an energy that had been missing before she’d come into his
life. It hadn’t been intentional, but somehow they seemed to gravitate to his home
more than hers. Part of it was because her apartment wasn’t ideal when there were
the needs of a one-hundred pound German shepherd to consider, but there was
more to it than that.

Last week Kelly
had confessed she felt more at home at his place than her apartment, and since
she’d started staying with him, home had become more than just a place. It was
a sense of happiness and rightness that came with images of Kelly laughing in
his kitchen or stretched out on the couch with her head in his lap, watching a
movie.

It had him
thinking that maybe he should give her a key to his house so she could come and
go as she pleased. It was probably too soon for that, but having waited this
long to get her into his life, Ben wasn’t keen on taking things slowly.

Tonight they were
both off work and Kelly had voted for cheeseburgers at Leo’s. They’d been back
several times since their first date, and over time she’d met everyone,
including his brother, Nick, the black sheep of the family. She’d managed to be
so charming that for the first time in memory, all four brothers had been
together without a single angry word being spoken. It had been a miracle worthy
of the Vatican’s notice, and it was all because of Kelly

Kelly had asked
him to pick her up at the end of her shift, and Ben was just pulling up when he
spotted trouble. Three rough-looking locals were gathered near the entrance to
the clinic, and several more were loitering at several vantage points nearby.
He’d been coming by the clinic more often since he’d been seeing Kelly, and
some of their faces were now familiar. Ben was certain that some of them had
been responsible for the break-in at the clinic last month but he had no proof.

It bothered Ben that
Kelly’s work was located in one of
Chicago
’s
rougher neighborhoods. It wasn’t the worst by a long shot, but it was far from
one of the best either. She was a damn fine vet, she could have chosen to work
anywhere in the city. Why she’d bought into this practice was something he
didn’t understand. Just like he couldn’t wrap his head around why she insisted
on walking to work. The streets were dangerous after dark. It wasn’t safe,
which meant she wasn’t safe, and that fact was constantly in the back of Ben’s
mind. He didn’t like the idea of anything threatening Kelly.
Not
at all.

The punks
scattered when he glowered at them but they didn’t go far. He really needed to
talk to Kelly about her safety. Last time, she’d gotten away with a bump on the
head and bruised pride. If she didn’t start taking things more seriously, the
next time it might be a whole lot worse.

He tried to put
that line of thinking aside as he crossed into the cheery yellow waiting room.
The place was empty, which was a good indicator that Kelly would be finishing
up on time.

Amber beamed at
him.
“Hi, Ben.
Dr. Towers and Dr. Hertz are just
having a quick meeting. I think they might have found another vet to join their
practice. Cool, huh? They could use another set of hands around here.”

“They certainly
could. How’s the new office manager working out?”

“She’s great! She
totally fixed the filing system and we’re nearly caught up on our billing. She
makes it look easy. Things have never been so organized around here.
It’s sorta’ weird.”

Ben laughed. “I
bet.”
 
The whole time they were talking
he was glancing out the windows, watching to see if the kids he’d seen earlier
came any closer. They didn’t, at least not in the few minutes it took for Kelly
to finish up her meeting and join him.

She was wearing a cute
pair of capris that hugged her curves, and a blue top with a scooped-out
neckline that showed off just a little bit of cleavage without going overboard.
Damn, she looked good. A slow sizzle of lust heated his blood and made his dick
stir as Ben contemplated blowing off dinner and just taking her home for a long
night of hot sex. Tempting as it was, he knew Kelly wouldn’t go for it. She
enjoyed spending time with his family at Leo’s and wouldn’t want to miss it.
That didn’t mean he wasn’t going to suggest it…just in case he was wrong.

“Hi,
hun.”
 
Kelly bounced into his arms, making Amber grin with approval.

“Hey,
babe.
You look amazing. You sure you want to
waste this look on my family? I could tell them I had a better offer…” He
trailed off and waggled his brows at her suggestively.