Negotiation Tactics by Lori Ryan [romance/suspense]

concerned and he didn’t want to walk away.
    He wanted her so badly, all he could think about was what she would taste like. What she would feel like, her soft body against his. The way she would feel when she wrapped her legs around him. The way he could make her feel, make her squirm and cry out for him. His mind had been scrambled since they got on the plane for Florida and he didn’t want to try to fight this anymore. If he only got this one night, then so be it. He’d take one night if that’s all she could give him.
    “Are you sure, Jennie? We can’t take this back if we do this.”
    Jennie nodded.
    Chad leaned down and trapped her, arms on either side of her against the wall of the shower as his heart pounded in his chest. He was so close to what he’d wanted for so long, but he had to be sure she truly wanted this.
    “Say it. Tell me you want this,” Chad said softly. Urgently.
    “I want this, Chad. For one night, I want this.” Her voice didn’t falter or waiver.
    Chad leaned in and kissed her sweet, succulent mouth as he pressed her against the wall of the shower and took what he had needed for so long. He knew he shouldn’t. It was the most selfish, heartless thing he'd ever done, but he was defenseless against Jennie’s power. He ignored the fact that she still loved her husband, that she hadn’t healed from the wounds his death had left and he took her. Chad swept his tongue inside her mouth in a forceful, needy move. She met him with as much heat and need and passion.
    Chad lifted Jennie, holding her on one of his thighs as he moved his mouth to her neck. He brushed his lips across her soft skin, taking in the sweet, silky feel of her. Breathing in that scent that was innately Jennie. One hand closed on her breast as his mouth moved to capture the other nipple. Jennie held the back of his head tight, pressing him to her as she arched her back and moaned.
    Her nipples pebbled for him as he let his tongue swirl around them, grazing them with his teeth from time to time as she writhed in his arms. He’d never in his life experienced anything like the feel of Jennie in his arms. All of his fantasies about her – and they had been plentiful and detailed and dirty – were nowhere close to the reality of her and the way she responded to his touch.
    Chad slipped his hand between her legs and felt how wet she was already and he couldn’t stop himself. He lifted her higher and positioned himself between her legs. Jennie sank down so slowly on him, he thought he would burst. Or beg for mercy. The feeling of being inside Jennie was like nothing he could ever have imagined. She gripped him tightly and rocked her hips, tearing an almost animal-like sound from his lips.
    It took everything he had to stop them. Chad lifted Jennie off and put her on the floor, reaching over to turn off the water.
    “Condom,” he whispered as his mouth found hers again. “Bed.”
    Chad reached for a towel and dried her hurriedly, paying quick attention to her hair and very brief attention to his own body. He wanted back inside her. Now.
    But when he got her to the bed and dug in his wallet for a condom, he placed it on the nightstand. She needed more than this. She needed to forget and he damn well was going to give her that. Chad sank down to her peaches and cream thighs and let his hands travel over her heated flesh. Everything about her was softness to his hardness. He marveled at the feel of her; at how incredible she looked spread out for him. For a minute, he thought of all the things he would do to her someday, but he made himself push those thoughts from his mind. He knew better than to hope for more than this one night with her.
    In fact, Chad knew it wouldn’t even be one full night. As soon as she remembered Kyle, she’d be done. He had these moments. Nothing more.
    Driving everything else from his mind, Chad trailed his tongue slowly over Jennie’s flush skin and almost groaned out loud at the sweet taste. He