He gripped her thighs and pulled her closer to his mouth. He couldn’t afford to be consumed by his hunger, didn’t want to lose focus. They both needed to rest and they were probably as safe as they could get until this guy was apprehended.

He nuzzled closer and ran his nose over her vulva. She shivered.

He eased his tongue under the material and into the hot core of her and she bowed up off the bed.

“Relax,” he whispered.

“That is not very relaxing,” she countered.

He pulled away and rolled her gently onto her side. “Stay there. I’ll be right back.”

He turned off most of the lights in the apartment except for one under-counter light in the kitchen. Then he headed back to the bedroom and climbed into bed, fully clothed. Last thing he needed was to be caught in his skivvies should this UNSUB get past their defenses or should his boss arrive unannounced.

Yael grumbled in protest.

He slipped behind her, spooning her. She snuggled against him, her excellent ass pressed against his doomed-to-disappointment cock. He rested his head on his left arm keeping the cast on the pillow above her head. His other hand slid over her perfect body and cupped her full breasts over the rough scrap of lace. She moaned and squirmed against him. A different sound this time. He rolled her nipple between his thumb and forefinger, feeling the peak grow hard beneath his touch. “You like that?”

She stretched against him and tried to turn over.

“Uh uh. My rules else I sleep on the couch.”

She grumbled again but the way she rubbed against him suggested she wasn’t too angry with him. Sex was a great stress reliever and if anyone needed help sleeping it would be Yael after what she’d endured today.

His hand returned to her breast, easing the bra cup aside as he nuzzled the soft skin behind her ear and at the same time tormented her nipple.

Then he smoothed his palm over the indent of her waist and over the curve of her hip. He hooked her thigh and wedged his knee gently between her legs and opened her up to his mercy.

His fingers gripped the scrap of lace and he started gliding the rough material gently back and forth through her folds and over her clit until she was gasping. Then he eased two fingers inside her at the same moment he pressed the heel of his hand firmly against her clit. She shuddered and her muscles spasmed as she climaxed fast and hard around his fingers.

He withdrew his hand, pulled the covers more firmly over them both, knowing he was going to burn tonight for more than one reason.

Then he kissed her hair again and she sighed. Thirty seconds later, she was asleep.

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