Axel had rubbed my back when we were together years before, but that always ended with his dick inside me, riding out our steamy arousal from all the touching and rubbing. His massages had always been more foreplay than anything else.

But last night… that had been all for my benefit. Sure, I had felt Axel’s erection pressing against my butt and legs as he worked his way down my body, but he didn’t act on it. What woman—even a woman who loved sex as much as I did—didn’t want to be massaged until she fell asleep and then be allowed to sleep uninterrupted for as long as she could?

Out of all the sweet and romantic things Ax had ever done for me, I think last night topped the list. I rolled over on my side and looked at him in the darkness.

Jesus, he is a gorgeous man. The sheets were pooled over his hips as he lay on his back, and he had one hand on his dick. The arm closest to me was curled up on the pillow near his head, his bicep bulging like… uh, like something very bulgy. That was the best I could come up with because I was unable to think of any intelligent words when he was looking so fucking yummy. I had the overwhelming urge to bite that thick muscle, so I laid my head on his upper arm and sunk my teeth gently into his flesh.

“Mmmm, what’s wrong, baby?” he asked, rolling toward me and drawing me against his hard body with both arms. His gritty, sleep-filled voice had my juices flowing and my mind flipping through all the sinful things I wanted to do with his hot body. “You need me to get you a drink of water?”

“No, I think I would like a cocktail. . . heavy on the cock,” I said into the darkness, and I felt him begin to harden against my hip.

He lifted one eyelid and looked down at me. “You want me to put my cock in your tail? Grab the lube and bend over, sweetheart,” he said, patting my ass lazily.

“Stop it,” I said with a giggle.

“Go back to sleep, Bear. You can stay in bed for another few hours.” He kissed my forehead and let his eye slip shut.

“I plan to stay in bed, but that doesn’t mean I want to go back to sleep right away,” I said, sliding my hand down his hot, muscled chest and stomach, my fingers pausing to toy with his delicious happy trail. I cupped his hard length over his underwear and purred, “I want this.”

That eye opened again, and his eyebrow lifted. “I’m trying to be good and let you get some much-needed sleep, baby.”