When I thought about someone taking care of me, I imagined a bowl of chicken soup and some fluffy pajamas. Maybe a cooling wet towel on my forehead to lower my temperature. You know, the kind of things you got when you were sick. I sure as hell had never imagined something like this.

Az dropped a kiss on my knee. I shuddered, and my eyes practically rolled back into my head. My god, how did every single thing he did feel so incredibly amazing? His fingers tiptoed along the outside of my thighs, stilling when they reached my hips.

My heart thundered as I gazed down at him. Leaning forward, he kissed my belly. Shivers stormed through me. His kiss went lower. Another storm of shivers rocked my body.

Core aching, I reached down and wound my fingers through his soft hair. I could barely stand it anymore. I wanted—no, I needed—his mouth on me.

His lips came agonizingly close. My lungs stilled. Everything within me tensed. Even my hands gripped his hair like I would fall if I let go.

He dragged his tongue across my core.

My breath exploded from my throat as I arched toward him, tremors of pleasure shaking through me. All the last remnants of my inhibitions vanished as I tugged him closer. With a low, delicious growl rolling through his body, he licked my folds with a feverish intensity.

I shook against him. His fingers gripped my thighs. Losing all control, I rocked against his mouth, barely holding on as I slid further and further toward the edge of an endless cliff.

His tongue slid inside of me, and that was all it took. I came undone, my need shattering like ancient stars. My body pulsed around his tongue as he kept his grip tight on my thighs. When my quaking finally slowed, I relaxed against the couch, my heart beating a million times a minute.

Az leaned back with a smug smile on his face. “I told you I would make you relax. Don’t you feel better now?”

“You’re right,” I breathed.

“Did I just hear you say I’m right about something?” Slowly, he pushed up from the floor to tower over me, blocking out the city lights. “Hmm. You really did enjoy that.”

Conscious of how exposed I was before him, I reached for the edges of the robe, but the tone in his voice stopped me short.

“Mia.”

I sat up a little straighter, suddenly alert all over again.

“Are you sure you’re fully relaxed?”

My eyes dropped to the thick bulge in his pants. Heart pounding in my ears, I understood at once what he meant. He’d driven me wild with need, but he wasn’t immune to the spark between us. Need clenched my thighs.