Sydney hugged him, relieved to know she wouldn’t be alone when she closed the last door to her former life and stepped forward into a new life with Luke. “Thank you.”

“Whatever comes our way, we’ll deal with it together, okay?”

Closing her eyes against the rush of emotion, she nodded.

His hands slid down her back to bring her in tighter against his erection. “Now, about that other proposition you mentioned. . .”

Sydney laughed and drew him into another heated kiss. “You need to get off your ankle,” she said when they resurfaced many minutes later.

With his arms around her waist, he fell backward onto the sofa, bringing her down on top of him. “There. Happy now?”

Nodding, she brushed the hair off his forehead and leaned in to kiss him, hungry for more of the way he made her feel.

He combed his fingers through her hair and down her back as his lips moved over hers. “I used to think about this all the time,” he said. “The way your hair would drape down over me when we made love.” Squeezing her bottom, he held her still and pressed his erection into the V of her legs.

“It’s not as long as it used to be,” she said, breathless with wanting him.

“It’s every bit as beautiful as it always was, and so is the rest of you.”

Sydney sat up to pull the top over her head and release her bra.

Luke cupped her breasts, running his thumbs over the tight buds. “Come closer.” He closed his hot mouth over her nipple, sucking and licking her until Syd was half out of her mind with wanting him. She extricated herself to get rid of the rest of their clothes.

As his erection sprang free from his shorts, Sydney bent to take him into her mouth, loving the way his legs trembled and his fingers tightened in her hair.

“Syd, baby, wait.” He urged her back up and over him. “I need to be inside you. Now.”

She’d never heard such urgency in his voice, which made her want him even more.

He arranged her on top of him and surged into her. As her head fell back, her mouth opened in a silent cry of completion. The sliding of his hands from her hips to her breasts brought her back to reality.

“Down here,” he whispered. “I want your hair.”

Sydney leaned forward and took his mouth, sending her tongue surging.

He shocked her by sucking hard on her tongue as he pinched her nipples.

An orgasm rocketed through her, catching her off guard and unprepared for the swell of emotion that came with it. She glanced down to find Luke watching her with love and desire and infinite tenderness etched into his expression.

“Ride me, Syd. The way you used to on the beach. Remember?”