She gasped as another gust lifted the fabric, but she dove back into the kiss, her tongue darting into my mouth with little flicks that drove my need for her higher and wound me tighter. I lowered my arm over the curve of her ass and lifted, keeping my fingers splayed on her hip as I pivoted and took three steps, putting her back against the lighthouse so I could use my body to shelter her from the wind.

Her eyes flared at the contact, and I rested my forehead against hers as our breaths became choppy and harsh. Fuck me, how was I ever going to stop kissing her? She was one of those drugs you were never supposed to experiment with—one hit and I was addicted.

“Too much?” I asked, my voice rough as I lowered her feet to the deck.

She shook her head slowly, then ran her tongue over her lower lip. “Not enough.” Her knee rose against the outside of my thigh.

I muttered a curse, then filled my hands with her ass and picked her up the way I’d wanted to since the moment I’d found those curves dangling in my face. Her long legs wrapped around my waist, her ankles locking at the small of my back as I brought my mouth to hers.

She whimpered, one of her hands in my hair and the other holding the nape of my neck like I was a prisoner instead of a more-than-willing participant. The sound didn’t help the current situation in my shorts, and I didn’t honestly care. I kissed her deeper just so I could hear it again.

She ripped her mouth from mine and tilted her head back as she gasped for a breath. I moved to her neck, kissing a path down the slender, soft column and pausing to suck gently at the spots that made her grip tighten.

“Jackson,” she moaned when I reached the sensitive spot beneath her ear.

I rocked against her instinctively, then stilled, letting my breath release slowly as I counted to five. The woman had me dancing on the edge of my self-control. I could have blamed it on my months of celibacy, but it was simply Morgan. Everything about her turned me on, and getting her in my hands and under my mouth robbed me of every logical thought, which wasn’t good for either of us. I had to slow this down before we went too far.

She brushed her lips over my cheek and tightened her thighs at my waist as she made her way back to my mouth.

I groaned in surrender as I kissed her breathless, living for the caress of her tongue against mine. Fuck, I could feel the heat of her skin through the fabric of her dress. If I shifted my grip, I could slide my hand up her bare thigh—

Stop. You can’t take this any further.