Snippet Saturday – I want you to want me
Wooing, courting, romancing, it’s all in the execution. 
It being lunchtime, they had to wait a good five minutes for an elevator to arrive to take them to ground level. Squished into the packed compartment, Claire found herself jammed between Ryan’s hard body and the wall. She sucked in a breath when a hand grabbed her ass just before Ryan whispered in her ear.
“Shame your skirt isn’t shorter. I could slide my hand beneath it and cop a real feel.”
Claire gulped back the moan in her throat. The hard length of Ryan’s cock pressed into her hip as he moved closer. Her nipples puckered, and her pussy pulsed with the need to be filled. When the lift reached the ground floor, she breathed a sigh of relief. The control she had over her libido was too thin. One more word or move from Ryan and it would snap. The thought of ravishing him in public brought equal fear and excitement.
Ryan wrapped his hand around hers and pulled her across the foyer out into the steamy hot day. The street was no less crowded than the elevator, but he skillfully negotiated around the pedestrians while towing Claire behind.
“Just where are we going?” She raised her voice to be heard over the traffic and people filling the city street.
“You’ll see soon enough.”
Claire rolled her eyes and followed. Thankfully she’d worn flat shoes today instead of heels. They walked a couple of blocks before she began to suspect where Ryan was leading them. Hyde Park stood on the other side of the busy intersection they now waited at. Cars, buses, and trucks streamed passed. Horns honked and brakes squealed as someone cut in. It was always bumper-to-bumper traffic no matter what time of day it was in Sydney. This was one part of working in the city that she hated.
The lights changed and en masse, the press of bodies stepped off the curb. All went smoothly until they hit the middle of the road, and the wall of human flesh
coming from the opposite side of the street. They bumped and jostled their way through the crush. Ryan pulled her to his side and protected her as he barged ahead. He tugged Claire’s hand and maneuvered them safely to the footpath.
“This way. There won’t be as many people away from the station entrance.”
They found more space away from the entry to the underground railway and could easily have walked side by side, but Ryan continued to lead the way. His strides ate up the distance and made Claire quicken her steps to keep up. The hot air cooled slightly as they entered the park. The trees gave some shelter from the sun, but it was still a good 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. Sweat coated her skin, and areas on the back of Ryan’s shirt were damp and sticking to the muscles rippling as he walked.
Ryan slowed as they neared the fountain, but instead of heading for one of the many benches surrounding it, he took them onto a grassed area behind a row of waist-high bushes. Large trees blocked the noonday sun and lent the space a cool feel even if the temperature wasn’t any lower. He picked a spot off to the side. Surprise filled her when he dropped his backpack and crouched to remove a picnic rug. With a flick of his wrists he spread the blanket out and motioned for her to sit.
Claire couldn’t help the smile that curled her lips, or the bubble of joy expanding in her chest at the fact that Ryan would go to all this trouble, but the blanket was nothing compared to what came next. From the bag he removed container after container of food. Carefully he placed them in the center of the makeshift table. As he began removing lids, Claire’s mouth watered and her stomach growled.
What lay before them was a feast. Sliced ham and cheese. Crusty bread. A selection of fresh fruit sliced ready to eat. Glass bottles of orange juice finished off the meal. The man outdid himself every time he fed her. They said the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach, and if she didn’t know better she’d think Ryan had used that in reverse. But she did know better. He was a genuinely nice guy who enjoyed looking after her.
It wasn’t just in the meals Ryan cooked her. It was all the little things she’d taken for granted—opening the car door, picking up her favorite chocolate when he got
petrol, checking if she wanted a drink whenever he got one. The way he would lift her feet into his lap and rub them after a long day at work, and the way he pitched in with things around her house or his. Without doing anything more than being himself, Ryan had crawled his way into her heart, and no matter the age difference or her fear he’d get tired of her soon, Claire had done the unthinkable.
She’d fallen in love with Ryan Doherty.
You can find all the info on All Of You HERE!
This list of participating authors this week:
Megan Hart:Read in bed!
Rhian Cahill
Eliza Gayle
Jody Wallace
Mandy M Roth
Lissa Matthews
Leah Braemel
Mari Carr
McKenna Jeffries
Myla Jackson
Taige Crenshaw
Delilah Devlin
HelenKay Dimon
Shiloh Walker
Lauren Dane
