After passing a glass of champagne to her, I sat down beside Cara and said, "I believe a toast is in order." I waited for her to raise her glass with me. "To us, together always."
"Always," she agreed.
I drained my glass, never taking my eyes off of her as I put the glass on the table. She dawdled with her champagne, her mini sips barely made any difference to the amount left to be drunk. She watched me over the rim of her glass, her gray eyes became smoky, one corner of her mouth curved upward. Cara knew I was waiting on her and she was teasing me by taking her sweet time.
"Are you enjoying that?" I drawled, putting an arm around her shoulders.
She smiled, tipping the glass to her lips again. "Mm-hmm."
Done waiting, I leaned into her side and reached with my free hand for the top button of her shirt. With a slight twist, I popped it open, then moved on to the next. When I continued down to the third, Cara lowered her glass and feigned ignorance. "Excuse me, did you want something?"
"Yeah." The third button popped, revealing the pale pink bra she wore;
it had a convenient front clip. I popped that open, too. My fingers skimmed along the valley of her cleavage before going to the next button. She already had me in an aroused state--it didn't take much effort on her part. Cara just being near me was enough to do it. "I wanna bury myself in my mate. And I want her hot little sheath, grasping and greedy, around me while I make her pant and moan for more. You understand, of course."
"Of course," Cara murmured, then tossed back the rest of her champagne. Her smoky gaze settled on my lips as she set her glass to the table.