He kissed her again, undressing her so she was completely naked. But there were no nerves about being naked with a man for the first time in years, this was Quinn, she trusted him completely. His eyes roamed over her body which made her smile.
‘Christ you’re so beautiful.’
He bent his head and kissed her again. This kiss, she was never ever going to get enough of it.
He pulled back to look at her again. ‘Now in the spirit of picking up where we left off, where did we leave it yesterday before we were interrupted?’
‘Well we’d kissed, socks were blown off,’ Alex said, stripping him out of his t-shirt, before starting work on his jeans. He helped her by pushing them down andwiggling out of them. ‘I don’t think there was anything else of note.’
He arched an eyebrow. ‘So I didn’t give you, what was the words you used, the best orgasm you’ve ever had?’
‘That feels like something I would definitely remember, so maybe start there.’
‘OK, I can see I need to try harder.’
He scooted down to her legs and kissed on the inside of her knee, then started trailing his hot mouth up her leg. Her breath hitched as he got closer to where she needed him, then he kissed her right there. She arched up off the floor, that feeling slamming into her so hard and so fast, her body instantly responding to him as if they’d been made just for each other. That feeling spread so quickly like fire on paper, burning everything it touched, and within moments she was shouting out his name, clinging onto his shoulders, her orgasm leaving her completely breathless.
He pushed down his shorts and climbed back up her, catching her gasps on his lips, and she wrapped her arms around him as her body trembled against him.
He pulled back slightly, adoration for her shining from his eyes. She stroked his face. And for a second those fears of falling even further in love and having a relationship with this wonderful man started creeping in. They both knew that this, whatever it was, was something significant. It wasn’t possible to keep her heart separated from this.
‘Are you OK? We don’t have to go any further than this if you’re not comfortable with it?’ Quinn said.
‘No, I want this, I’ve dreamed about this for years. I’m just scared of getting hurt.’
He kissed the frown that had formed between her eyes. ‘Don’t think about this too much. It’s just two friends making love, it doesn’t have to mean anything.’
She stared at him in surprise. ‘You’re my best friend, of course this means something.’
He kissed her. ‘It only means something if you want it to. It can be completely no strings attached.’
Her heart leapt. ‘You really want one night of sex and then we’ll just go back to being friends again?’
‘I never said anything about one night. We can have no-strings-attached sex as often as you want.’
‘But… you said you didn’t want anything casual with me.’
‘I want you in any way you want to be with me. I want to hold your hand while we watchMidsomer Murders. I want to be with you every day because I missed you so damned much today. Of course I want forever with you but I can wait as long as you need to be ready for that. And if you want no-strings-attached sex in the meantime, I’m more than happy to oblige.’
She had no words. This was so much to get her head round. She’d woken up yesterday morning and everything was normal, now she’d kissed Quinn, found out he had feelings for her and was offering her as much no-strings-attached sex as she wanted. Her brain was telling her this was a terrible idea, she could never havemeaningless sex with Quinn, it would always mean something and someone was going to get hurt. But her heart was telling her to take the risk with the relationship he was offering her, not just sex, it was everything she’d wanted for years.
‘We don’t have to do this. You can walk away if that’s what you want,’ Quinn said gently.
‘After two earth-shattering orgasms, I can’t walk away. I already want more, I want to do this every night with you.’
‘And we can, just without any strings.’
She chewed her lip, knowing that wasn’t true.
‘Look, I’m sorry about the orgasms,’ Quinn said, a smirk on his lips saying he wasn’t. ‘I’ll try and make the sex as rubbish as possible, no more orgasms.’
Alex nodded. ‘That would be great, rubbish sex would be really helpful.’
‘I’ll try my best.’
She wrapped her legs around him. ‘Do your worst.’
He smiled and moved carefully inside her and nothing had felt so perfectly right as this before, it was like they were two halves of a whole finally reconnecting. He stared at her in wonder, the smile gone from his face. Something shifted between them and her heart felt suddenly so full of him that she thought it would burst from her chest. He started moving slowly against her, his eyes never leaving hers for a moment, and it was too much all at once. Her heart wanted to scream out how much she loved him and tell him how she wanted this forever but she couldn’t do it. But shecouldn’t look away either, this was too important for that.
