“Oh my God,” I whisper.
Heath grips both sides of my waist and groans.
“It’s fine. Don’t worry about it,” Heath assures me.
“I’m sorry.”
He huffs. “It…happens. Not your fault, Rose.”
But it is my fault.
I know enough to know that I’m the reason.
“Can I help?”
“No!”
“Let me get off you.”
“Fuck no!” Those words carry a bite and he tightens his hold on me. “I like having you this close.”
“But—”
“Relax,” he says softly.
I nod.
“You don’t have to worry about this. I’ve made up my mind and I won’t change it. I’ll go at your pace.”
I melt against him, loosening the taut muscles that have stretched due to tension and my panic.
“All I want is you, Heath.”
His fingers dig into my sides as he drags me across his lap.
I can feel him beneath me and for a second it scares me because I’ve never been with a guy before. But with that ball of fear, there is also a cloud of excitement that swirls brimming me with anticipation.
I hear him mutter, “For fuck’s sake.”
And then he pulls me against him.
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HEATH
All I want is you,Heath.
The string holding my self-restraint is close to snapping after hearing those words.
She wants me.
She wants me.
In the sense that I take off her clothes and see her like I’ve never seen her before. The pale, smooth skin that I know would blush under my touch. The body that would shake because of my kisses. The sounds that would escape her mouth because of me.
Those thoughts alone make me want to throw caution out of the window.
But only one thing stops me.
