“Is that so? How about you prove it?Mal.” She drew out my name and I couldn’t wait anymore.
The fact that I hadn’t kissed her yet was a shock, honestly. Normally when I saw what I wanted, I went for it, but there was this little added complication of her living next door to me. Hookups were all well and good, but one of the best parts was that if it didn’t go well, you could limit the potential to see them afterwards, and thus limit the embarrassment.
If things went south with Gray, I was still going to have to see her in the elevator and the parking garage and the trash room until one of us moved. I happened to love my apartment, so that wasn’t happening anytime soon.
With all of that said, I’d made the decision to tell her that this was a bad idea and we should call it a night and maybe we couldtalk when my fucking libido wasn’t making all of my decisions for me.
Unfortunately, I made the mistake of looking into her eyes and at her mouth and my libido came out the winner.
Gray gasped into my mouth as I pulled her flush against my body, tilting her face up so I could kiss her properly. Fuck, she was just the right height for me to have to lean down just enough but not too much. In her shock, she grasped my upper arms as if she was going to fall.
Don’t worry, baby. I’m not letting you go anywhere.
Her lips were plush and insistent against mine and her tongue wasn’t shy when I coaxed her to open for me. She was perfect.
Making sure to go slowly, I backed her toward my bedroom until her legs hit the edge of my bed.
She let out a little gasp of surprise that I swallowed with a little laugh of my own.
Things had gotten frantic with hands grabbing and pulling at clothes, desperate fingers searching for skin, so I slowed things down a little, deepening our kisses while I kept one hand on the side of her face and the other stroking her back.
Her breath stuttered and I could feel her trembling. Slowly, I pulled away as our eyes opened at the same time.
“Wow,” she said, licking her swollen lips. “You’re very good at that.”
I snorted a laugh. “Told you. You’re very good yourself.” She was. She’d absolutely melted against me and followed my lead as if she’d been waiting for me.
This woman was a dream.
“Thanks.” Her breaths were still shaky.
“You okay?” I asked, running my hand through her hair. This was only a good time if we were both having a good time.
“Uh huh,” she said, nodding a little jerkily. “I’m fine.” Her voice was high.
Okay, time to put on the brakes.
“Do you want to sit on the couch?” Taking this to the living room might be a better idea.
“No, I’m good here.” She sat down with a thump on the bed and gazed up at me.
“Fuck, you’re gorgeous,” I couldn’t stop myself from saying as I rubbed my thumb along her bottom lip.
“You’re so beautiful,” she breathed. “I’ve never…” she trailed off and my alarm bells started blaring. I lunged backward.
“Oh my god, please don’t tell me this is your first time.” What the fuck was she doing at a kink group?! How irresponsible was her friend?
Her eyes went wide as she grabbed onto my hips to stop me from moving away. “No, it’s not my first time! Not even close. I’ve just never hooked up with someone I don’t really know. I’ve always done the relationship thing.” Oh, thank god. That was much better.
I let out a huge sigh of relief. Ushering a newbie through the world of sex wasn’t something I felt qualified to do, and it wasn’t what I was looking for.
“Do you want to stop?” I asked.
She shook her head slowly. “No. I don’t want to stop.”
“Okay. If you do, just tell me. And even before we do anything else, I think we should talk about expectations and limits.”
I should have done that before I kissed her, but I got carried away. Oops.
