Chapter 18
My head was swimming, my body throbbing, my muscles tensing as I braced myself for climax, holding on to Monte for dear life. Sex had never been like this before, but I had also never given myself over to anyone so wholly before.
Tears pricked my eyes as my emotions swirled around with his. This was something special, and I just prayed it wasn’t a once in a lifetime moment. Because even as my body strung tight and then released in the most spectacular way, I was already craving more of him.
Would it ever be enough?
How could I be fully satisfied and still want more?
He moaned my name as his body shook and he collapsed on top of me. I loved the feeling of his weight as we both took a moment to breathe through what had just happened.
What the hell had just happened?
That was a lot more than sex.
He rolled off of me, and it dawned on me that as we were caught up in the moment, he hadn’t worn a condom. I should have been freaking out about that. I knew better. Even though I was on the pill and there was no concern of an unexpected pregnancy, STDs were real and ran rampant around campus. It was a rookie mistake, but the moment had been too powerful to even think straight, let alone care.
I pushed those thoughts away. He was my mate, and I knew he would never do anything to purposefully hurt me.
As the beating of my heart started to slow, I could hear the muffled pounding of bass from the party. How was it they were still going strong? How could they not know that my life had just been changed forever.
“Mmm, I fear you’ve ruined me for all other men.”
He growled.
I yawned, exhaustion hitting hard as I came down from the high of the best orgasm of my life.
“Guess you have to claim me now because no one else will ever do after that.”
I smiled and managed to kiss him before curling up against his chest and falling fast asleep.
*****
The first thing I noticed when I started to wake was the delicious smell of my mate surrounding me. It was everywhere and took me a minute to remember I was in his bed. Of course the place smelled like him.
He was still snoring lightly and since it was Saturday, there was nothing pressing that required me to get up and leave right away.
My brain started swirling with all the things I needed to do today. Normally this would stress me out until I was wide awake and making my list.
The shoot from the lodge needed to be broken out into short videos. They needed to be edited and uploaded, scheduled throughout the week.
I had a week’s worth of mail to sift through.
Most of my schoolwork had been kept up with while away, but I still needed to log on and ensure nothing new had been posted for the weekend.
I still had responsibilities to Theta too. I had no idea what all had happened since my exit at the party last week, well, aside from what little bit Chloe had caught me up on.
Even knowing all of this, I didn’t want to move or leave the warmth of Monte’s bed.
Well, unless it was for more of what we did last night.
I grinned as I propped myself up with my arm and looked him over.
He was so handsome, and his body looked like something carved out of stone. Was that from all the rock climbing? Because if so, I was going to highly encourage he keep that up.
For the first time I allowed myself to really think about him and about us. Imagining my future with him was so easy. I didn’t care where we lived or what life brought our way, so long as we had this. The connection between us was overwhelming at times, but also simply amazing.
My heart swelled just thinking about him.
