Our lips met again, and I sighed as pleasure washed over me and I let myself sink into his arms. Everything about him stimulated and tantalized, from the sweep of his tongue—delicate at first, then more forceful as he pushed into my mouth with increasing urgency—to his warm skin on my neck as he nuzzled close. The brush of his stubbled cheek against mine. All intimate human touches I’d never known I’d craved. Not until now.
Not until Cort.
“Let’s go to the bedroom.” I stood and held out my hand, taking who I wanted, taking what Ineededfor the first time. Nerves fluttered through me, but I stood firm. My whole life narrowed down to this point, in this cramped little apartment with the mismatched, lumpy furniture and decades-old water stains creeping down from the cracked ceiling. I’d stayed in thousand-dollar-a-night hotel suites and laid my head on sheets that cost more than most people paid in a month for rent. Yet when Cort took my hand and we walked into his bedroom, no place had ever seemed more perfect.
We stopped before the bed, and Cort placed a hand on my shoulder. “You sure about this?”
I knew this was momentous. Choosing to be with Cort, acknowledging that I planned to live my life freely for the first time, was a scary fucking thing. But if not now, not here—then when? And with whom?
“Never more so. Now stop talking.”
A twinkle lit Cort’s eyes. They were nice eyes that I now understood hid more pain than he allowed anyone to see. I didn’t think he’d told anyone else the story he’d revealed to me.
“Okay, how’s this?” He pulled me down on the bed with him and held me as we fell. I’d never had a playful bed partner before, and the teasing was unique and new. I liked it.
“Not bad.” I hovered above him, gazing into his smiling face. “What’s so funny?”
“You. Me. Us. Here. I keep thinkin’ about everyone telling me to stay away from you. Warning me that you were gonna be trouble.”
“Oh, they were right.” I dragged my shirt over my head, then bent to kiss him but held off, teasing him with tiny brushes of my lips on his. “You should’ve stayed away. I’m going to be very, very bad.”
Cort’s eyes fired, and he kissed me gently. “Yeah?” His husky voice betrayed his excitement as he cupped my ass. “I think you’re all talk and no action.”
“That sounds like a challenge. And I never back down from a challenge.” I pressed my lips to his throat, feeling the pulse beating frantically, like the wings of a bird. “Take this off.” I pulled at his T-shirt. “Top, then bottom.”
Cort removed his shirt and then wriggled out of his boxers while I also finished undressing. The strong muscles of his arms and chest begged to be explored, and I spread myself over him while I licked and nibbled at his skin. His groans and sighs played like music as I worked my way down his body to his straining cock.
I took him in my mouth, the salty taste of him seeping over my tongue. “Mmm.”
“Oh, hell.” He cradled my head in his hands. “So good.”
Working my way down the hot length of his dick, I took shallow breaths, memorizing pores and freckles, the heat and scent of his skin. I wanted to sink myself into the essence of Cort, draw out his sweetness and make myself a part of him.
Increasing my pace and suction, I took my cues from his body. Unlike in my past life, where I was the taker, tonight was about Cort. His needs and desires. Every twitch of his limbs, every sigh, meant I was giving him pleasure. I immersed myself in him, ran my lips and tongue over each bump and curve of his flesh, reveling in his lust-filled groans. This wasn’t extra for the camera. I ran my hands up his strong thighs, the muscles underneath my fingertips quivering. His rough hair prickled against my cheek.
“Oh, yeah.”
The pressure increased on my head, and I moved faster, the taste of him filling my mouth. I glanced up to see his face wet with sweat, his fiery gaze pinned to mine. “Stop,” he gritted out. “Don’t wanna come. Not yet at least.”
I let him slip out of my mouth, my own dick so achingly hard and swollen, it wouldn’t take but a few strokes to get me off. Cort slid his hand over my dick, and I hissed, the roughness of his skin over my sensitized, tender flesh sending shards of white-hot pleasure stabbing through me.
“Mmm. You like that, don’tcha?” His hand tightened on me, and I could only whimper and shake. “Bet you’re gonna like it even more when I fuck you. Right?” He ran the pad of his thumb over my sensitive crown, circling round and round, playing with me, and I cried out.
“Damn it, please.”
Dizzy with desire and the emotions of the day, I bucked my hips and shot into his hand, covering his fingers and palm with my sticky release. The orgasm left me breathless, shaking and overwhelmed. But Cort wasn’t finished, and within moments had me spread out before him, still trembling in the aftermath, while he slid a lubricated finger inside me.
“Sweet and hot,” he crooned as he pumped in and out. My hole clutched his finger, holding it inside, but he chuckled and added another, stretching me.
“Ohh.” I dug my heels into the bed, the burn and stretch of his fingers probing deeper different now but not bad. Never bad. It was Cort.
“That’s it, come on.” He crooked those digits inside my passage and brushed that spot that sent me to the stars.
“Oh, my God.” My body lit up, skin flayed, open to the bone, as my heart thundered. I wanted more, craved it. Him. “Cort, please.” I grabbed the sheets and twisted them into a sweaty knot.
He withdrew, leaving me cold and empty, and I mourned his loss as if I’d already become accustomed to his place in my body. But Cort wasn’t gone for long.
The smooth head of his cock nudged inside my hole. The sting and burn of the stretch was painful. “Ahhh.” He worked his way inside me, sinking in slowly, meshing his body with mine. We fit like a dovetail joint, smoothly sliding into place as if made for one another. He seated himself inside me, so full and perfect, I hated for him to move and break the completeness, but I needed something more. Cort pushed my legs up to my chest, settling himself even deeper, piercing through me, discovering a new place no one had ever breached.
