"Kids for one. You're going to want them, and I just can't give that to you. I long ago accepted I would never have them, and I'm okay with that. Better than okay if I'm being honest."
"How about you ask me what I want rather than telling me what you think I want?"
"What do you want?"
Vanessa moved her hands so they were holding my waist. "I just want you. Kids were never something I thought about having. To be honest, I don't need them to have a happy life. Sure, other people my age might, but that was never my dream. Not after raising my sister."
The fight I had in me was slowly starting to crumble.
"And our age difference doesn't bother you?"
Vanessa laughed. "Seriously? It's fifteen years not thirty."
Well, when she put it like that.
"I'm still not having sex with you while your ribs are broken. I refuse to hurt you."
Now Vanessa just looked exasperated. As if to prove her point, she unbuttoned her shirt and let it slip off her arms and fall to the ground, leaving her in just a lacy bra. Then she shimmied out of her sweatpants and kicked them across the room.
Standing in front of me was the most gorgeous woman I had ever seen, and I wanted nothing more than to make her mine in every way possible.
"You're playing with fire," I warned her.
"Then so help me God, burn me."
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Vanessa
I stood there in front of Nolen in just my bra and panties waiting for him to make his decision. If I was being fair––which I wasn't––I would understand where he was coming from. The man didn't want to hurt me, and I respected that. I really did, but enough was enough. I couldn't wait another minute to let this man slide into my body.
"Well, what's it going to be?" I taunted him.
Nolen closed the short distance between us, but still he didn't touch me. "If we do this, it's going to be on my terms."
I lifted my chin. "Just as long as you fuck me, I don't care what the terms are."
With a barely there touch, Nolen ran his knuckles along the side of my breast and caused my body to shiver. "Love, baby."
"Huh?" I popped my eyebrow because my brain was short-circuiting, and his words weren't making any sense.
"This first time together, I'm going to make love to you, and once your ribs are healed, I'll fuck you into oblivion."
Yes, please. I could completely get on board with that plan. Just as long as he continued touching me.
Nolen slowly walked me backward until my legs bumped into the bed.
"I'm going to strip you down the rest of the way, lay you down gently, and worship every inch of your body."
I loved the sound of that.
Nolen unclipped my bra so it slowly slid down my arms and pooled at my feet. Then he fell to his knees in front of me and did exactly as he said he would. He ripped my panties straight off my body.
"Damn that's even hotter in person," I puffed out in a whisper.
Nolen merely chuckled, making quick work of shedding his own clothes.
Standing there in front of me was the most beautiful man I had ever had the chance to lay my eyes upon. Despite his age, his body was a work of art and every woman's wet dream.
