I swallowed hard as my eyes landed on his mouth. I think I nodded. It was hard to know because I was suddenly hot and the wild butterflies in my stomach made it hard for me to concentrate on anything else.
Theo studied me before he reached out to caress my cheek with his thumb. The soft touch made me move closer. “We don’t have to do this if you don’t want to.” His voice sounded hoarse, and there was a smolder in his eyes I’d never seen before. Like … he was turned on.
My belly flipped, this time deeper and lower.
Be brave, I told myself as I felt his chest brush my shoulder.Be brave and take what you want.
I turned toward him to bridge the short distance between us. My lips brushed softly over his, tentative touches that made my mouth tingle. His lips were soft, full, and my heart rate sped up along with my gentle exploration. Theo stayed perfectly still, letting me take my time.
It wasn’t scary. It was exciting.
I pressed my lips a little harder against his and, finally, he kissed me back. A gasp escaped from me into him as tingles awoke across my breasts, making them feel fuller, tightening my nipples. That same tingling sparked to life between my thighs. Wanting more of that sensation, I moved my mouth against Theo’s, enjoying the way he took his time.
Who knew kissing could feel like this?
Suddenly, he pulled back, and I noted the pink across the crest of his cheeks. His gaze was low-lidded with desire andinstead of terrifying me, it thrilled me. “Open your mouth, little darling.”
Oh.
This was the part I was sure I was going to hate. But the only way to know for sure was to try. I licked my lips and nodded. And I was sure Theo groaned before he brushed his mouth over mine, coaxing me back into the deliciousness of his soft kisses. Then I felt his thumb on my bottom lip, pulling it down. Asking me to open.
I parted my lips and at the first touch of his tongue against mine, a rush of arousal squeezed my belly. I gasped again at the sensation, my hands coming up with a mind of their own to rest on his shoulders as I tried to mimic what he was doing with his tongue.
Theo groaned as I licked at him, and his arms were suddenly around me, crushing my breasts to his chest as he deepened the kiss.
Whoa.
Holy … this … this is what I’d been missing out on the whole time?
Losing myself to sensation, I matched him, moaning into his mouth as our kisses turned hungry and desperate.
THEO
I was harderthan I’d ever been in my life.
At the first innocent brush of her lips against mine, I swear all the blood in my Neanderthal brain rushed south. I went fromhalf-mast to full at the simple touch of Sarah’s tongue against mine.
I couldn’t explain my visceral reaction to kissing this woman.
And at that moment, I couldn’t give a damn why. I just wanted to experience her.
As she moaned into my mouth, her hands drifting up the nape of my neck to slide her fingers into my hair, any last remnants of rational thinking flew out of my head.
Instead, I pulled her light weight over me until she straddled me, my cock straining against my zipper at her heat.
“Oh.” She broke the kiss, those stunning eyes wide with arousal and questions.
“Don’t,” I practically begged her not to overthink this. “Unless you want to stop.”Please, Christ, do not say you want to stop.I think I might have offered the universe my fucking soul to have Sarah not say she wanted to stop.
“I don’t want to stop,” she murmured, her cheeks flushed.
I reached up to cup her hot cheek, stroking my thumb over her soft skin. “I’m dying to know if that blush covers the entirety of your delectable body.”
Her chest rose and fell with excited breaths, and despite her shyness, she forced out, “I-I suppose you’re about to find out.”
Dear God, she was magnificent.
I wrapped my hand around her nape, my fingers tangling in the silky strands of her hair, as I yanked her mouth to mine. I knew I should take it slow, or if I wasn’t being a total moron, stop altogether, but I couldn’t remember the last time I was this goddamn aroused.
