Her brow furrowed, and her hand stilled. He held his breath to keep in the groan that threatened to escape his lips.
“But, Mark…you’ve been out of the Army for, what, a year and a half?”
“That’s right.”
“And you haven’t…”
“I haven’t been with anyone, not since before my last deployment.” Two years. Maybe longer. Too fucking long.
“That’s a long time.” Her fingers tightened around his dick.
Tell me about it.The problem was, he’d gotten so used to taking care of his own needs—and fantasizing about Jess while he was at it—that he’d let himself go too long without a woman’s touch. And now, here, with Jess of all women, his control was stretched closer to its limit than he would have ever believed possible.
Her scent, the soft brush of her skin on his, so many sensations combined to light him up like a firecracker about to blow. “It’s okay. It’s enough to lie here with you.”
“Liar.” She pressed her palm against his pulsing shaft.
But he wasn’t lying. Every moment with Jess was more than he’d thought he would have, and even if they had to stop now, this would still have been worth it.
“Wait.” Her eyes lit, and she slid out of bed.
His body mourned the loss of hers with an ache that bordered on pain.
She went into the bathroom and came back a moment later, carrying a little cardboard box. “They’re probably expired, but I’m on the pill, and we’re both clean so we’re basically safe anyway.” She slid back into bed beside him. “So, what do you say?”
“I’d say we’ve got our bases covered.” He didn’t realize he was smiling until he saw her smiling back at him, and damn, it was a beautiful sight.
“Hurry up then.” She ripped open the box and tossed a condom at him.
He ripped open the packet and sheathed himself. He reached down to stroke her, finding her already wet,so wet, for him. That same need burned inside him, settling into a throbbing ache in his dick. He lowered his hips, positioning himself against her, and Jess moaned, digging her heels into his ass, urging him on.
He pushed inside her, lost in the feeling of her hot body wrapped so tightly around him.Fuck.How had he forgotten how good this was? She gripped him, rocking her hips up to take him even deeper.
“You good?” he gritted out.
“No,” she panted.
He froze and then shifted his weight to pull out.
“I need you moving inside me, Mark. Stop holding back.”
Stop holding back.He didn’t know how. He withdrew until only the swollen head of his cock remained inside her and then plunged back in, burying himself balls deep inside her. Ah, fuck. Pleasure pounded through him. Hot. Fast.Jess…
He pistoned his hips, finally allowing himself to give in to the need that had been burning him up pretty much since the moment he’d walked in her front door. But still he held himself in check, drawing out her pleasure, making the moment last as long as he could physically manage.
He reached between them, stroking her where their bodies joined, and she surged beneath him with a wild cry that caused his balls to draw up tight against his body.
“Yes!” she panted, her hands still gripping his ass, plunging him ever deeper inside her. “More.”
And that’s exactly what he gave her. He thrust inside her again and again as his own need built to an inferno. He held on with what remained of his control, savoring every moment until she tensed beneath him. Her body clamped down on him as she found her release, and it sent him right over the edge. As Jess cried out with pleasure, he came so hard he was lost to everything but the waves of release pounding through him.
When he was spent, he lowered himself to the bed beside her, his muscles limp and trembling, but none so much as his heart. Never again would the fantasy of Jess be enough.
***
Jessica lay there in his arms as the last aftershocks of pleasure echoed inside her body.Wow.Sex with Mark had been everything. After all these years, she had been sure she’d just built up the memory of him in her mind, but no, if anything, this was better than she remembered.
And if he tried to close himself off and run away like he’d done every time they kissed lately, well, she might just have to hunt him down and…what? Kicking him in the shins felt insufficient. But she was finished letting him hold her at arm’s length.
