Was I panting?
Maybe a little.
He moved one foot between mine, swiping at it, and the next thing I knew, I was lying on the bed.
And Noah was there, hovering over me, his eyes a little hooded, his lips parted.
My heart thundered.
This was one of those incredibly rare moments—I was getting something I’d wanted so badly I’d been afraid to even wish for it.
His whiskers scraped down my throat. Then lower, and I clutched the sides of his head.
The ache inside me was low and insistent. And I was definitely giving in to it.
When I hooked my fingers onto his waistband, he settled between my legs.
This was happening. Finally. And why had we waited this long?
Noah’s fingers pushed the fabric of my panties aside. I was already wet, panting again. Then he brushed over my clit, rubbed it.
Gave it a few taps.
I squeezed my eyes close. Just feeling. So good.
He knew exactly where to touch—unraveling me, calming me. Then unraveling me again.
There were no promises. No declarations. Just friction and anticipation, so surreal it made my bones ache.
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to laugh or cry.
I was waking up, and I wasn’t thinking.
And maybe I should have been, but in that moment, there were no whispered warnings going off in my head.
I wasn’t diving into something I might regret. I knew the stakes. We already had an expiration date. Once the trip was over, we would be over too.
A fling.
And then, I turned those thoughts off. And all I could hear were my breaths. And Noah’s.
And the sound of the bed creaking, oddly, sounding like relief. We were finally, finally letting this happen.
I mean, I was melting for him.
Sexy gray sweats? Gone.
PJ shorts? Off.
My knees fell open, and when he pressed the heel of his palm between my legs, I was throbbing.
Everywhere.
“Couldn’t stop thinking about this.” His mouth was hot on my skin. “Imagining you. Like this.”
He dipped inside. One finger. Two.
“Gave myself a whole speech.” He stared into my eyes, confessing, asking, even as he circled my opening, and then dipped deeper inside, caressing, more circling.
