His hands moved to the front of her thighs and then slowly upward until the nightshirt was pushed up to reveal that she didn’t sleep in her undies.
The back of his fingers brushed against her. She moaned, parting her thighs to give him access as she pulled the nightshirt over her head and tossed it aside.
Her hands were on his body again, pushing his boxer briefs lower until his cock was in her hand. Hard, warm, thrusting up toward her. She stroked him and then reached for the box of condoms he’d put on the nightstand, tossing one to him.
He put the condom on, and she straddled him as he sat up, wrapping his arms around her so that as she took him all the way inside her, she felt as if she were enfolded into his body.
His mouth was on her neck and shoulder, biting, kissing that made her hotter and drove her higher. He thrust up into her, one hand on her waist, the other on her butt, urging her faster and faster until she felt her orgasm wash over her. She threw her head back and cried out his name.
He continued thrusting and, a moment later, sucked hard on her neck as he came, too.
His hands roamed up and down her back as they both clung to each other. Neither wanting to move until he rolled them gently to their sides, drawing the cover up over her, leaving her only for a moment before he came back and held her through the night.
It was the best night of sleep she’d had in a long time. Confirming that she wasn’t falling for Chay. She already had.
Chapter 12
Chay’s alarm went off way too early. He pulled Ava closer to him as she sleepily opened her eyes. “What is that?”
“Sorry, I’ve got get going. I’ll text you later. Maybe we can make plans again?”
“What do you mean, maybe? We’re dating, right?”
“Yeah,” he said, trying to play it cool, but the truth was he was new to this, which he’d been honest about with her.
“What is this? Cold feet?”
He didn’t answer, swinging his legs off the bed and sitting with his back to her. “Not at all.”
Her arms came around his waist as she rested her head on his shoulder. “What is going on?”
“This is the furthest any relationship as ever gone for me.” Somehow it was easier to admit it when he wasn’t looking at her.
Kissing his neck, her hands rubbed up and down his chest. “Well, this one’s not ending.”
For now?
He didn’t ask that out loud, but the fear was there in the back of his mind and in his heart. He liked Ava so much that he felt like he was going to explode from the emotion. It was overwhelming and not at all the way he liked to operate. There had to be some way to get himself back in check.
“Good to know. So text later? I’ve got to shower,” he said. As much as he knew it would probably be healthier to talk to her, he needed to get moving. Start his day and pretend that absolutely nothing had changed.
“Yes. Go. Want coffee?”
He nodded, and she climbed out of bed, hair tousled around her shoulders. He couldn’t tear his eyes from her. Raising both eyebrows, she gave him a secret smile. “I thought you were in a hurry.”
“I think I can spare a few minutes,” he said as he tumbled her back to bed and made love to her. When they had both come and were exhausted, she lay next to him. “I really have to go,” he said.
“I know. Come back tonight?”
“I can’t. Come to mine? I think we can find a portable crib for Gracie,” he said.
“Okay. I’ll do that. My last session is done at six, so I’ll be late.”
“That works. It’s my night to have dinner with my grandmother. So she’ll be there. I was thinking…well, about Gracie. Grandmother does want a great-grandchild.”
“Wonderful! So you’ll try to adopt her?” Ava asked.
“No. I wasn’t saying that at all. Just that visitation would be nice for my grandmother.”
