Eve sniffed and shook her head. “Nothing.”
“These don’t seem like nothing,” Aspen countered as she gently kissed away two more tears.
It wasn’t nothing. Not at all. But Eve didn’t know how to explain that she was crying because, for the first time in her life, she felt like she couldbreathe.So instead of saying anything, she turned in Aspen’s arms and kissed her. She poured all of herself and her too-fragile heart into the kiss, desperate to convey with her lips and her tongue and the gentle pressure of her fingers at the back of Aspen’s neck just how much Aspen meant to her because to do so out loud would be insane. They’d only known each other for fifty-two hours, but in her heart, she felt like she’d known Aspen forever.
“God, Eve,” Aspen sighed between kisses, her voice thick with so much emotion that Eve couldn’t help but let herself believe that Aspen felt it too.
A breathy, broken moan caught in Eve’s throat at the feeling of strong hands curving around her waist to pull her closer, and she pressed up onto the balls of her feet as she angled her head to deepen the kiss. She let herself be carried away by the warm, swirling tide that welled inside her as she pressed closer, her hands roaming idly along the planes of Aspen’s back and the curve of her ribs as they traded one long, deep, languid kiss after another, each soft sigh and gentle brush of their tongues tenderly stoking the fire of their desire into a gentle blaze.
The groan that rumbled in Aspen’s throat when she slipped her hands under her sweatshirt was so decadent that it made Eve’s stomach flip. It was a thrill to know that Aspen wanted her, needed her, just as much as she needed Aspen.
Eve pressed her hips into Aspen’s as she caressed the length of her ribs with even more deliberate languor than their kisses, delighting in the softness of her skin and the way it warmed under her hands. She dragged the tip of her tongue across the top of Aspen’s mouth as she slid her hands higher, and herbreath caught when her fingers ghosted along the curves of Aspen’s bare breasts.
“So soft,” she exhaled as she caressed the perimeter of Aspen’s breasts with the backs of her fingers.
“God, Eve,” Aspen whimpered as she arched into her hands. “Please take it off.”
It was a request Eve was only too willing to satisfy. She kissed her slow and deep as she dragged the backs of her fingers along Aspen’s sides in much the same tender way she’d touched her breasts, slowly working the sweatshirt higher and higher until it fell in a ripple to their feet. Her hands dropped to cradle Aspen’s breasts as their mouths came together again, and she sighed as their kisses picked up right where they’d left off.
She honestly wasn’t sure which of them moaned louder when her thumbs brushed over Aspen’s nipples that stiffened beautifully beneath her touch, and she continued to lazily pluck and play with the taut buds even as Aspen began unbuttoning the flannel she’d liberated from her closet when she’d changed earlier. Like Aspen, she’d also chosen to forego a bra, and Aspen hummed appreciatively as she pushed the borrowed shirt off her shoulders.
Aspen’s gaze burned with equal parts hunger and devotion as she took Eve’s breasts into her hands, and her voice was shadowed and rough like textured velvet when she whispered, “You are so goddamn beautiful.”
“You are,” Eve replied just as reverently.
“God, Eve,” Aspen sighed, her hands dropping to Eve’s waist to pull their bodies together as she claimed her lips in another devastatingly tender kiss.
The warmth of Aspen’s skin against her own was electric, and Eve alternated between clinging to Aspen and caressing as much of that beautiful body as she could reach as they traded one slow, deep kiss after another. She swirled her tongue around Aspen’sas she hooked her thumbs beneath the waistband of Aspen’s joggers and boxers, and sucked against it lightly as she pushed them down over her hips and thighs until gravity took over and carried them the rest of the way to the floor.
“So gorgeous,” Eve whispered as she grabbed Aspen’s firm behind. A rush of arousal crashed between her thighs at the feeling of Aspen’s glutes flexing beneath her hands, and she scratched her nails encouragingly across the curve of Aspen’s ass as she kissed her hungrily.
Eve mewled when Aspen’s hands found their way to the waistband of her leggings, and she smiled when Aspen murmured, “You have too many clothes on,” against her lips. She agreed wholeheartedly with the assessment, but she wasn’t about to stop touching Aspen to take them off herself. “So take them off,” she husked as she dragged her right hand up Aspen’s body to play with her breast.
Aspen whined when her nipple was rolled firmly between Eve’s thumb and forefinger, and kissed her hard once before pulling away with a rasped, “Brilliant idea,” as she dropped to her knees.
Eve tipped her head back with a moan when Aspen nuzzled her through her leggings, and she threaded her fingers through Aspen’s hair for balance as Aspen tugged them down over her hips. The warmth of the fire against her back had nothing on the heat of Aspen’s mouth against her belly as she stepped out of her clothes. She tightened her grip on Aspen’s hair as strong hands wrapped around her thighs and urged them open wider, and clenched with a fresh wave of arousal at the low, rumbling tenor of the “Good girl,” her compliance earned her.
Aspen clearly noticed the effect her words had, because she moaned and pressed her forehead to Eve’s belly as she husked, “Fuck, you smell so good.”
“Aspen…”
Aspen sank back to her heels and rubbed her cheek against Eve’s inner thigh as she stared up at her with dark eyes that reflected the dancing flames of the fire. “What do you want?”
“You.”
Aspen’s smile was pleased as she caressed the arc where Eve’s ass met her legs. “You have me, beautiful girl.”
It was all Eve could do to keep her eyes open as another rush of desire crashed between her thighs, and she licked at her lips as she summoned the air to whimper, “Please. I need you.”
Aspen forfeited her own battle to keep her eyes open as Eve’s plea rained down on her, and she moaned as she surged forward to angle her head between Eve’s legs.
“Oh, yes,” Eve hissed at the first light flick of Aspen’s tongue against her clit. She widened her stance as she pressed herself closer to the source of her pleasure, and groaned when Aspen’s hands wrapped around her hips to hold her still.
“Patience, beautiful,” Aspen murmured silkily. She nuzzled between Eve’s legs and dropped a soft, intimate kiss to her clit. “I’ll take care of you.”
“Aspen…”
“I know, baby.” Aspen’s hands drifted to caress Eve’s ass as she dragged her tongue through the length of her, spreading her open wider before finishing with a bold, firm lick over her clit that made her hips jump. “God, I can’t get enough of you,” she exhaled, her voice soft with wonder as she used her hold on Eve’s ass to tug her closer so she could drag her tongue through Eve’s wetness again.
