“We can head back.”
“No,” she said quickly. “I’m not ready to head back yet. I’d like to stay a little longer, if we can.” She wasn’t ready to go back to the real world and this date to end yet.
“Of course, we can stay longer. I don’t have a jacket to offer, but I can keep you warm.”
Oh, she knew he could. With just a look, he could have her burning. And his kisses? Whew, she almost had to fan herself, as it was making her hot all over. He was an expert kisser, she’d give him that. With the number of women he’d had, she wasn’t surprised. It should be a turn off for her, the number of women he’d been with, but she could hardly judge. She had been in a relationship with an abusive man, who took advantage of her. No one was perfect.
She understood why Heath avoided commitment. He tried filling that void with women he knew he could never love. Heath would never be hurt or be forced to make an ultimatum like his ex tried to make him do. Olivia would never make him choose. She wasn’t a confrontational person by nature. If his job got to be too much for her, she would rather leave than make him choose. Not that she could understand his being in security could be that stressful. It wasn’t like he went anywhere, and Fort Irwin was a small base. Nadine must not have liked his being in training and gone all the time. Olivia wasn’t anything like that. She had worked a pretty stressful job, and she was gone for long periods of time. She wasn’t going to become that clingy woman and bugging him, when he wasn’t home by five.
Another shudder wracked her body, and Oliva scooted closer to Heath, until they were hip-to-hip. She waited for him to wrap his arm around her, but then remembered his promise. It was so cute, but it would get annoying eventually, having to tell him every time she wanted to be touched. “Would you put your arm around me?”
“It’s a hardship, but I think I can manage.” He teased, wrapping his arm around her and pulling her even tighter against his body. She immediately felt warmer cocooned pressed against his side and arm wrapped around her, as if he were protecting her from the world. She could stay like this forever.
“You know you don’t have to ask me every time you want to touch me or…” Olivia licked her suddenly dry lips. “Kiss me.” She didn’t know why she always got so bashful talking about intimate things. Probably, because she was so out of practice. Royce never asked, but then again, he wasn’t an intimate person.
Heath glanced at her out of the corner of his eye with a look of mischief. “How else would I know if you want me to or not. I like you telling me what you want.”
It was something new for her. It gave her a power she didn’t even know she wanted. To have the control of when she was touched.
“Is that your subtle way of telling me you want me to again?” His voice turned low and husky, making her forget they were out in the open in the back of a truck.
“I wouldn’t be opposed to it.” She couldn’t help but tease. He brought out a playful side of her she didn’t know she had.
“Yes or no, Olivia.” Heath rubbed his nose against hers.
Olivia closed her eyes and gave herself over to her passion. She had been fighting them for weeks now, and she didn’t want to fight anymore. “Yes.”
Heath didn’t make her wait any longer. He sealed his lips over hers, making her forget about everything in the world, but them in this moment. She had never given herself to a man so easily or quickly. True, she had held out for the past month, but in the past, she always rushed into things, never thinking them through all the way. She and Chad had sex pretty quickly, when they first got together. She had slept with Royce after the first date. She didn’t want to do the same thing over and over again. She wanted to be stronger; to hold off on sex, at least for a little while. Yet, she couldn’t make herself stop now from kissing Heath. It felt so right and so good. Heath treated her like something to be treasured; not like a possession.
Heath leaned back against the bed of the truck, as Olivia easily followed. She wondered how long, until he tried removing her clothes. “I can hear you thinking, so I must not be doing a very good job of distracting you.” Heath murmured, trailing hot kisses down her neck.
“I’m not ready to have sex yet.” She blurted out, and then snapped her mouth shut. Good lord, he must think her an idiot. She sounded like a frightened virgin, which she wasn’t. Olivia just wanted to take her time. For them to learn about each other and not just in a sexual way. Heath was obviously well versed in the sex department, but it had been a while for her. Kissing and petting each other was one thing, but having sex was another.
“That’s fine,” Heath said easily. “I wasn’t planning on us having sex out here in the open anyway.”
“No?” Wasn’t that his whole endgame?
His eyes crinkled at the corners in humor. “I’d prefer a soft bed and more lighting, so I could see you better.”
That did sound nicer than a hard, cold truck bed.
“Does that mean we can’t do other stuff?”
“Like what?” She was stunned he hadn’t questioned her hesitation not to have sex. It wasn’t that she didn’t want him, because she did very much so. She just didn’t want to rush into it and feel like another one of his conquests. That’s how she would feel, despite what he said about her being special.
“Kissing.” Lots and lots of kissing. His kisses were like a drug she couldn’t get enough of.
“Like this?” He said, lowering his mouth down to the tops of her breasts. Olivia sucked in a breath, as her nipples pebbled into hard points. She’d always had sensitive breasts.
“Yes,” she husked, as her fingers combed through in unruly hair, pulling him close.
“And this.” Heath’s right index finger slid under the strap of her top and pulled it off her shoulder. The other strap received the same treatment. Thanks to the built-in bra her top stayed up. Heath met her gaze holding onto the corner of her top, waiting for permission. Olivia’s heart beat erratically, as she nodded, giving him permission. Her breasts popped free, as the materiel was tugged down. She sucked in a harsh breath, as the cool air caressed them, but Heath immediately cupped them, warming them back up.
Olivia fell to her back, as Heath gently massaged them and tweaked her nipples. Her core heated and throbbed in need. Each tweak sent pleasure straight to her groin, sending her closer and closer to orgasm.
“You have such beautiful breasts.” Heath complimented, cupping and kneading her. “So full and sensitive.” His head lowered, as hot puffs of his breath fanned over her suddenly overheated skin.
“Heath, please.” She begged.
