“I’m a virgin.If that’s a problem, you better tell me now.”Not that she would go out and find someone to lose it to, but some guys were off put by a woman’s virginity as if it were some scary thing.
June waited in silence for his decision.Her body was wound up tighter than a bow string.He’d either accept it or walk away.The latter she didn’t want to contemplate.
“I can deal with that,” he finally said.
June’s entire body sagged, and she pulled him back in for a kiss.“Good,” she mumbled against his lips.
“Let’s take this to the bedroom.”
“I need to put my leg on first.”Admitting something like that would normally embarrass her, but Rob understood.
“No,” he stated and scooped her up in his arms as she was leaning forward.
“Rob!”she squeaked and wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging to him like a monkey dangling on a branch.
“I have you,” he assured her.
“I’m not used to someone carrying me.”At least not anymore.She used to have to be carried to her wheelchair, but that was over five years now.
“Well, I’m not just someone, and you need to leave your socket off and give your thighs a chance to recoup.”
He was right, of course.Her legs pained her and were swollen enough she would have a tough time getting her leg on later.She had been pushing herself a lot lately between her schedule and training.But to end up in Rob’s arms like this, and them making love, it was all worth it; she’d do it all again if she had to make the choice.
His grip was firm and steady as he walked them down the hallway.
“At the end of the hall,” she directed as her grip loosened.
Rob carried her to the bed and set her down on the side edge.She scooted back on her hands and shifted with her butt.This was how she got into bed every night, so it was a familiar routine.
The thing not routine was the six-and-a-half-foot-tall man standing right in front of her.In a few moments, he would see her naked, and she would see all of him.June looked up at him and gulped.This was really happening.
“We can stop here,” he offered.His face was unreadable, but she knew he would respect whatever decision she made.
June shook her head.“I don’t want to stop.”
“Or we can do other things.Work up to sex.”
Now that the heat of the moment had cooled a bit, June could think more clearly.“Why now, Rob?What changed from us just being friends to being here?You’ve never looked at me the way you are right now before.I didn’t think you liked me like that.That you wanted me like this.”
June didn’t want this to be a one-off pity fuck or because it was the heat of the moment.She wanted it to mean something to him because it meant everything to her.
A pained look came across Rob’s face.“I was blind, June.I’m ashamed to admit it took the cookout to see what was right in front of me.”
“And what is that?”she scarcely mumbled out; she couldn’t breathe.She was afraid to hope her dreams were about to come true.
A smile crossed his face that made her stomach flutter.“A beautiful woman with the biggest heart in theworld.You take care of so many people and think nothing of yourself.You hum Christmas songs all the time.Youhave a smile that lights up an entire room, and I’m an idiot for never really noticing it, but now I have.”
A tear leaked down June’s face that she didn’t try to hide.He saw her as noone ever had before.
Rob’s smile fell.“That wasn’t supposed to make you sad.”
“It doesn’t,” she assured him.“The oppositein fact.I’ve wanted you from the moment I saw you in the clinic that firstday.Doing lessons with you was a dream come true of being able to spend time with you.”It was too early to tell him she loved him.“I feared you’d only ever see me as a friend, no matter how I tried to dress or act or even win you over with my cooking.”
“You definitely did at that.”Rob squatted down so they were more at face leveland reached forward to cup the side of her face.“But even if you were a terrible cook, I’d still want you.Now enough talking.I plan to do somethingelse with my mouth.”
“Like what?”she asked eagerly.June had watched lots of naughty videos and read plenty of romance novels.She had an idea of what he was talking about.Her sex clenched in anticipation, hoping it was what she was thinking it was.
“You’ll find out soon enough,” he said, giving her a wolfish grin.Like the big bad wolf had caught Red Riding Hood and was about to feast on her.
