CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Reid
Asweet, warm, vanillascent hits my senses as I stir awake from one of the best night’s sleep I’ve had in months, if not a year.A warm body is latched on to me for the second morning in a row, and I know instantly she’s the reason I’m so well rested.
This time, I let myself take her in, because fuck if my chest doesn’t tighten.She’s so goddamn beautiful.Bow lips, thick lashes, and flawless skin.Her leg, which is cocked and rested between mine, slides further up my leg, and she lets out a quiet fucking moan as she does.My dick wakes up as I watch her shorts ride up, flashing the tiny freckle on her thigh.
Her hand, which is still clutched in mine, is pressed against my chest, and for some reason, the stark differences between her naked skin and my tattooed hand does something to me.I never want this moment to end.
Fuck.
It’s never occurred to me before that it could be like this between two people.Ever.I want to keep her in my arms, keep her safe from everything bad in this world, to the point I want it so badly, my chest burns.Then there’s this need inside of me that wants to fuck her until I’m all she’ll ever feel and all she’ll ever want.
Jesus Christ.
This is bad.
I lost my virginity as a kid who barely knew anything about sex, and she has me feeling like that kid again, experiencing everything for the first time.
We never even fucked last night, and yet I was happy to stay, which is something that has definitely never happened to me before.
“You’re staring,” she groggily croaks out.
I let go of the hand I’m clutching tightly in mine, but only so I can thread my tattooed fingers through hers and pin her hand above her head.I roll until she’s beneath me.
Her eyes widen, flashing with desire.“Reid,” she rasps, but moans when I press my erection against her.
“You’re so fucking beautiful,” I whisper before slamming my mouth down on hers.At first, she stiffens against me, but once my barbell flicks over her tongue, she melts into me, kissing me back just as passionately.Fuck, everything she does, she gives it her all.
We kiss for what feels like hours, when in fact, it’s barely five minutes, but she’s so goddamn good at it.
I pull back and her eyes linger on mine, trapping me as heat spears into my chest.Jesus, this woman.
I glance away, and her breath tickles my throat.I hear her intake of breath, and I know she’s about to ask me to leave.
I don’t want to leave.
