“Condoms are in the bathroom.”
“Wait,” she said. He was already on his feet when he paused. “It’s okay.”
He narrowed his eyes at her.
“I just mean…” Her voice trailed off and a new bloom of color rose in her cheeks. “I’m on the pill. And I trust you. I’m okay if you are.”
He stared at her, momentarily stunned. “Are you sure?”
Her nervous smile faded, her expression becoming earnest. “I’m sure.”
He never had sex without a condom. For obvious reasons, of course, but also because it had always felt too intimate. Another barrier to ensure his heart stayed isolated. Intact. But right now, with Emma staring up at him, her eyes drifting to his mouth, he couldn’t imagine wanting anything separating them ever again.
His heart hammered in his chest as he nodded, leaning back over the bed and kissing her deeply. A moan escaped her throat and he devoured it, caging her in with his arms as she wrapped her legs around his waist.
She rolled her hips as if desperate for friction and he hissed, holding himself back even as he nudged at her entrance.
“You okay?”
She nodded, her tongue darting out to wet her lips.
Thank Christ, he thought. And then he pushed forward.
She gasped as he entered her and stilled, letting her body adjust to his size. But then she rolled her hips again and he bit the inside of his cheek, barely holding back a string of curses.
“If you keep doing that, this won’t last long,” he growled.
She released another breathy laugh. “Then we’ll just have to do it again later.”
He groaned, sliding out and pushing back in again. He kissed her open mouth, his tongue finding hers, sucking and biting at her bottom lip as his pace increased. She kissed him back, her low whimpers making it hard for him not to lose it completely.
He tightened his hold on her fingers and she squeezed his hand back in tune with each thrust of his hips. Her thighs were like a vise grip around his waist, even as they began to tremble, her hips rising to meet his.
“You feel so good.” His words were hoarse with restraint. Fuck, he had to slow down. She was sending him over the edge way too soon.
“Please…” she panted. “Don’t stop.”
“Emma,” he exhaled her name slowly. “You’re so fucking beautiful.”
He pulled almost all the way out and pushed back inside her hard, again and again, and she met every movement. Their bodies were so in sync it felt like a dream to him, one where time seemed to stop. There was nothing else, only this room. Only them.
Another whimper escaped her lips. He silenced it with a deep kiss, feeling her shiver as he quickened his pace. Her body was tightening around him, and he knew before she said the words.
“I’m… close…”
“God, I love watching you come apart,” he whispered in her ear.
She didn’t reply, just threw her arms out, wrapping her hands in the rumpled sheets.
“Look at me, Emma.” His voice was desperate and commanding, his hand gripping the back of her neck as he continued his push into her. She met his gaze and he saw it; the moment the spark ignited her body and she exploded.
She cried out and the sound echoed off the walls as her orgasm rocketed through her. She arched up into him, but he didn’t stop moving, pushing and pushing as he watched every aftershock coursing through her trembling body.
He cursed under his breath, drawing out her release, and quickening his own.
Then she opened her eyes again, so deep and green and sated, andfuck, he couldn’t hold out any longer. His muscles tensed as he moved, spilling into her, groaning while his own climax hit him harder than anything he could ever remember before. He mumbledher name, slowed his pace, and finally crashed his mouth to hers—desperate to stay connected, unable to move away just yet. She returned his kiss as her hands combed through his thick hair. And he could feel the smile on her lips.
He wanted to say something, to find the words to encompass everything he was feeling. To tell her how his heart hurt when they were apart, how being with her made everything feel complete. He needed her to know. So he kissed her cheeks, her lips, her nose, then pressed his forehead to hers, and let their breathing meld together, fast and warm.
