The realization was terrifying, especially given the multitude of unknowns. But he was right. Falling down the rabbit hole of what-ifs was the fastest route to self-sabotage.
Alex didn’t know what the future held or how they would navigate this new path they were taking. She only knew she’d never forgive herself if they didn’t at least try.
Alex arched her back, her hips meeting Colt’s in perfect rhythm. Her tight nipples brushed against his sculpted chest, the slight friction adding to the tantalizing sensation of his body moving together with hers.
He felt hot to the touch. His muscles were hard and chiseled, but his lips were soft as they feasted on hers. She swallowed his groan as her legs wrapped tightly around his gyrating hips.
Her heels dug into his glutes as Colt pushed himself in and out of her slick heat. His mouth moved lower, along the line of her jaw and down the side of her neck. She gasped at the playful bite at her pulse point. In response, her nails may have left a mark or two on his back.
Lost in a haze of euphoria and pleasure, Alex felt the exquisite intensity grow. He moved faster. His thrusts became more forceful. She cried out as a deep groan escaped from his throat.
“You feel . . . so . . . good,” Colt rumbled low between a set of harsh, heavy pants.
“So do you,” Alex whispered back, needing him to know she was in the same place.
She brought her knees up higher, and he adjusted his hips. The change in position nearly put them both over the edge.
“I’m close,” she announced softly.
So, so close.
He picked up the pace, his erection filling andstretching her body with utter perfection. They fit together like two pieces of a beautiful puzzle. As if they’d been made solely for each other.
“Colt,” Alex pleaded.
The sound of skin slapping skin mixed with the erotic cadence of their harsh breaths and sultry moans. When he reached a hand between them and began rubbing her swollen clit, Alex lost all semblance of control.
“Coulter!” She screamed his full name as she came.
Her body tensed, her back arched high as a million tiny jolts of electricity carried the orgasm throughout her system. Colt pushed himself deep inside, surrounded by her core’s contracting walls.
“Oh, yeah,” he breathed. “Ah, God, I’m gonna?—”
Every muscle in his impressive form grew stiff. Alex held on tight as he rode the waves of his release over and over again.
When he was fully spent, they lay together in the sated aftermath of their lovemaking. It was only when Colt carefully slid his body free from hers that they realized they hadn’t used protection.
“Shit.” His wide, blue eyes found their way to her through the shadows.
“What’s wrong?”
“Condom.” Colt swallowed. “I’m sorry. When I came here, I wasn’t expecting us to . . . and the next thing I knew, we were already?—”
“It’s okay.” Alex lifted a lazy hand to his worried mouth. “I’m on the pill.”
“Still, I should have protected you better.”
“Next time, then.”
His smile formed beneath her fingertips. “So there’s gonna be a next time?”
“There’d better be.” Alex rolled to her side to face him. “Especially after that grand speech you gave when you first got here about not having any regrets.”
Colt’s heavy-lidded gaze softened as he reached up and brushed some hair from her eyes. “Do you? Have any regrets about us, I mean.”
A soft swooshing sound filled the air when she shook her head against the bedding below them. “No regrets.”
“Good.” He leaned forward, pressing his lips gently to hers. “Because it’s only going to get better from here.”
