“Trust me. This is all about you.”
He let the dress pool at her feet and then tugged her to follow him through his apartment. He might not be able to tell her how he felt, but before the night was through, he would show her.
* * *
Kathy followed Kevin to his bedroom. He never failed to completely turn her on with his bedroom games of control and bossiness. But tonight felt different. It wasn’t the frustration she’d felt earlier at his complete neglect of her and their date. That she understood. She didn’t like it, but she understood.
It wasn’t even how that slight irritation had disappeared when he’d looked at her on the beach and in the car back to his place.
Something shifted and it was uncomfortable, different, but not necessarily bad. She just couldn’t put her finger on it.
So she allowed him to lead her through his apartment and make demands of her body because she knew she would come out the other side feeling sated and wonderful.
The rest could wait.
She reached around to unclasp her bra.
“Did I tell you to do that?”
She simply cocked an eyebrow at him. Bossiness was one thing, but she had lines for the control she’d give him.
After turning the bedside lamp on low, leaving a warm glow through the room, he neared her and tugged the satin from her body. “Just for tonight. Let me do this. Let me do it all.”
Her heart rate kicked up. Something in his eyes shot through her. This was important, but she still wasn’t seeing the why of it. Yet she wanted to trust him, so she nodded. He stripped down, leaving his suit in a pile on the floor. As much as she wanted to reach for him, to stroke his hard cock, to give him some relief, she stood still and waited.
He pulled her toward the bed. When she was lying on her back, he stretched out beside her and began a slow, torturous assault on her body. He stroked and caressed and kissed, swallowing her moans as he brought her to the brink of orgasm repeatedly.
Using his hands and then his mouth and tongue, he lit a fire under her skin everywhere he touched. Every nerve burned, her blood raced white hot.
“Why are you doing this to me? Do you want me to beg?”
“No, sweetheart. I want to be deep inside you so we can go there together.” He rose above her and plunged into her in one long, smooth stroke. His rhythmic thrusts continued to keep her on edge, even as she tried to shift and angle her hips or lock her ankles around his waist to pull him deeper.
Oh, but Lord, the man knew what he was doing. Her body was moving to a different plane. When he finally let them both go, explosive couldn’t even begin to describe the orgasm that rocked them.
Kevin continued his slow slide in and out of her body as the tremors and aftershocks continued to ebb and flow. He gave her a smirk that told her he planned to make her come again, which at this point sounded impossible, but her body had a mind of its own. And at the moment, Kevin controlled it.
He peppered her face with kisses. A fresh orgasm built and he seated himself deep inside her body. With his lips on her ear, he whispered, “I love you.”
She froze.
He rocked, and her body belonged to him. She broke in ways she’d never felt before. He must’ve known because he simply held her afterward. He hadn’t completely collapsed on her, but his body continued to cover hers.
Her brain was filled with white noise. Nothing filtered through. No thoughts. No sound. But her heart was erratic, and it wasn’t just the wild ride of multiple orgasms. She kept her eyes closed as her body floated on that alternate plane. Slowly, her brain started to function.
Kevin had said he loved her.
He was a smooth talker, but he wasn’t the kind of guy to use those words lightly. She knew that about him. But would he use them in the heat of the moment? She didn’t want to think so, but that would mean that he believed he was in love with her.
What was she supposed to do with that?
He began to stir on top of her. His breathing regulated. He pushed away and pulled out of her. As he took care of the condom, she kept her eyes closed because she was still trying to process his words.
The mattress dipped when he returned to her side. His fingers skimmed her ribs and goose bumps rose. She lifted her heavy eyelids to look at him. His eyes were bright.
“Hey,” he said, his voice rough and scratchy and downright sexy.
“Hey, yourself,” she whispered, hoping she sounded playful and not scared.
“I’m usually more in control of my mouth than that. Somehow you manage to make me lose my mind every time I’m inside you.”
Yeah, she knew that feeling.
His palm settled flat against her hip, anchoring her to him. “But what I said was true. I didn’t mean to say it right now because I know you weren’t ready to hear it, but now it’s out there.”
She sighed and threw an arm across her face. This was worse than him just being careless.
He pulled her arm away and levered himself over her body once again so they were nose to nose. “I’m not expecting you to say it in return.” He kissed her gently. “But in the craziness tonight, when it seemed like everything was going wrong, I looked over and saw you and it hit me. You make me incredibly happy. I’m a better person with you in my life. I do love you. And I’ll wait as long as it takes for you to realize you love me too.”
Kathy stopped breathing. It was the only explanation for the sharp pain in her chest. Either that or she was having a heart attack. Her eyes filled,
