A tear slid down her face. She angrily wiped away and sniffed. “Enough, you big baby,” she murmured to herself. “Time to pull up your big girl panties and get on with it.”
“I don’t know why you have to do that,” Kaleb said from the doorway. “I like you naked.”
Aleena gasped and jerked toward where Kaleb stood with a tray in his hands, only wearing black silky sleep pants that hung low on his hips.
His eyebrows snapped together. He came forward and put the tray on the nightstand and slid into bed, pulling her tightly against him. “Do you want to tell me what’s going on?”
“Not really,” she whispered against his chest, knowing her face was bright red from embarrassment.
“Too bad. Tell me.” He tipped her head up with a finger under her chin when she stayed silent. “Now, baby.”
“It’s silly. I woke up, and you weren’t here, and it made me sad for some reason.”
“I’m sorry, love. I was trying to get back before you woke up. I knew you would feel overwhelmed and need me. I expected it.”
“But why?”
“You gave yourself to me, and you’ve never done that before. I considered you a virgin because you were.”
“Gregory told you about what happened?”
“Yes, and I’m glad he did.”
She tried to pull her head away from his grip when she felt tears prick her eyes.
He tightened his fingers. “That wasn’t your fault. None of it was.”
“I felt so stupid. I thought he wanted to be my friend. He was new in town, and I was trying to be nice. I had a bad feeling when he didn’t want us to leave the office. I cried and screamed when he started to pull up my skirt. I’m so thankful Gregory came in. Although I was humiliated and ashamed.”
“You didn’t do anything wrong. The guy did. When a girl says stop and is crying, she means it.”
“Gregory took me home with him, and his wife, Lana, took me to the doctor. The guy had just pushed himself into me when Gregory came in. It hurt so bad.”
“I’m so sorry, baby,” he said and pressed a kiss to her temple.
“Lana explained some things to me. I knew the basics because of the girls at college, but my grandmother never talked about sex, and then after she died, I was just trying to survive.”
“I hate that you went through any of it. I’m astounded you stayed so sweet and innocent.”
She tightened her arm around his waist. “I wished to be street smart and courageous so many times, but I just don’t have it in me.”
“And that’s fine by me. I love you just the way you are.”
Her head jerked up. “You love me?”
He rubbed his thumb over her cheek. “Yes, baby. More than I can tell you.”
A smile broke out over her face. “Oh, Kaleb, I love you, too.”
“I know,” he said and chuckled. “You told me last night.”
“I did?” she asked in surprise.
“Yes.”
“I’m glad.”
He kissed the top of her head. “How do you feel?”
She grinned up at him. “Good.”
“I mean your body, love. How’s your pussy?” He chuckled when she blushed again.
“Good.”
“You don’t feel achy?”
“No.”
She stiffened when she felt his hand glide down her stomach. Her pussy clenched when one of his fingers speared through her lips and then thrust into her.
“Ahhh.”
“That’s what I thought.” He reluctantly pulled his finger from her cunt. “You always need to tell me the truth.”
“I’m sorry. I was embarrassed.”
“I know, baby. But you’ll get over that. Soon, you’ll be able to walk around in front of me naked.”
She snorted. “I doubt it.”
He whipped the sheet from the bed, making her screech as she tried to grab for it.
“Oh, no, love. We’re going to eat breakfast naked.”
She watched him stand and pull off the pants he wore until he stood in front of her as naked as she was. Her gaze roamed over his body with all the hard-packed muscles and thick bones over tan skin. Her gaze caught on his cock. She couldn’t believe she had that thing in her the night before.
She swallowed.
“Don’t get nervous now.” He picked up the tray, sat back against the pillows, and set it on the mattress.
“I had to call out for this, that’s why it took me so long.”
Her mouth watered when she looked at the assortment of pastries and fruit. “This looks delicious.”
“Good.”
She scooted over toward him and sat cross-legged before reaching for a powdered sugar pastry. Her eyes rolled after she took her first bite. “Oh, my God, this is so good.”
“This place is one of my favorites.”
She watched him grab one and eat it in three bites. She scrunched up her nose. “I don’t understand how guys can do that. I’d gag if I took a bite that big.”
He swallowed and grinned. “It’s a guy thing.”
She snorted.
They ate until everything was gone.
“I can’t believe we ate the whole thing.”
He chuckled. “I can’t believe you’re sitting in front of me naked.”
She bit her lip. She had forgotten because he was so casual about it. Her eyes widened as she took in his body.
“You’ve been … hard this whole time. Does it hurt?”
He grinned. “No, I’ve been hard since I met you.”
Her eyes widened. “How?”
He set the tray at the bottom of the mattress and pulled her over to him. “I’m not sure. All I know is I could spend every minute of every day inside you somewhere.”
Her mind went through the possibilities. “I’ve never done…”
“What?”
“Put a man’s … you know
