“Why?”
The smile fell away from her face at the seriousness of his tone. “I … you really want to take care of me?”
He rubbed his thumb over her cheek. “Yes, baby. I want that very much.”
“But you don’t know me.”
“I know enough. With a little time, I’ll know everything about you.”
A frown puckered her brow. “What if you don’t like me when you get to know me?”
He lifted her and pressed a kiss to her forehead. “I’m pretty sure I’m going to want you no matter what.”
“But…”
“No buts. I know a good thing when I see one, and I’m not letting you go.”
“What about me?”
“What about you?” he asked.
She tilted her head to the side. “Do I get a choice?”
“Of course, you do.” He said the words even when a sick feeling twisted his gut at the thought of her not wanting him. “How do you feel about me?”
She stared at him for a moment. “You make me feel safe and cared for. I like spending time with you. I like you even though I get stomachaches…”
“I give you stomachaches?” he asked, affronted.
“Yes, but just listening to your voice does it, too.”
His mood brightened when he understood what she was talking about.
She looked at his smile and frowned. “It’s not nice to find this funny.”
He tightened his arms around her. “Oh, baby girl. What you’re feeling is desire, and I feel the same way.”
She was quiet for a moment. “Really? It’s the same as arousal, like Lana talked to me about? Does your stomach hurt, too?”
“No, my stomach doesn’t hurt, but I’ve felt this way before. Yes, desire and arousal are the same things. Do you want me to show you?”
“What will you do?”
“I’m going to touch you.”
Her eyes widened. “Where?”
“Everywhere,” he stated. “I won’t hurt you, ever. Do you trust me?”
“I … yes.”
“Okay, good. Now lie back and relax.”
“I’m trying.”
He smiled. “Good girl.”
Chapter Five
Kaleb tilted her head back with a finger under her chin. “First, I need to kiss you.”
Her eyelids fluttered closed. “I’d like that.”
He lowered his head and gently took her lips, licking and nipping at them until she gasped for breath, letting his tongue in. His tongue tasted and dueled with hers until they were breathless.
He slid his hand until it sat on her stomach as he continued to kiss her and slowly slid it up until he lightly cradled her breast.
Aleena’s head snapped up. She waited to see what he would do. Anxious but at the same time wanting to beg him for something she didn’t understand.
Kaleb cupped her breast and used his thumb to swipe over her hard, little nipple. He smiled when her body jerked in reaction.
“Do you like that?”
Her eyes slid closed, and she nodded. Her whole focus was on how good his hand felt. His large hand moved, and she waited in helpless fascination as she felt it slide down her torso under her shirt to lay on her upper thigh.
“How are we doing?”
She swallowed. Her need for him grew rapidly. “I … ah. More, please,” she begged.
He groaned and chuckled at the same time. He slid his hand under the shirt to cup her pussy.
He stayed still for a long moment. “Still good?”
She nodded and moved her legs apart.
He slipped one finger in between her cunt lips and pressed down on her clit over her panties.
She grabbed on to his shirt and arched off his lap as a startled and muffled scream slid from her throat.
“Oh, now I know you like that,” he said huskily. He did it a few more times. Her panties were sopping wet, and she was already making mewling sounds, getting close to coming.
“Here, baby, let’s try this.” He pulled her panties to the side and slowly slid a finger into her pussy. “Do you like my finger stretching your cunt?”
She gasped at the crude words even as it made her stomach tighter.
“Do you?” he asked gruffly.
She nodded.
“Good. Let’s try two.”
A scream tore from her as his fingers threw her into an orgasm. Kaleb seemed captivated by the look on her face as she came, and he watched her ride the wave of ecstasy and then gently brought her down. He murmured encouraging words to help settle her.
Her breathing seesawed in and out of her lungs as she stared up at him in wonder. She blushed when he pulled his fingers from her and stuck them in his mouth.
“Mmm, you’re fucking delicious.”
She stared at him in shock.
He placed his hand flat on her lower stomach. “So, tell me. How does your tummy feel now?” he asked.
She thought about it a bit. “You were right. I do feel better. Tired, but better.”
He placed a quick kiss on her lips as the security called up to tell him his food was there. He laid her on the sofa and covered her up.
“I’ll be right back.”
She nodded and closed her eyes.
She must have dozed because when she opened her eyes, Kaleb was setting out all the cartons on the sofa table and had even grabbed some plates, forks, and glasses of water.
****
“Hey,” he said when he glanced at her. “Come here and eat.” He helped her sit up. “How are the knees?”
She kept her head down and nodded.
He tilted her head up and noticed her blush of embarrassment.
“Don’t you dare be embarrassed. What just happened was beautiful, and it meant the world to me that you trusted me enough to let yourself go.”
“It’s just … what about you?”
He grinned. “All in good time, little one. I want you to
