it more complicated than it was already. Yet, every day, it seemed like that was what I was doing. “Am I making things harder on you? Making you lie to Nathan, making you sneak around and reject him.”
She leaned into my touch, closing her eyes like she was reveling in it. “I’m happier than any time I can remember.” She turned and kissed my palm. “Please don’t take this away from me. I have seven more weeks, living next door to my best friend. I want to cherish that, but if you leave, if we stop, I’ll never make it.”
She was happy. She needed me.
That was all I needed to hear.
I dipped down, taking her lips with mine. Doing exactly what I’d had in mind when I scaled the side of her house and fell through her bedroom window. I ran my tongue along the seam of her lips, asking to be let in. She didn’t hesitate. She opened for me, matching me in intensity.
She got greedy, and grabbed my hips, pulling me closer. I gave her what she wanted, rolling on top of her. I settled between her legs like it was the hundredth time I was doing it, not the first. She felt so good, so fucking perfect, like she was made only for me. I kissed down the column of her neck, her collarbone, her shoulder. She was panting in my ear, writhing under me.
“Savy, I—”
“Touch me, Jeremy.”
We were both out of breath, both desperate for more. I brushed my thumb over her nipple, then took her breast in my hand. She wasn’t wearing a bra. I grabbed the hem of her shirt, pulling it off and tossing it behind me. I paused when I felt her body stiffen against mine. “Was that okay? I thought you wanted—”
“I do. I...uh, I... No one’s ever seen me like this and, um, I…” She let her words trail off, closing her eyes and then giggling like she was nervous.
I loved moments like these, moments when I got be with her for these firsts. It made everything feel brand new. Like I was getting a second chance at my first time.
“Look at me, Savannah.” I kept my voice soft. I wanted her to hear the awe in it. And yeah, I didn’t want to wake up her parents. They may be okay with Nathan sleeping in her bed, but I doubted they’d be okay with me getting her naked on her bedroom floor. I waited until her gaze met mine. “You are so fucking perfect. So gorgeous. I don’t ever want you to feel uncomfortable or embarrassed with me, okay?” She nodded, biting down on that bottom lip of hers. “If you want to stop, all you have to do is tell me.” She nodded again. I smirked. “Do you want to stop?”
She shook her head. “No.”
Chapter Fifteen
Savy
I didn’t want Jeremy to stop. Ever. I’d never felt so good. I’d never wanted anyone the way I wanted him. I’d never craved a kiss, or a touch. When I was with him, all sense seemed to leave my brain, all reason. I couldn’t find it in me to care, not anymore. I deserved these moments, these experiences, and I was done denying myself. If Jeremy was all in, so was I. “Please don’t stop.”
He dipped his head to my chest, slowly, taking my nipple into the heat of his mouth. My hands automatically threaded through his dark hair. I held him close, making sure he stayed right where he was. My core was clenching with every tug of his skilled lips. It felt explosive. “Your skin tastes like candy.” He moved to my other breast and I had to move one palm to my mouth to keep from moaning out loud and risk waking my parents.
We stayed like that, on the floor, fooling around like I was sure all the other kids I went to school with did. It was so...normal. We touched and kissed and teased. He never tried to take it any further than that. One step at a time was exactly what I wanted. Or exactly what I could handle. He seemed to know that. Jeremy was making sure I got what I wanted without pushing. He was everything I needed.
All too soon he pulled back, my mouth felt swollen from his kisses. “I think I should be heading home.”
“Well, if you leave now, you’ll have to shimmy back down the tree.” I bit my lower lip, almost