“I won’t disappear again, like I did last time, but I don’t know if we can be together like a normal couple. I need you to understand that before we do this.”
“I’d rather be alone six months of the year knowing you’re coming home to me than be with anyone else full-time.”
My mouth found hers with a ferocity I’d never felt before. This wasn’t just sex or passion; this was an overwhelming sharing of every goddamn thing that made me who I was. She kissed me back like a woman who knew what she wanted and was going to take it—and I was going to let her.
I plunged my tongue into her mouth again and again, dragging my fingers through her hair and pulling her even closer. I kissed her thoroughly, until I hoped her toes curled and her pussy dripped for me. Her lips were like velvet, soft and warm against mine, just like that night all those years ago. Except now we weren’t hiding and I wouldn’t have to stop.
I dropped my head and let my mouth travel down her throat, pausing to lick and nuzzle her salty skin. I pressed a kiss between her breasts before reaching back to unhook the bra. Her breath caught a little as it fell away but I was too focused on the swell of her breasts and her raspberry nipples, which were already hard little peaks of anticipation. I flicked my tongue over one, watching as she inhaled sharply, her head falling back. I blew lightly and watched her nipples tighten even more as she arched her chest against me.
“More?” I asked softly, trailing one hand down her back.
“Yes. Please.”
I moved to the other breast, squeezing one with my hand and softly cupping the first. Need shot through me with such force, it was almost unbearable, but this was about her. Her needs, her pleasure, her desires. And she was so damn responsive. Every kiss, nip and lick elicited the most exquisite responses, my cock swelling behind my boxers almost painfully. I’d been on an unintentional hiatus from sex and now I needed her desperately.
“You’re making me crazy,” I whispered against her chest.
“Ditto.” She reached up and ran her short nails along my scalp, tipping my head so she could look into my eyes. “You’re taking your time because that’s what you think I need, but it’s not. Take me, Ace.”
She didn’t have to ask me twice, so I backed her onto the bed. Since there was barely any room around it, it only took one step and I followed her down, holding myself up on one elbow as I hovered over her. I reached out and gently circled one nipple with my thumb, watching it harden again instantly.
“Does that make you hot?” I asked.
“Oh yeah.”
I slid my hand between her legs and her panties were drenched. “You’re very wet.”
“I am.” Her eyes met mine and they were filled with so much anticipation it accelerated my own.
I fumbled with my clothes, pulling off my bottoms and realizing I no longer carried a condom in my wallet like I had when I was younger.
“Shit.” I collapsed against her.
“What is it?” she asked worriedly.
“I don’t carry condoms anymore.”
“That’s okay. I have an IUD. And I’m not worried about diseases unless you are.”
“Oh, fuck.” I dropped my mouth to hers and kissed her again, cupping her mound and reveling in the way it pulsed against my hand. She was so ready and I hadn’t even seen her completely naked yet. This was going to be so good I momentarily wondered what to do next. Kiss her some more? Play with those gorgeous breasts and watch them harden for me? Lick that sweet pussy? Or make love to her, the one thing I’d wanted to do for ten damn years.
I slid my thumbs into the band of her panties and pulled them down with less finesse than I would have liked, but I was starting to lose control because I needed her right fucking now. And, holy hell, we were going to do this bare. My beautiful Shannon trusted me, didn’t appear even the slightest bit concerned, which blew my mind all over again. I was healthy, of course. I used condoms religiously, but I didn’t indulge in impulsive sex anymore, so I had time to stop and get what I needed when it happened. With Shannon, all the rules flew out the window.
The light-colored curls between her legs were damp from her arousal and