lube. But it was the magnum condoms drawing her interest.
“I didn’t know there were sizes,” she mumbled.
His response? “He he he.”
Shit! He squeezed his eyes shut and scolded the horny teenager inside him to shut the fuck up.
She turned the box over in her hands, studied it, and frowned. “There’s no chart. How do you know?”
“Chart?”
He didn’t understand.
“Yeah, a size chart. You can’t just say something is XL without explaining what it means.”
Was she joking? Her innocent and curious expression suggested she was completely serious.
“Um, I think it’s a matter of personal preference.”
“Excuse me?”
Arnie felt a rush of heat climb his neck and bloom on his face. Condom sizing wasn’t a subject he’d had much experience discussing.
“So, wait,” she interjected. “Does this mean if I’d gone to the store and grabbed whatever off the rack, it might have been too small?”
He tried to swallow, but the action became a gulp.
She waved the box as she asked the question. Her demeanor was straightforward and matter-of-fact.
And of course, she kept on talking.
“Bit of a buzzkill, wouldn’t you say? Squeezing XL into a petite size?”
“Uh, well, and there’s always the other side of the coin.” His heated blush triggered neck sweat. Sweat he tried to ignore. “Little dicks and big condoms,” he added by way of an explanation.
“This is above my virgin pay grade,” she announced with raised brows. “But back to the sizing. How do you know? Is it like trying on shoes? Do you wait until something comes up and then see what fits?”
Jesus. She wasn’t going to let this go.
He snatched the box from her hands. “These babies also come with a smug alert,” he told her. “Like a fancy car, the XLs come with bragging rights. But there’s a whole thing involved with using them.”
Her eyes widened, and she hung on his words.
Fuck. He wasn’t expecting to have to take her to condom school. The sound he made was a blend of grunt, groan, and sigh.
He grit his teeth and quickly spit out an explanation.
“Put it on too soon, and slipping off is a real possibility. You have to wait until things are …” He paused.
“Hard? Is that it? With a smuggy XL, it’s more about filling than stretching?”
Laughing was all he could do. “Condom mechanics are a real thing.” He gave her a self-conscious smirk. “And for the record, there aren’t really sizes.”
“Well, there should be,” she cried indignantly. “What if you just thought your penis was big, but it really isn’t? How would you know?”
Oh, my god. Now they were discussing penis size.
“Where’s your phone?” he asked.
She dug in her purse and pulled it out.
“Go to the internet and type what size penis fits Magnum XL condom.”
You’d think from her eagerness and interest that they were researching car prices or some other big deal.
“Got it,” she mumbled.
He waited while she read and felt one hell of a satisfied punch when she finished and gaped at him with an open mouth.
“Um, are these measurements for real?” Her eyes dipped to his zipper, and he fought to hang on to his composure.
“Pretty much,” he replied with a shrug.
Arnie knew damn well what measurements she was gasping over. There wasn’t a guy alive who hadn’t studied the chart or seen the illustrative diagram.
She made a circle with her thumb and index finger. Her eyes darted to the Astroglide lubricant. He could feel her excitement and tension—the combination was potent.
“It won’t come to that,” he assured her. “I grabbed it just in case.”
“Should I be scared?”
“Depends on what you’re imagining, though I get why you’re asking since all previous experiences have been less than stellar.” He smoothed his fingers along the side of her face and spoke in a gentle, reassuring way.
“I’m not interested in fucking you, Summer. What I have in mind is so much more than open legs and insert here. If it pleases you, it pleases me, and I admit the idea of making love is a turn-on I hadn’t expected.”
“Can two people with an instant attraction and a history of just forty-eight hours make love? Is that even possible, or am I kidding myself?”
“Yes, it’s possible,” he boldly asserted.
“And you know this from experience?”
“Absolutely not. This is different. You are different. And as I said, if you have doubts, we don’t have to go any further.”
Her face was beautifully expressive. He smiled gently.
“Summer, something’s happening between us. Rushing you into bed isn’t how I saw our relationship unfolding.” He touched his chest above his heart. “What’s going