come so hard you forget your own name.”
“Promises, promises,” she murmured against his lips. “And all talk, and no action.”
He eased her out of her clothing, kissing each newly discovered piece of skin, enjoying each catch of her breath as he learned her and what she liked. Her hands wandered freely over his body as well, making him feel more alive than he had in years. This was what he’d been missing—this closeness, this rawness, and this sense that he was truly living.
He cupped her breast and drew her nipple into his mouth, making her gasp and clutch his shoulder. He hummed his appreciation against her hardening flesh, sliding one muscled thigh between hers. Within seconds she was arching up against him rubbing herself to the rhythm of his sucking. He slid his hand down over her stomach and spread his fingers over her mound, aware that she was wet for him, and that she was already sensitive from his earlier attentions.
Her fingers slid under the elastic of his boxers. “Will you take them off?” Silver asked. “I’d like to see you.”
“Last time you saw me, you ran away,” Ben reminded her.
“Only because I was enjoying looking at you too much,” Silver confessed, making him smile. “It’s okay, really. I’ve seen a naked man before.”
He sat back on his heels, shoved his boxers down, and then he was bare-ass naked.
“Oh,” Silver said, and he was amused to see her blush.
“That’s all you’ve got?” Ben asked. “A guy could feel insulted right now.”
“Maybe it’s because I’m lying down, and you’re not, that you look way bigger than I remembered.”
Ben ran a hand along his shaft. “Keep talking like that, and it’ll get even bigger. How about we do this? I’ll lie down and you can tower over me.”
He reversed their positions and put one hand behind his head so that she could look her fill without him touching her. He knew her well enough by now to guess that she needed time to work things out to her own satisfaction.
“You wanna touch anything?” Ben asked.
“Yes.” She reached out, wrapped her hand around the base of his shaft, and squeezed hard enough to make his eyes pop out. “Was that too much?”
He let out his breath. “A little.”
“I’m more nervous than I thought,” Silver confessed.
“Which is why if you want to change your mind at any point, you just speak up, and we stop, okay?”
“More of your informed consent stuff?” Silver asked, her whole body relaxing.
Ben shrugged. “Daisy made me learn it by heart, so yeah, I suppose it is.” He closed his fingers over Silver’s. “And I mean it. You want to stop. We stop.”
“I want to learn. I mean, I know how to make you come.” She moved her hand up and down his shaft, making his hips roll into her touch. “I even know how to give you a blow job, but what do you like?”
“All of it.” He held her gaze. “Whatever you choose to give me, no expectations, no demands.”
She bit her lip, and he tensed for rejection, ready to give her whatever she wanted, regardless.
“I didn’t realize I’d be so... scared.”
“Sex is a big deal, Silver,” Ben said gently. “Whatever anyone tells you, it’s a powerful thing, and it changes everything.”
She leaned over him, her hair tickling his skin, and kissed his mouth. “Can you just ... lie there, and let me explore?”
“Sure.” He eased his other hand behind his head like he was about to take a nap. “Be my guest.”
* * *
Silver ran her fingers through his short beard, noticing that it grew in redder than she had expected, paused to run her thumb over his lower lip, and then trailed her hand down over his lightly furred chest. He sighed but didn’t do anything more threatening than suck his stomach in as she ventured lower. Not that he had much gut to suck in, but it did make his abs look good.
“I have to go to the gym to look like this,” she mused as she circled his belly button. “And you just ... look like this.”
“I work hard,” he murmured. “And riding is great for your core, apparently.”
“So I see.”
He spread his legs wide and she knelt between them, one hand braced on the jut of his hip bone. He smelled like hot, sexy man, and she wanted to taste him so badly. She should’ve known he’d be calm and controlled for her. It was so much a part of who he