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eyes. Relaxing completely against her, I cupped her jaw and brought my lips to hers. Our tongues tangled once more as I picked up the pace and began thrusting my hips. Whimpers of pleasure and grunts of satisfaction fell from her lips as I drove back before slamming against her once more.

I was so close. Those little flickers of lights were beginning to fill my peripheral vision. My legs began to tingle, and all at once my own orgasm took over.

I buried my head against her shoulder and rocked against her over and over as my body shook with pleasure.

Chapter Eighteen

Amber

Oh my God. Wow.

Any coherent thought had fled. I couldn’t think, I couldn’t form full sentences. I was momentarily speechless, and it felt amazing.

Ryan’s body was heavy against mine, still covering me completely. His head was still buried against my neck as his deep, exhausted breaths fanned out over my shoulder. He was silent as he softly stroked my thigh.

I hadn’t expected him to show up here tonight, though I knew the person who knocked at my bedroom door wasn’t Alena, since she had gone back to Chicago yesterday. I certainly didn’t expect him to make love to me, but I had to admit it was mind-blowing. He was so attentive and careful and made me feel beautiful and desired, something I hadn’t felt with any of my past lovers.

He shifted against me as he rolled a little to the left, taking the weight of his body off mine. He still hadn’t spoken, and for a moment I worried he regretted what had just happened between us.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

Still breathing deeply, he nodded against my neck without speaking. His silence stirred panic deep within my stomach.

“Are you sure everything is okay?” A burning sensation filled my throat.

He rose up on his elbow and looked into my eyes as he lifted his hand and ran his thumb over my jaw. “Everything is perfect. You are perfect.” He leaned over and placed his lips against mine, and the emotions I was attempting to hold back washed over me.

I tried to hide the trembling of my lips by pulling him closer, but he noticed.

“Hey.” He pulled back once more and looked into my eyes. “What’s going on in that head of yours?”

I tried to blink back the tears, but one fell anyway. I felt the moisture as it rolled down my cheek. Ryan swiped it away with his thumb as he looked down at me with concern.

“Did I hurt you?” I could hear the worry in his voice.

I shook my head and tried to stop acting like such an overemotional girl. “I’m fine, really.”

“Baby, you aren’t fine. Talk to me,” he insisted.

“I just thought maybe you regretted being with me. You were so quiet, and I worried that—” His lips smashed against mine, stopping me from continuing my craziness.

Our kiss quickly changed to more than just a gentle reassurance. I could feel him becoming aroused once more against my thigh.

“I don’t regret being with you. I’m overwhelmed by you,” he whispered as he covered my body with his once more. “You are quickly becoming someone I need in my life. I adore you, Amber. Yes, that’s scary and something I never thought I could feel, but I do. Don’t let your mind roam there. I don’t regret tonight.”

His kiss took me over once more as he pulled his hips back from mine and his hardness nudged against me. I opened up to him and wrapped one leg over his hip, allowing him to enter me again. I bit my lower lip as I looked up at him. His eyes were shifted downward as he watched where our bodies were now joined as one. His jaw tensed, and he rocked his hips gently until he was completely inside me, then his gaze moved back to mine. “You are amazing, and I could never regret a moment of the time you allow me to share with you. I’m alive when I’m with you, baby. I’m finally able to feel again, and that, beautiful girl, is because of you.”

Holy shit. If I hadn’t already been an emotional mess, I was now.

Ryan made love to me once more, with gentle touches and sweet kisses, and my heart felt like it was going to explode from his meaningful words. My body instinctually responded to him, as if his touch had been pleasing me for a lifetime.

I knew I was falling for him hard and fast. He