“It’s beating so fast.” I said. I broke our eye contact, laid my head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat.
“Every time you’re near me this happens.” He rubbed his hand up and down my back, causing me to shiver again. I mimicked his motions over his stomach. He shivered too.
“Hunter,” I said as he kissed my shoulder. “Make love to me.”
Hunter stopped kissing me and sucked in a breath.
“CC…”
“Please, Hunter,” I said. “I want to be with you. I’m ready. I’ve waited this long to share this with you. I don’t want to wait any longer.”
“Are you sure?”
“It just feels right. We need this. I need this.”
Hunter didn’t respond. Neither of us needed words anymore. He helped me from the whirlpool. He dried me off and then I did the same to him, both of us taking our time, kissing every part of each other’s body from our heads to our legs.
Looking down at me, he slowly ran his hands down my sides to my hips. A whimper escaped from me at what was to come next. He picked me up and walked me over to the bed; he carefully laid me on my back while he climbed on top of me. His knees nestled inside of mine.
“If you change your mind at any time, just tell me.” Hunter kissed my neck. I shifted my hips so that he was at my entrance. “Let me do this for you, ok? Tonight is all about you.”
Pulling back from me slightly, he rubbed his hands against my breasts. My eyes closed as he brought a nipple to his mouth and sucked lightly. My back arched closer to him.
I sucked in a quick breath with realization settling in. Was I really about to do this with him? I have dreamt about this day for so many years that my first would be with Hunter.
“CC, we can stop now…”
I interrupted him. “I don’t want to stop.”
“I’ll be as gentle as I can with you.”
I placed my hand over his heart and felt it thumping hard. He was nervous too. Tilting my neck, Hunter bent down and started placing kisses on it.
He started pushing through my entrance.
“This might hurt some.”
As he said that, I reached up and dug my fingernails into his back at the first sting of pain. Once Hunter was through the barrier, he stilled inside me, giving me a chance to adjust to him. Then he started moving slowly again and the pain started subsiding. We felt like two puzzle pieces fitting together so perfectly.
As I started moaning louder, Hunter grabbed my hands, laced our fingers together and put them above our heads. As Hunter continued to thrust in and out of me, I hitched my legs up around his hips so he would thrust deeper. I felt like I couldn’t get him close enough. Snuggling into his neck, I started nipping as I felt the tension starting to grow between my legs.
“Come with me, CC, I want to feel it.” He moaned softly in my ear. After a few more thrusts, I was falling over the ledge. Hunter thrust in two more times and then stilled as his own release hit. After a few minutes, Hunter rolled over and he pulled me against him to snuggle. Laying there, I placed my hand over his heart, feeling it beat wildly still, just like mine.
“Are you ok? I didn’t hurt you, did I?” Hunter asked after his breathing went back to normal.
Speaking for the first time since we started, I lifted my head and looked into his bright blue eyes. “I couldn’t have asked for it to be better than it was.” Smiling at him, I reached up and ran my hand through his hair. “Thank you.” I wanted to tell him I loved him. After that, there was no doubt in my mind that he loved me and he would tell me when he was ready.
He kissed me and then said. “Good night, CC.”
“Sweet dreams, Hunter.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
A few hours later, I woke to Hunter holding a warm compress between my legs. God, that felt good. I was sore, but not too sore.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up. I wanted to make sure you were ok.” He pulled the towel up. It was stained with blood.
How embarrassing, I didn’t even think of this part. I blushed while reaching for the towel. He stopped me.
“Don’t be embarrassed, CC.” He reached over on the end table and handed me a