“Kiss me,” she whispered. “Please, kiss me.”

There was a desperate quality to her voice that struck a chord within him and drove him a little crazy.

The moment his lips came down on hers, Holly opened her mouth and yielded to him, and the energy shifted. She moaned, and he swallowed down the sound as he rocked his hips, thrusting deeply inside of her.

Their kisses turned desperate and hungry, and though he fought a battle against going too fast, he was losing. Little gasps and soft moans spilled from her lips, driving him wild.

Her hips rocked up to meet his as she sought more of him, and he let out a low groan.

“That’s it,” he growled, pinning her hands next to her head. “Fuck me back. Just like that.” He dropped his head forward and sucked in a harsh breath. “Just like that, honey.”

Her movements grew choppy along with her breathing, and she clawed at his back, pulling him close against her. “Eli,” she gasped. “Eli, I...”

And then he felt her let go in a hot rush of heat as she pulsed hard around his cock. When she cried out, he totally lost it, slamming into her one last time.

“Holly,” he groaned, holding her tight against him as he came. He shuddered as the orgasm ripped through him, and buried his face in her hair, his body melting against hers when it was all over.

Seconds later, he was dimly aware of the sweet scent of lilies lingering in her hair and her hands moving slowly along his back.

He pressed a kiss to the top of her head and slowly slid from her body, but he didn’t let her go. Instead, he rolled onto his side and took her along with him.

Seeing the dreamy, blissed-out look on her face made him smile.

“Hey,” he murmured, wrapping a lock of purple hair around his finger. “Are you doing okay?”

“Mmm,” she murmured, opening her eyes to look at him. “That was perfect.”

He rested his hand on the curve of her hip. “Of course it was.”

She started to laugh. “Eli, you are so cocky. You know that, right?”

“Yeah, but you like it,” he said, grinning. “Admit it.”

“I like a man with confidence. And you’ve got more than enough of that to go around.”

He gave her ass a playful slap, and she made a pouty face as she rubbed her butt. “Well, I didn’t expect to get spanked for saying that. Are you into that kind of thing?”

“Nah, but I wouldn’t object to spankingyourass. It’s sexy as hell, and it gives me an excuse to touch you, so...”

“Hmm.”

Eli sat up and grabbed a tissue, then cleaned up and disposed of the condom. Once he was through, he lay back down on the bed next to her.

“Are you going to tell me what you meant when you said it’s not like that for you?”

“I thought that would be obvious,” she said, looking away.

Shit. He’d made her uncomfortable, and that was the last thing he’d wanted to do.

“Hey,” he murmured, running his hand down over her tummy. “I didn’t mean to put you on the spot. I was just trying to understand the reason behind it.”

“It’s okay. It’s just that I usually only manage to have one orgasm, and most of the time it’s during foreplay, not sex. And since I was so close to coming while you were going down on me, I thought if we had sex, I’d be able to come while you were inside of me. I wanted to feel that with you.”

“And you did,” he murmured, pulling her close. “You went off like a firecracker, honey.”

“Yeah, but that’s...”

He raised an eyebrow. “That’s what?”