Page 93 of Whisper

And also… hell no.

I pulled back, forcing my body away from his. “Like hell I will just do it. If you changed your mind, I’ll stop.”

“I didn’t change my mind,” he said, reaching for me.

I evaded the touch, and he let out a sad sound.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered, rolling onto his side, attempting to curl in on himself, but he couldn’t because I was still wedged between his legs.

He was trying to protect himself.

Except he didn’t have to protect himself from me.

“Hey,” I said gently, rubbing my palm up and down his arm. “No apologies. You didn’t do anything to be sorry for, but I did.”

That had his head turning, surprise clearing his stare. “What?”

“Tell me what I did that you didn’t like.”

“Nothing,” he said, laying his cheek back onto the blanket. “It’s never been that good before.”

“Then what changed?”

He remained mutinously silent, the stubborn set of his jaw promising he’d never say.

“Be a good boy, Matthew,” I rumbled. “Be good and tell me.”

His lip jutted out, and I bit into mine.

“What did I do?”

“You didn’t do anything,” he burst out, anger swelling in his voice. He pushed up onto his elbow and glared… right at my dick.

If I was any less of a man, it would have wilted right there.

Following his disgruntled gaze, I looked down.

And then I realized.

“It’s the condom.”

Confirmation burst in his expression, but he banked it quickly and looked away.

Hand shooting out, I grabbed his chin, pulling his face back around. “Tell me.”

As he pushed up into a sitting position, his shoulders went slack. “Yeah.”

Usually, it was him that said nothing, but this time, I kept silent, waiting him out… forcing him to speak.

“I can’t stand the way it feels. Rubbery and sticky. It’s like a balloon rubbing over the skin. It feels like I’m having sex with plastic, not you.”

Despite him telling me how aggravated he was by the sheath between us, I was relieved. “Why didn’t you say something?” I can fix this.

He grumbled. “I can’t just ask you to fuck me without a condom.”

“Why not?”

That got his attention, and his face whipped up, completely shocked. Then his lip curled. “You fuck people without condoms often, Arsen?”

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