Page 20 of Hot Stuff

And I met him stroke for stroke, thrust for thrust. Each of us racing toward the bliss of oblivion we were looking for.

And we found it.

I saw stars. His head buried into the crook of my neck. My skin absorbed the deep sounds of his release. He filled me to the brim, and when he set me down on his lap while he sat on the bench in the shower, I felt his seed drop out of my body.

In the heat of the moment, I hadn’t thought about the consequences. I wasn’t on the pill not only because I wasn’t having sex, but it messed my body up.

“Umm, Dan?” I glanced up at him, but his eyes were already on mine. His hands on my thighs moved between my legs, pushing his cum back into me.

“I’m going to sound like a fucking dick right now, but I hope it takes.” My world stilled.

“It takes?” I repeated, but I couldn’t pretend I didn’t understand what he was saying. I couldn’t ignore the way our minds were so in tune to one another’s.

Like our hearts, a voice whispered, and it left me a little dizzy. Or maybe that was the orgasm we’d just had. I leaned my head on his shoulder, and his hands never stopped stroking my body.

“Karo, I’m falling hard for you baby,” he confessed, and when I looked up at him, all the words lodged in my throat. “I know I’m coming on strong, and I know we just me?—"

“It doesn’t feel like it,” I interrupted. Lines creased at the sides of his eyes.

“It doesn’t,” he confirmed. “I’ve never felt this way. Not even close.” My hand moved to brush his scruffy jaw.

“I know this is going to sound funny considering what we did and, umm…”

“What is it?” he asked, not rushing to get me up and out of his place. Even though, technically, we hadn’t stepped foot into his rental.

“While you’re in town, if you meet someone else?—"

“I’m gonna stop you right there,” he grunted.

“I just mean?—"

“I know what you mean. Baby, there is no way I’d ever put you in danger, and you think after the time we’ve spent together and what we just shared, I’d ever put that at risk?”

“You’re on vacation,” I reminded him, and maybe myself, too. It could have been so easy to let myself fall harder that I already had. To let myself fall into an illusion thinking everything would somehow work out in the long run. The reality was he was leaving in less than two weeks. And I had to make the most of our time together.

“I am.”

“And you’re a guy.” I winced. Great job, Captain Obvious!

“I’m a man, Karol,” he corrected. There was something about his confidence, the way he spoke and looked at me, that made me believe that would make a difference. “It’s been over a year since I’ve been with someone. I’m not taking this lightly.”

“I was trying to say, if you met someone else while you’re in town, I’d prefer for you let me know.”

“Okay,” he agreed easily. “And just so you know, I don’t share. You’re mine.”

“For as long as you’re here?” I asked because I was me. I wanted him to tell me no. That I was his forever.

“For as long as you’ll have me.” Always, the answer was on the tip on my tongue, but I couldn’t say it.

“Dan…” We can't go saying things like that.

We had an expiration date. But as I stared at him and his hand touched my face, pulling my body closer to his, I knew that didn’t matter.

“Okay,” I agreed. Even though I had a feeling it would end with heartache on my end, there wasn’t a chance I’d ever regret it.

“Yeah? You saying you’re my girl?”

“Hmm.” My lips twitched while I pretended to think about it. “Maybe if you do that thing again.” His brows rose and his gaze turned hot.

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