“Mia…” he grunted, his voice thick with desire. "You feel so good. So… fucking... amazing…” he bit out between thrusts.

In response, I hooked my legs tighter around his waist as if I thought it was possible for us to get any closer. I just couldn’t get enough of him after fighting the attraction between us for so long. I gasped his name as the tension in my core built and got ready to snap. It was a bit unnerving how he kept eye contact the entire time, but I couldn’t look away.

My fingernails dug into his back, and a wave of bliss rose and spread through me. I shook as tingles of pleasure erupted in quick succession, flooding me with endorphins until I reached that euphoric stare that left my mind hazy. With one final powerful thrust, Michael shattered. Letting out a long groan, he sagged against me and rested his head on my shoulder. We didn’t move for a while, we just tried to catch our breaths.

Holy shit.

Every orgasm I had with Michael seemed to be more intensified. That one was… feral… mind-blowing. It was like the last month had been one long foreplay session that led to this moment. My body zinged with pleasure. I felt a strange combination of being drained from sheer sexual satisfaction and being invigorated and in need ofmore.

When Michael finally lifted his head to look at me, my cheeks burned. After my consuming need had been satiated, timidness crept back in. It was my third time having sex ever, and it was hard not to think about my limited experience compared to his. What did one do after being ravaged on a kitchen counter by her boss…? What did I say?

“Well… Happy birthday to me…” I burst into ridiculous nervous giggling. I then winced, because why did those wordscome out of my mouth? For the love of God. Why couldn’t I just be cool?

Michael peered into my eyes, and then he let out a laugh. Taking me by surprise, he captured my lips in a fierce kiss that almost made me melt. “You’re delightful,” he whispered. “I’m thinking I need to make up for the frenzied fucking…”

My stomach fluttered, and my cheeks heated up. It was frenzied alright, but I enjoyed every moment. He leaned back to swipe my torso with smoldering eyes… really theysmolderedas if actual fire had just burned in them. “I need to make up for it very slowly and thoroughly,” he drawled with his eyes glued to my mound. My face damn near caught fire because he was still inside me, for Christ’s sake.

“That sounds… like a nice way to continue the birthday party.” My words were barely above a whisper because I was so turned on already.

Michael’s eyes met mine, and I swear, I almost swooned. The intensity of his stare, the carnal promise in his eyes… I was in for a long night, but I knew I’d enjoy it.

Michael’s lips practically left trails on my skin as he kissed his way up my stomach. He followed the same path he’d taken when he kissed his way down to rock my world with his skillful mouth. Every cell of my body felt electrified. He had made good on his promise to make up for the wild sex earlier. He’d been more than thorough. No part of my body had been left untouched. I was a little drained from the orgasms that rocked me since we got out of the shower, yet I wrapped my legs and arms around him and welcomed him as he entered me again.

This time, he wore a condom, and I was a little disappointed. I was all for being cautious, but after feeling him inside me without the barrier, I was addicted to the skin-to-skin contact. However, we got carried away twice. Once last month in the treehouse, and then tonight in the kitchen. We had to stop flirting with danger like that.

“Michael…” I sighed as he buried himself to the hilt.

He flexed his hip, hitting me at a new angle, and I arched and moaned loudly. “You like that?” he purred.

“Love it.” My eyes fluttered open, and I found him watching me in that darkly possessive way that made my heart jolt. It wasn’t the creepy kind of stare, but it was so intense, and it made a girl think about things that she probably shouldn’t think about… such asbelongingto him forever.

He lowered his head and brushed his lips along my jaw, his stubble deliciously scraping my skin. The instant he took my hands from around his shoulder and guided them up to pin them above my head, I felt a rush of pure excitement course through my veins.

For some reason, I got super turned on when he asserted his dominance. It was strange because it annoyed the hell out of me when others in my life tried to take control in any scenario. Maybe it was because Michael was the only one who made me feel safe when he took control or even got a little rough during sex. It could be because I was in love with him, too, but that was something to be analyzed at another time… when he wasn’t staring into my soul. His eyes held me captive just as his body did.

“I could stay inside you all night, Mia,” he said.

I shivered with delight at that. I wouldn’t complain if he did, partly because I was afraid that tomorrow, after we had the awkward talk that I knew was inevitable, we’d go back to stayingaway from each other again. He continued his languorous strokes, slowly driving me to the brink of another orgasm.

My walls contracted around him as my body prepared itself for the explosion, and Michael groaned. “You can’t come yet, Mia.”

“I—I can’t?” I croaked.

He watched me with a hint of amusement. “Not yet… trust me.”

“I do, but I can’t control it,” I whispered.

“You can. Squeeze your pelvic muscles and focus.”

I followed his order and squeezed as tightly as I could, which made him inhale sharply. It was almost impossible to stop myself from plunging into the free fall of that orgasm that was right within reach.

“Now relax,” he whispered.

I let out a breath and relaxed my walls around him.

“Good girl,” he purred.

Of course, hearing those two words in that hot as sin tone of his almost made me come again, and I had to exercise serious willpower not to give into the delicious sensation. I found that doing as he instructed, while he slowed his pace, held off the impending explosion. However, I began to writhe and moan as my body begged for release.