Page 108 of The Luminosity of Loriana Harper

Damn.

He loved her hair. The texture, the feel, the way his hand tingled when he ran his fingers through it—just one of the many sensual experiences he enjoyed in this bed.

When she put her hands between his thighs, he followed her unspoken request and opened them.

She scooted up between them until she met the junction of his thighs. The wink was the only warning she offered up. She grasped his cock and, without preliminaries, enveloped him in her wet, warm heat. Swirling her tongue around his head, she sucked as she drew him farther into her mouth.

The woman was clever, with a very talented tongue, and soon need coursed through him. Need that’d likely drive him right over the edge if he wasn’t careful. And as much as he wanted to climax in her mouth, he’d rather do it in another place.

“I’m going to come.”

She sucked harder.

“I don’t want to.”

She met his gaze and, after a long moment, pulled off. She sat back on her haunches. “And what exactly do you want?”

He snagged her arm and pulled her atop him. Then, in a move he was particularly proud of, he managed to reverse their positions.

Her brown eyes flashed up at him—pupils dilated in the dim light and blown from passion.

Those eyes drifted shut when he lowered his hand to cup her intimately. She was so ready for him and he was so ready to go.

Leaning over, he tried to open the nightstand.

She stilled his hand.

He pulled back and quirked an eyebrow.

“I got tested. Back when we first started seeing each other. And there hadn’t been many guys in the year before that.” She swallowed hard. “I’m clean.”

Her meaning registered through the haze of lust strumming through his veins. “Well, I always used condoms before, but I opted to get tested after…” Yeah, best to leave that alone. “I did it in California before I left, and I also did a few weeks ago.” He held her gaze. “When things started to get serious. No way was I going to risk your health.”

She cupped his cheek. “I believe you.”

“So what are you saying? Because, you know, sex can lead to, you know, kids.”

She winced. “Yeah, a discussion for another time.”

Interesting.They hadn’t progressed far enough in the relationship, he hadn’t thought, to have that conversation. Apparently that needed to be rectified—just not at this precise moment.

“I have an IUD. I’m big on back-up protection. I used condoms with all my partners. But with you…”

The sentence hung in the air. He wracked his mind for IUD stats and came up with highly unlikely that a pregnancy would result. He’d never gone bare with a woman. And she’d never gone bare with a man. In other words, this was a monumental moment for both of them—and perhaps life-altering.

He closed the drawer.

“Yeah, I’m all-in.”

Her grin lit his soul.

Chapter twenty-three

TheheatinMitch’sdark-brown eyes ignited an inferno inside her. She wanted him and, damn it, she wanted him now. Determined to show him how much this meant to her, she seized his cock and gave it a decent squeeze.

Those eyes widened, and he growled. He levered himself over her as she spread her thighs for him.

She guided him to her entrance.

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