Page 104 of When Morning Comes Around

She nodded. She couldn’t believe that she didn’t want to swat his hand away.She would never have believed that it’d turn her on so much, but there was no denying that it did.

His satisfied smile as he returned his attention to her nipples made the heat pool between her legs. She started to rock her hips, desperate now for what she hadn’t been sure she was ready for just moments ago.

He let go of her neck as he moved on down her body. When he kissed her stomach, she wanted to pull him back up to her. Dale’s words echoed in her head, and she tried to wriggle away.

His hands clamped her hips still as his hot mouth kissed her inner thigh.

“Dom!”

He smiled up at her. “That’s me. I want to taste you.”

She didn’t have any breath left for words, so she nodded. He spread her thighs with his hands and then his tongue was there, licking at first, then swirling over her clit, tormenting her. Carrying her higher and higher. She grabbed two fistfuls of duvet and then arched up off the bed when he slowly eased a finger inside her. She felt herself clamp down on him. When he added a second finger, she moaned, and when he added a third, all she could do was move in time with him. Her hips lifted to receive him as he drove into her, over and over again.

When he closed his mouth over her and lashed his tongue over her clit, she gasped as she let go. Her orgasm seemed to wash through her whole body at once, lifting her, carrying her away until she felt like she might evaporate. Her legs quivered as he slowly brought her back down the other side.

She lay still, breathing hard. Waiting for whatever came next. She had no frame of reference for this. She remembered describing sex with Dale to one of her friends in Denver. She’d said it was mostly a lot of pushing and shoving, and waiting for him to get finished.

Sex with Dom was something else entirely. She couldn’t look away from his eyes as he crawled back up over her body. When he reached her, he kissed her deeply. She could taste herself on his lips. That wasn’t something she’d experienced with Dale – maybe once or twice back in the early days. With Dom it only added to the depth of their connection – the intimacy.

When he lifted his head, he cocked an eyebrow. “Was that okay? Nothing to say?”

She smiled. “You rendered me speechless. Oh!” Was he waiting for her to return the favor? She slid her hand down between their bodies, but he shifted his hips away from her.

“If you touch me, I won’t last.”

“Are you ready?”

He chuckled. “I’m so ready that I don’t know how good I can make this for you.”

“You already made it the best sex I ever had!”

He kissed the tip of her nose. “We haven’t even started yet. I’ll get a condom from the drawer in a second, I just need to lie here with you for a second. That was incredible.”

“Really? You mean you enjoyed seeing me enjoy myself? Is this one of those things? Because if it is, I’ll forfeit every shopping trip ever and trade them all for more of this.”

He chuckled. “No. I mean yes, I loved seeing you enjoy yourself, but I enjoyed it too. I’m so turned on right now that I’m afraid to move.”

Feeling emboldened by his words, she said, “Then don’t move – not away from me, anyway.” She spread her legs wider, hoping that he’d know what she meant.

“I need to get a condom.”

“Do you? I don’t need it – not for contraception, and not for anything else. Dale and I … not for years. Let’s just say that at my last several annual checkups I knew damn well that I didn’t need to worry about anything nasty in that department.”

He met her gaze. “You don’t want to use one? I don’t need it – I’m the same. It’s been years for me, too … I …”

A lump formed in her throat when he added, “Over nine years.”

She closed her eyes, but he tucked his fingers under her chin. “My old life is in the past, Sadie. Just like yours is. There’s no room for any of it in our bed.”

She sniffed and blinked away the tears that pricked behind her eyes. “Are you sure?”

He nodded solemnly. “I love you. I want a future with you. Do you want one with me?”

“I do, Dom. With all my heart.”

“And that’s what I’m saying – you haveallmy heart, okay?”

She nodded. “Then make love to me.”

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