In one quick movement, I tugged her bottoms down her legs and tossed them behind me. It was hot, pushing them aside when I ate her, but I didn’t want anything in the way the first time I was inside her.

I did the same with her top, pulling at the flimsy ties around her neck and back until I was able to throw that away, too. And finally, there was nothing between us.

“You act like you’re in charge,” I said through gritted teeth, leaning over her to plant my hand next to her head. My other wrapped around my cock, and I rubbed the head between those pretty lips and through her wetness. “But you showed up at my front door like a needy little slut. Dressed up in what you knew would make me crazy. An outfit that was guaranteed to get you fucked any and every way I could think of.”

Her throat bobbed as she swallowed, but her eyes held that fight, fire, and intensity. She widened her legs and lifted her hands to wrap around my neck. She tugged me down and caressed my cheek as I notched my cock at her entrance.

“You’re right,” she whispered against my lips. “I’m needy for you, so prove you’re not all talk, Ryder.”

She kissed me, and I pushed forward. My crown breached, and I didn’t stop until our hips were flush and her heat surrounded me. Her rushed exhale swept across my mouth, and I dropped my forehead to hers.

Yes, I was precariously back on the edge, worried that any slight movement would send me headfirst into a premature orgasm. But I was also stunned by the enormity of the moment.

She was everything I’d ever wanted, and being inside her for the first time, it felt like something else clicked into place. Something I hadn’t known was missing but was suddenly there.

I raised my head enough to look in her eyes which bounced between my own. The blue much grayer in the soft light of my room, I searched them for any sign of reciprocation. Our breath mixed, and my cock pulsed inside her. And just when I thought I could see a shimmer of something deeper, she blinked, and her nails scraped against my scalp.

An evil smile slipped across her mouth, and her hips circled. Devious, she was fucking devious. But I drew back and pushed back in, happy to watch the smile fade into pleasure. I rocked in and out, back and forth, trying to determine which movements made her eyes roll back and figuring out if I could hold out for at least a few minutes.

Holding back was harder than I expected. A sheen of sweat covered my chest, and I could feel it collecting on my back. But Caroline didn’t appear to care. She met me thrust for thrust as I picked up my pace.

Her eyes closed, and a whimper was followed by a sharp moan. I kissed her lips just to try to taste the sound.

“God, I love the sweet little sounds you make.”

“Well,” she said without missing a beat. “If you’re doing it right, they won’t be little or sweet.”

The words weren’t as sharp as anything she’d said before, more like a reflex than the truth. But I wanted to rise to the challenge, nonetheless. I planted my elbow next to her head and ran my hand down her opposite side. Over the curve of her breast and the dip in her waist so I could grip her hip and lift her where I wanted to.

Her jaw slackened with the new angle while I ground my teeth together. With her hips tilted, I was deeper than before, and I could feel myself nudging the warmest parts of her. My fingers biting into her skin, I moved. I focused my energy deeper, my thrusts turning more forceful and raw.

“Fuck, yes,” Caroline moaned. She dragged her nails down my chest, through the sparse, dark hair and around my back until she palmed my ass. Each inch of my skin was peppered with goose bumps just at the feeling of her hands against me. It wasn’t a feeling I’d soon get over or ever take for granted.

“God, you’re beautiful. So incredible,” I murmured. Her eyes flashed open, and she smiled.

“Don’t let this go to your head, but you are too.”

I groaned and buried my face in her neck. My orgasm was bearing down on me with every easy slip of my cock. She was perfectly tight and warm and wet, and fuck, she smelled so good, too. With her hands all over me, and her panted breaths against my neck, I couldn’t wait.

“That feels so good, Ryder,” she said. Each word was broken by the cruel thrust of my hips. “Such a good boy. I’m almost there.”

“Ohfuck.” The bed rocked beneath me, and our skin slapping together was the most beautiful sound. The heat emanating from our bodies circled around me, and when my orgasm finally barreled down my spine, there was no hope of holding back.

She gripped my cock, wrapping her arms around me and bowing her back with the force of her own release while I pumped every last drop into the condom. It wasn’t stars or fireworks behind my eyes, but an explosive ecstasy that had been building for years.

She relaxed back into the sheets, and I fell on top of her, careful not to let all my weight crush her. For several long seconds, we laid there together. Our hearts pounding, neither of us attempted to move. My cock slowly softened, but I didn’t try to pull out. If I could extend those moments forever, I would have.

Caroline ran her nose along my jaw, and I felt her chest rise and fall with a deep breath. “That was…” she said, her words trailing off before she could finish the sentence. But I knew what she meant. I also had no words.

“Yeah,” I agreed. “It was.”

TWENTY-THREE

YOU DIDN’T EVEN GO THERE

Caroline

I didn’t wantto move. My body was spent, and I felt like I was floating.