He stood up and put his hand out for hers. She let him pull her to his room, but when he got there, rather than go fast like she often tried to do, he just cupped her face in his hands and dropped his lips to hers.

It was a soft tender kiss that maybe he wanted her to see his actions rather than his emotions.

He picked her up and laid her on the bed, then came down on top of her.

When she started to wiggle against him for something more, he continued on his course to take it slow.

To make love to her rather than have sex.

He wasn’t sure he’d ever made love to a woman before. How it would be different or what it’d make him feel.

But everything with Erica just felt better.

She pulled his shirt up and finally got it over his head and then was reaching for the button on his pants, but he stopped her.

“Let me take care of you for now,” he said.

“You want me to lie here and take it?”

“Yes,” he said. “Think of it that way.”

She flopped back down. “I think I can handle it.”

He laughed. She wasn’t always this playful before and he was thrilled she was letting that side show in the bedroom now.

He unbuttoned her shirt and pulled it out of her jeans. He didn’t know why she put a nice shirt on to have dinner with his mother, but maybe she was on calls earlier.

As she said, she didn’t have to tell him what she did with her job.

The minute her bra was exposed, he saw her nipples harden through the thin cotton material.

Rather than reach around and unhook it, his mouth landed on her nipple through the material and pulled it into his mouth.

She was squirming around on him, but he wasn’t going to let up.

He wanted her to know that he could treasure her.

That he could put her pleasure and happiness above his.

“I need you to change sides or move down or just do something else,” she said. “You’re killing me. It’s been like thirty minutes.”

“Don’t exaggerate. It’s been about three minutes.”

“Feels like thirty,” she said, sounding frustrated.

He moved to the other side and did the same. Her body motions were moving even more under him and when she started to push his head down lower, he got the hint.

He undid her jeans and pulled them down with her underwear, then slid his hands up her inner thighs and spread her legs wide.

His mouth landed right on her swollen bud.

No reason to start slow. She’d just make him move faster anyway.

He sucked on her bud as he had her nipples. When her fingers went into his hair to hold him in place, he knew that there wasn’t a ton of fight left in her.

There was no reason to leave her wanting or waiting and inserted one finger in.

It sent her over and she started to pulse and throb and come in seconds.