Page 215 of If Our Hearts Collide

“I just need you to be sure that you want what I have to offer. I’m not a gentle lover, Penny.” I grip her ass and set her up higher on the hood of my car. “I’m going to train your body to submit to my intentional touch. Nothing I do to you will be an accident. I’m going to devour every part of you.”

“I want that, Collins.”

“You sure?”

She nods eagerly. “I want to be all those things for you. But you are going to have to be patient with me. I don’t have the experience you seem to have, and as much as I’m excited to try new things, I’m a bit scared. I’m intimidated and worried that I won’t be enough for you.”

I shush her with another kiss on the lips, taken aback by her vulnerability but not shying away from it. “You are enough, Penny.”

I breathe in her strawberry scent and shove down the feelings of trepidation deep into the pit of my conscience. I’ve tried to resist her. Really, I have. But catching her twice at Limit-X has made it clear that it would only be a matter of time for Penny to give herself over to some stranger who could do with her whatever he wanted and might not take her authentic consent into consideration.

Yeah…that’s not going to happen.

Yuri prides himself on creating and maintaining a safe playground, but bad shit can happen anywhere—no matter what security measures are in place.

My job is to protect Penny. Maybe being with me will be the lesser of two evils.

Penny has already been emotionally scarred from Mark Tanner. The last thing she needs is for another man to crash into her life and cut through the scars again or make fresh ones. By having a contract, we both can work through what we want from our arrangement, so there are no surprises. A clean break can be worked into the deal when our time is up, and expectations can be negotiated, so it is mutually beneficial for the both of us.

“Collins?”

“Yes, Penny?”

“Are you willing to teach me? You know…”—her cheeks warm to a beautiful shade of pink—“how to pleasure you.”

I kiss her forehead, tucking her head into my chest, while running my hands over her back. “Of course, Princess.” But she already has pleased me. “I’ll train you how to be my good girl.” And have a damn grand time doing it too.

Just the thought of having Penny as my trainee has me feeling the electric buzz of anticipation snaking through my entire body that I’ve missed in all of my other partnerships. All the other women have had some sort of experience. Most knew how to suck a cock and get me off in a clinical sense.

But none possessed the sweetness that exudes from Penelope Hoffman.

And it’s her innocent words and uncertainty that are making my cock come to life.

I help Penny down from my car. As much as I want to thrust into her while she has the backdrop of the shiny paint behind her, I also need to go over my nonnegotiables with her prior to us having sex. If my personality never turned her off, then those very well might be the final straw.

And it’s better to work that out before I am balls deep in fresh, young pussy.

Fuck.

Am I capable of going through with any of this?

Even if we both spell out all of our expectations, will either of us fully understand the depths at which we are exploring?

Opening the passenger side door, I watch as Penny slides into her seat and clicks her belt into place. I close it and round the front, just as I’ve done a dozen times with her in tow.

But this time feels different.

Everything about tonight is more amped.

Sliding into my own seat, I can feel her eyes on me, and I know that she senses the magnitude.

“I want you to teach me how to drive,” she blurts out.

“Okay…”

“Just letting you know that I want that added to the contract.”

I eye her, as I start the engine and shift it into drive. So we are making a list it seems. “Fair enough.” I planned on giving her some lessons anyway. Ever since her brothers gifted her a car, she must be eager to try it out. “Anything else?”

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