Page 31 of Rewind

“Seriously? You got so wet, you could have fooled me. Your pussy is lethal, Amina.”

She giggled and playfully tapped him on the chest. “You’re teasing me aren’t you?”

“I would never lie to you about something like that, Amina. You were amazing.”

“I find that so hard to believe.”

“Why is it so hard to believe Amina?”

She buried her face against his chest. “Because in case you haven’t looked in a mirror lately, you’re unbelievably handsome. You’re a doctor with a successful practice, and you’re brilliant. I know you have ladies throwing themselves at you. And I’m…just me.”

Each time Amina put herself down was like a blow to his chest because he was certain she was so down on herself because of that bastard.

Ethan grasped her chin and tilted her head, forcing her to look at him. He then dropped a light kiss on her luscious lips. “First of all, we’re going to have to work on building up your self-esteem. Second, yes, I get my fair share of attention from the opposite sex, maybe even from some males but right now all I see is you.’

She snorted. “I’d say than your fair share. Even Dr. Lui in the practice downstairs, finds reasons to visit our office. She’s drop dead gorgeous.”

Ethan could barely stop himself from rolling his eyes. While he was friendly with the other doctors in their building, Dr. Evelyn Lui was a pain in the ass. He’d made the mistake of having drinks with her when he’d first partnered with Frank.

And unfortunately for Ethan, she was someone who couldn’t take the hint that he wasn’t interested in her beyond friendship. “Is that so? I haven’t noticed.”

“Now I know you’re lying. She looks like a movie star.”

“And she’s probably one of the most uninteresting people I’ve interacted with. I’ll let you in on a little secret. I went out with her once when she invited me for drinks with her team. I thought it was going to be a group thing so I was surprised when I showed up and she was the only one at the restaurant. To be polite, I had a couple of drinks with her and it was one of the biggest snooze fest in my life.”

“How? She’s so pretty.”

“Do you think a pretty face prevents someone from being boring? She spent the night talking about herself and didn’t ask a single question about me or my interests.”

“Yikes.”

“Yikes is right. Look, Amina, I’m not sure what would convince you how attracted I am to you, but I’m going to make it my mission to do just that.”

Her big brown eyes shimmered and full lips quivered. Ethan couldn’t resist a second longer without getting another taste. He slammed his lips against hers in a passionate, hungry kiss. It was a desperate plea, a conveyance of his desire for her.

She clung to him, pressing her breasts against his chest and he was instantly hard again.

He turned his head away to catch his breath. “Fuck, woman. See what you do to me?” Ethan took Amina’s hand and placed it over his erection. “If you don’t believe me, maybe we should go for another round.”

Amina gently stroked his length before taking her hand away. “I’m not sure my body can take it. I have a feeling I’m going to be very sore in the morning as is. Are you trying to disable me?”

A chuckle escaped his throat. “If you keep talking like that, you’re going to send my ego through the roof.”

“Well, it’s not like I’m an expert but you’re very good at what you do. I’m sure you’ve had tons of women.”

“I don’t like to kiss and tell but in my college days and halfway through medical school, I went through a man whore phase. I think I was making up for lost time because I was such a geek in high school.”

“You?” She looked at him incredulously. “I find that hard to believe.”

“I’m serious. I had skipped a grade in elementary school, so I was always one of the youngest kids in my class and I was small for my age. I didn’t hit my biggest growth spurt until my senior year of high school. But I was so focused on getting good grades because I knew the only chance I had of going to college without being riddled with debt and putting a financial burden on my mother was to get a scholarship.”

“In college, I had more of a social life, and I got caught up in hook-up culture. But honestly, that got old after a while. Besides, the quantity of the partners isn’t what matters, it’s the quality.”

Amina sighed. “Well, I can’t say I’ve had quality or quantity. My first partner probably didn’t last a full minute and for a long time afterwards, I wasn’t sure if we’d actually done it. And then Mark…”

“What did I say about mentioning that fucker?”

“I’m sorry, but it’s relevant to the conversation. Let’s just say he wasn’t a generous lover. He never performed oral on me because he said it was dirty, but he expected me to service him because men’s organs are external. Yes, that was his actual excuse. And even the act of intercourse wasn’t that satisfying. I thought there was something wrong with me.”

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