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“I’m going to pull out now, okay?”

“What? No. Stay,” Asher said as she opened her eyes and stared up dreamily at Linden. “You feel so good there.”

“Okay,” Linden replied as she kissed her forehead. “But I’ll be right back. Well, notrightback, but I’ll be back.”

“What?” Asher asked.

Linden kissed her quickly and lowered her body down Asher’s, keeping her fingers inside while she kissed Asher’s skin on her way down.

“Oh,” Asher let out, understanding now.

Linden smiled up at her as she situated herself between her legs, which Asher spread farther for her. She gave Asher asecond to tell her that she didn’t want this, but when Asher said nothing, Linden licked her lips while she stared because Asher was more than ready for her.

“God, you’re so fucking sexy,” she said as she licked the inside of Asher’s thigh.

“I don’t know how much teasing I can take,” Asher told her when Linden repeated the action.

“No? I was just going to stay down here for a while and memorize every inch of your skin.”

“Can you maybe do that later?” Asher suggested in the most adorable way.

Linden smiled up at her and asked, “So, you want me to…”

“Yes,” Asher confirmed quickly.

Linden wanted to make her say more. She wanted to get Asher to tell her that she wanted to be licked and sucked, but she wasn’t sure if Asher was ready for that yet. Then again, Linden had almost just told Asher that she loved her when this was really only their third date, if it could even be called that because she’d gone to the wedding Asher was running, so it hadn’t been a planned date. She couldn’t just drop all of her feelings on Asher during their first time together, and it would be too much for her to expect Asher to return those three words she had been about to say. That was especially true given the fact that Asher was still moving away in a few months.

Linden refocused her mind on what she’d been about to do. With one last look up at Asher, who was staring down at her, waiting to see what Linden did, Linden licked her, and God, Asher tasted good. It took everything in Linden not to just suck on Asher’s clit to get her to come fast just so she could do that, but she wanted to make this last as long as she could. She licked Asher once more, gathering her desire for her on her tongue and letting her tongue move wherever it wanted as she slowly started to move her fingers inside Asher.

They’d never really been the kind of friends who talked specifics where sex was concerned. They’d only talked about whether it had been good, bad, or somewhere in between, mostly, but nothing about the acts involved. Linden had no idea how many men had done to Asher what she was doing now, but shedidknow that she would be the person who did it best. It wasn’t an ego thing. She just wanted to make sure that Asher knew how much she wanted her, how this wasn’t about Linden at all. This wasn’t even a prelude because Linden expected something else. They could fall asleep right after this, and Linden would still be turned on but wouldn’t care because she’d gotten to give Asher pleasure, and that was all that mattered.

“Linden…” Asher breathed out as Linden continued to lick her while applying just a little more pressure every time.

Her fingers moved slowly, not curling exactly but more just pushing in a little and pulling back a bit, hitting that wall right behind where her tongue was focused. The hope was that it would drive Asher crazy enough to give her an explosive orgasm, and when Asher’s hips began to lift a little, she also shifted her free hand under Asher’s body to allow herself better access and give Asher a better angle.

“Yes!” Asher cried out as her hips jerked.

‘Well, that had been a good idea,’Linden thought to herself.

She licked harder and flicked her tongue over Asher’s swollen clit, and just when Asher jerked for a second time, Linden sucked.

“Oh, God!”

Linden moved her fingers in and out harder and a little faster, trying to match the rhythm with her fingers. When she shifted a bit, Asher’s right leg moved a little wider, and that seemed to do it. Asher yelled her name, and her hand was suddenly on the back of Linden’s head.

Linden sucked harder, her fingers began thrusting, and Asher went over the edge completely seconds later. Linden stayed down there, though, licking slowly and softly, letting Asher come down all the way, before she opened her eyes and looked up at the woman she loved.

Asher’s hair was an auburn fan on the pillow. Some of it was sticky with sweat against her forehead. Her cheeks were red, as was her neck and the spot between her breasts. One arm was flung over Asher’s head, and the other still had a hand in Linden’s hair, though its grip had loosened a little. Linden didn’t want to move. She wanted to stay here, in this moment, forever.

How had she been so stupid to not realize this sooner? How had she been such an idiot? She’d put Asher on a dating app. She’d helped her scroll through profiles. She could’ve lost her to a supermodel or to a woman named Emily because she hadn’t been able to figure it out. She’d almost never had what they had right now.

“Can you come up here?” Asher asked.

Linden didn’twantto move, but if Asher wanted her up there, she’d go. She shifted, keeping her fingers inside Asher at first, but when she hovered over her, she waited a beat before she slowly pulled them out, watching Asher’s expression tense and then relax as she did.

“How was–”

“So fucking good,” Asher interrupted. “Oh, my God, Linden.” She laughed. “That’showthat’ssupposed to be?”

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