Page 141 of Gathered Sparkle

When I open my eyes, she’s still watching me, and, God, there’s so much love in her expression that it wrecks me.

“Lie on your stomach for me.”

I hesitate. Lying on my stomach makes me vulnerable. There’s no defense in that position. But this is Nova. She’s not here to hurt me.

I’msafewith her.

Slowly, I roll over, every muscle tight as a bowstring. My breathing is uneven, and I hate how exposed I feel, but then her hand skims down my back, andfuck, everything unravels.

Her fingers trace the ridges of my spine, following the line all the way down. But my skin is hypersensitive. Every pass of her fingers sends jolts of electricity straight to my cock.

By the time her hand reaches the small of my back, I’m burning from the inside out.

I shift against the mattress, biting back a groan as heat pools low in my stomach.

“You’re shaking,” she whispers, her hand pressing a little firmer. “I’ve got you.”

I’m coming apart at the seams, not from fear but from her touch and the slow, deliberate way she’s unraveling every wall I’ve ever built.

She drags her nails lightly up my back, and my entire body arches without my permission. A sound escapes me—half growl, half plea.

God, help me.

Her hand slides lower again, tracing slow circles over my lower back, then up to my shoulder blades. I press into the mattress, but it doesn’t help. It only makes the friction worse. I’m painfully hard again, my entire body wired and buzzing from her touch.

“Nova,” I rasp.

She leans over me, brushing her lips against the nape of my neck. “I’m here.”

My fear doesn’t stand a chance against her.

I’m not falling apart anymore.

I’m falling into her.

Her touch leaves me when she stretches out on her stomach beside me, sliding her hands beneath the pillow. I push myself up to my elbows and watch how her back arches, every line of her graceful, her hair spilling over her shoulder like silk.

My pulse is still pounding from everything she’s undone in me.

But now?

Now it’s my turn.

I trace the dip of her spine the way she did mine. “You have no idea what you just did to me.”

She hums softly, her eyes fluttering shut.

I shift to hover over her, my hand sliding up her side, stopping below her ribs, making her shiver. Leaning down, I press a gentle kiss between her shoulder blades. Then I kiss my way down, following the path my fingers made, lingering at the small of her back.

Her hips shift, a desperate little motion, and I smile against her skin. I trail my hands down her sides, then grip her hips, lifting them to give me access to the G-string that is still pushed to the side. I pull the fabric down her legs and off her, leaving her bare.

Dripping with my cum.

Holy shit.

If I weren’t already hard again, I would be now.

She lets out a soft, needy sound, her fingers curling into the sheets. “Ace…”

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