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I paused just long enough to take her shirt off, and then my lips returned to her skin, picking back up where I stopped. Reaching behind her, I unclasped her bra. Her soft sighs filled my ears as I worshipped her breasts with my mouth. At the first swirl of my tongue around her nipple, she gasped. Her legs seemed to buckle, so I caught her by the waist and lifted her to the bed.
“Is this your way of showing off your muscles?” she asked breathlessly as she lay back on the mattress and reached for her waistband.
I halted her by covering her hand with mine. “Babe, if I wanted to show off, I’d fuck you standing up without a wall for support.”
She sat up. “Do it.”
“Not now. Remember, I told you I wanted to savor you.” What I wanted to tell her was that I wanted to make love to her. But that was a surefire way to scare her off. Drawing her hand away from her pants, I eased her back down onto the mattress as I braced one knee on either side of her thighs. “My turn to undress you.”
Her stomach contracted on her inhale. I smoothed my palm along the curve of her side and moved to kiss her belly button, but she shook her head.
“Not my stomach,” she said.
I paused. “Are you ticklish?”
“No.” Something flashed in her eyes before she added, “It’s not flat.”
“It isn’t,” I agreed. Her mouth opened, but I continued before she could say anything. “It’s soft and silken and strong enough to keep you stable on your board. When I say I love your curves, Maya, I mean all of them.” I pressed my lips to the swell of her stomach.
If she’d let me, I’d spend hours convincing her I meant what I said, but I felt her tensing beneath me.
So I sat up and took my shirt off. Her stare moved slowly down my torso, tempting me to relinquish control. To hurry it up and take what she offered.
But I wanted her to know that this was special—that she was special and worthy of care. She wasn’t ready to accept the words, so I’d let her feel them instead. In the way I slowly eased her waistband down and kissed the marks left by the elastic. In how I caressed her as I undressed her and took my time between her thighs.
I loved how responsive she was. How she communicated her pleasure with breathy moans and the grinding of her hips and the bite of her nails on my scalp. She didn’t shy from my attention—in fact, she opened up for it, spreading her legs and lifting her hips so I could lick deeper into her. Her scent saturated my every inhale and her taste coated my tongue, and I wished I could capture this moment and relive it every night.
“So good—yes.”
Her thighs trembled as she came, and despite the stark desire that thrummed through me, I stayed there until she groaned that it was too much.
But there was no such thing as too much when it came to Maya.
Finally, I took off my pants and underwear, sheathing myself with hands that shook from sheer need. I tried to keep my eyes open, to take in every nuance on her face as I carefully entered her. But as I sank deeper, her lips parted, neck arching, and the sight of her pleasure had my head drawing back.
Pulling out, I tilted her hips upward and thrust harder.
“Fuck,” she cried out. “More.”
I gave her what she asked for, holding back the orgasm that threatened to overtake me. She wound her legs around my waist, and I ground against her clit, drawing out her moans.
“You like this, babe?” I asked, needing her words. I wanted to make her feel so good she’d never forget me.
“Yes.”
The clenching of her inner muscles almost had me losing it. I kissed her, our mouths moving together as our bodies did. Suddenly, it was too much. My climax barreled into me, stealing my breath.
In the next second, she came too.
As our chests heaved and we struggled for breath, I sent a quiet plea to God to help me find a way to make her stay.
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Cam
I didn’t know how much time had passed since Alonzo fell asleep, but I was wide awake. He shifted closer to me, his arm settling on my midsection, heavy yet oddly reassuring. His palm splayed on my stomach, and I stilled, my heartbeat picking up as my eyes searched his face in the dark.
