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Our breaths mixed as he leaned closer. “Can I kiss you?”
Yet Axel didn’t wait for an answer. He saw my quick nod and he took what he wanted.
And what he wanted was me.
CHAPTER THREE
Axel
Emersyn wasn’tanything I expected. Loud to my quiet, crazy to my calm. Yet I wanted her. In every way possible.
I couldn’t explain it. Couldn’t even attempt to.
The craziest part? She made me suddenly want things I never wanted before.
Love, commitment, marriage, kids.
With her, I wanted it all.
So what if she was loud, wild, and carefree. Love didn’t care, and neither did I.
When my lips landed on hers for the first time, it was unlike anything I could’ve imagined. Our mouths melded together into one and an explosion of passion erupted between us. We kissed and kissed and kissed, Emersyn shying away at first before letting go and opening herself up to me completely. My hands found her hair and got tangled up in the strands, as I pulled her head back to expose her neck. Her white creamy skin beckoned to be explored, tasted, and kissed.
I couldn’t even wait to get her inside, still standing in my driveway after our walk. That’s how badly I wanted her.
With all the willpower I didn’t possess, I broke our kiss and took her hand in mine, sprinting up the driveway, needing her inside so I could be inside her.
Yet after I closed the door behind us and took her in my arms, Emersyn’s eyes widened, and she shook her head. “Axel…I…this…shit, I need to sit down.”
I led her to the living room and sat beside her on the couch. “It’s a lot, I know. Why don’t we just watch a movie and chill?”
“It’s not a lot. Well, it is, sort of. But whoever I was talking to for those two weeks felt a lot like you and I fell in love with that person. Being here with you, it’s almost like you’re the same person, but you’re not, and my brain is scrambled.”
“I think what matters most is the here and now. Let’s move forward with each other and forget the how’s and whys of the beginning. In the end, do they matter?”
“I guess not. But there’s one more thing.”
“Okay, hit me.”
“I’m a virgin.” Emersyn confessed, and it took all my might not to have my chin hit the floor. It didn’t bother me in the slightest, yet I couldn’t understand why. She was gorgeous, a catch, a ten out of ten. Who wouldn’t try to get her in bed?
I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and pulled her in close. “I think it’s sexy as fuck.” I whispered in her ear and watched the goosebumps scatter across her skin.
“You do?”
“Mm. You’re not touched by anyone else. Mine.All. Mine.”
Emersyn shivered. “But what if I’m not good or…”
“Shh, don’t worry about it. We’ll take our time and go as slow or as fast as you want.”
“How do you always know how to make me feel better?”
I pulled her even closer and kissed the top of her head. I didn’t answer though the answer was on the tip of my tongue. I knew her already, what she liked and didn’t like, somehow in the span of one day together I felt like I’d known her forever.
And maybe that was what scared me most of all.
She sleptin my spare bedroom after we spent the night cuddling on my couch. When it came time to get ready for the wedding the next day, I couldn’t stop myself from sneaking glances at her now and then.
