She stood up then, and knowingly, I swung my legs over the side of the bed while she perched herself on the floor between my feet. She eased my boxers down, and I lifted my hips to help her.
At the sight of my straining cock, she licked her lips.
It was enough to send me over the edge ... well, not literally, but emotionally. I was done for. There was no way this was going to last long. And here I’d thought I would be impressing her with my maturity, and I was already fighting back the urge to sail right over the edge.
She gripped me then and lowered herself, her mouth coming down around my tip, her tongue swiping over the sensitive notch under my cockhead.
Fuck.I was in trouble. Rachel knew things too now, apparently. Things she didn’t know before. Her mouth was the best thing I’d ever felt, hot and wet and perfect.
She moved slowly, deliberately, as if to draw out my pleasure. I made a helpless sound—something between a groan and a curse—and her gaze lifted to mine.
“So good, sweetheart,” I said low, encouraging her.
My fingers stroked absently through her hair as I tried to catch my breath, but nothing was stopping this train. Her mouth was perfect, but when she worked me in her hand too, it was un-fucking-bearable.
My balls tightened to my body, and I felt the pulses of pleasure coming fast and hard, a deep heat building down my spine.
“Rachel, I’m coming.” I managed to warn her, but she didn’t release me. “Rach,” I said once more, desperation in my voice.
She didn’t let up, and the heat shot through me. I stroked her hair and gazed down on her with adoration as she took every inch of me apart, piece by piece.
I felt dizzy with pleasure. When she finally released me, I took a few deep breaths.
I must have had an insane look on my face, because Rachel’s expression turned serious.
“Are you okay?” she asked curiously.
I held up a finger. “Just. Need. A. Minute.” Each word took immense effort on my part.
Her face relaxed then, and she sank back into the spot beside me.
Finally, when my heart had settled down, I wrapped her in my arms, inhaling her scent. “I missed this,” I said with a sigh.
She leaned back to look at me. “Hooking up? The way I hear it, you get plenty.”
My smile dropped, and I turned her chin with two fingers until she was looking at me. “No, Rachel. I missed us. Missed you.”
The soft look returned to her eyes. “Oh.”
“And for the record, what we did tonight, that isn’t anywhere in the same universe as hooking up with anyone else.”
I could see her fighting off a smile.
“I’ve never been in a healthy romantic relationship as an adult. Be gentle with me,” she whispered, tucking her face in close to my neck.
“Always. I promise.”
20
HEARTS
Rachel
“Do you, uh, have anything I can wear?” Noah asked, his tone doubtful.
I chuckled. His clothes were still in a heap on the floor.
Crossing to my bag, I riffled through it and held up a pair of big pajama pants with white hearts all over them. “Will these work?” I waved the fabric around enticingly.