“Nervous?”
 
 Oh.I scrub one hand over my jaw, studying her as she studies me, then shift that hand to the back of my neck tugging on it. “Not really.” I wince at the lie. “Maybe.”
 
 She pats the bed, slips her legs out from under my shirt, and scoots over to give me room. “We’ve slept in the same bed before.”
 
 “I know… but the first time you snuck out because I was too busy being an asshole. And the second—” I huff out an embarrassed laugh as I climb in with her. “You fell asleep.” After a brief hesitation, I murmur, “This just seems… significant.”
 
 Her brows lift, but she scoots down into the bed, rolling to her side to face me as she takes her glasses off. “Can you put these over there?”
 
 I reach out and take them from her, twist, and set them onto the nightstand. From there, I flop onto my back and cover my face with both hands. There’s no way around this.Fuck it.My voice comes out as a low, raw rasp as I say the words I’ve been so fucking nervous to share. “I’m a virgin.”
 
 It’s so quiet, I swear the sound of my thundering of heart fills the room. My dick has been swelling since the moment we stepped into this bedroom together and lying here side by side isn’t helping matters. My palms are all sweaty and my skin feels tight, as if it won’t be able to contain me much longer.Nope, not nervous at all.I take several deep, steadying breaths, but it doesn’t help much. My face heats with embarrassment. And the longer I hide from her, the worse I feel. I draw my hands down and turn my head toward hers.
 
 She’s wearing a soft smile. There’s not even a hint of surprise on her face. “Kellan, are you gonna stay over there, or are we gonna do something about it?”
 
 I let out a quiet laugh as I roll onto my side to fully face her. “I wanna fuckin’ kiss the hell out of you. I-I—” I pause to gather my scattering thoughts. “I want more, Star. I want all of you.”
 
 “So, what’s stopping you?” She’s the picture of calm, in direct opposition to the tumult inside my head.
 
 “I just—you remember what I asked of you the other day, right?”
 
 “Of course I do.” She huffs out a breath. “I’ve never questioned it.” She slips a finger under the waistband of my boxer briefs, skimming across my lower abdomen before she pulls the band out far enough that it snaps a bit when she lets go. “If you want to have sex, we’ll need these off.”
 
 My breath hitches at her words.Oh, hell. Is this finally happening?Will she be able to handle what I need from her? Touch is such a hard thing for me—and it’s difficult to explain to someone else without going into the sordid details of how my father tortured me. I’ve never expected anyone to understand my triggers. But somehow, I have a feeling Star might get me without knowing my entire story.
 
 My cock twitches in my boxer briefs, and I’m fairly certain the pre-cum leaking from me is making a nice wet spot on the front of them. Hard to tell since they’re black, but I know it’s there.Fuck, I want this.But deep inside, there’s that part of me that is so fucking scared to get too close to someone. To let anyone see the real me, to share the ugliness that I was brought up with, the pain inflicted by my own family. There are things I don’t know if I’ll ever be okay with.
 
 She sits up, kicking the sheet and duvet from us. Catching the corner of her lip with her teeth, she whips the T-shirt she stole from me over her head. My gaze immediately drops to her full breasts with their dusky-pink nipples and the smooth expanse of her stomach. She’s got the cutest fuckin’ belly button I’ve ever seen. I allow my eyes to roam a little farther south until they come to a full halt at a tiny pair of red boyshort panties. I groan, my mind flashing back to her bringing herself to orgasm right in front of me. She’d been so fucking pink and wet, I’d almost come just watching her fingers work her clit. And the look of ecstasy I’d captured on paper? Fuuuck. It was so unforgettably hot.
 
 I drag in a pained breath as my gaze travels down her bare legs all the way to her little toes, nails painted in a dark, deep color, like the night sky.Fuck.I’m itching to touch her everywhere, and I fully understand I want to do things to her that I’m specifically asking her not to reciprocate. But everything about her calls out to me, tells me this is right. She’s the one. I stare into her eyes, questioning in the only way I know how.Please understand me.
 
 Softly, she whispers, “Take control, Kellan. Do what you need to do.”
 
 I sit up quickly and shift around, pushing her back to the mattress. I crawl between her legs and grasp her wrists in my hands, holding them firmly on the pillow above her head. I pause for several seconds, looking into her vibrant green eyes. Her back arches, and her taut nipples graze my chest. Fuck. It feels so damn good, I can’t resist lowering a little, letting our bodies brush again. She gives a satisfied moan, not breaking eye contact. And in this moment, I know for damn certain that I want to be looking into her eyes when I enter her body.
 
 My breathing ragged, I bring my mouth closer and closer to hers. I want to put it all over her body. Touch every inch of her. But I’ll gladly begin with her sweet lips. My tongue trails lightly over the bottom one, getting a taste of her before I sweep into her mouth with a groan. I kiss her fiercely. Passionately. Meaningfully. With everything I am.
 
 And this girl, she meets me lick for lick and stroke for wild stroke. Our tongues tangle and twist and curl. Every nip and rub of her lips makes me hotter for her. She sucks my lip into her mouth, and I groan aloud. Hesitantly, I lower my body to hers, blood roaring through my head, and lust pounding through my veins. The skin-on-skin contact throws me for a loop, my chest going incredibly tight.Fuuuck.There can’t possibly be anything better than the feel of her soft, warm skin on mine and her body straining toward me.
 
 But then, I prove myself wrong as my hips rock, bringing my cock into contact with her panty-covered pussy. Fireworks shoot off in my head, and to disguise how overwhelmed I am, my lips leave hers to seek out her neck. She gasps when I bite softly, then grinds herself upward, rubbing against my aching dick.
 
 A jolt of electricity zips straight down my spine. “Fuck. You feel so good,” I grit, need rushing through my body with every desire-filled touch. Her legs have dropped open, bent at the knees, and she’s pushing her feet into the mattress to provide leverage to rub her pussy up and down on my cock. It’s the most sublime thing I’ve ever felt.Yet.Because there’s more. I know there’s more. I shudder at the knowledge that tonight I’m going to have it all.
 
 “Do you want me, Kellan?” Star’s question comes out on a breathy gasp. Her eyes connect with mine.
 
 “God, yes,” I grunt.
 
 “Then take me. You don’t always say everything you’re thinking. But I need you to show me. I need to know.” She looks up at me from under hooded eyes. “I want to feel you moving inside me.”
 
 If I try to reply, my voice will be hoarse, so I nod. Releasing her hands, I move down her body, taking the time to drop kisses in unexpected places and to run my tongue over her. The scent of her skin gets to my head and drives me mad. I slowly torment all the hidden places that I doubt many others know about. She gasps when I lick the valley of her breasts and moans when I put my lips on the side of her waist, nibbling lightly. I want to learn every little thing about her. What makes her whimper and what makes her sigh.
 
 When I get to her panties, I don’t immediately take them off, but instead, bend at the waist and run my nose right down the front. It’s like a punch to the gut. A soft growl rumbles in my chest. The heady scent of her arousal is going to turn me into an animal. I push her legs wide, studying the tendons that disappear under her boyshorts right at the apex of her legs. I lick one, then trail my tongue under the hem of her panties, making her squirm.
 
 I hope she understood what she was giving up when she told me to take control because this is the only way I can see this working—at least for now. But her eyes are on me, never wavering. And I make sure mine don’t break contact either as I rub the flat of my tongue over her pussy through the underwear, making her shudder. “Do you want my mouth down here?” I can already taste her, and I’m jonesing for more. She’s like a drug habit I don’t ever want to quit.
 
 “Yes. Show me how much you want me.”
 
 Kneeling, I hook my fingers into the waistband of her panties and tug them down as Star lifts her ass to ease the way. My heart thuds heavily in my chest as I peel them off her legs and get another look at all her glistening pink skin. My dick throbs impatiently, but I want this first. I lower my head between her legs, immediately licking through her folds before I close my mouth over her clit to flick and suck until she’s writhing on the bed.