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Mutely, I nodout He leans in and plants a swift kiss againsttowards the open door When I notice the slightly aay he’s walking, a nervous giggle bubbles out I slap my hand over my mouth to try to stop myself, but he turns and narrows his eyes at ht now that I wouldn’t be surprised ifblue"
"I’m sorry, really!" I hold my hands up in surrender, but notice my mistake about two seconds too late The towel falls fro before hirowls low in his throat, the sound so powerful that my pussy throbs Jesus, that’s hot
With ht possible, he turns stiffly and walks the rest of the way out the door, closing it softly behind hi to calm my own hormones down, but quickly realize there isn’tinsidethirst
After our bathrooshells around each other Both of us dance around, knowing that behind each stolen glance and heated glare, we both want nothing ether in what promises to be the wildest of reunions
When he looks at ainst the countertop that I’ dinner on, I slam my knife down The sexual heat between us has the roo of desire is cloaking every inch of space around us
"I think I ht need to skip dinner"
He puts the plates down and walks over fro the table I don’t move I continue to hold the marble countertop as if my life depends on it, afraid that if I reht shred the clothes straight from his body
I don’t feel hi directly behind ht the urge to turn and throw myself at him When his hand ainst my exposed neck, my body trembles violently
"I want you so bad, Beck" The desperation in my voice causes my cheeks to heat, and I drop my head, annoyed with ht back just asanywhere, Dee You ht think you’re ready, and I have no doubt that your body is, but I want it all Mind, body, soul, and heart I pro to be worth the wait When you open yourself up to oing to be" He nibbles softly acrossup the plates he’d abandoned It takes er to calm the heat infrom, but it’s harder to explain to my overactive hormones that we need to put the brakes on it The last time I had hih it was , as always, it still left ht Sixtime to crave soes of hih my mind I don’t knohy it never occurred to me that he could have been with anyone else, but now that the thought has popped init My stomach cramps with the idea of him and some faceless wo his handso to calht to ask this, I know I don’t, but… has there been someone… um, anyone else?" I whisper the question, but I know he hears oes soft
His lips curl into a small slare at hi tone hits me
"Don’t poke fun at ht to even be bothered by the thought, et it, I do But… I just want to know I need to know"
He doesn’t walk over tome some space here My mind is a jumbled mess of questions On one hand, I knoithout a doubt that this is where I’e anymore, but I’m still afraid of the unknown I kno that this is nor that I’ve pushed thison in my head, is what kills me I wouldn’t even fault him if there had been someone else
"Look at ivesfor his next words "The day your drunk ass went on and on about how chocolate is better than sex, you had me hooked It was never a question of whether or not you were it for ht have pushed o anywhere, and if you think about it long enough, you know I didn’t leave you Even if we hadn’t had the handful of nights together during all this tiet it up for another woman Not when my heart has always been yours So no, Dee, there hasn’t been anyone else, and there won’t be anyone else This is the longest we’ve ever gone without falling into each other, and I can wait as long as it takes for your head to catch up with your heart" He smiles and it isn’t a sht then and there, I knoithout a doubt that I don’t deserve this ht like hell to be worthy of the love he’s offering
"For what it’s worth, it’s only been you for ets even bigger before he finishes setting the table
A co down and starting ourthe question I’ve knoas coo with Izzy today?" He finishes cutting a piece of his chicken, but pauses with it halfway to hisIzzy what Brandon had done to me had been a painful conversation, but it will pale in co it will be to tell Beck
I think I’ve always known that he would be the hardest one for me to tell I have had a very real fear that he would look atthat had played a part in keeping oods, tainted, unworthy Things would have been a lot easier if I hadn’t been afraid to tell him I took a while, but now I can tell that he would have helped et over it back then and still would’ve loved me