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Damn. My eyes welled up with tears at all the effort he’d gone to, only to have it ruined.
“Hey, hey, no crying. We both don’t do well with tears, remember?”
“Yeah, but I can’t believe you went to all this trouble.”
He shushed me with a kiss. “It was only to get you in the sack again, so now that’s happened it’s takeout in sweatpants from now on.”
I watched him curse before I could even react.
“Shit, that sounded funnier in my head. I was trying to avoid tears and, of course, there will be more dates. It wasn’t about the sex.”
I held up a finger to his lips, grinning. “Considering you’re the one who made us wait, I didn’t think otherwise for a second. Come on, I’m starving.” I took his hand, leading him into the kitchen.
He took out some containers, set me on the counter, and proceeded to feed me tidbits of dinner. Turned out the tender pieces of steak, baby mushrooms, and potatoes were really good, even cold. And sucking his fingers every time he put a morsel between my lips was turning into quite the foreplay.
“There’s chocolate cake for dessert, but I think we may need to wait until after my exploration for that.”
I quirked a brow. “You have me intrigued.”
He hauled me up and over his shoulder, carrying me into the bedroom caveman style, which made me giggle. After letting me down gently in the middle of the bed, he crawled over me. “Now then, exploration consists of getting to know every inch of you. Discovering what turns you on, where you’re ticklish, and tasting every inch of your incredible body.”
I sucked in a breath as he undressed me slowly, peeling down my panties last and gazing at me with a burning intensity. Leaning up on my elbows, I met his eyes and smiled. “What are you thinking?”
A grin spread over his face. “I probably shouldn’t say this out loud, but since you’ve yet to smack me thus far, here goes: this is the first time I’ve wanted to take my time with a woman and savor every touch. Guess that’s why I wasn’t much of a kisser before you.”
“What’s sex normally like?” I winced, not meaning to ask him about his history. “You don’t have to answer if it makes you feel uncomfortable.”
He swallowed hard and then trailed his fingertips up my calf, massaging the muscle. “I can’t speak for most people, but for me, I lost my virginity at fifteen and it became—I don’t know—like eating without bothering to really take my time and enjoy my food. Hell, most of the time, I didn’t even have to work for it, it was always around me.” He paused, gauging my reaction. “I’m not proud of that metaphor to describe most of my twenties.”
“I know you’re not.” I framed his vulnerable face with my hands.
“I don’t know. Maybe that’s why these five dates were so important to do.”
It finally clicked in place. “Because you wanted to work for it?”
He nodded. “I wanted it to be different.”
“I’d be lying if I said hearing that we’re something different doesn’t make it feel special.”
“It is, and I guess that was my fucked up way of saying so.”
I brought my lips to his for a sweet kiss. “Let the exploration games begin.”
* * *
I wokewith a hot body tangled up in mine. Colby had made good on his promise to explore every inch of me. Afterwards, we’d gorged on chocolate cake and then both passed out in a sexual coma following another round. Now I could see the morning light coming through the shade and figured I’d get up to make some breakfast. Trying to extricate myself quietly, I smiled when he snagged me closer, putting his arms around me in a spoon position.
“Where you going?” he questioned in a sleepy voice, nuzzling his lips on the back of my neck.
“I thought I’d make pancakes.”
“Mm, does it require getting out of bed or putting on clothes?”
“It does, especially if you want bacon. Hot grease and naked don’t go well together.” I inhaled when his fingers reached around, finding me ridiculously wet for him.
“Is this for me?”
“For you, because of you. At this rate, I’ll have to bring a change of panties whenever I’m around you.”
