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Was it crazy to feel this way? Were we setting ourselves up for failure by moving too fast? We’d only known each other a few weeks. How well could anyone really know someone in such a short amount of time?
But then I thought about my mama and Lachlan. They knew after spending even less time together and were still happily married over fifteen years later. Mama always said the universe gave her precisely what she needed in Lachlan.
Maybe the universe had given me precisely whatIneeded in Gideon.
“And I’m starting to fall for you,” I finally admitted, my throat welling with emotion. “Exactly as you are now.”
He covered my mouth with his as his hands roamed my frame. When they skimmed my ass, only to find me bare, he groaned. In one swift motion, he lifted me up, my legs instinctively wrapping around his waist as he carried me up the stairs.
Once we reached my bedroom, he carefully placed me onto my mattress. Straightening, he took his time to remove his hoodie and t-shirt, revealing the intricate patterns of scars that adorned his torso.
I’d never been so drawn to the sight of another man stripping before. With Gideon, it was different. I knew what a big deal it was for him to let me see this side of him. To see each and every scar that marred his body. But I meant what I told him.
Theywerebeautiful.
I’d forever be grateful he trusted me enough with this part of him. With his past.
Like I’d finally trusted him withmypast.
His wanton stare heated my flesh as he pushed his jeans down his legs and tossed them to the side. Crawling on top of me, he captured my mouth with his, his body moving sensually against mine.
“I need to feel you,” he begged, gently pulsing against me. “Nothing between us.”
I scraped my nails up and down his back, his hard erection against my center driving me wild with need.
I’d certainly imagined how he’d feel inside of me, flesh to flesh, even if a part of me resisted the idea. The last person who’d been inside of me without a condom was Samuel.
But I needed this. Needed to feel him. I no longer wanted anything standing between us. Not my past. Nothispast. Instead, it would just be us and this intense connection I felt from the first time I stared into his eyes.
Arching toward him, I took his earlobe between my teeth. “Let me feel you, Gideon.”
He cupped my cheeks, his eyes boring into mine. Then his lips collided with mine in a fierce kiss as he eased inside me, everything about it new and invigorating.
And not because this was the first time he hadn’t worn a condom.
Instead, as he brought me to the brink of orgasm, only to retreat, dragging out my bliss, this was so much more than just sex.
It was relief.
It was deliverance.
It was salvation.
The way he held my face as he moved inside of me made me feel like he was able to peer directly into my soul.
It was too much, yet not enough. I wanted more of him. Wanted all of him. Wanted every one of his broken, shattered pieces so I could be the glue to put them back together.
Just like this man had becomemyglue, even when I didn’t want to admit it. Even when I was still clinging to the past.
As our bodies moved in time with each other, there were no lust-filled declarations. No wanton orders. No needy remarks.
Instead, I stayed in the moment with Gideon, neither one of us looking away for so much as a heartbeat. We didn’t even need to tell each other when we were getting close. We just knew, our bodies singing a song only we could hear until we had nothing left to give and fell asleep wrapped up in each other.
ChapterThirty-Four
Imogene
A sliver of sunlight peeked through the curtains, causing me to flutter my eyes open and take in the disarray that was my bedroom. And not simply because of the piles of unpacked boxes that were still stacked against nearly every wall.
