I arched a brow, studying the heat spreading over her face.Lie. “You are.”
She turned her face to the side, looking away in embarrassment. “I’m…Okay, yes I’m hungry. But I—I thought we could stay here together a bit longer.”
She did?And here I was, trying to give her some space…
I did not waste any time and hauled myself on the large rock next to her to lie down. Tammy studied each of my movements and after a minute, scooted away from her spot where she still had her feet in the water to lie next to me. When her head found its place on my chest and her hand slid over my abs, I let out a charged breath.
“I thought we would be moving today,” she said softly. “I mean, you said you were all…migrating?”
“We are. But we stop one full day a week, and since you and I had our partnering ceremony yesterday, my brother…He thought it would be best to make today our rest day.”
“Why?”
Shit. “Because newly partnered couples…tend to want to spend some time alone after the ceremony is over.”
Silence stretched for a few seconds and her breath hitched. “Oh.Oh. Right…”
My throat moved as I swallowed. “Right.”
Another moment passed where none of us spoke. The last thing I wanted was for her to feel pressured, but I could notlieabout what people usually expected. They would have no way of knowing for sure what had happened—ornothappened—but they would definitely assume ithad.
“I hope you know that my…reticencehas nothing to do with you,” she blurted out. “It’s not that I don’twantto. I’m just…scared.”
Thanks to what happened this morning, I knew the issue came from elsewhere. “I know,” I said simply. “We can wait. Until you are no longer scared or more comfortable—”
“I’m comfortable.” I looked down and lifted her face toward mine. She frowned. “Are you seriously checking if I’m telling the truth now?”
You bet I am.“Can you blame me?” She blinked, confused. “I care about your comfort. Your safety. Yourhappiness. I will always make sure any of these words coming from you are spoken truthfully.”
Tamara blushed again before escaping my gaze. “Well, Iamcomfortable with you. And although I was terrified, I truly enjoyed what happened this morning.”
Fuck, me too. It appeared human females hadextremelysensitive external pleasure points. All morning I had to refrain myself from keeping her lying down and strip her naked to study every inch of her beautiful skin—with a special attention to the spot she had rubbed against me.
“I enjoyed it too. A lot,” I admitted, sliding my hand along her naked thigh and stopping at the crease behind her knee to pull her closer to me. “Feel free to do this againwheneveryou want to.”
She shivered and shifted her hips against my side. “I—really?”
My cock started to swell in my drenched pants. This woman was driving me crazy with need and Ireallyneeded to reel it in.
“Yes. What happened this morning or even something else,” I added, trying my hardest to control my arousal. It was only amatter of time before the damn purple showed up. She wouldinevitablynotice.
“Something else?” Her voice wavered. “Would something else be…painful?”
There was only one thing that could potentially hurt her, and it had been clear that it was the thing she was not ready to do. It left alotof other possibilities…
“All the things that I have in mind would not.”
“I…Okay.”
Shit.Okay? Okay what?Was she just ending the conversation by acknowledging my words? Was she actually agreeing to…more?
“Okay—?”
She did not answer. Because her lips were now busy kissing a trail from my stomach to my chest, my shoulders, my throat, my jaw, mylips.
Perfect. She was utterlyperfect.
“Hm?” she said in between kisses.
