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DAPHNE

Every time Sterling kissed me, it felt like his entire world narrowed to me and only me. I couldn’t quite explain it, but it was like he kissed with single-minded purpose to make me feel like nothing and no one else existed, and I loved it.

It consumed me, making me feel precious and like I mattered, and I melted into him, his unexpected visit filling me with so much hope and happiness. After what Eric and Jake had said about Fiona, I’d really wondered if perhaps Sterling had said something to them about possibly trying to get back together with her, but the way he was kissing me made it pretty clear it wasn’t her he wanted to get with.

He held my face in his hands, his body pressed tight to mine, moving with his mouth as he kissed me. I slid my tongue into his mouth, once again unable to believe that this was actually happening. I was so, so attracted to him that it felt almost impossible that he could feel the same way, but he definitely seemed to.

While I hadn’t seen it yet, I knew after our first night together that the man was well endowed. He couldn’t really hide the effect I had on him as a result, and I felt him now, hard and ready as he pressed against the front panel of my jeans.

“I bought condoms,” I blurted out on a husky murmur, my cheeks bursting into flame. “I, uhm, I. We don’t have to use them. I just, uh, I wanted to be prepared.”

He smirked against my lips. “So did I. A lot of them, and we’re using ‘em. Unless you have any objections?”

I shook my head, smiling as I kissed him again. “Absolutely no objections here.”

“Good.” He slanted his lips back over mine and slid his hands to my hips once more, lifting me onto the counter so our hips were perfectly aligned. He let out a deep growl that was so primal and raw, my panties were instantly damp. “Shit, the height of this thing is going to kill me. It’s perfect.”

“Perfect for what?” I teased, flashing him a playful smile as I pulled away.

Sterling shrugged, humor brightening to smoldering heat in those deep brown eyes. “Oh, I don’t know. Decoupage. Science experiments. Oh, and finally getting a taste of the forbidden fruit.”

As he said it, he grabbed the back of his shirt in his fist and pulled it off over his head, exposing all those delicious ridges and valleys that made my mouth water once more. Holy. Mother. Of. Abs.

He groaned when he saw me running my eyes all over him, bringing his knuckles to his mouth and sinking his teeth into them. The sight made another rush of heat sweep through me and I beckoned to him, curling my fingers and then pretending to reel him to me.

I’d never done anything like this before, but with him, it was easy to be playful. To have fun with it.

Sterling laughed, coming back to me willingly and capturing my face in his hands. Then he kissed me deeply.

Covering his hands with my own, I brought them to the hem of my shirt and he obeyed, lifting it off and pulling it over my head. Once he’d tossed it away, he slid his arms around me, unhooking my bra before ridding me of my pants and panties.

I couldn’t believe how fast he’d worked to get me naked, but when I reached for the waistband of his pants in turn, he shook his head and dragged his lips across my cheeks, neck, and shoulders before moving lower down. Threading my fingers into his hair, I held on for the ride as he kissed every exposed inch of my skin, making me vibrate with need before he was standing on his knees between my legs.

Very much aware that I was more exposed to him than I’d ever been to anyone, I tried closing my legs but he glanced at me, all the humor now gone from his eyes and leaving only a burning heat behind. “Don’t hide from me, Daph.”

“You’re level with my⁠—”

“I know. That’s the point.” He ran his flat palms over my thighs, his eyes locked on mine. “You’re gorgeous. Every inch of you. I’ve been dying to see you like this, so just let go and trust me, okay?”

Trust him. Right.

I exhaled a shaky breath but nodded and closed my eyes, relaxing the muscles in my legs so he could spread them apart a little further once more. So nervous that I could barely breathe, the first lash of his tongue against the most sensitive part of me came as such a surprise that a soft shout escaped me. Then I felt him flexing his fingers on my thighs, blowing hot air over my folds before he kissed me there again.

I moaned, my pulse spiking and my breathing picking up speed. Peter had never been a fan of this and I hadn’t trusted any of the boys I’d fooled around with before him enough to let them go there, so this was my first real experience with receiving oral sex.

It was terrifying and electrifying all at the same time. Sterling took it slowly, as if he knew how nervous I was, but soon, under the skillful touches of his fingers and tongue, I started relaxing. Blissful heat spread through me and my muscles tightened.

“Oh, that feels good.” My voice came out as some kind of sultry, husky whimper, but I braced my palms behind myself on the counter and ignored what a hussy I’d just sounded like.

My hips were rolling, moving with the pace he was setting, and pleasure was starting to build deep inside me. Sterling was frighteningly good at this, and before I could even wrap my head around what was happening, stars exploded behind my eyes and an orgasm raced through me.

I shuddered, moaning as I lost control of my senses and rode his face through it. Sterling groaned as he licked me clean, hovering for a moment before he straightened up and smashed his mouth into mine. I could taste myself on his lips, but strangely, it wasn’t as off-putting as I’d thought it would be.

In the moment before his lips had met my own, I’d seen the desperate need in his eyes, and when I reached for his fly again, he didn’t shake his head. He let me open it, freeing him from the confines of his clothes as I pushed down his jeans and boxer-briefs at the same time.

Suddenly wrenching his mouth away from my own, he bent over and pulled his wallet out of his pocket. “We’re going to need this.”