Page 198 of Liberating Lily

“It’s a buzzing noise. You don't hear that?”

“Um, well, uh.” She was well aware that she wasn't allowed to lie to him.

Suddenly, he crouched then reached under the bed, pulling out the vibrator.

She stared at it in horror.

“Well, I wonder how that got down there,” he drawled. “Something you want to tell me?”

“I want to have sex,” she blurted out.

He raised his eyebrows as he stared at her. “What?”

“I want to have sex,” she told him. “I got out the vibrator to see how it felt.”

“You used the vibrator?” he asked.

She shook her head. “No, I chickened out and rang Clem for advice.”

“You rang Clem for advice on using a vibrator?” He turned it off and placed it on the bedside table. “Why didn’t you come to me?”

“Umm,” she said.

“Lily, why didn’t you ask me?”

“Because I wasn’t sure what you’d say. You seem to think that that I’m now too fragile for sex.”

“I was trying to take it slow, so I didn’t scare you.”

“Well, don’t!” she cried.

“All right,” he said with a sexy look on his face. “I won’t.”

And then he stripped off his shirt.

Holy. Hell. No matter how many times she saw that chest, she still felt like she was turning into a puddle of goo.

The man was ripped, tattooed, and gorgeous.

Grasping hold of her hips, he lifted her, placing her on the bed.

They were doing this. Really doing this.

She swallowed heavily as he moved over her, so he was kneeling with his legs on either side of hers. Then he placed his hands on the headboard behind her and bent down. She rested back against the pillows as he kissed her. It started off soft, and then it became something far more heated, more sexy, and much more decadent. She wrapped her arms around his neck and drew him even closer. She wanted more.

He lightly bit her lower lip before moving his mouth along her jaw with light kisses.

“What color?” he asked.

It took a few seconds for her brain to catch up to what he was saying.

She thought about it for a long moment. “Green.”

He drew back and stared down at her. “Green? You sure, baby? You’re ready to do this? Ready for me?”

“I feel like I am,” she said. “I don’t know that I won’t freak out at some stage, but I know what I’m doing, I know where I am, and I know who you are. And I also know that if I need you to stop, you will.”

“That’s my good girl,” he said. “And if at any time you need that, you are to tell me. We’re going to take things nice and slow and gentle, but it doesn’t have to happen today. If all we do is some kissing and cuddling, then I’m fine with that.”