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Releasing the front clasp of her bra, Josh watched the color flood Caroline’s face and neck as he leaned in and blew on her very pink nipples. They pebbled under his breath and she let out a little gasp. Just a little one, but it was enough for Josh to want to take a taste and see what other noises he might coax out of her. When his mouth closed over her breast, he wasn’t disappointed.
* * *
Caroline didn’t knowshe could make sounds like the one that just came out of her mouth. But with Josh paying such thorough attention to her breasts, she didn’t know how she was breathing, much less making noise. It felt so good, so good. Everyplace he touched or kissed gave her more raw pleasure than she’d ever known.
His hands were at her waist, moving, barely moving, until he started sliding her underwear down her legs. Caroline wondered why she wasn’t uncomfortable or feeling shy, and she guessed that it had to do with the fact that Josh made her comfortable. She felt his lips skimming her belly, the brush of his beard, and she reached for him, stroking his hair as he moved, moved...
Caroline saw a flash of light, heat seemed to flood her core, and it took a second for her to realize what Josh was doing down there. With his lips and his tongue. God, he was good at it. Practice obviously made perfect.
STOP!She shouldn’t think about anything he’d done before—just what he was doing to her now. Would he want her to go... to do...oh, God.There was a noise, a long keening that Caroline realized after a few seconds was coming from her. Inside she felt muscles tense and throb, and awareness of what this man did to her, the orgasm that she hoped was just the beginning.
“You have a hair trigger, Miss Rossi. Been a while?”
Caroline nodded. Saying it had “been a while” wasn’t completely right, but it was the best she could do considering there was no way she was going to tell him the truth. If she did, he’d treat her like the freak she was and send her home. No, she was going to do this and he would never know. She had enough nerve, and the truth of it was that this was Josh, the man she’d always wanted to sleep with even when she didn’t realize that what a girl did with a man in bed had nothing to do with sleeping. She’d been waiting for this. For him.
Josh had moved next to her and shucked off his pants and boxers, and Caroline made herself look at him. All of him. She’d seen naked men when she was away at college, but he was... he was really big, and that’s when Caroline started to panic. How was she going to pull this off?
Being a virgin upset her like nothing else in her life, and no one knew, not even her sister or her mother. She was ashamed that she was so backward, but it was one of those life experiences that got away from her.
College was so hard. She’d gone to Cornell for engineering and had gotten amazing grades, but her social life had been almost nonexistent. She had friends, but they were all so busy studying and interning and trying to get ahead that they didn’t have time to date. Caroline figured she’d have more time for a real relationship when she graduated and got a job.
The only offers she’d gotten since starting work were from guys like Mark.
She wished she’d been like her friends who’d slept with guys just to get the virginity thing out of the way, but she couldn’t do it. Every time she got close, something stopped her. Caroline wanted romance, she wanted love, but she never gave herself the go-ahead to get involved. With anyone. Especially not for a one-night stand. Of course, now she was painfully inexperienced at twenty-seven.Twenty-seven,and her first time was going to be with Josh Campbell. A man so experienced she was actually a little afraid.
Okay, a lot afraid.
Caroline had gotten over her infatuation with Josh while she was away at school. At least she thought she had. When Meg married Jason, and Josh was back in the picture, Caroline’s crush had returned full force. And even though she hadn’t ever thought that their being together was a real possibility, the hope was always there.
The bottom line? Caroline was breaking every rule, acting before thinking something through, and she didn’t care. She was in bed with her dream man and even though she didn’t know what to do with him, she knew this was right.
Josh reached over and grabbed a condom from his nightstand and made quick work of it. Caroline gripped the bed and hoped it didn’t hurt too much. She had no idea what to expect but between his size and her “condition,” this wasn’t going to be rapture; that much was certain.
“Jesus, Caroline. Breathe,” he said. His voice was hoarse with need. “You’re going to pass out, and I need you awake for this.”
“Sorry,” she said, exhaling. “I guess I’m nervous.”
Josh, who had been kissing her neck and working her body back into a frenzy, stopped and looked into her eyes. “Are you sure you want to do this?”
His face was so perfect, his expression so kind. It was the last thing she expected from the gruff, no-nonsense Josh. He pretty much just gave her permission to back out, but instead, Caroline reached out and touched his cheek, rough with stubble. There was no way to say no to him. No way.
“Caroline?”
She felt him hard against her leg, pressing close, and she thought of how he would feel inside her. Her body burned from the sheer need.
“I want this,” she finally said. “But you’re so...” She stopped and decided not to say anything else. She just wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
Josh didn’t ask any more questions. His hands slid around her and lifted her butt, tilting her hips. He shifted his body and that’s when Caroline knew she couldn’t stop kissing him. It was the only thing giving her courage. The only thing she could focus on. His mouth. His hands. And then she felt the push, the nudge, as he started to enter her. He was straining for control, going so, so slowly.
“God, you’re so wet, Caroline.” He said it against her lips and it wasn’t his lust that got to her but the complete pleasure he seemed to feel when he knew she was ready for him. He pushed a little deeper. All Caroline could think was that if she was really wet it might hurt less. Yeah, she couldn’t think about anything. She just had to keep kissing him.
“And you’re so damned tight. Christ.”
He pushed in a little more and Caroline felt herself stretch. “Josh, that feels so good.”
Did it feel good? Yes, it did. It was a glorious discomfort, but she was relaxing into it. She didn’t know what made her do it, but she nipped at his lower lip and he sucked in a breath. Her arms were around him and her hands felt the muscles bunch in his shoulders and back. He was holding onto the last thread of his control, and Caroline learned that she really liked the idea that she could get him to break.
So this time, she scraped her teeth along his neck and that’s all it took. He groaned, pulled her hips tight against him and surged. His movements, his body, overwhelmed any resistance, and Caroline was the one who gasped as she not only adjusted to being fully penetrated by this man, but recovered from the broken innocence.
