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A heaviness falls over me, and my voice is tender. “Trust me, babe, you don’t suck at this.”
She’s not convinced. “You look like you’d rather me pluck your eyeballs out than be on top of you.”
I tighten my grip on her to stop her from moving off me.
Here, I thought I was doing us a favor by holding back, and she thinks it’s because I don’t want her. As scared as I was that us being together would push her away, my constant rejection will do just as much damage, if not more.
I tilt my hips up, and she gasps when my erection presses against her core. “There’s never been a question ofifyou turn me on. It’s always beenifthis is a good idea.”
Her eyes widen, understanding flickering on her face. “So, Idoturn you on.” The grin she was sporting minutes ago resurfaces.
The air grows thick, and I curl forward to cup the back of her head with my palm. Not a word leaves my mouth until our eyes are locked—hers with traces of every emotion.
Fear. Excitement. Love. Hurt.
We’re so close that I feel her chest heaving underneath my shirt.
“I want this as much as you do, babe,” I say, inches from her lips, not breaking our eye contact. “Hell, more than you do.”
That gorgeous smile of hers grows larger than I’ve ever seen in all the years I’ve known her. “If I say something, do you promise not to throw me off your lap?”
Not going in the direction I thought this was going.
I arch a brow, my hands digging into her hair. “Sure?”
“I want you to take this step with me, Rex.”
“Step?”
She blows out a long breath and lifts one of her hands, smoothing her palm over my face before settling it on my cheek. My mouth goes dry. Affection simmers in her eyes as we focus on nothing but each other, in our own little confused world.
Her words come out slow. Her tone soft. “Rex, you’re capable of a relationship, and as someone who believes in you, who trusts you, I’m willing to put my heart on the line to prove it.”
My hand covers hers resting on my cheek. “Carolina—”
She shoves my hand away to press a finger against my lips. “I’m not finished.” Her finger leaves my lips and brushes my chin before she lowers her hand to my chest, tapping the spot over my heart. “This heart is capable of being a good friend, a good boyfriend, a good lover—”
“Is that what you want?” I cut in, my head spinning. “For me to be your boyfriend?” Just the thought sends a jolt of excitement through me.
Us together.
Boyfriend and girlfriend.
Lovers.
She nods. “More than anything.” The serious look on her face morphs into a smirk. Her next words come out in a song, one sounding like a cheesy-ass car commercial, and she moves her shoulders from side to side in a dancing motion. “You know you want to.”
She further proves her point by wiggling on top of me, rolling this romantic moment into a hungrier one filled with need for her.
“Let’s do it then.”
Her face brightens. “Really?”
My answer comes in the form of kissing her with everything I have.
We’ve lit the fuse, and I pray it doesn’t burn everything we’ve built.
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