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“Hi.” His deep voice broke the silence that had fallen between us, and I smiled.
“Hello,” I whispered with a shy smile.
“If you don’t want to—" He swallowed hard. I watched through hooded eyes as his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down. “We don’t have to do anything, Gem. I need you to know, if you want to wait—" I stepped forward and placed a fingertip over his lips.
“I’ve been waiting for so long, Aiden.”
“Gem,” he groaned. “You can’t tell me that shit.”
“But it’s true, Aiden. You need to know that…”Be bold,a voice whispered. “You need to know I love you. I’ve loved you for so long. More than a friend.”
“You never told me.”
“You didn’t either.” My lips twitched. He started to move forward. For every step he took, I took one backwards, and I knew exactly where we were slowly headed—to the bed.
Our bed.
“Sassy,” he whispered. His lips touched mine. That simple touch caused wetness, or more wetness, pooling between my legs.
“You like it,” I responded, knowing I was poking the bear, waiting anxiously for more than a kiss.
I might be a virgin, but I wasn’t naïve. I loved reading romance novels, the dirtier the better. Not only that, but I’d watched movies and had a fantastic imagination. There were so many things I wanted to do with Aiden.
I wanted everything.
“No.” He shook his head. We inched closer to the bed, until the back of my legs hit the mattress. We stopped, and his hands held my face. His thumbs tenderly stroked the apples of my cheeks. “I love it. I love everything about you, beautiful.”
“Aiden,” I said his name but wasn’t sure what else to say.
“You have all my firsts, angel. Including that first kiss.” His teeth mashed together and his eyes heated. “I want more, butI’m good with waiting. Taking things slow and—" I started to shake my head.
I knew that stubborn look on his face.
If I left it up to him, we’d do things on his terms, and as great as that was, I’d been waiting a really long time for this moment.
I pushed him softly, and he took half a step back. Without a word or second thought, I pulled my crop top off and pushed my skirt down, letting the material pool on the ground. I’d never been naked in front of anyone other than a medical professional, and even then, I had those paper gowns to cover up with. I was tempted to cover myself, especially since I was standing in front of him topless, wearing nothing but an itty-bitty white micro G-string and the sandals on my feet.
“Holy fuck.” The way he started at me, as his eyes roamed up and down my body, made me feel a confidence and sexiness I’d never really felt before. Being with Aiden had always felt like being home. The one safe place in the world where it was okay to just be myself, weird quirks and all.
“I love you,” I found myself saying and speaking from the heart as my hands rested at my sides. “I don’t want to wait. I feel like I’ve been waiting my entire life for this moment, and now that we’re here… I want everything. All my firsts, too. You have them. Anything you want.”
“I might…”—he cleared his throat—“I might not be good at it. I might not…”—his nosed flared—“last a long time.”
“I promise that’s okay.” I smiled. “We can learn together.” His head jerked tightly, and I shivered.
My nipples tightened under his gaze, and I could see him moving in slowly. There were mere inches between us, but he didn’t rush. Almost like he could sense the way he turned me on with every tick of the clock. His hands reached for me and rested at my waist.
“This okay?”
“I’m yours, Aiden. Any way you want to touch me.” My offer sounded like a plea, but I didn’t care.
“Fuck, baby. Jesus, I don’t know where to start.”
“You’re wearing a lot.” My hands rose and rested at the first button of his dress shirt. Before I could work that first one, his hands covered mine.
“No,” he rasped.
“But—”
