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Noticing her wide, anxious eyes I framed her face within my hands. “We don’t have to do anything you don’t want to.”
At my words, she let out a relieved breath. She dropped her chin, her fingertips tracing the tattoos from the edge of my black t-shirt to my wrist. “I want to, but I’m nervous.”
I shifted her in my lap. “There’s no rush, Hazel. We’ll wait until you’re ready.” There was no doubt I wanted her. My cock pressed painfully into the zipper of my shorts and there was no way she hadn’t noticed while wrapped around my body.
She sighed. “I don’t want you to regret choosing to be with me.”
I tucked her head under my chin and hugged her close. Her pliant body tensed further with each word. Every instinct said I needed to soothe her. To care for her. I ran my hand up and down her back in even strokes. “You’re more than just a quick fuck, Hazel.”
I felt her breath catch beneath the palm of my hand and her heartbeat pick up. At least I knew she was listening.
“If that’s all I wanted, why would I jeopardize our working relationship?”
Her shoulders gave an almost imperceptible shrug.
“I know. Logically, I get that, but illogically, I keep comparing myself to the women I’ve set up dates for you with. How they all seemed so much more experienced than me,” she grumbled.
I inhaled, letting the oxygen fill my lungs and keep me from blurting out a response. To hear her compare herself to any woman I dated when she was leagues above them pissed me off. An emotion I wasn’t used to, regret, flashed through me leaving a pit in my stomach. “I was an asshole to have you schedule them.”
She gave a wry chuckle. “You didn’t exactly know I liked you.”
“It doesn’t matter. If I could change that, I would.” I paused for a minute, knowing this moment was important. “You’re right. You’re nothing like any of those women.”
Her sharp intake of breath speared me. Hurt and anger permeated the air around us.
“You’re so much better. If I was having you schedule dates with them, it’s because they didn’t matter to me. You do.”
She sniffed. “You could’ve led with that dummy.”
“I probably slept with less of them than you think.” I was careful about who I let into my inner circle. Besides, I needed the women I had sex with to understand what we shared wasn’t anything more.
Her hands twisted together in front of her, giving an exasperated sigh. “And I don’t know what I like and I hate thinking that it won’t be good for you.”
She had no idea how sweet she was. It was my job to make sure her pleasure was my top priority. Not just her first time, but every time. I let out a low chuckle and quickly ended it when Hazel lightly smacked my arm. “Trust me, Sunshine, I have no doubt we will both enjoy it.”
“What if it takes me a while to be ready for that next step?”
“I’ll wait.” It might slowly kill me, but I’d never push her into doing something she might regret. That would kill me.
“What if?—”
I gripped the side of her neck and forced her gaze up to meet mine. “I will only say this once. It doesn’t matter how long. You’ll tell me when you’re ready. And when you finally agree to let me sink my cock into your sweet body, you’ll be begging for it. Until then, I wait. Got it?”
She wet her lips with the tip of her tongue, and my dick twitched. I was going to have a lot of cold showers in the future. “Yeah, but that doesn’t mean we won’t do other stuff, right?”
I raised my eyebrow. “Other stuff?” It probably wasn’t nice, but I couldn’t help but bait her. “You’ll have to be more specific.”
A faint blush stained her cheeks. “We can still make out and touch each other.”
My hooded gaze roamed her body. “Where do you want me to touch you?”
“Everywhere,” she whispered.
I brushed the pads of my fingers down her arm. She shivered. “That’s nice, but not what I was talking about.” The first sign of frustration edged her words.
“Oh, then you must have meant here.” I shifted my hand to cover her soft stomach.
A low-pitched growl left her mouth. “No, like here.” She grabbed my hand and placed it in between her thick thighs.
