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He placed a finger inside of me and pulled it out to suck on the taste. “You are so wet.”
I caught my breath. Wow. That was really hot. “Probably have been since you first walked into the restaurant.”
His smile was slow. “Nothing between us.”
“Nothing.”
I wanted to stroke him, but I never got the chance. Max pushed himself inside of me. Balls to tip, all at once. I cried out. Yes, suddenly I was full where I had been empty. “Stay still.” I spoke in a low whisper. “I just want to feel like this for one more second, so I can remember it all the time.”
“Hope, open your eyes and look at me.” I hadn’t realized I’d closed them, but I did just as he asked. I’ve give him anything right then. “I will stay wherever you want me for as long as you want me, but we are going to have lots of moments like this. You won’t have to remember it. We’ll be like this forever and ever.”
I touched his cheek. “Okay.”
“I swear I’m going to make you believe it.” He kissed me, the sweetest caress, and I sighed against his lips.
“If you want to move, you can. Thank you for the moment.”
He shook his head. “Don’t ever thank me for anything.”
Then his body took mine. These were the moments I’d craved—the way Max always knew how to move, how to make me respond to him. The way that he just defined sex to me. No one could ever make me feel the way that he did right then. I wrapped my legs around him and held on. Each thrust, each pull, better than the last.
We moaned together, and when I made a particular noise—I didn’t even know what it was—his lips met mine, begging me for more, like he wanted to drink me down, ingest whatever it was that I’d done.
He scooted us back until I was up against his headboard. His movements were rough, and I was glad for something to hold on to. I couldn’t get enough. There was no such thing as too much right then. Just more. I needed more.
Then I exploded. A years’ worth of nothing became something right then. He was inside of me, his skin touching mine, his body claiming mine again. I needed to be owned by him. I wasn’t ashamed of it, so I took it as my own because I had him too. He belonged to me.
Max spent inside of me. For the first time, I felt that warmth. It filled me in a new way, and I reveled in it.
He smoothed his thumb over my bottom lip. “I like this grin.”
I bit the tip of his thumb, and he grinned. “Forgive me, Hope.”
“You’re forgiven,” I whispered back, and he nodded. Max rose and came back with a washcloth to clean me. He was gentle, almost reverent. Then he tugged me against him in the bed. “Can’t get you close enough.”
“That’s okay.” I pressed my head against his chest. “I like being this close.”
“I can’t spare you my need for you. Can’t put it away where I can’t touch it. Won’t do that. And I haven’t figured out how to tame it yet. Soon. When I’m certain I have you with me, I’ll be able to push it down, but this is what I never let myself acknowledge. This…need I have for you. Essential.”
“Not complaining.” I closed my eyes and breathed him deep into my lungs. “I have to get a ticket in a second, have to pull away to book a plane back to Seattle, so that I can pack up my life, quit my job. To come back here.”
He loosened his grip. “For that, I’ll let go.”
I shook my head and made myself move away from him to grab my phone where it had fallen on the ground when we’d undressed. I had a million texts. My sisters had officially seen his show. They didn’t know I was there, but their curiosity was going to have to wait until morning. Max was getting all my attention. I used an app and quickly made arrangements to leave the next day. He rolled onto his side to watch me.
“What name were you living under?” He stroked his finger over my thigh.
“Amelia West.” Having gotten the arrangements done quickly, I went back to where I’d been, and he rolled onto his back to let me.
Good. I was settled. I was there. He was mine. He loved me. “Say it.”
He kissed my hair. “I love you so fucking much, Hope.”
I closed my eyes.
I roused just a bit when he tugged me against him. “You moved too far. Sorry, baby. Go back to sleep.”
That was perfectly fine. I wanted to be that close too. “So much better.”
