Page 83 of The Rookie

“Ohhh. That’s hot. I’m going to take good care of you, Griffin,” she moans, stroking me. She leans in, and bites my ear. “Really good fucking care of you.”

“Fuck, Princess.”

“Your turn…if you want. Do you want me to go down on you?”

“Uh…with your mouth?” Dumb. So dumb. Obviously Avery has all of the available brain cells rushing out of my brain, and…elsewhere.

She locks eyes on me, twisting her tongue in her teeth. “You’re so funny, Mr. Casual. Like you don’t know I’m about to do.”

I swallow down a ball of nerves. I’m so turned on. This is every fantasy I’ve dreamed about with her, but this is also the moment of truth.

“Hmmm, mmm,” she mutters, moving her body so that she’s laying on her stomach, her face so close to my dick I can feel the warmth of her breath. “I mean, wow. Just…wow, Griff.”

“What?”

She rolls her eyes in a grin as she holds a hand at the base of my length, then stacks another hand on top that. “Okay you can cut the act. First you didn’t know you went down on me like a pro. And, like you don’t know you’re fucking huge.”

Not gonna lie, that’s a nice stroke to my ego, and sends a jolt of blood straight to my already rock hard self.

“Please. Tell me more. I like this,” I say with a grin.

She laughs, the sound light and unguarded, and it makes my chest tighten. “Yeah, right. Bet you’ve had plenty of reviews. Five stars all around.”

“Uh…yeah. About that.”

She adds a second hand on her hand that’s already gripping my base. “Damn. I don’t even know if I’ll be able to fit you, Griff.”

I swallow down a ball of nerves, and summoning all of my self control, I thumb her cheek and greet her eyes. “Hey, I need to tell you something.”

“What?!” There’s a look of concern in her eyes. “Oh God. You don’t have an STD do you? I trust you…Griffin…”

“No, no, not that,” I say, my voice low and gravelly.

“Well how do you know? Have you been tested recently? I should have asked you. Oh God.” She lets go of me and sits up, the romantic tension ruined.

“Wait, Avery. Will you listen to me for two seconds!”

“What?”

She repositions her body so she’s closer to me. Naked, sitting sideways on her knees. Fuck, she’s pretty. “No, I haven’t been tested. But Iknow.”

“How? Sometimes?—”

“Avery! I know because I’ve never done this.”

“Never done what?!” Her eyes flit back and forth.

“Passed first base. Okay maybe I rounded first with my ex…some over the jeans petting…But…I’ve never gone down on anyone. Or had them go down on me. Or had sex. Never done it. I know you think I’m this player type, but I swear to God.”

Her jaw is on the floor. Literally.

“You’re not joking.”

“This would be a weird joke, wouldn’t it? Why would I joke. I wish I had. That way, I could know more about how to…please you. But the truth is I haven’t. I don’t know, I just thought Ishould tell you. Sorry if I’m making it weird. I didn’t know when—or how else—to bring it up.”

“You’re…a virgin?” she asks, blinking like I’ve just told her I moonlight as a unicorn wrangler. “Are youfucking kidding me?You’re joking, right?”

I shake my head, cheeks heating as her wide eyes dart back and forth between mine. I feel like a spotlight’s been pointed straight at me, exposing everything I’ve spent years trying to bury.

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