Page 84 of Because of Her

His voice is guttural and demanding, and I moan into the sound. Wetness pools where his palm still cups me and Iwant more, I want to feel everything. Nodding, I lift my leg and wrap it around Callum, hooking him closer until I can feel how hard he is under his sweats.

Pulling away from our frantic kiss, Callum reaches behind me and lifts me up. On instinct, or out of an undamped desire, I wrap my legs around his waist. Grinding myself against him sends waves crashing through my core and into my soul.

Somehow, Callum has carried me to his bedroom, and I finally register the intensity of the moment as he lowers me onto the bed. I drag him into a kiss, pulling his shirt up and over his head and tracing my fingers over his abs. When he pulls away, I whimper.

“I need to hear you say it, Cassidy. I don’t just want to fuck you. I want all of you. Your body, your heart, your future.”

The pulsing in my core intensifies and my heart thuds.

“Ourfuture, Callum. I want this, I want you. I want us.”

Because God, I do. I’m done fighting against the words etched deep into my soul. I’ve spent months tossing and turning, struggling to find the balance between my feelings for Callum and my built-up trauma. But I know what I want now, I know this is where I’m supposed to be.

I didn’t have the words or the strength to tell Callum I made a mistake when I said it was too hard and walked away. I still don’t have the words. But I can show him.

For a second, Callum closes his eyes, humming as he opens them again. His pupils are wide; love and desire written all over his face.

He trails slow goosebumps all over me as he lifts at the hem of my shirt. I push off the bed, falling back as he flings the flimsy material away.

Starting at my mouth, he leaves a trail of wet kisses down my front, pausing as he sucks a nipple into his mouth. A hand palms my other breast before pinching at my nipple.A mewling sound escapes as the hint of pain shoots electricity straight through me.

As he kneels beside the bed, he pushes my legs apart and settles himself between them.

“I need to taste you again.”

He turns to kiss the inside of my knee. I shiver as he licks up my leg until his head is dipped between my legs and I feel his hot breath against my clit.

He licks and sucks like I’m his last meal and I feel my release building.

I groan, but before the sound is fully formed, Callum slams his palm against my mouth.

“Shh,” he growls.

My eyes widen, and I suck in a breath as I remember why we need to be quiet, and I wonder if we are doing the wrong thing.But God, if it’s wrong why does it feel so right?

As if sensing my hesitation, Callum dips a finger into me, caressing my inner walls. I moan into his hand, as he moves up to hover over me.

“Are you okay?” he asks as our foreheads touch, pausing to wait for my answer. “Is this okay?”

My mind stretches, trying to find all the reasons it shouldn’t be. Trying to remember why I pushed him away in the first place. But all those reasons have dissolved into nothing at the realisation of how perfect we are together.

And I know one wild night won’t make all the hardships go away, that I still have a lot of growth and acceptance to get through. But I also know this is worth it. Callum is worth it. We are worth it.

“It’s more than okay, Callum.”

My inner teenager squeals in excitement as I pull Callum closer so I can kiss him. Tasting myself on his tongue sends a wave of pleasure I was not expecting deep into my belly, and I lift my hips to meet him. He pulls his finger out beforethrusting back in with a second. Hooking them inside me, he strokes against my inner walls. Electricity burns through my veins as he pulls me closer and closer, and I ride his hand through the explosion.

Callum kisses me as I shudder through my orgasm.

Pulling back, he licks his hand clean and reaches across the bed to the drawers.

“I have a—”

“You don’t need it.” I cut him off.

“Are you sure?”

I nod, and he moans as he brings himself back over me. Pulling his face into mine, I kiss him, biting his lip as I lift my hips into him again.

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