Page 9 of Call It Unexpected

Emalee

Zach’s forehead scrunched,but he nodded. “Okay. We don’t have to do anything you don’t want.”

“No!” I grabbed for his hand. “I want, trust me. That’s not what I meant.” Clearly, I needed to work on my communication skills. “I mean, I need to ask you something first.”

He smiled. “Ah. The safety talk. Smart girl. I’m clean, I promise. I’m always careful, but I had my annual checkup last month. But we’ll be safe, anyway.”

I felt my cheeks turn bright red. “No. That’s not…I mean, that’s good. I am, too. Clean, that is. And I’m on the pill. But I was trying to ask…that is….”

“Em, what is it? Do you not want to have sex with me?”

“I do!”Oh, lordy.If only I could go back ten minutes and start over again. “I just…I was wondering….”

Zach drew me close. He put his finger under my chin and gently drew my face upward to look into his. “You can ask me anything.”

His gorgeous green and gold eyes held mine, and I drew confidence from the sincerity I saw there. Still, I bit my lip as I blurted, “Where do you see this going? Am I just a fling?”

“What? No! I mean, I don’t know…er, that is…shit.”

He ran his hand through his short hair and pulled me over to the bed. After I sat on the edge, he kicked off his shoes and drew one leg up under him as he turned to me.

“That didn’t come out right at all. Emalee,” he said, grabbing hold of both of my hands, “Do you know what I figured out after the first time we met?”

I shook my head.

“I realized you must have been sitting in the sun because you were soaking up its warmth and radiance so you could disperse a little more of it everywhere you go. There’s something about you, Em. The way you laugh and smile lights up something inside of me. It makes me feel warm and…I don’t know, stronger, I guess. I can’t wait to spend time with you because you make me happy.”

“Really?” I hated how the word made me sound insecure and needy.

He took both of my hands in his. “Really. I can’t predict the future, but I know I enjoy spending every minute with you, and I don’t see that changing. Is that enough for you for now? When the future comes, we’ll deal with it together, I promise.” He cupped my face in his hands. “I know it seems too soon, but I know there’s something special here between us. Tell me you feel it, too.” His kiss that followed was so tender until it grew more and more heated.

“I do,” I moaned.

My head fell back as his lips blazed a path down my neck. I fell backward on the bed. Rather than following me, he stood and slid his suit coat off, letting it drop to the floor. Holding my gaze, he pulled off first his tie, then slowly unbuttoned his shirt. I was almost worried I would drool as his naked chest and defined abs appeared.

Reaching for my hand, he pulled me up until I stood in front of him. His eyes, two pools of want and need, held mine as hereached behind me and unzipped my dress, letting the silk slip over my skin until it joined his shirt and tie on the floor.

His eyes traveled over my skin. “God, you’re beautiful, Emalee.” His mouth dropped to my shoulder, leaving a trail of kisses as he unhooked my bra and slid the straps down. His lips never left my skin as they blazed a path toward my breasts, the sensations drawing a moan from deep inside me. He cupped each breast, massaging them before taking a nipple in his mouth, first one and then the other, triggering sensations I’d never experienced before.

“Oh, god, Zach.”

I felt him smile as he dropped before me and pulled my panties down my legs. When I didn’t feel his touch anymore, I cracked open my eyes to find him staring at me, but before I could question him or cover myself, he sucked in a breath. “Fuck, but you’re beautiful.” He gently laid me back down on the bed, kneeling in front of me.

Not that I had an intelligible answer, but anything I would have said quickly morphed into another groan as his head fell forward between my legs, and I realized what he was about to do. I gripped his head to stop him, but as soon as I felt the swipe of his tongue, my heart skipped a beat, and warm heat rushed downward. My knees buckled, but his strong hands held my hips and used his shoulders to nudge my legs wider. As he nibbled on the inside of my thigh, I felt a finger slide inside me. My body ignited. Desire streaked up and down my spine, bending me to the curls of his fingers as my pulse rose to a feverish pitch between my legs.

“That’s it, sunshine. Let me have it.”

His fingers moved faster, his tongue keeping pace. I screamed as I shattered, pleasure bursting like fireworks throughout my body. I had never imagined anything could feel so good.

I was still recovering when I felt the bed shift, and Zach was climbing onto the bed, his arm muscles tensing as he held himself above me.

When had he finished undressing? Even in my haze, I could see the perfection of his naked body, the defined abdominal muscles, and the trail of fine hair leading to an impressive erection that was long and heavy.

“Wow.”

Zach chuckled before he nudged my thighs wider, his cock already nudging at my entrance. “Is this okay?”

I nodded, and he pushed inside me. “Oh, fuck, you feel so good,” he moaned as he pinned my body to the mattress. His powerful body began to move, long, slow, delicious glides in and out, building that spark again.

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