He ran his thumbs over her cheekbones and placed a gentler kiss on her lips. “Do you trust me, Katherine?” Kat nodded, and a smile tugged the corner of Nex’s lips. “Good. Then let me lead.”
He disappeared from her line of sight but kept his hand on her waist as he circled behind her. Gathering her hair to the side revealed her dress’s zipper.
Nex placed his mouth where her shoulder met her neck, eliciting goosebumps. “Your skin is so soft,” he murmured, unzipping her dress and peppering kisses along her shoulder.
The dress fell open. Cold air breezed over Kat’s spine. Nex set his hands on her shoulders, banishing the chill, so she was more than warm. Still, shivers rippled through her body at every sweep of his fingertips. Sudden self-consciousness struck her.How many people has he been with?She didn’t know what she was doing, and he was experienced.Don’t overthink it.Tension manifested in the lift of her shoulders and stiffened posture.
Nex rubbed her shoulders. “Relax, Katherine. I’ll take care of you.”
Knowing he paid enough attention to notice relieved her. Nex traced his hands down her shoulders, pushing the dress off. Her breathing lost all sense of normalcy. His hands descended her arms, and the dress pooled at her feet. He pecked her shoulder, then circled in front of her and leaned in for another long, deliberate kiss.
He wouldn’t rush the night. For her, he could move slow.
Pulling back, he drank in her almost naked torso. He drew a single finger from below her belly button, up between her breasts, and around the curve of one hidden beneath her white bra. The hardened peak underneath was obvious through the almost sheer material. “You’re so beautiful.”
Nex sank to his knees, kissing above where her leggings rested, then lower as he brought them down, placing the final kiss on the front of her underwear. He admired her smooth skin and dragged the leggings all the way down.
While she stepped out of them, he trailed kisses up her stomach. His lips pressed to hers, vowing more with a kiss than he ever could with words. One hand on her waist, he stroked her bare skin. The other hand rested on her neck, where every movement of his fingers against a sensitive spot rewarded him with another hitch in her breathing.
Each touch was light and teasing, the effect anything but. Everywhere his hands went, they left tingles and turned Kat into a mess of anticipation. She didn’t know what to expect from him, but this kind of tenderness caught her by surprise.
His lips brushed her shoulder as he moved behind her again, fingers brushing the top of her increasingly damp underwear. Goosebumps erupted, following Nex’s lips. Kat’s eyes fluttered as he placed a wet kiss against her neck. His hands moved up, following the cups of her bra, his fingers sneaking underneath the fabric as he made his way toward the straps. Bra straps down, he kissed the newly exposed area.
He traced the band of her bra, and his fingertips found the hooks. “Katherine?”
“Yes?”
“You have the most beautiful body I’ve ever seen.” He unhooked her bra, and it fell away. “Perfect,” he whispered, kissing her shoulder, hand grazing the side of her breast.
Kat’s breath caught, and Nex came in front of her. His tongue glided along her neck, his thumb caressing the underside of her breast. Kat’s eyes shut, then widened when he lifted and laid her in the middle of the bed. He kissed her so deeply it pushed her back into the mattress. His tongue slipped between her lips, and she moaned. Hands moved over her body teasingly, never touching her where she wanted it most.
Sat back between her legs, he removed his shirt in one movement. She’d seen him shirtless, but not like this. The instinct to look away out of embarrassment was still there, but she didn’t. Her gaze swept over his exposed torso. Broad chest, skin tight against the hard ridges of his abs that worked almost like a funnel, directing her down to a dusting of dark hair that continued beneath his pants. She sucked in her lower lip, biting down as she imagined how he’d feel against her.
Enjoying the way she grew nervous under his scrutiny, Nex took in the sight of her almost naked beneath him. He could’ve stared at her longer, but instead, he lowered himself, and their skin met.
Kat sighed at his chest against her bare breasts. They’d barely done anything, and already she felt so close to him. One look in his darkened eyes and the pressure of something hard pushing on her stomach told her the desire wasn’t one-sided. A new level of intensity took over with such little clothing separating them.
Nex continued his gentle caress on the side and underside of her breast, and she arched her back. He cupped her breast and squeezed, pleased at the pounding of her elevated heart rate. He moved his lips to the hollow of her neck, where he could feel her pulse. “Beautiful.”
He scattered kisses down her body to her underwear. Looking up, he made sure she was watching as his fingers hooked the elastic of their last remaining barrier. An unsteady breath escaped her while he dragged the underwear down. The exposure made her press her thighs together.
He caressed her calf, his mouth grazing her knee. “Open up for me, kitten.” His lips moved up her thighs, and her eyes widened.
“You’re not going to . . .” He’d mentioned it earlier, but mentioning it and doing it were different.
“Taste you? Yes, I am. If you spread your legs for me. Trust me. You’ll like it.”
Hiding her face was her first instinct, but she flexed her hands against the sheets. She wanted his mouth on her, though she didn’t know why. It seemed so intimate for someone to put their mouth there.Intimacy is the point.She opened her legs, less nervous when a smile formed on his full lips. He kissed up her inner thigh at a torturous pace until he made it between her legs.
Kat sucked in a breath and arched her body, tilting her head back and moaning. Last night felt good, but this consumed her whole body to the point she couldn’t stop her legs quivering. “Nex.” She gripped the sheets and squirmed under his ministrations. He licked and sucked at varying pressures over the most sensitive parts of her, finding the combination that had her writhing.
Writhing for him. Exactly what he wanted. He’d need to do this every day, if only for the chance to have her moaning his name like that.
Nex found his rhythm, and Kat was overwhelmed at how fast she fell apart. Every sweep of his tongue made her shudder. She wanted to clamp her legs together for release but open them more so he wouldn’t stop. The sounds escaping were beyond her control, and she forced her lips closed, embarrassed at how loud she was.
“Don’t.” Nex stared up like he could see her soul. “Don’t be quiet. I want to hear what I do to you.” He kissed her clit, and her toes curled. “You want me to keep going?”
“Yes.” She was desperate for him to continue.