Page 25 of Protecting Clove
The kiss ended, and he leaned back, questions filling his mind. When their gazes met, all the questions died, and the only thing he could think of was kissing her again.
She reached down and pulled up her shirt. He realized what she was doing and helped. Soon, she was pressed against him with only her bra covering her breasts. He glanced down, loving the way the blue lace revealed almost as much as it concealed.
“Clove, I don’t want to hurt you. I’m not the kind of guy to get into a long-term relationship.”
Her lips traced a path from his neck to his ear. Her teeth sank into the flesh of his lobe and pulled enough to send a shot straight to his cock. He grunted, and she chuckled.
“I can’t do long-term either. I just want to feel you slide into me. I know we shouldn’t, but this is only sex, right? We can fuck, and then tomorrow, go back to friends.”
She ground against him, leaving him gasping for air. This woman was hot and so ready for him he needed to have her.
Clove couldn’t believe they were pressed together, their bodies so close not even a feather could slip between them. Her nipples were so hard she knew he had to feel them pressed up against his muscle-packed chest. He held her up like she weighed nothing at all.
“Clove, we should either stop or go to your bedroom.”
She pulled back enough to look him in the eyes. “Do you want to stop?”
He gave his head an almost imperceptible shake. “Not really, no. I want to sink into you and feel every inch up against me.”
Her lips pulled up into a smile, and she felt like maybe she was imagining this. “I want you.”
“Bedroom then.”
They were in her bedroom moments later without him having to put her down. She was impressed that he’d carried her in here without making any sound.
“You’re impressive.”
“I hope I can keep impressing you tonight.”
“Oh, about that. I haven’t done this since Neo was born.”
He paused and set her down. “Is there a reason?”
She shrugged. “I didn’t have time to date, and then there’s the whole babysitter thing, and honestly, I didn’t trust many guys in my space.”
“Why do you trust me?”
She narrowed her gaze and tried to come up with a reason. “You brought over Andie when you moved the piano. You didn’t try anything at all with me. We spent time together, and you could have made sexual comments, but you didn’t. You never sent me a text asking me for a blowjob or any of the other demands guys usually make when we’re at the just friends stage. You respected me, and it wasn’t a hard ask that I had to make.”
He nodded. “I have no desire to have sex with anyone who doesn’t want it. If you said no right now, I would go out to the den and go to sleep on the couch.”
She put her hand on his shoulder. “I want this very much. I don’t want to confuse Neo, though. I’d like to keep it casual in front of her. She doesn’t need to know we did this just in case it doesn’t work out between us.”
He nodded. “That’s wise. I know kids get attached. I did when I was a kid. There were people who disappeared from our lives, and I never understood.”
For a moment, she wondered if she’d ruined the mood, but Bud wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close, his lips tracing a path from her chin to her ear.
“Now, then, how about we get back to the reason we came in here? I want to feel every part of you against me. How about we shower quickly? Then I want to explore your body.”
A shiver slid through her. Already, she was enjoying this more than any time before. She stepped back and shoved her pants low. His gaze on her was intense, and she liked the appreciation in his eyes.
She pulled her hair up so she didn’t have to do the whole routine. In the shower, he grabbed the soap and began washing her body. When his fingers slid between her legs, she let out a gasp. His chuckle warmed her.
The shower didn’t take long, and they were back in her room when shyness suddenly hit. He’d seen her because they’d showered together, but now she was in her bedroom, and it felt more intimate.
He must have noticed her mood shift because he pulled her close and softly kissed her. “You okay with this?”
“We showered together, but here you can see my imperfections and I’m not very experienced. I don’t want to disappoint you.”
