A bolt of something surged through me. I didn’t know what it was. It made me feel a little frantic, panicked even. All I knew was that I couldn’t let her go. I needed to have her. Feel her. Taste her. Smell her. I needed her to know what she did to me, the strength she gave to me.

I felt my shirt being lifted, her soft, delicate hands finding my skin, making me shiver with the need I had inside me. Shucking it off, I reached for her again, taking her face in my hands, kissing her deep.

“I need you so much,” I said against her lips. I’d never heard my voice sound so gruff with emotion before.

She trembled in response, her ragged breath coming faster and faster. Her hands slid over my skin, stroking my back, my waist, my ribs, caressing my chest, leaving trails of fire over my stomach.

There was so much inside me. Some of it I could identify, like the intense burn of desire, but most of it I didn’t understand. All I knew was that it was building up way too much, seeking a way out, and my body seemed to think it knew how to do it.

Reaching for the button on her jeans, I yanked it open with frantic hands, pushing the zipper down at the same time. Her hands went to my hair again, pulling me to her neck where I hap

pily took the long tendon down her throat with my mouth, sucking the skin between my teeth.

She moaned, pulling at my hair while pushing me harder against her at the same time.

When I had her jeans down to her knees, I lifted her up and hurriedly set her on the bed, working quickly to get them all the way off so I could see those gorgeous legs of hers.

She sat up as I pulled them over her feet, reaching for the button on mine, making me almost growl at her. For some reason I needed to see her laid out on my bed, and while she was doing that I couldn’t see her.

Pushing her hand away, I shifted back and unbuttoned them myself, groaning with satisfaction when she fell back to watch me. I scanned her body, all laid out for me, her legs clenching together and her chest rising and falling with need.

When I reached her eyes, they were dark and glassy, watching me with hunger. Stepping out of my jeans, I crawled over her prone body, softly licking and kissing my way up. She squirmed beneath me, whimpering and moaning, my whispered name on her lips making me feel like roaring with victory.

With slightly shaking hands, I unclasped her bra and slowly drew it down her arms, leaving her lying there in just her pink lace panties.

I’d never seen anything more beautiful in all my life.

Lowering myself carefully so no part of me was touching her, I took her breast in my mouth, swirling my tongue over her peak, flicking my piercing over it again and again. Her body jerked and squirmed under me, her head turning from side to side while her hands clenched fiercely in the sheets.

Her body bowed off the bed, her hips seeking mine for relief. I lowered myself a little, settling lightly between her legs before switching to her other breast. She gasped, pushing her hips against me while I sucked and laved.

Her whole body tightened and her legs clenched hard around my waist.

“Oh god, Noah!” she cried, then began to shudder.

Letting go, I pressed forward, letting my weight come down, pressing my aching cock against her while I took her mouth in a hungry kiss.

She’d barely had time to come down when she started pulling at my boxers. I wasn’t going to argue. I needed inside her. Now.

Still kissing her, I worked my boxers off then edged her panties down while she lifted her hips. My cock fell straight to where he wanted to go, my hips thrusting of their own accord.

She shifted her legs wider apart, tilting her hips, welcoming me. I was quickly losing all thoughts of sensibility. I was sure there was something I was supposed to be doing.

Kaeli pulled at my hair, kissing me deeper, moaning her need to be filled.

Condom. That was what I was missing. I tried to reel my body back, tell it to wait one more second, but it wouldn’t comply. Trying the only other thing I could think of, I choked it out to Kaeli.

“Condom…”

She shook her head, but her body stilled a little. “I’m on contraception, so…if, you know…”

I gazed down at her and swallowed hard. The thought of going bare with her was intoxicating. “I’m clean,” I said, although I barely recognized my own voice. “I promise. I was tested for everything while I was in rehab.”

“I trust you,” she said breathlessly.

I paused, gazing down at her, my cock at her entrance, ready and very, very willing. This was a huge moment for me. I’d never gone bare before, and…well…that was where my other surprise piercing happened to be. And, if I was to be honest with myself, just the fact that it was Kaeli was emotionally overwhelming in itself. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to hold myself together with all of the above assaulting me at once.

Never once taking my gaze off hers, I swallowed hard, taking a deep breath and holding it, as I slowly pushed inside her.