Page 23 of Fade (Fighting Fate)

He pressed the flat of his fingers against me and started to move them in a circular motion, the movement instantly bringing that wonderful tingling back into the pit of my stomach.

I cried out, a desperate kind of sound that seemed to make Daniel’s fingers work even faster. Parting my legs wider, I pushed myself harder against his fingers while a constant stream of whimpering noises floated out from God knew where.

Daniel’s breath came heavy against my neck, making the tingling intensify beyond anything I could possibly imagine. I whimpered again, my nails digging into his flesh. He groaned, and I was lost, the sound of his voice enough to tip me over the edge.

The cry that escaped me was beyond my control. My body had completely taken over my mind. It was in some kind of celebratory death grip. It was crashing and burning, and spinning and floating, and I had never felt anything so completely satisfying in all my life.

I clamped my legs together, trapping Daniel’s hand so he couldn’t take this away from me while I reveled in the continuous crashing waves.

Then he was kissing me. It was the most perfect kiss ever. It started heavy and loaded with passion, and slowly grew softer and sweeter, until he was simply just resting his forehead against mine. It was like he was trying to softly bring me down from the crazy heights I’d managed to climb to.

When the tingling finally reached a nice, warm buzz, I unclenched my legs, letting Daniel slowly slide his hand free.

Now I’d had time to calm down, I became increasingly shy. My brain ran through everything I’d just done at breakneck speed.

Daniel lifted his head to gaze down at me. His eyes were still dark with desire. I had no idea what to do from here. I knew I’d pretty much reached my limit as far as those things went, but he hadn’t reached a happy ending like I had. I was sure I was supposed to offer him something in return, but I didn’t think I could go there just yet.

“Are you okay?” he asked hesitantly.

I blushed. Even though I was still fully clothed, I felt naked—exposed. I nodded.

Daniel tensed. “Tell me what’s wrong. Was that too soon? I thought that was what you wanted . . . ”

“No,” I rushed, quickly shaking my head. “It was. I’m just not used to this. Being here like this . . . ” I bit my lip. “And . . . you know . . . you didn’t . . . ” I couldn’t finish the sentence. I felt so stupid and inexperienced.

But Daniel’s body relaxed beside mine, and something warm came into his eyes. “You’re worried that I didn’t finish?”

I bit the inside of my cheek and gave him a nervous look before nodding.

The corners of his mouth turned up softly as he drew his thumb across my cheekbone. “Don’t worry about me. I’m fine. I promise.”

I gave him a skeptical look.

“It’s true,” he said. “I’m actually better than fine. Seeing you like that . . . ” He drew in a long, deep breath. “I don’t need anything else than that right now.”

“Are you sure?” I asked, uncertain. After seeing Ryan’s anger so many times over the last few months because he didn’t get what he claimed he needed, I found it a little difficult to believe.

I caught the fleeting look that flashed through Daniel’s eyes, and I knew he knew what I was thinking. Leveling his gaze on me, he inhaled. “Let’s get something straight. I don’t mind waiting for you to be ready. I don’t care how long it takes, even if you decide you’ll never be ready. Same thing goes for reciprocating anything you might let me do for you. I consider myself fucking lucky that you’re even considering being with me, and even luckier that you just let me touch you like that. I love every minute I get to spend with you. Anything else is just a bonus.”

I let his words sink in slowly. Damn, that boy did things to me. I no longer felt self-conscious about what’d just happened. It felt right. Perfect.

“I loved what we just did,” I said shyly. “I’ve never gone that far before, been like that before . . . ”

He inhaled, stretching out over me, sliding one leg in between mine, while taking my hands and raising them up above my head. “Amy unrestrained and abandoned is amazing,” he said, kissing me below my ear. “Beautiful, incredible, sexy . . . ” he continued as he kept nuzzling my neck.

I giggled.

“I loved watching you fall apart. I want to see it again. And again. I want to taste you. Everywhere.”

My breath hitched. Oh, wow . . .

“I bet you taste incredible,” he murmured against my skin.

My skin flushed hot with his words, and my breath quickened.

His hands smoothed over my skin. “If you think my fingers felt good, imagine what my tongue would feel like . . . ”

Oh, God . . .

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