Page 103 of Mr. Flirt

Without Another Thought

Shep

I wanted to kiss Lucy so badly my lips ached. I reached for her other hand and pulled her into me.

“I hope so too, Lucy.”

Her brilliant green eyes stayed on mine as she nodded, but I couldn’t help but shake at her words.I hope your dream comes true someday.

She didn’t include herself in there. She was distancing herself from me once again. It was so hard to know where to go with her, what to say sometimes.

There were moments when I felt so close and connected to Lucy and like we could actually start this thing and make it forever, and then other times it felt like no matter what, I’d sealed my fate the night of the matchmaking event.

I just didn’t know.

Maybe it was all too much. Maybe I’d just been pushing my hopes and dreams on her whether or not she wanted to really try something between us.

But I couldn’t handle not knowing.

“Lucy, I’m going to come clean with you.”

“Your name isn’t really Shep?” she teased while her eyes still stayed on mine.

I chuckled and shook my head. “I’m definitely Shep. I deserve that.” I let out a deep breath, realizing I really might have screwed up any chances with Lucy since she first knew me as Perry.

“I’m falling really hard, Lucy. I can’t get you out of my mind. The thought of going along with your little experiment where I primed you for other men nearly killed me. I couldn’t do it. I don’t want to think about you with anyone else. You make every day brighter in my life just knowing you’re wandering around Seattle somewhere, and maybe I’ll bump into you. Or better yet, convince you to have lunch or dinner with me.” My pulse pounded as I confessed something I didn’t think possible.

She tipped her chin toward me and nodded slowly. “I’m scared, Shep. I don’t want to wind up like the crying men and women in my office. I don’t want to end up a shell of myself because I let my heart fall too hard for something that is unattainable while my mind kept screaming no.” Lucy sucked her bottom lip for a second and let out a sigh. “But this feels so right. I feel safe with you, and that’s what worries me.”

“Why does that frighten you?”

“Because isn’t that how women fall hard? They finally let their guard down because they feel safe?” She groaned. “What if this is the beginning of the end?”

Lucy’s eyes landed on my lips, and she uncoiled her fingers from mine as her chest rose with a deep breath.

Without another thought, my lips crashed down to hers. I couldn’t take it any longer. I had to have her. I needed to prove to her that I wasn’t going anywhere. That I loved her. That we would be okay. We would be one of those couples who’d last forever.

The taste of her lips reminded me of a candy store, and I couldn’t help myself from smiling between kisses. She giggled and hesitantly pulled back.

“Is my cherry ChapStick too much?”

I shook my head. “It’s perfect. You’re perfect.”

“Shep, there’s no such thing as perfect.”

I knew she was wrong. She was my perfect in every way. My fingers tangled through her hair, and I tilted her chin up as we kissed again. But this time, I could feel her hips crushing into me, the heat between her legs, the frenzied scuttle of her hands underneath my shirt. She was ready. I pulled Lucy’s shirt off, and she pulled off the rest of her outfit and tossed it on the floor as she hopped onto me. I caught her as she wrapped her legs around my waist, and I moved us to the bedroom. I’d waited long enough for this.

Lucy ripped off my shirt, and it fell to the ground as my lips brushed along her neck. I couldn’t help but memorize every part of her. The little creases along her skin, the sweet cherry smell, the little goosebumps from where my hands brushed her shoulders.

We crashed to the bed in a crazy fit of passion and firsts. She let out a nervous giggle, but that wasn’t before straddling me and combing her fingers through my hair. I nipped and tugged on her breasts, feeling her thighs clench around me as I flipped us over.

My mouth devoured every part of her body. My lips felt the softness of her breasts. My tongue tasted the sweetness of her nipples. Everything about Lucy was incredible. Her fingers tangled through my hair as I looked up into her eyes. My hands traveled down her belly into the V of her thighs.

“Mmm.” Lucy’s lips let out a little hum as she arched her back and closed her eyes.

I smiled and let my fingers go deeper into the warmth and wetness between her legs as her body writhed in ecstasy. I’d seen this side of Lucy before, and it never failed to make me want to consume all of her. As she tipped to the edge, she opened her eyes and shook her head.

“Shep, I need to feel you inside me,” she moaned. “Please.”

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