Total pages in book: 54
Estimated words: 49114 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 246(@200wpm)___ 196(@250wpm)___ 164(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 49114 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 246(@200wpm)___ 196(@250wpm)___ 164(@300wpm)
That decision wasn’t made lightly and this time it happens to come with a lifetime warranty. So whether she knew it or not, she was now my responsibility, mine to protect.
We pulled into the driveway and just sat there before getting out. “When you go in, head upstairs and open the door to your balcony.” She gave me a questioning look but didn’t verbally question my request.
Instead, as soon as I let her out of the car she ran ahead to do as I’d asked. I took the outside stairs leading up to her balcony and walked into her bedroom carrying her packages. “Here, hide them well.”
I’m not sure if her blush was because I figured out why she was so reluctant to accept what I bought her, or because we were alone in her bedroom.
I waited for her to hide her loot, all the while ignoring the sight of the bed and what it did to my libido. For crap sake, I’ve been in hairier situations before and never felt this damn hot around the collar.
I can’t remember the last time I felt this…what the hell is the word for what I’m feeling anyway? It’s just a bed Luke, damn. You were entering female’s bedrooms since the age of fourteen.
We were like two virgins on our wedding night when she came back from the closet, neither of us looking at the other. She looked so damn vulnerable as she stood there before me, head down biting into her lip as she wrung her hands.
Once again I felt that softening feeling around my heart and it was only natural that I reached out for her and pulled her in close. I can honestly say my thoughts had not ran to anything sexual then.
In fact, ever since I received that report, my sudden caring for her had become tantamount, and for once my physical attraction had taken a backseat to my need to take care of her.
That alone was evidence enough of where my thoughts were headed. But though I’d put my lust on hold, it was still always there, just beneath the surface.
And that innocence of hers that I first believed to be an act had an effect on me that I’d never suffered before. It was all consuming that much I know. And it never let up!
The way I guess a parent feels towards a child that they’re sending out into the world alone for the first time. Only this wasn’t parental in the least. That would make me one sick fuck.
I became very aware of the feel of her slight form pressed up against me, of just how small she was. And once again all that she’d endured came rushing back in. I wanted to spoil her to make up for all of it, and didn’t see any reason why I shouldn’t.
The thought made me happy and eased the ache her vulnerability seemed to cause. I squeezed her in my exuberance until she squealed. “Sorry, was I too rough with you?” I ran my hands soothingly up and down her back and arms and I think I heard her sigh in pleasure.
I don’t know how long we stood there, but I knew it wouldn’t be long before the others noticed the car 0ut front. I didn’t want to leave her again, not knowing what I now know. But I had no real choice. I felt like hell!
I didn’t know that I was going to kiss her. Didn’t realize that I’d been fighting the urge all day. All day hell! Ever since I first laid eyes on those luscious lips of hers that seemed to offer all manner of delights.
But I lifted her face to mine with my finger under her chin and looked down into her eyes, and almost got lost as I dove in. I lowered my head slowly, giving her time to resist me, hoping that she didn’t.
I held my breath waiting for her to grow afraid, to pull away. But instead she lifted her lips at the last second and I brushed them gently with mine, releasing the breath I wasn’t aware of holding.
It could be said to be the most innocent kiss I’ve ever shared, but it was also the sweetest. Her lips were soft, pliable, and when she opened them at the teasing of my tongue I held her just a little bit closer as I deepened the kiss. Our first kiss.
She melted into me, her arms going around my waist, as mine got even tighter around her. “Like this baby.” I showed her how to kiss and was way too happy about the fact that she was so green.
Green or not, I loved paying in her mouth. Loved the way she clung and the way she fed on my tongue like a greedy little kitten. Everything about her, about that kiss, lit me up inside. And I wanted more.