“Seth. Oh, God,” I gasped.
I could feel my climax rushing toward me when he took my mouth and used his tongue to mimic the actions of his enormous cock.
I dug my short nails into the bare skin of his back, clawing as I felt the first spasm in my core. Then, I got lost in my overwhelming climax.
I couldn’t think.
I couldn’t do anything.
All that I was capable of doing was feeling, riding every surge of bliss that rocketed over my body.
My orgasm was so volatile that my inner muscles cinched hard around his cock.
He groaned loudly. Seth sank his cock into me one more time and let go of his own hot release deep inside me.
We were both panting and speechless, but he managed to roll over, taking my weight, leaving me sprawled out on top of his body.
“You weren’t watching the clock,” he said, his chest still heaving.
When my breathing slowed, and my heart rate started to return to normal, I finally spoke. “No. I don’t give a damn what time it is. I’m pretty sure that my sexual issues are nearly cured,” I joked.
Honestly, I’d been in counseling for so long that I’d worked through most of them. I’d just been wary of testing out the real thing. It had never felt right until I’d met Seth.
He laughed in a low, wicked voice. “Damn glad they are, baby. I’m sure a lot more experimentation will make it even better.”
His wicked baritone was teasing, but I could hear a serious note in the sexy, low voice, too.
Seth took my head between his hands and kissed me, a slow, satisfying embrace that curled my toes.
More experimentation? Hell, yes. I was completely on board with that.
CHAPTER 22
RILEY
“We didn’t even talk about birth control or protection last night,” Seth said casually later that morning.
I’d decided to take pity on him and cook breakfast, since we’d both been famished after sex in the bed and then sex in the shower. Oh yeah, and then sex right before we’d gotten dressed. Which had sent us back to the shower again.
I’d drawn the line at doing the sex-after-the-shower thing . . . again.
Not to say that I hadn’t been tempted, but a woman could only take so much before she couldn’t walk straight.
I’d shooed him out of the bedroom before we got ourselves in trouble again, and started to make some food.
It was nearly lunchtime, and neither one of us had even had our morning shot of caffeine yet.
Seth was in the process of remedying our lack of a pick-me-up. He was brewing up my tea and his coffee while I fixed the bacon and eggs.
“Don’t panic,” I told him. “I’m on the pill. I didn’t stop taking it after I called it quits with Nolan. I’m not exactly eager to have a child. I never have been.”
I held my breath for a moment, not sure how he’d take my honest statement.
He shrugged as he slid my tea over to me. “I’m good with that,” he rumbled. “I spent most of my life raising siblings, and then getting them through college.”
I understood what he meant. Seth had never had time for himself. He’d still been a child himself when he’d started to take responsibility for his younger siblings. It was perfectly understandable that he didn’t want to raise kids of his own, too.
My fear about having kids sprang from my childhood. I didn’t know if I even had the capability to be a good mother. I hadn’t exactly had good parenting examples, so just the thought of having a child and screwing him or her up was enough to make me take my birth-control pills like it was a mandatory religious experience every single day.
I turned to him as I said, “I don’t know why we didn’t discuss this before we had sex . . . several times.”
I didn’t make critical mistakes like that. At all. Ever.
He shot me a wicked grin that made my heart trip.
“I know why,” he drawled in a deep, mischievous tone.
I smiled back at him. I couldn’t help it.
Seth was irresistible under any circumstances, but he was doubly sexy when he was standing shirtless in his kitchen, dressed only in a pair of jogging pants.
Why did he have to be so damn . . . attractive? Even after exploring every inch of his massive chest and those six-pack abs, I still wanted to trace each hard muscle all over again with my tongue.
“I suppose this is where you tell me why?” I asked, my voice breathless from ogling his gorgeous, half-naked body.
He paused before speaking. “I’ve never done that before. Not talked about birth control or protection before I took a woman to bed,” he explained as he moved stealthily forward.
I backed up until my ass hit the counter and he was invading my space.
He added, “But you? You aren’t like any woman I’ve ever known, Riley. I think I forgot my own damn name last night. Nothing mattered except getting inside you before I lost my damn mind.”
He was so close that I could feel his warm breath on my lips. “Is that so?” I asked as I wrapped my arms around his neck.
“Your fault,” he grumbled. “You made me temporarily insane.”
I laughed and pulled his head down to kiss him.
There was something incredibly seductive about knowing I could make this beautiful, perfect man forget everything except . . . me.
He kissed me tenderly, thoroughly, and I closed my eyes and savored the taste of Seth.
I’d never get used to the way he got me all off balance. But I trusted him enough to know he’d catch me if I tumbled.
I’d never really had that kind of faith in any man before, but then, I’d never known a man like the one kissing me like his life depended on it.
I was disappointed when he finally lifted his head.
“Are you okay?” he asked as he looked down at me. “I mean, after what happened with your father—”
I put a finger to his lips. “I’m fine. The only reason I mentioned it was because I thought you had the right to know. I’ve never really liked being that intimate with a man before, and I had no idea what would happen. I’ve always tolerated sex, but I’ve certainly never enjoyed it.”
The fact that I’d suddenly become orgasmic had actually been a surprise. Yeah, I was mega-attracted to Seth, but I was afraid he’d be disappointed—or I would be—once we’d finally done the deed.
“And did you like it?” he asked with a slight frown.
I snorted. “If you didn’t figure out the answer to that question over the last several hours, then I’m worried about you.”
He looked relieved. “I guess I just wanted to hear it from you.”
“You rocked my world,” I confessed. “It makes me happy to finally feel normal.”
He tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. “You’re anything but normal, Riley. You’re one of a kind.”
My heart tripped as I looked into his silvery eyes, so full of sincerity that it made me want to cry. I could see the way he saw me in his gaze.
Seth made me feel wanted, adored. Even though the way he looked at me made me uncomfortable at times, it also made me feel like I could fly.
Eventually, I might get used to being treated like I was valuable to someone I was dating, but I was certain I’d never take it for granted.