He backed her against the door, nostrils still flaring with jealousy. It was, hands down, the sexiest thing she’d ever seen. “Things, huh?”
“Yeah.” She bit her lower lip. “Things.”
“I’ve got things I can show you.” He closed the distance between them, hauling her into his arms. She gasped and wrapped her arms and legs around his body. “But first…”
He nibbled her throat, and she arched her neck to allow him better access. “Yeah?” she asked breathlessly.
“I haven’t been with anyone else since our first night together. I haven’t wanted to be with anyone else, which is entirely new for me. I still have no clue what I’m doing, or if I can hang around for long…but do you want to be my girl? Do you want to make this thing we have between us exclusive?”
She pressed her palm to his stubbly cheek. “It’s been exclusive from the start. Call it whatever you want, I’m here for it, and you. I’m not going anywhere.”
“Neither am I.” He smiled, looking more relieved than he should have been. He should have expected her answer would be an unhesitant yes. She’d been hooked on him since the first second they locked eyes. Heck, before then, even. “So, you’re my woman…”
“And you’re my man,” she finished, unable to stop the smile from creeping over her face.
He grinned again. “God help us both.”
Without another word, he pressed his mouth to hers and carried her up the stairs, ravaging her with each sweep of his tongue. It wasn’t until he set her down on the tile floor that she realized where they were. The bathroom. She frowned, watching as he turned the shower on. “What are we doing in here?”
“I came straight here from practice without showering because I needed to talk to you.” He ripped his shirt off, his hard muscles flexing with each movement. His hard, toned, tan body had her full attention. She’d never get enough. “I’m gross and need to shower.”
She smirked. “I assure you, I don’t mind you dirtying me up a little bit.”
“I’m sure you don’t.” He slid out of his sweats, no boxers on underneath. Just like that, he was naked in her bathroom. She’d never been so blessed. The urge to cross herself was strong. “But my girl only deserves the best.”
Before she could wrap her mind around that sentence, he had her nightgown off, and they were under the hot spray of water. It washed over them both, and his mouth kept finding spots on her body to kiss. Her mouth. Her throat. Her breast. Her thigh. Her…
“Wyatt,” she breathed, dropping her head back against the tile.
He spread her thighs farther apart, slipping his tongue deeper. She trembled, hanging on to his hair for dear life as he sent her soaring into the skies. By the time she came back down, he’d made her come twice. As he stood and prepared to shut the water off, she dropped to her knees. His lids were hooded, his lips parted. “Kass…”
“My turn.”
He swallowed so hard she saw his Adam’s apple bob. “Okay.”
She flicked her tongue over the tip of his erection, smiling when he hissed and jumped. After lapping up the water on his flesh, she took him fully into her mouth. He groaned and pumped into her mouth, tugging on her hair as he moved erratically until she could taste his pleasure on her tongue, but he jerked away, breathing heavily, before she could make him come.
“I need you now,” he said, his voice demanding and sexy.
Nodding, she immediately stood and hauled him close. “Yes. Now.”
“But I don’t have a condom.” He glanced over his shoulder. “We need to go to your room and—”
Too far. Too much. Besides, they were exclusive now… “I’m clean and on the pill. I’ve only ever been with one other guy, and I got tested after we split years ago. You?”
“I’ve been with more, but never without protection, and I get tested regularly.” He hesitated, running his hand down her arm to entwine fingers with her. “But are you sure?”
She nodded. “I never miss a pill. I swear it.” He still wasn’t convinced. “But if you’d rather wait and dry off—”
He backed her into the water again, lifting her and sliding between her legs, and kissed her as he drove inside her with nothing between them for the first time ever. They both groaned when he buried his body inside hers. It was magical. Perfect. Amazing.
She loved him.
He might not love her, and he might never, but for now, he was hers, and that would have to be enough. She’d promised not to ask for more, and she didn’t intend to break that promise.
“Kass…” He paused a second, pulling back with wonder in his eyes, and for a second she had the horrifying thought that she had spoken out loud.
No.