She breaks away, pulling at my shirt and unbuttoning it all at once. “I need you, Patton.”
I slide my hands down her back, cupping her bottom and lifting her off her feet as her legs go around my waist. “You have me, Cora. I’m yours.”
She clutches the hair at my nape and holds me there. “Promise me, Patton. Promise you’re not going to regret this or feel guilty about it.”
“I promise. There’s no way I could, baby.”
And those words are enough because after that, there’s no stopping either of us. I walk heavy-footed down the hall, our lips meshed together. I pull away only long enough to grunt, “Bedroom?”
She doesn’t want to break the kiss. She throws her hand out to hit the right side of the hall and grunts when we come to an almost closed door. I push it open and take her straight to the bed.
She pulls me down on top of her, and I try to rest my weight on my forearms. “I don’t want to hurt you.”
She slides her hands down my chest to the button on my pants. “You won’t. You couldn’t.”
“I did,” I tell her, and she freezes her hands as her eyes snap up to mine. “I did, Cora. I know I hurt you by avoiding your calls and not calling you back. Six months after Jason died, I left the Army and came straight here. I hadn’t been able to get you out of my mind since I met you on your eighteenth birthday. And then for four years, I saw you in videos with your brother, and you sent me packages all the time. I used to imagine that you were my girlfriend. The kiss we shared right after your college graduation, I know I pushed you away and hurt you then. Fuck, baby, I’ve hurt you so many times, but each time, it was because I thought I shouldn’t feel the way I did or I wasn’t what you needed.”
She runs her fingers through my beard, stroking my chin. “You are, though. You’re all that I need, Patton.”
I rest my forehead on hers. “And you’re all I need. I won’t ever hurt you again, baby. I promise you that.”
She lifts her face to me, and I kiss her. She deepens the kiss as she slides her hand down the front of my pants. As soon as her hand wraps around my girth, I’m a goner. “Slow down, baby. I won’t last.”
“We’ve tried slow, Patton. I don’t want to wait any longer. I need you,” she says with a whimper.
I can’t tell her no. I make quick work of undressing both of us and then hover over top of her. I slide my hand between her legs and discover she’s already soaked and ready for me. “You’re so wet, Cora.”
She tosses her head back into the bed and lifts her thighs to meet my hand. “I always am when I think of you or if you’re near.”
I bring my fingers to my lips and taste her honey flavor. I groan as her sweetness coats my tongue. She shimmies on the bed, positioning me between her legs, and lines me up at her center. “I need you,” she begs, looking into my eyes.
I press my hips against hers. I reach between us and part her swollen, wet slit with my fingers. I push into her, and she’s tight, so tight, that I have to clench my eyes in concentration or I’m going to come before I even get fully seated inside her. With only the head of my cock in, she groans, and I freeze, but she’s not having it. Her hands are sliding up my chest, over my shoulders and down my back. I lean into her, sucking her pale, pert nipple into my mouth. I suckle her until her hips start a slow rock back and forth, pushing and pulling me deeper inside her with each tiny thrust.
“I’m sorry,” I tell her. I grunt and push into her as a sound deep in her chest erupts from her lips. “Oomph.”
I push into her until I’m fully seated. Her eyes are wide, staring up at me, and I want to move so fuckin’ bad, but I hold on to the very last bit of restraint I have. She starts to move, slowly at first, and I move with her. The friction between us builds until it’s almost unbearable. There’s so much we should have talked about before this, but I’m not pulling out now. I’m safe, and I know she is, and if I get her pregnant, so be it. I want her tied to me forever.
I reach between us and stroke my finger across her clit. Her moans tell me what she wants, and as she gets louder, I don’t stop. I’m barely holding on. I could come in an instant, but I’m holding back. Only when her thrusts get reckless, and she starts to writhe underneath me do I start to plow in and out of her in hard, deep thrusts. She grunts, and her whole body goes taut as her pussy spasms around me. I come with her, burying my face into her neck as I coat her insides with my cum.