Summer Love in the Forest (Summer Instalove)

Kate moved closer, inching toward me. “How do I distract you?” she asked.

She was so innocent that she obviously had no idea how completely seductive she looked. Any girl half-naked in my giant bed would be a temptation. But this luscious, curvy girl who was also smart, and apparently driven and focused, was almost too much for me.

“We should be sleeping,” I said, starting to stand up, but her arm snaked slowly up my shoulder and around my neck.

“It’s not fair for you to be on that couch when this giant bed could easily fit both of us,” she said. Then she shook her head. “I’m sorry. For all I know, you might have a girlfriend or something.”

I took her hand in mine, meeting her eyes and holding them. “Kate, I’ve never had a girlfriend. I don’t think I’d be good at any sort of relationship. I need to tell you that right away so that you don’t get any ideas.”

“What if I had an idea about you sleeping beside me and making me feel safe?” she asked. “Would that…”

My heart froze. Don’t let her say what I think she’s about to say. Don’t. Don’t.

“Would that make me a naughty kitten?”

She said it.

CHAPTER FIVE

* Kate *

The second I spoke those words, I was flat on my back, his lips caressing mine as his hand lingered on my hip for just a second before darting under my shirt to squeeze my breast gently.

It was like I had flipped a switch I hadn’t known was even there. One minute Ray had been sitting at the far corner of the bed in just a pair of boxer briefs, as if he had been terrified to touch me. It had been impossible to stop staring at his huge chest, rippled abs, and those arms that I needed to feel as he threw me down.

Even though he was impossibly attractive, there was so much more to him than that. I liked that he worked with his hands, and made the most elegant furniture I’d ever seen. I liked that he seemed to know quite a bit about the forest. Everything about him was just likable. But I could only focus on one thing at a time, and at the moment, my lust was far more interested in his body than his amazing personality.

He was so huge, so strong, that I knew he could be a complete animal if he wanted to be. And deep in my core, part of me wanted him to be. Yet even though his body was completely covering mine, he was gentle.

His hand skimmed back down my hip, then he groaned as he realized I wasn’t wearing panties under his long t-shirt. I had wrung out my underwear and left it to hang in the bathroom.

“Christ, kitten, tell me to stop,” he choked, as his palm slid closer to softly cup my naked pussy. My entire body tingled under his touch, as I spread my legs wider.

I’d never felt so connected to a man before, and even though I barely knew him, I did trust him. No matter what happened later, having sex for the first time with a man who was this outrageously hot would set a good bar for the rest of my life.

His fingertips began stroking my pussy as he kissed along my throat, his other hand squeezing my breast. His thumb circled my nipple, which felt swollen and oversensitive. Then I felt his fingers part my pussy lips, gently exploring.

“You’re already so wet for me,” he rasped, his voice strained in a near whisper-growl.

I realized this was one of those times in life when I was going to have to get through the awkward conversation, and just put everything out in the open. “I want you,” I said, gripping the back of his shoulders to pull his lips to mine. “Completely.”

As he kissed me deeply, his finger slipped inside me a tiny bit, pulsing gently as if he were measuring me. He pinched my nipple, rolling it between his fingers as if he were trying to see how much pressure made me squeal into his mouth. It didn’t take much, then suddenly I felt something lurch in his shorts against my leg.

I would have assumed that a guy his size would be big, but what I felt was downright frightening. I must have been mistaken.

His thick finger pressed deeper, and my hips began to squirm, needing to pull him all the way in. “I love how wet you are,” he murmured, pulling my bottom lip between his teeth for a second as he smiled down at me. “It’s so fucking sexy.”

I was surprised that I wasn’t blushing. “I didn’t know that I got that wet,” I smiled up at him.

Something in his eyes shifted for a split second. “What do you mean you didn’t know?” Ray released me, sitting up and jumping away from me a bit. “Kate, are you saying that you’re a virgin?”

I didn’t know why this startled him. I was being absolutely honest, which should have been a good thing.

Shifting, I pulled the long t-shirt out from under my butt, then pulled it off, tossing it against the wall so that I was completely naked. His eyes were huge as he drank me in, staring hungrily.

“Yes, I’m a virgin,” I whispered, “but I really like you, and I want you. Is that all right?”

He seemed absolutely frozen, as if he couldn’t decide what to do.