I look up into her eyes and ask against her skin, “What’s wrong?”

There’s vulnerability in her eyes and she does that flaily thing women do with her hand. “You should know I . . . I don’t usually . . . get there this way.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, sometimes it can take a long time for me to get off when a guy is . . .”

“Going down on you?” I finish for her.

And I swear her entire body blushes.

“Yes.”

I consider this information while nibbling on the skin just below her hip bone. It’s succulent.

“Do you want me to stop?”

Please say no, please say no, please say no . . .

“No, it’s fine . . .”

Thank fuck.

“. . . I just didn’t want you to be disappointed.”

I laugh a little, ’cause it’s not the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard, but it’s up there. “That’s . . . really just not possible.”

But now I’m intrigued. I slide back up until I can kiss her mouth and her tits press tight against my chest deliciously. Then I shift my hips, rubbing our lower halves together. Chelsea groans and sucks at my neck, getting into it.

“Why do you think you can’t come with my face between your legs?” I ask against her ear.

“Do we really need to talk about this now?”

“I’m a lawyer. Asking questions turns me on. Having them answered is pretty hot too.”

“I just . . . ,” she pants. “I can’t seem to ever relax enough, you know? My mind’s always going. Always worried . . .”

I trace her ear with my tongue, blowing softly. “Worried about what?”

She scrapes her nails down my back. “You know . . . the sounds I’m making, what I . . . smell like . . . taste like.”

Is she kidding? There’s no way in hell I’m letting this go.

“Close your eyes, Chelsea.”

She does. And I wrap her hand around my length, stroking slowly.

So fucking good.

“Now say my name.”

“Jake.”

Christ.

“Again,” I grunt. “Fucking moan it.”

“Jaaaake.”

I grow harder, hotter, in her hand. I rub her thumb on the pre-cum that leaks from the tip, spreading it around the head.

“Do you feel that?” I pant harshly.

“Yeah.” She gasps. “Yes.”

“That’s what your sounds make me feel.”

She keeps her hand on my cock as mine skims down her stomach into her panties. She’s smooth and swollen and so fucking soaked I have to bite my lip to keep from moaning. I slide my fingers through her lips, where she’s warm and wet.

And then I bring my fingers up and run them across her upper lip.

“What do you smell?”

She’s breathing so hard from her open mouth, it takes her a moment to answer.

“I . . . it smells clean . . . hot. Oh god, it smells like I want you really bad.”

What a great answer.

I dip my fingers back in, circling her opening, teasing us both. Then I trace them over her lips, painting her with her own desire. She gets what I’m doing and slides her tongue out without being told.

“What do you taste like, Chelsea?”

“Sweet . . .” She gasps. “Warm . . . thick . . . like honey.”

And I can’t hold back a second longer. My mouth crashes onto hers—sucking all that sweetness off her lips. Licking at every drop. When I finally break away, I promise, “Now I’m going to make you come. And it’s going to be every bit as fucking good for me as it is for you. Probably better.”

Need pushes on me hard. I yank her panties down her legs and spread her wide open. And then my lips are on her like an openmouthed kiss, lapping and sucking, spearing her with my tongue.

Her back arches and her hips buck against me. I grasp her and hold her down, delving my tongue deep inside, tasting heaven. I push against her harder, covering my face in her—fucking drowning. And it’s sublime. I eat her like she’s the last meal on earth, devour her like the delicacy she is.

My tongue rubs tight, tiny circles on Chelsea’s clit and I slide two fingers into her. Her muscles grip as I pump my hand and groan. And then she’s coming, hard and long, pulsing around my fingers, against my mouth.

I drag myself up, wipe my mouth against my arm, not giving her time to recover. Not able to wait.

She takes my face in her hands and brings my mouth to hers. I grip my cock firmly, dragging the head through her pussy, teasing her opening.

And then, slowly, I push inside. Just the head.

Fuck me, she’s tight. My eyes squeeze closed as her cunt closes around the tip of my dick, muscles clenching—pulling me in deeper.

Wait, my brain screams. Wait, wait, wait . . .

Braced above her on my elbows, my body and my mind war for sanity. For some kind of goddamn composure. Because I need to pull away. I need to get a condom.

And it’s like she can read my mind.

“I’m on birth control,” she gasps, sounding as winded and wound up as I feel. “The patch. I . . . I’ve been tested—the school clinic. I’m clean. There hasn’t been . . . I don’t do this. Ever. But I want it to be really good for you . . .”

It’s already blown every other past experience out of the water—and I haven’t even come yet.

“And . . .”

She caresses my face, gentle and tender. I look down into those beautiful blue eyes.

“. . . and I trust you, Jake.”

It’s not smart—actually it’s beyond stupid, especially for me. Especially after all that’s happened and the last three weeks of hell. But feeling her bare. Sliding inside her with nothing between us . . . how can I say no to that?