Bidding War (6 page)

“I don’t understand. I thought…”

Pressing her palm to his chest, she could feel his heart pounding, and she knew he wasn’t as collected as he seemed. “The doctor recommended it, just to regulate my cycle.”

He pulled the foil packet out of his pocket, holding it between his fingers. “Listen, I’d love nothing more than to make love to you without this, but I understand if you want me to wear it.”

“Do you usually? Wear them, I mean?” If he said no, she would insist he wear one with her. She wasn’t foolish enough to jeopardize her future, not even for him.

“To tell you the truth, I’ve never had sex without one.” He chuckled. “So this would be a first for me too.”

She grabbed the packet and tossed it over her shoulder. “That settles it then.”

His eyes darkened with arousal. “You’re sure?”

“Positive.”

Chapter Five

By the time he laid her down on the blanket and eased his weight over her, Shane felt more nervous than he had his first time. He was about to make love to Lacy. The one woman he thought he’d never have, the one he was beginning to fear he’d never be able to live without.

Bracing his weight on his forearms, he leaned over her and brushed her hair out of her eyes. He nipped her bottom lip with his teeth. The kiss quickly exploded into hungry, wet strokes, soft moans, and the urge to touch and taste her everywhere. He knew he had to slow down. He couldn’t give into his animalistic urges, not this first time when she was so vulnerable. He had to prove to her that he was willing to put her first, above his own need for a quick release.

Her fingernails grazed his back as she wrapped her legs around his waist. She finally broke the kiss, panting into his neck. “I can’t wait to feel you inside of me. Please.”

Her broken plea was the beginning of the end for him; he wouldn’t or couldn’t deny this woman anything. He reached between them to ensure she was ready to take him. Her pussy was dripping wet, and she instantly clenched his fingers.

She tipped her head back, arching her neck as she tried to ride his fingers.

Satisfied that she was as ready as he was, he slid his cock through her wet folds, teasing them both when he began rubbing the tip of his rigid cock over her swollen clit. He knew she was close to coming again and was confident he could take her there with a few well-placed strokes, but the next time she came, he wanted to feel every spasm run down the length of his aching shaft. He was so hard and so turned on, it was almost painful, but it was, without question, the sweetest pain he’d ever endured. In fact, he’d gladly surrender to this kind of pain every day for the rest of his life.

Thinking about forever should have terrified him, but it didn’t, not with her. She was the kind of woman who elicited fantasies about babies and settling down in the suburbs. He ran his hand over her tight abdomen, a smile teasing his lips as he imagined her pregnant with his baby. He wanted that. Hell, he wanted it all with her, and he wasn’t willing to settle for less.

She opened eyes heavy with arousal to look at him. “What’re you smiling about, handsome?”

He couldn’t tell her the truth. It was too soon. Too many issues still stood between them. “You’re beautiful,” he whispered, teasing her opening with his cock. Closing his eyes, he had to dig deep to find the will to resist his cock’s urge to plunge inside of her tight channel in one quick thrust. He knew taking it slow, inching in, would be painful for both of them, but he was determined to make this as easy and pleasurable for her as possible.

Spreading her lips wide apart, he watched the head of his cock disappear inside of her tight pussy. God, it was the hotter than hell to watch, but it felt indescribable. The first time he took a girl’s virginity, he was too young and stupid to appreciate the full effect, but this time he was almost twenty years older, with wisdom borne of screwing too many women, and none of them the right one, until now.

“You okay, baby?” he asked, watching her face carefully for signs of fear or pain. He knew some discomfort was inevitable as he stretched her to accommodate his girth, but if he thought he was causing her real pain, he would withdraw without thinking twice.

“Yeah,” she said, sinking her teeth into her lip.

“Just relax for me,” he said, circling his hands around her waist. She was so petite, so vulnerable, and he was larger than the average man, in more ways than one. “Just think about how good it’s gonna feel when my cock is buried, balls deep, in your pussy.”

She moaned, inching her hips up, and he knew the best course of action was to distract her from the pain by forcing her to imagine how good it would feel when he finally breached her barrier. “That’s it,” he said, tilting her hips up as he eased in a little more. Clenching his teeth, he slid his hands up her ribcage and cupped her tits in his hand. He meant it when he said they were spectacular. Full and soft with large, dusky nipples, more than a handful, but he intended to take full advantage later. He imagined squeezing them together and creating a tight valley for his cock to slide through. He’d instruct her to lick the head of his cock on the up pass. God, there were so many things he wanted to do with her, to show her. He couldn’t believe he was the one lucky enough to introduce her to the incredible world of eroticism she missed for so long.

Gripping his thighs, she moaned low in her throat. “God, you’re so big. I don’t know if this is gonna work, Shane.”

She wasn’t the first woman to tell him he was big, but he hadn’t worried about their ability to accommodate him. His previous lovers were all experienced, some too experienced for his liking. “It’s okay, honey. We’re gonna take this nice and slow, like I said.” He rubbed lazy circles over her nipples, satisfied when she arched into his touch on a soft moan.

“Hmm, that feels good,” she said, arching her back. “My nipples are so sensitive.”

He intended to lick and suck them some more later, but for now he had to concentrate on the task at hand. He could feel her relaxing, but it still wasn’t enough to allow him to gain entry. Part of him wanted to get it over with in one quick thrust, but he couldn’t risk hurting her. He reached down to peel her lips apart, exposing her clit. As he stroked the tiny bud, he watched her face transform into a mask of ecstasy. Before long, she was moaning deep in her throat, inching up on his cock, and grabbing his hips, begging him to fuck her hard and fast.

His little angel had a bit of the devil in her and it turned him on, big time.

When she finally reached the pinnacle, she thrust up on his cock, heedless of the pain, and he knew it was finally going to get easier. He dug his fingers into her hips, clenching his teeth as her tight pussy throbbed around his cock. It was enough to send him over the edge, but he’d waited too long to allow this to be over before it even got started. He was going to ride this out even if it killed him, and judging by the way his heart was racing and his pulse was pounding, it just might.

She opened her eyes to look at him. Her cheeks were flushed, her long blonde hair tousled and fanning out on the blanket, and her eyes shined with the evidence of her contentment. Her happiness was so obvious it took his breath away, leaving him feeling humbled and unworthy.

He felt like someone knocked the wind out of him. He couldn’t breathe, couldn’t speak.

“You okay, Shane?”

He wasn’t okay. He didn’t know what the hell was wrong with him, but he couldn’t find the words to express what he was feeling. It was too powerful, too intense. He knew she expected him to say or do something, so he closed his eyes, tipped his head back, and started slowly easing his cock in and out of her tight channel.

“Hmm, that feels amazing,” she whispered.

Amazing didn’t begin to describe it. This felt like it for him, the moment he’d waited his whole life for, the woman he prayed he would one day meet. When the moment finally came, he didn’t expect it to be so crystal clear, but it was. He wanted to marry this girl, and he knew that came with the risk of rejection. He was considering putting himself out there in a way he never had before, and that scared the hell out of him.

He opened his eyes and watched her reaction as he began to pick up momentum and surrender to his body’s overwhelming need to give her everything he had to give. She was a perfect fit for him, her pussy wrapped around his cock like a vice, but it felt unlike anything he’d ever experienced. Sex had just been sex before this. Tonight he felt like he was making love for the first time to his soul mate.

“I love the way you feel,” she whispered. “I had no idea it would feel like this. It’s so intense, so…”

He tried to focus on the slow slide of cock rubbing her tender tissue, but he couldn’t stop thinking about what tomorrow might bring. Was she interested in a relationship, or was this about satisfying her sexual curiosity and surrendering to their mutual attraction for one night? He had no idea, but he had to find out before he slowly lost his mind.

Plunging into her in a steady rhythm finally drove all other thoughts out of his head and he moved into the zone where his body’s powerful need for release was the only thing that existed. Closing his eyes, blackness enveloped him, intensifying the sensation. He could hear her muted cries, but the only thing for him in that moment was the burst of fluid building, demanding release. He imagined shooting his hot come inside of her, the satisfaction of knowing she was taking every last drop.

“Fuck,” he muttered, digging his hands into her hips. He was sure there would be evidence of his force tomorrow, but he couldn’t help himself. “I’m gonna come, baby.”

“Yes,” she said, clenching him hard.

He knew she was close, and he still had the sense to help her find her release once more. He stroked her clit furiously, praying she wasn’t far behind because he couldn’t forestall this orgasm even if someone were holding a gun to his head.

Gripping his thighs, she cried out, “Yes, right there. Oh God, I’m gonna come.”

When he was finally able to submit to the blinding force, it felt like someone had lit a fuse and he was standing directly in its path, a prisoner to the impending explosion. There was no escape. He just had to ride it out and pray that he escaped in one piece. “Goddammit,” he shouted, feeling the first burst shoot out of his cock, filling her. He knew the sensation of draining his load in a woman for the first time was intense, but this consumed him.

With his cock finally spent, he withdrew slowly, watching her carefully for signs of discomfort. “You okay, sweetheart?”

Her eyes were closed, but a smile tipped her lips. “You even have to ask?”

He knelt beside her. “I’m hoping you thought to get bedding for that big bed upstairs?”

“Of course. Don’t you know that presentation is everything?”

He did, and the package she presented to him right now made his mouth water. “In that case, let’s head upstairs.”

She opened her eyes, tilting her head to the side to look at him. “I really should go home. I have to visit Tommy tomorrow. Besides, your realtor is having an open house here at noon. I should make sure the place is presentable.” She ran her hand over the fur throw beneath her. “We may have messed things up a bit.”

He chuckled. She was crazy if she thought she was spending the night anywhere other than curled up in his arms. “Fine, we don’t have to stay here. Your place or mine, you decide.”

“Uh, I don’t think that’s a very good idea. My place isn’t very big, and I have to wake up at 4:30 to be on the road…”

“4:30, are you serious?” He couldn’t imagine waking up at that ungodly hour. It was hard enough for him to haul his butt out of bed at 7:00. “Why do you have to leave so early?”

“I like to spend some time with Tommy in the garden before lunch. He has physical therapy in the afternoon, so that doesn’t give us a lot of time together.”

“He has physical therapy on the weekend?”

She looked away, fisting the blanket in her hand. “His therapist offered to work with him for a few hours on the weekend, at a reduced rate.”

He couldn’t even begin to imagine how she’d borne this burden by herself for so long. “Do you mind if I come tomorrow? I’d really like to meet him.”

Her eyes widened as she sat up. “What? Why would you want to do that?”

“He’s important to you. That’s why.” He wanted to know everything about her, and he knew her brother was an important part of the equation. Not to mention the fact those hours in a car together would give them plenty of time to deepen the incredible connection building between them.