Page 126 of Academically Yours

“Oh.”

And then I was sucking and nipping, taking my time worshipping her breasts before Noelle slid her hand down my boxers.

“Baby,” I warned her. “If you do that, I’m going to come way too fast, and I want this to last.”

She pouted. “I want you inside of me, please.” Noelle shimmied out of her panties, dropping them on the floor, before she grabbed my hand and placed it against her folds. “I’m so wet, Matthew.”

I couldn’t help pushing a finger into her, watching the little burst of pleasure ripple through Noelle’s face.

She pushed my boxers off, and a little snort tumbled out of me as Noelle flipped us over, mounting me and running her hand up my cock before she positioned it right under her—and then pushed herself down.

We both moaned. I let her set the pace, rubbing against me to give her clit friction before she moved her body up and down on my length. My hands gripped her waist as I helped her take her pleasure from me. Fuck. I was so deep in her, buried all the way to the hilt.

“Feels so good,” she cried as she rocked against me.

“As much as I love you on top of me, sweetheart, I’m never going to last with you doing that.” I flipped her over, burying myself in her thighs, caging her in with my arms.

“Don’t stop,” she pleaded as I slid out of her before thrusting back in. “Please. I need you.”

“I love you,” I said, thrusting into her. “God, I can’t wait to make you my wife, Noelle. Watch you get round with our children. Take care of yourself the way you deserve.” I dropped a kiss on her lips as I pulled all the way out before sliding back in.

I wanted to go slow—to make this last for both of us, but there was something in her eyes, in the way it felt to be connected like this. After telling each other how we felt, I couldn’t stop or slow down even if I wanted to.

“Is this what you want?” I said with another thrust. “Us, forever? To stay with me forever?”

“Holy—fuck,” she ground out through her teeth, “yes!”

Noelle’s eyes rolled back, and I could tell she was close—and I wanted to last, wanted to make this so good for her, but just having her in my arms like this was too much.

“I’m gonna come, baby,” I said, brushing a piece of hair off her sweaty forehead.

“Me too, Matthew,” she moaned. “Please, make me come.”

My hand—the one that wasn’t holding her hip—trailed circles up her thighs. “Have you been a good girl?”

Noelle nodded, biting her lip. “Yes. Such a good girl. Please, please, please,” she begged me.

“I love you.”

She gasped as I moved my thumb down to her clit, rubbing it in circles.

And as her climax hit her, rippling through Noelle’s whole body as her back arched off the bed and her fingers dug into my back, I came with her pussy spasming around me, the fluttering sensation making me see stars as I spilled inside of her.

“I love you,” I said again, boneless and breathless, still buried inside of her as we collapsed against each other.

I held her like that—utterly sated and totally spent—breaths heaving, hearts beating in sync.

After cleaning ourselves off, we climbed back into bed—her bed, the one I had never slept in before—and I held her in my arms as she cried.

I told her it was going to be okay—because it was. Reassured her that I was never going to leave her, not if I had any say in it, because I meant what I said. I wanted forever. She told me about her ex, about their relationship, and how toxic he was to her.

I wanted to punch him all over again.

And maybe Noelle and I weren’t fine—not completely, but in this world where I had felt so alone for so long, I had her, and she had me, and there was nothing like the knowledge that we had each other and always would, like an invisible life raft that would always stay tethered to our sides.

It was everything.

She was my everything.