Page 46 of Same Thing

“That’s not me asking tonight, Nory,” he said softly. “That’s me saying my honest feelings. There is no rush.”

“It’s not that,” she whispered, already feeling the weight of this huge bond she was building with him. “I just…I think you should know something.”

“Okay,” he murmured, tugging gently on a lock of her hair.

God, she loved how comfortable she was with him. “I just don’t have a lot of experience.”

His eyes sparked with intensity, and he sat up on his elbow, and cocked his head. “Wait, how much experience is not a lot?”

She cleared her throat and ducked her gaze as heat crept up her neck. “It’s not like I didn’t want to. I just didn’t have opportunity. And I never got comfortable with men I dated, and really I didn’t make it out of the talking stage because I would clam up and get uncomfortable and then they would react to me and think I was cold and then sometimes there were insults, and…and…”

“Nory,” he whispered. “Have you ever?”

Mortified, she shook her head slightly. “Okay, I’m going to go into the other room now. I need to wash my face.” She moved to leave, but Liam held her there and dragged her closer. She could feel his heart rate right now, and it was racing.

“Okay,” he murmured. “Okay.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Fuck, woman, you don’t have to say you’re sorry for that. You’re a freaking unicorn.”

She was so embarrassed.Soembarrassed. “I just didn’t want to start and not know what I’m doing, and I make it awkward, because I really like you and I want you too, but I don’t want it to, you know, happen and you be disappointed or something. I mean, I take birth control, but it’s mostly to just control all of my lady-stuff, and I mean I want to have more experience, but you know.” She gave off a nervous laugh. “I just haven’t jumped head first into the whole, you know, doing it thing—”

“Nory, stop.” He eased her back and searched her eyes. “I think it’s awesome.”

“W-what?”

“Do you know how special that is? Waiting until it feels right? No one does that nowadays.”

“So, it’s not a turn off or anything?”

His grin got bigger and oh goodness, he looked so handsome in the soft glow of the lamp. Liam grabbed her hand and pressed it to his stone hard cock. Geez, he was big. “I promise you, it’s a turn on.” He rubbed his facial scruff and propped his head on his hand, elbow still resting on the bed. “Okay, so this changes thing.”

“But I don’t want anything to change us,” she whispered, rubbing her open palm up the length of him. God, she’d never felt this bold. She had no idea what had gotten into her, but she liked the little world they were building together. The things she didn’t like about herself just melted away when he was near her.

With a groan, he rolled his eyes closed and hung his head. Smoothly, he leaned in and kissed her. His hand went to the back of her neck, and she relaxed against his touch. “Fuck,” he whispered, detaching from her kiss. His eyes were squeezed closed. “You’re human and a virgin.”

“Who is the overthinker now?”

He huffed a breath and rolled his hips against her hand. “I don’t want to hurt you.”

“Then take care of me instead,” she murmured, and his eyes opened. “Can you do that?” she asked. “Can you take care of me? Take care of my body? Can you teach me?”

“Teach you,” he repeated.

“Teach me how to be with you.”

He muttered a curse and closed his eyes, leaned in and pressed his lips to hers again, his hand gently grasping the side of her neck, his thumb rubbing her cheek. His pushed his tongue past her lips, and she could feel it—the sensation of falling. It wasn’t uncomfortable. It was exciting.

His touch drew heat as he ran his fingertips from her throat to her collar bone, down the side of her breasts, and to the hem of her sleep shirt. He kissed her as he lifted the hem and slid his hand underneath the fabric. She moaned and arched her back as he cupped her bare breast. He dragged a tingling sensation through her middle as he moved to the other breast and rolled his hips against her outer thigh. Slowly, he pushed her shirt up, peeled it from her head and arms, and tossed it to the floor.

The look in his eyes as he dragged his hungry gaze down her body warmed her from the inside out. He slid his hand down her stomach, and under the lace of her panties. She’d had her knees clamped together in anticipation, but now she relaxed them apart. “Good girl,” he said. “Just like that.”

Nory rolled her eyes closed and arched against the mattress as he slid his fingertips up and down her slick folds, teasing her entrance. She wanted more. Her body tensed every time he touched the sensitive part there, and already he was building a fire inside of her.

“Liam,” she whispered.

“You want me inside?” he asked against her ear.