Page 21 of Stronger Than Fate

And that was the problem. Would we have a good time? I surely would because he had a lot of experience, but... what about him?

“Henry, I’m not going to change my answer.”

Without getting up from the couch, he moved closer to me and took my chin.

“Tell me your reasons, please. I’m dying to kiss you and you can’t imagine what I would give to…”

“I have no experience!” I shouted, jumping up from the couch and turning my back to him.

“What?! What does that mean?” he asked, immediately approaching and positioning himself in front of me.

I didn’t want to look at him, but he gently took my chin and lifted my face so he could look into my eyes.

“Dalina, are you a virgin?” he asked cautiously, and I could see his astonishment.

I nodded.

“How is it possible that you’re a virgin? Are all men idiots? You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my life, not to mention being sexy as hell and having an extraordinarily sculpted body. I can’t believe that…”

As he spoke, he shook his head in disbelief while I blushed more and more. He still held my chin and looked at me as if I were the most precious thing in the world.

“May I ask if there’s a reason why you haven’t had sex?”

“It’s not because I don’t want to experience it or because I want to stay this way until marriage, but whenever I’ve had the opportunity, I’ve felt that I didn’t connect, that I wasn’t close enough to anyone to go further. I don’t know, I felt that I couldn’t. I don’t take sex lightly.”

“So you never found that person who makes you feel eager to take that step,” he stated.

“Something like that. You see, I’m not the woman you thought I was. I won’t make you feel all those things you mentioned. You can have sex with any woman you want, I mean an experienced woman who knows what to do to give you pleasure. Clearly, that’s not me. You should go, Henry.”

“Ssshhhh,” he said, placing a finger on my lips and caressing them. “I don’t care that you don’t have experience, you can gain it with me. Just tell me if I can try. If you really feel I’m the right person for you to give yourself to and you want to do it, don’t live with ‘what might have been.’ Let’s try. I want to do this. Life has no rules, everyone lives it in their own way and at their own pace.”

He lowered his lips to mine and kissed me tenderly. He was kissing me with such delicacy that I was about to tell him I needed more, but it wasn’t necessary because the kiss began to transform, and suddenly passion enveloped us like a blazethat burned everything. My skin was on fire and my entire body yearned for him. His arms wrapped around me, provoking heat, desire, and need. His lips descended to my neck and with his hands, he began lifting my blouse. His hands were on my back and in a second, he unhooked my bra. I was completely surrendered, knowing I would let him do whatever he wanted because I desired him desperately. I knew the moment had arrived, but…

Knocking at the door brought me back to reality, and I tried to pull away. Henry held me tight, preventing me from doing so.

“Don’t answer it,” he said, and kissed me again.

He had already convinced me, and I wasn’t planning to open that door when…

“Dalina, open up. We know you’re in there because the receptionist told us,” Sol stated.

“We came because we think it’s better to go all together. The Three Musketeers!” Niky exclaimed.

We looked at each other with astonishment reflected in our eyes.

“I’m going to kill my sister, I swear I’m going to murder her slowly and painfully,” he whispered.

“I have to open it. What should we do?”

Henry turned me around and hooked my bra, but not before leaving a trail of kisses on my back. Then he fixed my clothes, gave me a gentle kiss on the lips, and went to sit on the couch.

“Open the door for those untimely visitors. We’ll say I came to talk to you and apologize for my behavior,” he stated calmly, though I noticed he was adjusting his pants to hide his erection.

My legs were trembling, and I surely wouldn’t be able to hide what had happened moments before. But I fixed my hair, adjusted my clothes better, and headed to the door.

“Hi, girls,” I greeted with a smile.

“You look gorgeous! Today you’ll have admirers raining down on you and sure… Henry? What are you doing here?” Niky asked.