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“He doesn’t know I’m packing heat, and I’d like to keep it that way. Now, take off your pants.” I grimaced when I heard the words come out of my mouth. “I mean, you know … get comfortable.”
He chuckled as he stepped out of bed. I was glad to see him smile, even if it was at my awkward expense.
Don’t look. Don’t look. But I couldn’t tear my eyes away. I watched as he pulled his shirt over his head and then unzipped his fly. He pushed his jeans down over his ass and let them drop to the floor before sliding back under the covers in nothing but his tight black boxer briefs.
I wrapped my body around Tanner, intertwining my legs with his, and melted against his smooth, warm skin. My head nestled perfectly in the crook of his neck, and I inhaled his scent as deeply as I could. I didn’t know what I was doing, but my heart exploded with emotion. Follow your heart.
Tanner lifted my chin just slightly to look at me. “I miss you so much.” He said it as if he still missed me, even though he was holding me. “Does this mean you’re not mad at me anymore?”
Being this close to him after not seeing him for weeks felt so right, it was impossible to deny it. To deny him. “I miss you too much to be mad.”
Unable to hold myself back any longer, I pressed my lips against his. It was the first time we were kissing without anything standing in our way—no console in the car, no neighbors with barking dogs. I kissed him with reckless abandon.
I crawled on top of him, feeling certain from his hardness that he wanted me there. I pressed myself against him as his hands made their way to my hips. His grip on me tightened as I rocked back and forth, our breaths becoming shorter with each passing second.
Tanner pulled my face just far enough away from his to speak. “I don’t want to stop, but I’m afraid that once you leave for work later, we’ll go back to not speaking. I don’t want that.” He squeezed me tighter. “Please tell me this isn’t a one-time thing. I don’t want your pity.”
“This is not pity.”
“What is it, then?”
The question lingered between us. What was I doing? What was this?
“Charlotte, whatever it is that’s holding you back from me, please, just let it go. I don’t care what you’ve done in your past. No matter what it is, it will never change the way I feel about you. You are the one for me. I want you to be mine.”
That was the moment everything became clear. I knew I would never tell Tanner about the things I’d done in my past. I couldn’t. I wouldn’t be able to stand him looking at me in any other way than he was looking at me right now. Tanner accepted me with my secrets—he always had. Now, it was my turn to accept him.
I was going to follow what my heart wanted and throw caution to the wind. I didn’t have the strength in me to care about the consequences any longer. Tanner needed me, and my heart was telling me that I needed him, too. If being safe meant being without him, then I didn’t want to be safe. I’d have to be brave.
“I am yours.”
He kissed me softly. “Say it again.”
“I. Am. Yours.” He hardened against my panties again as he opened his mouth and deepened our kiss. Our mouths melded together, hot, wet, and frantic, until we couldn’t breathe. He pulled me back greedily each time we broke away panting.
I tore my lips away from his and kissed his neck, making a trail down his incredibly sculpted body. I took my time, running my lips and fingers over each of his perfectly cubed abs, until I reached the elastic waistband of his boxers. I slid them off, enjoying the hungry look in Tanner’s eyes as he let me take control.
I took him into my mouth slowly and swirled my tongue around the head as Tanner exhaled a low groan. I drew him back into my mouth, gliding over his sensitive skin again and again. The louder he groaned, the more turned on it made me and the deeper I wanted to take him. Never before had I wanted to do this for anyone as much as I did right now. He needed this release, and I was determined to bring it to him.
I could feel him pulsating against my tongue, and I knew he wouldn’t last long. I pulled him all the way to the back of my throat, and he gripped the back of my head with both of his hands.
“Holy fuck, baby.” He tried to get me to stop, but I brushed his hands away and kept going. When he realized what I wanted him to do, his head fell back onto the pillow and he let go. Calling out my name followed by a series of curses, Tanner came in my mouth. Then, every muscle in his body went from tense to completely relaxed.
I crawled on top of him, laying my head on his chest and listening to his heavy breathing.
“I didn’t expect that.”
“Good.”
“Once I get the feeling back in my legs, it’s my turn.”
I smiled. “Or we could just lie here together. You need to get some rest.”
“If you think I’m going to be able to sleep after what you just did …” He shook his head.
Tanner’s phone vibrated on my nightstand and we both jumped.
“Hey,” he answered. “What’s happening?”
