Page 34 of Protecting Her

Ember

I pulled away from the only man I ever really loved and waited for him to decide what we were going to do next. He inhaled sharply, and his eyes burned into mine, our eyes a twinkle in the darkness. I hadn’t turned on many lights, just the small one over the stove in the kitchen, and the room was mostly dark.

I’d thought he’d turn me away when I called; instead, he’d shown up out of thin air. So close I could touch him, and then he’d proposed. I’d wanted to scream with joy, but I’d thrown myself into his arms while my face reached for his. He’d been cold, almost frozen, and as soon as we made it into my apartment, I’d made coffee to warm him up. We’d barely touched, but his hand was warm when it brushed against my cheek.

Now, I wanted so much more from him. I wanted his kiss again, I wanted his touch.

He leaned into me and kissed me, as if he’d read my mind. His fingers brushed against my cheek before they dove into my hair to tilt my head back. His tongue slicked into my mouth and teased mine into play.

I couldn’t stop the shiver that went down my spine as his tongue stroked over mine, our mouths fused together in a way that made it hard to breathe. I didn’t care, I moaned into his mouth as my desire flooded into my veins, and he deepened our kiss.

I felt loved for the first time in my life. This was real romantic love that filled my heart and made it swell until I thought I would explode into a thousand pieces. I loved Kevin, maybe even more than I’d loved my grandmother. I’d found what I hadn’t known I was missing, and now it was mine forever.

I wrapped myself around Kevin, and he pulled me up. This allowed me to wrap my legs around his waist as I was pulled higher up his body. Ah, he wanted to carry me, I figured out as he stood up with me safe against his chest. My arms wound around his neck, and I clung tighter to him as he began to move toward the bed.

Kevin let me go for a moment, his respiration fast and labored as we fell in a tangle of limbs to the bed. His hips pressed into mine from above, the pressure in just the right places as he looked down at me, his elbows locked to keep him in place above me.

“Are you mine?” he asked me, his eyes glued to mine as I suddenly stopped to watch him.

How could he doubt it? I’d said yes, but still, he worried. I knew that was my fault and took his face into my hands and looked right into those beautiful eyes of his.

“Every day for the rest of your life, I’m yours, Kevin! For as long as you want me, I’m yours. If that’s forever, then that’s what I’ll take.” I let my brown eyes meet his, the intensity of his gaze and my words made my heart race as he stared back at me. How long did he want me for?

“Forever, Ember? You’ll be mine forever?” he asked, the words hesitant, as though he’d never spoken them before. I doubted he’d ever planned to say them before he met me.

“Forever, Kevin. No holds barred, no more doubts, always yours and only yours.”

“Ember, I should tell you…” but I didn’t let him finish. What else was there to say?

“Not now, later, baby. All I want you to do right now is fuck me, Kevin, please. I’ve missed you so desperately, and I want you to take me to the place only you can take me to.” I held a finger to his lips but pulled it away when he moved to whisper into my ear.

“My dick has missed you more.” He pulled at the clothes that kept me warm and then threw some of his own away.

His fingers slid down to the part that had missed his touch the most and felt the simultaneous sensation of an ache that had been soothed while at the same time, a new ache increased. I danced against him, my body more than ready for his touch.

“My heart has missed you even more than that.” The words came out halting, but I heard them and looked up at him.

I couldn’t breathe, my body stilled, and hope flared as he waited for an answer.

“My heart missed you too, Kevin.” I stroked his cheek with eager fingers, and his head turned to kiss the digit.

He leaned down to kiss me tenderly, his tongue a soft stroke against mine until it began to mimic the movement of his fingers, and tender thoughts took flight. I wanted relief.

“I love you.” I breathed the words at last, almost too low to hear but he heard them.

“I lo…” His voice cut out and a growl came out as he pulled away.

I thought he was going to do something else, to maybe say we shouldn’t do this for some stupid reason, but he was only taking off the rest of his clothes. It was only a second before he was back between my thighs, his lips right beside my ear.

“I’m sorry, Ember, I can’t wait, baby. I’ve missed all of this too much. I’ve missed you too much.” He pulled me tight to his hips then, and I looked up at him where he rested on his knees. He wasn’t finished with words yet, though. “I love you, Ember, as I’ve never loved anyone ever before in my life. I just want you to know that.”

With those words he sank into me, every last thick inch of him, until I thought there was no room left. He filled me as he opened me, and every inch of him stroked me as he pulled away, only to dive in deeper, going further than he had before. I clutched at his shoulder as he sank into me over and over, and the world narrowed down to this one place in this one moment.

“Fuck,” I gasped into his shoulder as I held him tight to me, and my teeth sank into his flesh as he began to go even deeper, harder.

“Fuck, it’s so good. So fucking good, Ember!” Kevin groaned the words out, a sound of almost pain, but it was actually intense pleasure. He was as close as I was to the edge.

My thoughts stopped when his fingers found my clit, combined with the sensation of my nipples rubbing into his chest while his cock pounded until it all fused into a storm of sensation that left me floating, barely able to breathe.