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CHAPTER 24
Cheyenne
Our locked gaze lasted for only a second before he leaned down and pressed his lips to mine. I gasped in surprise, not from the kiss, because I didn’t know it was about to happen. My sharp intake was credited to the way kissing him felt. I might be a virgin, but I had kissed a half dozen people before.
None of those lip locks I’d had felt this explosive, yet gentle. Demanding, yet patient. All-consuming, yet not enough. It was a paradoxical phenomenon that I never wanted to end.
My lips parted and his tongue slid along my lower lip before delving into my mouth. His hand cupped the back of my neck as he kissed me with masterful technique. Urgency bubbled up inside of me as I surrendered to the intoxicating effect this kiss had on me. A moan was shared between us and I had no clue which one of us it came from. I felt the vibration of it against my lips.
I sighed when I felt the heat of his hand brush along my skin as he slipped my shirt up my body. He leaned back breaking our kiss for the briefest of moments as he pulled the material up and off my head and then reclaimed my mouth once again.
One of his hands ran down my bare back and pulled me into him. Instinctually, my entire body melted into his strength. When I did, my pebbled nipple brushed against the soft fabric of his T-shirt and the friction sent a shock of sensation bursting in my core.
As amazing as the feeling was, I wanted more. I wanted to feel his bare chest against mine, so I tugged at the hem of his shirt. With little to no effort he reached behind his neck and tugged the shirt off his body. His hand then reached around the back of my neck to pull me into what I was sure would be another soul-fusing, blindingly passionate kiss but I reached up and pressed my hands to his chest.
I’d waited so long for this and I didn’t want the moment to pass me by. It would be so easy for me to get swept up in the intensity and it pass with a blur. He dropped his hand from my neck and stared down at me. My eyes traveled to where my hands rested on him and watched as they moved with his chest as it rose and fell with his labored breathing. His heart beat wildly beneath my palms and a little thrill raced through me that he was as worked up as I was.
He stood there, patiently as I stared in awe at the strength and tensile beauty of his chiseled physique. Wanting to feel every inch of his muscular torso, my fingers began to travel lower. They grazed over the contours of his rippled abs down to the waistband of his sweats.
My fingers had just dipped beneath them when he captured my wrists in his hands. His action caused my eyes to fly up to his.
“He needs to stay in there for now or this is going to be over way too fast.”
“Really?!” I didn’t mean to sound so shocked, it was just I’d heard all the stories about him being Cash ‘Casanova’ Malone.
He grinned at my reaction. It was his bad boy half-grin that made my panties wet even when we weren’t standing in front of each other topless. Adding that to the equation, I knew that they must be soaked.
“It’s been a while for me.”
“How long?” I asked the question even though I wasn’t sure if I wanted the answer. What if he said last week? Not that it mattered. We weren’t together.
“A year.”
I could feel my eyes widen in shock and I knew that I needed to work on my poker face. “Really?” I could hear the hopefulness in my voice.
“Really.” He lifted his hand and brushed my damp hair behind my ear. “From the day you came back, there hasn’t been anyone else.”
Emotions that I wasn’t sure I could handle began to compete with the arousal I was feeling. I knew if I allowed his words to sink in I’d be a blubbering mess and that wasn’t how I wanted this to go down. I tried to control my reaction but knew I was failing when I felt my lip tremble and tears fill my lower lids.
Thankfully, Cash didn’t seem to be battling the same emotional war I was fighting. His eyes followed his fingers which travelled down my neck and over my collarbone and then even lower to my breast. I watched his jaw tense as his knuckles grazed my nipples before he turned his hand and cupped my breast.
As he kneaded my flesh he lowered back down onto the bed. I started to take a step toward him but with his free hand he grasped my hip holding me in place. Then he leaned forward and sucked my nipple into his mouth.
I gasped as my head fell back. His teeth nipped my pebbled nub sending a zap of pleasure shooting straight down to the apex between my legs. When his tongue began licking the area he’d just bit, an ache began to swirl low in my belly.
My knees buckled beneath me and I grabbed his shoulders for support. He continued sucking first my right then my left breast, then back to my right again. He alternated between them. I looked down at him as he feasted on my flesh and was mesmerized by how sexy it was to watch.
I ran my fingers through his hair, fisting them when his teeth closed around my nipple and he bit down. When he abandoned my breasts and began moving down to my stomach, a moan of protest escaped me. His eyes lifted up to mine as his lips curled in a smile against my belly.
At least one of us thought my frustration was amusing.
I was going to voice my aggravation when the hand that had been on my hip holding me in place moved down my thigh and I realized that it was bringing my panties along with it.
Oh boy. This was new territory for me. I’d gotten to second base with boyfriends before but never third. As excited as I was, I was equally nervous.
So many people had told me that their first times weren’t great. What if this wasn’t all I’d built it up in my head to be? What if it was a disappointment? And not just to me, what if I disappointed him?
All of my fears vanished after I stepped out of my panties and stood before Cash totally nude. I would have thought that every insecurity I’d ever had would be magnified a million times in this situation, but instead I’d never felt more beautiful.
