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His hunger is demanding as he kisses me with the desperate need of a starving man. He's feasting on me. Devouring every moan, every sigh. He's incinerating my hesitation with every swipe of his tongue against mine, with every touch of his hand on my body. Still, this is too fast—too much.
I don’t have the experience he thinks I have.
He moves his hand from my butt to the hem of my shirt, slipping it under to touch my skin. My breath catches, because his skin against my skin is rough. Tingles rocket through me, and he deepens the kiss, his rough hand moving across my skin, featherlight.
He's the hard to my soft, my opposite. The gloomy to my sunshine. The dark to my light.
One could say that we don't match, that we are so opposite, we can't possibly exist together. Not happily, anyway. But I think we're the perfect pair. We complement each other perfectly; two halves of a coin. Night and day. We each offer the other what we don't have ourselves.
Maybe Lucy was onto something when she chose me for him, when fate chose me for him. Because it wasn't normal that day, for me to be scrolling and come across her ad. It wasn't normal for me to answer.
I mean, who does that? I don't do that. That wasn't me that day. It was something else. Something stronger, guiding me to her, and in turn to him. To Nick.
The material of my shirt bunches as his hand continues to move up.
That rocketing tingle shoots straight to my heart. I feel my heart leap in my chest, and I swallow hard tucking my face into his neck.
I moan, “Nick, wait.”
His hand stills against my skin, his body tight under mine.
I can feel his heart hammering against my chest, violent. His breath is hard and heavy against my ear. He's not pushing, he's just waiting for me, giving me time with my hands on his broad shoulders. I push up on his chest, and I can’t help but think he is even more beautiful. Just kissed Nick, is beautiful.
And his hair is messed, wild. I didn't realize, but I must have run my fingers through it.
That's how crazy he makes me.I don't remember running my hands through his hair because everything was all sensation all at once. All amazing.
His eyes search mine, the dark an explosion of night and feeling and heady desire. I feel heat touch my skin. I'm embarrassed. I'm still aroused.I'm so many things…
“That was amazing,” I say softly.
His Adam’s apple dips with a swallow, and his eyes search mine. There’s still hunger. It’s simmering below the surface. But I know he won't push me. I know I’m safe. Probably apart from my father’s arms, his arms are the safest I've ever been in.
The thought, the realization, rockets through my soul—settling in the core of me.
“Are you okay?” Nick asks. His voice is smooth in the silence between us. It breaks through heavy breaths, and at the sound, at the tender care in his words, I smile. And then, shyly, I nod.
“I'm okay. I'm more than okay.” The smile grows on my face. “That was amazing. Best Kiss,” I whisper, “Ever.”
His eyes move between mine, and I think maybe he doesn't believe me. I think he's searching for something. Searching for a lie.
Pity, maybe?
He won't find it. Whatever it is he's looking for to ruin this, he won't find it. Not in me.
Because I want him to know I didn't stop the kiss out of regret, I lean forward to rest my head against his shoulder. He's warm, and even though he's hard, built like a boulder, I'm comfortable here in his lap against his chest.
He's hesitant at first, but not for long. As his arms close around my body, holding me, his woodsy scent surrounds me. The scent of him overwhelms and comforts me.
I could stay here against him forever, my legs parted over his waist and my heart beating against his chest.
This moment is beautiful, and I think that nothing can pierce it. Inside this mountain fortress of timber and stone, we’re alone in this great big world. I’ve never felt safer than I do in this moment, against this hard man.
I close my eyes, and I let myself enjoy it. I take in this moment.
It’s as I rest against this man with his strong arms holding me close, that I realize with a jolt of bittersweet pain that cuts through my heart—this is exactly what Mom wanted for me.
This—what I have here with Nick—it has the potential to grow into something extraordinary.
