he found her already wet. The swollen lips of her sex invited a more intimate caress. He pushed one, then two thick fingers inside of her. She cried out, arching her back, working her hips in tandem with his fingers. Her face contorted into a sexy mask of begging, pleading he wouldn’t stop. She strained against him, and the heel of his hand rubbed her sensitive clit each time he dipped his fingers inside of her.
He lowered his head, trailed his tongue around her ear, and sucked the lobe into his mouth.
“Feel good?”
“ Yes .”
Her hands gripped his shoulders as he pressed his mouth against her soft throat. She could protest all she wanted, but it wasn’t over between them. She was sopping wet, and he was hard as a rock. He didn’t dare get out of his jeans, and he didn’t dare look at his fingers sliding in and out of her fully aroused, glistening sex. It was too dangerous. He wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation to slide into her unprotected.
He pushed aside one half of her dress to uncover a simple black bra. No lace, no see-through, yet it drove him insane because he was that much closer to getting a nipple in his mouth. He released the front clasp and her breasts surged free—beautiful, firm caramel mounds with dark toffee tips. His mouth closed over the left nipple, tugging and sucking. It felt so good to taste her again. He groaned, savoring it, licking as though he had a piece of candy, driving her to squirm beneath him.
She was going to make him come if she kept up all that wriggling. Pre-come leaked into his boxers. Her hips lifted off the sofa, and her nails dragged across his back.
“Go ahead, baby,” he coaxed. “Don’t hold back. Go ahead and come.”
****
That did it.
She fell apart; her whole body shuddered. It was so easy.
She slipped over the edge, free-falling, dragging air into her lungs through her open mouth. She clawed at the sofa, almost tearing the weave, as her body convulsed beneath him. He moaned, pumping his fingers in and out of her for maximum pleasure until the tremors subsided.
Spent, Lorena closed her eyes. He showered tender kisses on her cheeks and eyelids, finally slipping his hand from between her legs.
She remained still, keeping her eyes closed.
What had she done?
Guilt heated her face at her behavior.
“You okay?” he asked, nuzzling her ear.
“Yes.” She turned her head to stare out at the night sky. She didn’t want to face him. She didn’t want to look into his eyes and tell him they’d made a mistake.
She pushed against his chest, and he eased up, allowing her to roll to a sitting position. “What is it?”
She fastened her bra and adjusted her dress. Her breasts still ached, her body still thrummed, and when she closed her legs, she felt the wet and sticky proof of her loss of control. She swallowed.
“What happened…I’m sorry, Matt. That shouldn’t have happened. I got carried away.”
“We both got carried away.”
Lorena stood, and immediately she heard him stand behind her.
“Don’t walk away from me now,” Matthew said.
“I think part of me just wanted…I don’t know—”
“Don’t do this.” His voice held a note of desperation. “Whatever you’re feeling—guilt, remorse—we can work it out.”
“I can’t.” She turned around to face him.
“Don’t do this,” he repeated. He reached for her, but she stepped back. “I will not let you go.”
“It’s not your decision. You don’t want forever, Matt. I do.”
He closed his eyes and took a few deep, heavy breaths. “Listen to me. Forget everything I ever said to you before. We’re starting over, right now, from this moment, you and me.”
She shook her head slowly, filled with regret.
“You can’t really expect me to—dammit, Lorena! Now that I’ve seen you…” His voice dipped intimately. “Now that I’ve touched you and kissed you, you can’t expect me to let you walk out of here as if nothing happened.”
“Yes, I
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