She sipped her wine. He still held one hand to her cheek, and staring at each other, they each drank their wine in silence. She was the first to break the quiet calm that surrounded them with a small giggle.
“What is so funny, sweetheart?” Rex questioned her with raised brows.
Shaking her head, Shelby continued to smile at him. “How did we get here, Rex? A week ago, I would have never believed it if someone had told me, and now, as different as it feels, it seems so simple, as though this is where I’ve always belonged.”
“I know, baby. I thank God that it rained the other night. I thank God that I was too weak to deny myself your sweetness any longer.” His words came out in a guttural, seductive vow.
“The rain? What on earth does the rain have to do with us?” She questioned him.
He laughed at the question. She had no way of knowing what seeing her wet dress clinging to her body had done to him. “Everything, baby, everything. That rain brought me out from the rock I had been hiding under for the past month. I knew it that night when I watched you laugh. As you were dripping wet, I knew that if I didn’t have your kiss and taste your sweetness I would die. Just as sure as I stand here holding you now, I know I would have died.” He groaned as he set his wineglass down and pulled her closer to him. “Thank God for the rain.”
Shelby inched away from him just a bit to set her glass down. After she did, she brought her hands around him, but instead of holding on to him like he was used to, she began to rake her fingernails up and down his back.
She reveled in the sensation of the muscles that rippled beneath her touch.
“Rex, I think –” She looked down as she turned a dozen shades of pink. What could she say, she wondered. How do you tell a man that you want him to make love to you, even though you know that you may not be able to?
“It’s okay, honey. Come on.” Rex walked her over to the bed and gently laid her back until she was comfortable. He started to unbutton his shirt as he stared at her. His eyes were filled with devotion as he held her gaze to his.
She watched him, excited but unsure, eager yet scared.
“I will ask nothing from you, sweetheart. I only want to lie with you. I need to feel our bodies next to each other. Don’t be afraid.” He leaned down over her as he discarded his shirt. “Please, don’t ever be afraid of me.”
Shelby reached her hands up to the sides of his face. “Never, Rex, I would never, I could never be afraid of you.”
He closed his eyes on a sigh as he gave her a gentle kiss before retreating away. As he stood to undo the snap to his jeans, Shelby noticed, truly noticed for the first time, the magnificence of his body.
She stared up at him in awe of the sheer size and mass of his body. She had always known he was muscular and took care to maintain his physique. But looking at him now, his dark, tanned skin against hard, rigid muscle was hypnotizing. As she watched him undo all the buttons of his jeans, she could see the small twinge in his forearm muscles as they worked each button free.
Her nerves began to diminish as she was filled with a thirst for him. What would it feel like to be held by those arms as their bodies lay naked together? Her thoughts were interrupted as she heard a small chuckle. She looked up to see him watching her.
She had been caught staring at his body, and he clearly enjoyed knowing that he brought on such interest in her. She grinned at him and was forced to look down so she could watch, as he brought his jeans down to his ankles. He was wearing a pair of snug, black briefs. They would be ordinary on any other man, but on him, they looked as though they were made to be worn by him and admired by others. His hard shaft was large. Much larger than she would have expected. The other men from her past had been average at best, but never actually large. She squinted her eyes as she noticed a small spot of wetness where the head of his penis lay. Unconsciously, she licked her lips at the sight of the pre-cum escaping him and staining his shorts.
Rex stepped out of his jeans, and he lay down on the bed next to her. He placed his hand gently on her shoulder and began caressing his fingertips up and down her arm until he finally brought his hand to rest with hers and intertwined their fingers. With his other hand, he brought her closer and snuggled her against his chest.
Shelby relished in the feeling of their two bodies lying so closely together, without the barrier of clothes to separate them. She secretly wished she wasn’t wearing the thin piece of satin separating them. She wondered if she would have the courage to take it off and lie with him with no barriers at all.
“Penny for your thoughts?”
She looked up at him, smiling. “You don’t want to know,” she said matter-of-factly.
Her response amused and intrigued him. “Is that so? Maybe I do want to know very much,” he said as he started to kiss her.
After he nearly kissed the air out of her lungs, he asked her again, “So, is it going to cost me more than a penny? What were you thinking, honey?”
She attempted to swallow the giant lump that had formed in her throat. “I want to feel–I–Rex, help me. I don’t know how to put it into words.” She pleaded with him, unsure of the emotions she was experiencing for the first time.
“No, honey, I can’t. I would do anything for you, but not that. I cannot put ideas in your head. I can only do what you want, nothing more. I will not attempt to take more than you are willing to give me.” He said it with a sincerity that she knew was genuine. He wouldn’t assume, he would give her what she wanted, but only if she asked for it.
“That’s just it, Rex. I want things. But I can’t form the words. I’m afraid–not of you–but of what I want. What if it isn’t what you thought? What if it–what if I don’t make you happy?” She winced as she said the last word, feeling embarrassed for her own insecurities.
“Oh, baby, how could you even think such a thing? Holding you like this is fantastic. But I know with everything that I am that there is no way you could make me unhappy.” He tilted her chin up to better see her eyes as he spoke. “If you asked me to leave right now, if you told me that I could never hold you again or touch you again, I would still be just as in love with you.” He stopped at his last statement. He hadn’t intended to tell her. At least not yet, not like this.
“You–you love me?”
“I know,” he said as he brushed his thumb over her chin. “It slipped out. I should have waited to tell you. Don’t you see, though? That’s what you do to me. I can’t control anything when I’m with you anymore. My feelings for you are so strong I lose my balance.”
Shelby blinked, and it forced the tears that had welled up in her eyes to escape and trail down her face. Just when he thought she couldn’t be any more beautiful.
“Baby, honey, don’t cry. You know I can’t stand it when you cry.” He was gently turning her and laying her on her back. He began to rain kisses over her cheeks as he brushed the tears away with his lips.
“Oh God Rex, please–I want–”
Her voice was ardent, and listening to her was driving him crazy. “What are you asking, honey?” He had to be sure. He would take from her whatever she was willing to give. But he would not take so much that she would regret it. He only wanted happiness for her. Not doubts.
She looked at him and asked, “Can we get undressed? I mean the rest of the way. I want to feel our naked bodies pressed against each other.”
Oh, Jesus! He wanted to do more than she would ever know. But he also knew that if he took too much, too fast, he could possibly lose her. That was not a chance he was willing to take. “Baby, I don’t think that’s such a good idea. I love you. You have no idea how much I want you. If we lie naked together, I might get carried away. I don’t want you to regret –”
“No, Rex, stop it! Don’t look at me like that. Don’t see what you saw six months ago. Please, Rex. I’m a woman. I need you to see me as one. And I need to feel you. Can’t you see that?” she implored.
“Ah, Shelby, believe me, I know you are a woma
n. You are the most perfect, alluring, and beautiful woman I have ever seen in my entire life.” He lowered his head to hers as he began to ravish her mouth.
How far could he go before he reached the point of no return? What she asked for, he could give, but would they go too far? Would she hate him for it later? He couldn’t think. He could only feel. He could only taste the sweetness of her desire as it forced a relentless need to his cock, wishing he could bury himself in the deepest part of her.
Chapter Ten
Shelby reached for him and found herself bringing him closer, urging his body to meet hers. She wanted to be closer to him. She wanted to feel the hardness of his muscled form pressed tightly against the curves of her soft body. She dug her nails into his shoulders and grabbed tightly on to his arms.
The peaceful sensation she was feeling moments ago was being quickly replaced by a firestorm that was shooting straight to the center of her being. She could feel the moisture building between her legs and felt her body start to ache and throb with needs that were foreign to her. Her clit was trembling and in urgent need of friction. Suddenly, she needed him so badly. Her clit was trembling and in urgent need of friction. Suddenly, she needed him so badly.
He brought his mouth down to meet hers. It wasn’t as tender as his previous kisses. It was maddening. He was igniting fires inside her. Just when she thought her body couldn’t get any hotter, he sent the flames to new heights. Her mouth was greedy for more of him as she met his desire head-on.
Their bodies started to move together, their hips grinding against one another of their own volition. Just as she thought the feelings he was enticing couldn’t be any more disorienting, he brought his mouth down her neckline and started trailing kisses above the lace of her teddy. She started to move farther up on the bed. Trying to force his mouth farther down to reach the aching points in her breasts, she could feel her nipples harden and burn. She needed him to touch her there so badly. She wanted his warm mouth to capture one and suck on it as she held his head to her.
“Rex, please touch me. Show me, please.” She was all but weeping with urgency.
Rex stopped kissing her body as he looked up at her. “What, honey? Show you what?” He watched her. Waiting for a response she couldn’t give. Her face was flushed with arousal. Her hair was mussed all around her, and she looked like an angel.
“Please.” It was all she could manage. There were so many emotions running through her body she couldn’t differentiate one from the other. “I need you, Rex. I can’t put it into words. I need so much, please, show me how it feels.”
“Honey, I don’t know if I can. I don’t want to hurt you. I love you. I would die if I took you and you weren’t ready.”
“Rex, please.” She was so confused. As she lay there writhing beneath him, begging him for more, the core of her body was throbbing, and the evidence of her longing was trickling out of her. She had never known this level of desire for any man before. She was close to tears from the emotions that were wrapping around her heart. “Rex, please. I don’t understand. I ache. I don’t know what to do. I can feel how wet I am.” Her hips were bucking beneath him of their own accord. She couldn’t have stopped her body from moving if she had tried.
Rex listened to her pleas as he felt her body continue to struggle underneath his. God, he wanted to take her. He wanted her more than he had ever wanted any woman, ever, but he couldn’t help the confusion he felt from her words. She spoke as though she was a virgin. As though she had never felt the pangs of arousal before. It didn’t make sense. But he pushed it aside.
As badly as he wanted her, he could tell she was truly in agony. He knew that agony, and he couldn’t stand to see her needing him and begging for him. He could also feel her wetness. It was drenching him. It was like hot lava being poured on him, and he could smell the intoxicating scent that came with it. He wanted to take her, but afraid to lose her, he decided he would take things slow. He would give her pleasure and keep giving until he was absolutely sure she was ready to be taken. He would not take her as long as there was any possibility or any doubt. He would not fulfill his need for her until she was completely ready.
“Baby, listen to me, okay?” Rex spoke softly.
She nodded as she bit down on her bottom lip, her body trembling and moving against his.
“I’m going to make the ache go away. I’m going to do things to make you feel better. Is that what you want?” She nodded again.
“Okay, but I need you to keep your promise to me, baby. I need you to promise me you’ll say no or you’ll say stop. If you have any doubt or if you get scared at all, I need you to promise me that. Can you do that for me?”
Nodding her head in agreement, Shelby whispered, “I promise, Rex, please.”
Rex knew there was nothing more he could say. She gave her word, and he would have to trust it. He would have to trust that, no matter what he did, she would know if it was too much and tell him if it was.
He placed a gentle kiss to the valley between her breasts before reaching his hands up and pulling the satiny straps down her shoulders. As he increased the pressure of his mouth, he began to swipe his tongue over the swell of her breast. He could sense her breathing getting heavier. He knew her desire was building even more than it had been.
He pulled himself away from her long enough to kneel on the bed. He reached for her, and she met him willingly. As they knelt on the bed facing each other, Rex looked down to see that the satin teddy was barely being held up by her pebbled nipples. On a groan, he placed both hands on each strap and slowly peeled the thin fabric the rest of the way down her body.
Shelby shivered. She wasn’t cold, she was burning up. The teddy she had worn for him was now pooled at her knees. Rex was trailing his hands up and down her body. Gently massaging and caressing every inch of her flesh, but always careful to avoid touching the place that ached the most.
Rex was in awe of the sheer perfection that was before him. She had a tiny waist and the sweetest curvaceous hips. Her thighs were so soft and creamy, and in the middle was a place of wonder covered by the sexiest dark curls he had ever laid eyes on. As he trailed his eyes up her body, he stared at her breasts. They were plump and swollen with her arousal. He stared at the darkened nipples protruding with invitation. His mouth began to water. He suddenly was a starving man, needing nothing more than to taste her to stay alive.
Shelby shuddered with a cry of relief and satisfaction as Rex’s mouth met with her nipple. She grabbed on to his head as he began suckling on her with all the zeal of a man who was feasting after days of hunger. Moans tore from her throat as his tongue was also teasing the sensitive tip.
Rex tried to pull away, and he had to stop himself from laughing at the feel of Shelby melding his face against her body. She wouldn’t release him. He pulled away just enough to speak. “Honey, don’t be a tease. Let me taste the other one.”
Shocked, Shelby released his head. She hadn’t even realized that she was holding on to him so tightly. She was almost embarrassed, but that emotion quickly dissipated as she felt his tongue flick over her other nipple. Then he gently bit down on it and pulled it in between his teeth.
“Rex!” She screamed in delight.
Whenever she got used to the ecstasy of one sensation, he tried something new. It was an onslaught to her senses. One mouth was covering and teasing her breast and nipple while his other hand was cupping and rubbing the other. Her nerve endings felt like they were exploding with tiny fireworks. If she were a robot, she would surely be short-circuiting. She opened her eyes for a moment and felt the room spin. “Rex, I’m so dizzy.”
“It’s okay. Lie down, honey. I’ll take care of you.”
As she did, he pulled the satin teddy the rest of the way from her body. She almost cried a protest as he left the bed when she realized why he had. Very slowly, as she watched him, he pulled down the final barrier that would separate their two bodies.
Shelby nearly gasped as she saw the eng
orged erection. Rex was a tall and large man. She had assumed that all of him would also be large. She wasn’t surprised by the length or thickness of him, but she was surprised by the feeling that overtook her when she saw it. She was suddenly hungry for him. She wondered what it would be like to taste him. To feel him inside her mouth, gliding in and out between her lips as she sucked on him. Her thoughts shocked her. She blushed and looked up at Rex.
He smiled down at her and placed his hand around the straining shaft and gazed at her. “This is what you have been doing to me for weeks, honey. For weeks, I have been consumed with desire for you, baby.” He got into bed next to her and leaned over her and took her mouth with his.
Shelby instantly met him, as their tongues tangoed in an erotic dance of passion and lust. Her hands went around his neck to bring him closer. He trailed his hand down her body until it met her thigh. He caressed the inside of her thigh and slowly started spreading her legs apart.
“Rex, oh, God.” Shelby was breathless, trying to form words that she couldn’t find. “Rex, I can feel something. Oh, Rex, is it–should it be –” She was so confused. His gentle caresses were causing her body to buck wildly beneath him. She had never felt this way before. And the feeling that was building inside her was stealing the air from her lungs. But at the same time it was an intense heat with piercing little pinpoints of pleasure. What was happening to her?
He was watching her and listening to her murmurs. “Jesus baby. I can’t believe–you’re ready to come and I haven’t touched the sweetest part of you yet.
“Rex? Is it–should I–”
“Shh. It’s okay, honey. It should be exactly like this. I want you to relax. I’ll make you feel so much better, sweetheart. Just relax and take all that I give you, okay.”
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