my cock buried inside of her soon.
“Wait. Thano . . . wait.”
I barely heard her as I continued to suck and bite on her nipple.
“Thano!” she cried out, causing me to stop and quickly pull back.
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to . . . shit.”
Jumping up, I adjusted myself and looked at her lying there, panting as she pulled in one deep breath after another.
She sat up, pulled her bra and T-shirt down, and then reached up for my hand. Giving it to her, she pulled me back down to sit next to her.
“No, it’s okay. Things were getting a bit hot and heavy and before we got carried away I wanted to make sure we both wanted this. I mean. I want this. Believe me when I say I really, really want this.”
Her face flushed with the most beautiful rose color. “But, I think we needed to slow down. I’m not very good with frantic and rushed.”
A look of sadness moved across her face but was gone as fast as it came. “I don’t even know if you have a condom.”
Feeling heat move across my face, I shook my head. How could I be so fucking stupid? I was ready to make love to her and I didn’t even have any protection.
Lifting my hand, I placed it on the side of her face. “I’m so sorry, ladybug. The last thing I’d ever want to do is hurt you. I got caught up in the moment and I lost control. It won’t happen again.”
She looked down and then back up into my eyes. “Don’t say that. Please don’t say that.”
“What? That it won’t happen again?”
With a slight smile, she nodded. “I’m not the kind of girl who sleeps around, Thano. Matter of fact, I’m really not that experienced at all. I’ve been with two guys, and trust me when I say there was nothing earth-shattering about either. But with you, I’m so drawn to you. I can’t sleep at night because you haunt my dreams each and every time I close my eyes.”
She swallowed hard and closed her eyes briefly before capturing mine again. “You consume my thoughts night and day and that is something I’m not used to. So please don’t say you won’t do that again, because I want you more than I can even begin to tell you.”
My heart felt like someone had a vise around it. With each word she spoke, it closed tighter as she said what I had been thinking for days.
Getting on her knees, she moved closer to me. Her lips pressed against my neck before she moved them up and whispered, “I want you, Thano.”
Grabbing onto her shoulders, I pushed her back to look at her. She was surprised by my action and I knew she thought I was stopping her. Far from it. I was about to tell her I wanted her too, when the doorbell rang.
When she frowned, I knew what I had to do. Pulling her to me, I kissed her. Softly. Barely pulling back from her lips, I said, “I want you too, Kilyn. Very much.”
Now there was a banging on the door. “That must be, Thad.”
Kilyn nodded and stood with me. Pulling in a deep breath, I looked her over to make sure she was okay. “I’m sorry,” I whispered as I kissed her on the forehead and turned to head to the front door.
Unlocking it, the door flew open and Thad and Phoebe came barreling in. Both of them started brushing off snow and I was silently thanking the builder for talking me into a tile entrance and not wood.
“What the fuck took you so long to answer?” Thad said, shrugging off his jacket and hanging it up on the coat rack I had installed for the workers.
Phoebe walked up and kissed me on each cheek. “Hey, Thano. Hope you don’t mind I tagged along.”
With a forced smile, I shook my head. “Of course not.”
Thad had met Phoebe a few years back at one of our cousin’s weddings. Why he hadn’t introduced her to my parents was beyond me since they had been dating for a while. She was the perfect fit for Thad. Plus she was Greek. My mother would love that little bonus. Her dark-brown hair was pulled up in a sloppy bun on the top of her head and her makeup was, of course, heavy as usual. She was
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