Chapter 7
7
CASSADY
M y lips were trembling. My toes were trembling. Every cell in my body was shaking like I was in the middle of an earthquake.
But there was no earthquake. Only adrenaline rushing through my body as Dane’s arms went around me, pulling me toward him.
I closed my eyes and lifted my face, ready for our kiss. He didn’t keep me waiting. He pressed his mouth to mine, his tongue parting the seam of my lips and diving inside to explore. A sound escaped my throat. It was a moan, but basically it came out as a hum. He seemed to take that as a cue to move his hands over my back, one hand going up while the other slid over my ass.
So much for letting me explore first. Not that I minded. Besides, I’d explored already. I’d even boldly touched his balls. But now it was time to run my hands over his shoulders and his arms, appreciating the curves of his muscles.
His erection pressed against my belly as his hands ran over my hips, then my waist. His touch felt so good. I never imagined sex would be anything like this.
Finally, I felt his hand move to my thigh. He had to lean over slightly to do it. I wasn’t sure what he was up to, but then he lifted it suddenly.
“Like this,” he said.
He settled my bare foot on the rock, putting me in a very awkward position. What was he planning to do?
But then he resumed the kiss while maneuvering the tip of his erection along my aching slit. Just as he’d parted the seam of my lips with his tongue, he parted my folds with his cock. But he didn’t plunge inside. Instead, he ran it along my seam, forcing me to break the kiss so I could catch my breath.
Damn, that felt good. It was such a little thing, but it left me aching for something more. Aching for the feel of him pounding into me, making me cry out. But he couldn’t do that this time. No, it would hurt too much. So instead, he just teased me with his cock.
“Now, sit down,” he said.
I looked at him, disoriented. The heat in his stare made it clear what he wanted to do. He wanted to fuck me.
But he wasn’t going to do that. Not now. That wasn’t the reason for the position he’d put me in. That had been solely to tease me.
I sat on the rock, hating that I had to move away from him to do so. But when he stepped between my legs, nudging them apart, I knew exactly what he had in mind.
I thought he was going to do me right here. I was even wondering if that angle would be comfortable for him. Instead, though, he knelt and moved his mouth between my legs, looping a hand under each of my thighs.
He was going to lick my pussy. I’d heard other terms for it, and they were terms I didn’t feel comfortable even thinking. But it was exactly what he was about to do.
As his tongue made contact with my clit, Dane looked at me. I cried out, throwing my head back and closing my eyes. I didn’t think anything could feel better than him sliding his tip along my folds, but this definitely felt better. It was like nothing I’d ever experienced.
He didn’t stop. Didn’t even slow down. Instead, he began flicking his tongue back and forth. I clamped my lips together, doing my best not to make noise. Even my one earlier cry was too much. It was doubtful anyone was nearby, but that earlier cry might have been heard for miles.
It became harder than ever to keep quiet, though, as his tongue took me toward a peak I didn’t even know was possible. I could feel something was coming. It was like pressure building and building and building, but the most pleasant pressure possible.
And then, all of a sudden, sensations exploded inside me, my pussy clenching in response as the heat once again rushed through my entire body. I tried to grip the rock, but there was nothing to grab onto, so I just flattened my palms on it and rode out the best of my orgasm.
Unfortunately, it ended all too soon, leaving me gasping and panting. As he stood, Dane fisted his cock, motioning for me to stand. I pushed myself to my feet on arms that felt like spaghetti. I felt a little weak from what my body had just experienced, but I was also excited to see what would happen next, and that had adrenaline racing through my veins.
Once I was on my feet, he sat on the rock where my butt had been just seconds earlier. Was it my turn to satisfy him? I definitely could. He might think we couldn’t go all the way today. Maybe it was because I was a virgin, but it could also be a safety thing.
“I’m on the pill,” I blurted, in case that was what he was thinking. “I have been for a while. I take it every day without missing, so I’m safe.”
He just stared at me with a curious expression, and that made it clear he hadn’t even thought about it. He wasn’t afraid of getting me pregnant, or so it seemed. I, on the other hand, was terrified. I was in no way ready to be a mom. I had a plan to keep working in my present job, but eventually, I’d start my own property management firm.
Dane gestured for me to step forward, keeping his legs close together. I was supposed to straddle him as he took the brunt of the rough surface for both of us.
But the surface was pretty rough on my knees. I could tell that as I climbed on top of him. He helped as much as he could, putting a hand on either hip to stabilize me as I positioned my entrance above his erection. I grasped it with my hand as I lowered myself onto it.
Closing my eyes, I quietly celebrated that I was officially no longer a virgin. It was a status I was all too happy to be rid of, but mostly I was happy to be losing it with the hottest man I’d ever met. A man I could see myself spending forever with. Even if I wouldn’t be having kids or getting married anytime soon.
Pain shot through me suddenly, making me well aware that I’d gone too far, too fast. This was all new to me. My body needed to adjust. And here I was, just plunging him inside me.
I squeezed his arms, closed my eyes, and stilled, riding out the wave of pain. It was the opposite of the wave I’d ridden out earlier. But like that wave, this would pass.
As I sat, eyes closed, suddenly I felt his fingers on my clit. He was touching me, probably hoping to take my mind off the pain. Or maybe he knew the pleasure would somehow drown it out. Whatever the case, it just might work.
He was patient with me, letting me make small, barely perceptible movements. He kept his hands on my hips, helping balance me. That also meant I didn’t have to put my full weight on my knees, which weren’t really enjoying the rough surface beneath them.
But that rough surface actually played into my arousal. The more he touched me, the better it felt. There was something sexy about mixing pleasure and pain. Maybe it was the endorphins. I didn’t know. All I knew was things were starting to heat up down there again, and it had a lot to do with him touching me.
At some point, I reached up and cupped my breasts. I wasn’t even aware I was doing it on a conscious level. I ran my thumbs over my nipples and let out a sigh at how good it felt.
I pictured him watching me, his eyelids growing heavy as he took in the fact that I was touching myself. Yeah, he’d think that was sexy. I thought it was sexy, so I couldn’t blame him.
“Fuck,” I whispered. “Oh God, that feels so good.”
My bounces went a little deeper. Although it was uncomfortable, it didn’t hurt like before, so I kept going. I kept fucking my gorgeous mountain man as my body raced toward orgasm.
And within just a couple of minutes of him touching me, I felt the waves of heat again. I knew it was happening.
“Oh God, oh God, oh God,” I said.
I somehow forced myself to keep my voice barely above a whisper. I wanted to do this all day, every day, for the rest of my life, but only with this man. Only with my hot lumberjack.
I didn’t stop moving once my orgasm was complete. No, it was his turn. I kept my eyes closed and continued touching my breasts, knowing he liked what he saw.
And then he gripped my hips, holding me still and plunging into me over and over. He didn’t go any deeper than I had, but he was pumping fast and furiously. And I somehow knew, in that moment, that he was in the throes of his climax, shooting his cum inside me, filling me up.
No, I wouldn’t get pregnant. And I hoped he was okay with that, because I definitely wanted to see him again.
“Oh, fuck,” he whispered, as finally, we both stilled.
I opened my eyes and looked down at him to find him smiling. Smiling. That wasn’t something I’d seen him do very much. It meant he was happy. I’d made him happy.
“Ho!” a male voice called out.
Dane’s smile abruptly turned to a frown, as did mine. I looked over my shoulder. No one was in sight, but that voice didn’t sound all that far away.
Without saying a word, I jumped off Dane and scrambled to get dressed. The last thing I wanted to do was be caught out here, naked, having sex on a rock. That could put my job in jeopardy somehow. At the very least, I’d become the topic of local gossip, and I definitely didn’t want that.
Only as I snatched up my cup and started back toward the lodge, hand in hand with Dane, did it hit me what I’d done. I’d lost my virginity on a rock. This wasn’t like me at all. What if Dane got what he wanted and never asked to see me again? I’d be mortified and devastated at the same time.
But what if it went in the opposite direction? What if he wanted to marry me and have babies with me? I was nowhere near ready for that. Even with the most gorgeous guy I’d ever met.
Panic set in. I wasn’t ready for this. I wasn’t ready for any of it. I needed time. I needed to think. I had to get out of here.
“I have to go,” I said as we went around the building to the front.
He’d already taken a right turn, indicating he was planning to head back into the lodge. But I was eyeing my car, the keys still in my right jacket pocket, while my phone was in the other.
“Wait,” he said. “You can’t just leave. I don’t have your number.”
I continued on my path, turning and walking backward as I called out my phone number. I barely gave him time to process it before I flipped around and beelined for my SUV.
All I knew was I couldn’t breathe, and I probably wouldn’t be able to breathe until I got some distance. I might very well regret walking away. But it wouldn’t be worse than if I didn’t walk away and he dumped me or pressured me to change my life.
None of it made sense. I needed time to think. And the only way I could do that was to get out of here and back to the safety of my apartment in Adairsville.