Chapter 19
As Charity leaned forward and kissed Oliver again, he let her take the lead. Normally, he was more of a take-charge kind of man, always seeing to the woman’s pleasure before his own, but other than the sex, there were no emotional conversations or cuddling afterward. But everything with Charity was different, and he wanted it all. The overnight bag he’d brought was a testament that he was more than willing to spend the weekend with her.
Now, after such an emotional delivery of her background, he didn’t expect sex. Instead, he would’ve been more than happy just to sit and watch TV or listen to music, then go to bed and sleep with his body curled around hers.
But the kiss she was initiating shot straight to his dick. She swung her leg over his thighs and settled her core on the crotch of his jeans, where his cock was now threatening to hammer out of its confines.
She angled her head and thrust her tongue into his mouth, and her velvet touch sent tingles up and down his spine, zipping straight to his balls. Desperate to make sure she understood this wasn’t necessary, he placed his hands on her shoulders and pushed her back until their eyes latched onto each other.
“You’re stopping?” Her surprise was evident in her voice, and her eyes were wide.
“I only want this if you want this,” he said. His mind told him that was the right thing to say while his cock was saying, “Come on, let’s get in the game.” His heart just wanted to take care of the woman he was coming to care for greatly. “I want everything with you, Charity. But if we do nothing more tonight than just kiss on the couch and go to sleep next to each other, I’ll be happy.”
She dragged her tongue over her bottom lip, which was already puffy from their previous kissing. It was so hard not to lean forward and let his tongue follow along the trail that hers had. Forcing his gaze to her eyes, he spied a twinkle dancing in their depths.
“Your mouth says that we don’t have to do this, but the way your eyes are staring at my lips, and the way your dick feels pressed against my panties gives me a different story.”
He chuckled and shook his head. “My dick is explained by pure biology. My words are because I care about you and don’t want you to do anything you’re not comfortable with, especially after such an emotional conversation. And yeah, my eyes are looking forward to seeing every bit of you without these layers of clothing, whenever that may be.”
She threw her head back and laughed, and as always, the sound caused him to smile and his heart to squeeze.
She dropped her chin and stared into his eyes, sliding her hands from his shoulders up to cup both jaws. As her thumbs danced over his beard, she nuzzled his nose and said, “I’m not ashamed or upset over my past. My father might not have known me, but in my eyes, he’ll always be a hero who died for his country. My mom was a true hero in my story. I am who I am because of her. So while the retelling bared some emotions, I’m not upset. What I do want is you. Tonight. Everything.”
It only took a second for her words to strike straight through him, and he stood with one arm behind her back and the other covering her ass. She quickly snapped her legs around his waist and held on tight as he stalked toward the bedroom.
As soon as they were there, he turned sharply so that her back was to the wall next to the door. With his body tightly pressed against hers, he felt every curve. His hands were both cupping her ass, then he slipped one under her dress. He shifted his hips backward just enough to slide his fingers between them. His thumb slipped underneath her panties, finding her slick and ready. Fingering the bundle of nerves that was already taut, he felt her entire body shiver. He slid his thumb between her folds and into her sex and deepened the kiss. His tongue thrust in her mouth in tandem with his thumb tweaking her bud. Her fingernail scratched down his back, and he knew if he weren’t wearing a shirt, she would’ve drawn blood.
Their heads moved back and forth as their noses bumped, and then she finally pushed him back enough to mumble, “Too many clothes.”
Keeping her in his arms, he turned again and let her body drag slowly down his front as he lowered her. Before her feet even settled on the floor, she jerked his long-sleeved T-shirt out of the waistband of his jeans and started shoving it upward. Before the shirt was all the way off, she seemed to become sidetracked by the corded muscles of his abs. She dropped and started trailing kisses over his stomach, then worked her way up and kept pushing the shirt along.
She latched onto one of his brown, flat nipples, and he thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head. She wasn’t tall enough to get his shirt over his head, but he was more than happy to assist.
With his shirt now decorating her floor, he grabbed her dress, bunching it around her hips before pulling it over her breasts. He continued to drag it upward, apologizing when he snagged the neckline on her nose.
She laughed, but it was quickly cut off as he bent and took her lips in another searing kiss. She reached behind her and unsnapped her bra, flinging it off her arms. As her breasts bounced slightly, the air stuck in his lungs as he stared at her perfection. She pressed herself against him, and now, skin on skin, his mind was blown away by how he responded to her. Sex had always been enjoyable but somewhat perfunctory. Now, he could barely catch his breath.
Her hands had gone to his belt buckle, but her fingers fumbled, and he gently pushed them aside, deftly loosening the offending item. She had already shucked her panties before he had a chance to tell her that he wanted to do that himself. Another time.
Acknowledging there would be another time with her was not a surprise. He’d seen his parents’ relationship and what Natalie and Leo had. In the past several weeks, he’d gotten to know the Keepers and observe them with their significant others. And that was what he wanted with Charity. Anyone who says that it’s impossible to fall hard and fast and sure had simply never experienced it. He knew what he felt. He knew what he wanted.
“Hey! You were thinking and not kissing,” Charity fussed.
He barked out a laugh as he shucked his pants and boxers after shoving off his boots and socks. “Not true. I was thinking about you. I was thinking about kissing you. Hell, I was thinking about kissing you for a really long time.”
Grinning, she lifted on her toes. He grabbed her and, giving a little toss, plopped her onto the bed. She laughed as she fell backward and then leaned up on her elbows. Spread out for him to see, hell, for him to devour, he couldn’t wait to explore every inch of her.
He bent down to snag a condom from his pocket, then tossed it onto the bed next to her. It was going to get used, but not right away.
He crawled over her, his smile widening with each inch of her body he explored. He lifted her feet, kissing each one until she giggled and wiggled, telling him what he had already discovered. Her feet were ticklish.
He continued kissing up her legs, discovering that behind her knees was also ticklish. The scent of her sex was driving him mad, and he quickly determined that she tasted as good as she smelled. He had planned on continuing his exploration but knew that he couldn’t move away from her sex without discovering all her secrets there.
He licked and sucked her folds, nibbled on her bundle of nerves, and thrust his tongue inside before replacing it with his fingers. She wiggled more, and he wondered if she wasn’t ticklish there, too. He spread her thighs wider and dove in like a man starved. In fact, now that he tasted her, he would swear that being without her was like starving.
Her fingers ran through his hair, her nails scratching along his scalp, sending tingles up and down his spine. Soon, she was crying out before she came on his fingers. He continued to lap until her quivers subsided and her legs flopped apart.
She was barely able to lift herself on her elbows again, but she managed to do so and stared down at him. “Damn, I can’t even imagine how much practice you’ve had to be such a master at that.”
The last thing he wanted to do was even think about any other woman from the past, and he sure as hell didn’t want to have that conversation now.
“There’s only one woman for me, and that’s the one I’m with.”
She laughed and shook her head. “Tell me honestly… did you use that line on everybody?”
She was smiling, but he could see a hint of uncertainty in her eyes. For a moment, he didn’t answer her but instead kissed his way over her mound, her belly, between her breasts before taking each nipple and sucking deeply. Hating to leave those beautiful peaks, he kissed over her collarbone to her jaw. He ended up on top of her with his arms holding his weight off her chest.
In this position, his cock settled right between her thighs and nestled against her core. He peered down into her eyes and said, “I’ve had sex partners, but it was purely physical. I’ve never once found anyone who I even remotely had an emotional connection with. I’m thirty-two years old, and I”ve never spent a full night with a woman and certainly not a whole weekend. You asked for honesty, and I’m giving it. That wasn’t a line, and I have never said those words to another woman.”
He wasn’t sure she was breathing as her eyes widened, and she stared, her expression warm as it soothed over him. “Breathe, baby.”
The air rushed from her lungs, and her arms encircled his neck as she pulled him down for a kiss. There was no starting slow. There was no simple burn. A spark was lit between them, and fireworks already crackled around the room.
He hated to end the kiss but lifted his head. “Tell me what you want, Charity. I need the words.”
Her arms tightened as her legs wrapped around his thighs. “I want to see how fast you can put that condom on. And then I want you to use it.”
He blinked, then laughed, their chests pressing tighter together. “Well, all right, ma’am. You want me? You got all of me. My dick, my soul, and my heart.”
Then with no other words to say, he grabbed the condom and rolled it on faster than he ever had. From the look on her face, she was impressed.