Chapter 13 Ethan
Chapter Thirteen
ETHAN
The subtle glide of silky skin against my leg woke me.
For a beat, I was disoriented, my mind hazy from sleep.
The warm body curled against me was puzzling and then my brain came back online.
Zoe was draped over half of my body. I couldn’t help but grin.
One of her legs was curled over mine with her foot tucked between my calves.
With her head resting against my shoulder, her palm on my chest and my hand curled under her and cupping her bottom, I could feel all of her lush curves against me.
This had to be about the best way to wake up.
Ever. I’d never considered what I was missing by always skipping out after sex.
Of course, this was Zoe and that made it all the better.
I’d yet to even care to think about waking up beside someone.
After last night, you’d have needed physical force to get me out of her bed.
Her breathing was steady and even, gusting softly against my shoulder.
I’m not sure if my cock was hard when I was asleep, but it was now.
I couldn’t recall waking up hard since I’d been a randy adolescent.
My mind spun back to last night. My early mental gymnastics about being responsible for Zoe waving goodbye to her virginity had turned out to be a waste of mental energy.
I couldn’t have guessed how bloody amazing it would be to be with her though.
If my body had its say right now, I’d roll her over and sink right back inside of her.
Yet, I didn’t think that was the wisest idea, given she was likely sore.
There was that and the fact I hadn’t a clue what to do with my feelings.
Feelings. Not something I thought much about.
Oh, I cared about people. My mates were like family to me, and I’d do anything for them.
I’d take a bullet for my sisters and my mum and dad.
But the whole idea of seriously being involved with a woman had never occurred to me.
I was too busy having fun. I’d watched Liam fall like a rock falls from the sky for Olivia and chalked it up to random chance.
Liam and I had once been far more alike when it came to women.
He was a freewheeling playboy until Olivia came along.
Now here I was with Zoe curled against me and feeling like my heart had tripped and fallen on its ass.
I had to wonder what was in the water here in the States.
I started to get uncomfortable, so I tried to shut my bloody mind up.
Problem was, Zoe was beside me, warm and tempting beyond all reason, and I wanted her like mad.
Last night hadn’t done a bit to tamp down my pure lust for her.
Rather, it had been like octane fuel to a fire that was already raging.
She shifted in her sleep again and her breathing altered.
I sensed she was awake, but I knew it when she lifted her head.
The light filtering through the shades in her bedroom was wispy gray.
It had the effect of making her auburn hair seem brighter and her hazel eyes stood out against her creamy skin.
With her hair rumpled from sleep, all it took was one look and blood shot straight to my already hard cock.
As she stared at me, her cheeks flushed.
I loved it when she blushed. That’s all she had to do and I was pretty much useless.
Bloody hell. If she had any idea the effect she had on me, I was doomed.
The air around us heated as if lit by a flame all of the sudden.
When we’d fallen asleep last night after a shower, I’d figured it would be nice to wake up with her and we’d have tea or coffee or something like that.
I hadn’t counted on this—this fiery need coming to life the moment we were both awake.
I’d imagined how she’d look sleepy, but my imagination was an utter failure.
Her tousled auburn hair, her rosy cheeks, the dusting of freckles on her skin and the feel of her lush body against mine—all of it together felt so fucking good I could hardly breathe.
Throw in the way it felt to look in her eyes—unguarded, she was breathtaking.
My heart set to thudding against my ribcage as awareness scored me.
I could feel her heart beating against my side, the pace kicking up as we lay there.
She bit her lip. Fuck me. When she did that and her teeth dented her plump bottom lip, it made me crazy.
The good kind of crazy, but still. I had to remind myself I absolutely could not plan on burying myself inside of her right now, no matter how badly I wanted to.
I was no virgin expert, but I had some sense and knew she must be sore.
She cleared her throat, the sound breaking through the weighted quiet. “How long have you been awake?” she asked, her voice husky from sleep.
I began to wonder if there was anything she could do that didn’t turn me on more. I forced my mind to her question, simple enough to answer.
“A few minutes. Good morning,” I replied, unable to keep from grinning when the pink on her cheeks deepened. Hell if I knew why she blushed so often, but I fucking loved it.
She bit her lip again. Oh, that was it. I slid my palm off her bottom—hard to do by the way—and up her spine to tangle in her hair.
There wasn’t much space between us, so it took just the slightest movement to bring her mouth to mine.
I wasn’t thinking—not at all—and the moment she sighed against my mouth, I slipped my tongue between her lips and poured the need burning hot and high inside of me into our kiss.
She tensed against me for a beat, but when I slid my hand back down her spine and nudged her atop me, she relaxed.
Our kiss went wild. Mentally thrown and emotionally disoriented by the effect she had on me, I flung myself into the heat of the physical moment between us.
I latched onto it as if it were the only thing that could ground me.
Meanwhile, I was like a train running off the tracks, barely hanging onto any semblance of control.
The feel of her full breasts pressed against me and her slick folds sliding over my cock—because it was that perfect when her knees fell to the sides of my hips—nearly made me forget my promise not to bury myself inside of her post haste.
When my fuzzy thoughts turned to clambering away from her to find a condom, reality nudged me, hard enough I rolled us over quickly.
That didn’t help matters. At all. Now, my cock was nestled against her drenched core, and all I wanted to do was adjust my hips and sink inside.
Condom or no, I had to get myself out of the danger zone.
I shimmied down her body, probably a touch rougher than I should be with my lips, teeth and tongue as I made my way down.
Bloody hell though, she didn’t help matters between her breathy pants, husky moans and her hands all over me.
The moment I sucked one of her nipples into my mouth, I managed to get my mind off of what it would feel like to be inside of her again.
Fuck. She tasted so good and when she buried her hands in my hair and arched into me, I sank my teeth in before pulling back to look at her.
Her hair spilled over the pillows, stark and bright against the white.
Her hazel eyes were a dark swirl of gold, green and brown, and her lips were red and swollen.
Her nipples were damp and taut from my attentions.
With her breath rising and falling rapidly, she arched into me, starting to curl those long legs around me.
Uh oh. I had to keep moving. I tore my gaze from hers and mapped my way down her body, kissing, licking and nipping my way over the soft curve of her belly.
I pushed her knees apart and almost groaned at the sight of her.
Her folds were pink and swollen. I meant to ask if she felt okay, but she buried her hands in my hair.
With the core of her mere inches away, consideration lost the war in an instant.
I dipped my head and dragged my tongue along her cleft.
The salty tang of her was an unholy temptation and I lost myself in exploring every inch.
I sank a finger inside and felt her clench around me and tense.
Finally, fucking finally, my mind shouted above the raw lust pounding through me.
I drew back, and my breath lodged in my throat for a beat.
She was glorious. With her skin flushed all over, those freckles that made me crazy scattered like constellations about her body, and her hair a tangled mess, it was a bloody good thing I wasn’t standing or she’d have brought me to my knees in more than the figurative sense.
As it was, I had to give my head a shake to recall she’d tensed.
My finger was still buried knuckle deep inside of her.
“Are you okay?” I managed to ask, my voice taut with the need thundering through me.
Her eyes widened, and she arched her hips into my touch, nodding vehemently.
If anything, she looked annoyed with me as if I was an idiot for even asking.
I couldn’t help but grin because that’s what happened when she was annoyed with me.
“Just checking, luv,” I replied before getting right back to business.
With her legs curling around my shoulders and her hips bucking into my mouth, I fucked her with my fingers and tongue for much less time than I wanted. Within moments, she was tensing and murmuring my name in a noisy burst, her channel clenching and throbbing.
In a very short time, I’d discovered Zoe was rather expressive when it came to sex and didn’t hold back at all.
I eased away and started to kiss my way back up her body, but she dislodged me.
She was tall enough to throw me off, and she did just that, promptly sitting astride me again.
Just like that, all of my control slipped until I was clinging to its edge with my fingertips.
She didn’t give me much time to think and before I knew it, she was kissing her way down my chest and abdomen and curling a palm around my cock.
I don’t know what I expected, but I certainly didn’t expect to be given the best blowjob of my life by a woman who’d been a virgin less than twelve hours ago.
Alas, that’s precisely what happened. She had a wicked mouth and tongue and had me gripping the sheets as if my life depended on it.
I was as close to the edge as she’d been, so the moment she drew me fully into her mouth, I was almost there.
With her tongue swirling and the hot, wet suction around my cock, my release hit me with a roar and I spent myself in her mouth.
Stunned, I fell back into the pillows as she slowly drew away and wiped the back of her hand across her delectable mouth that had just now shown me the peaks of its naughtiness.
She eased up beside me and fell into the pillows, half draped over me.
All the while, I was wondering if I could ever get enough of her.
I should’ve been spent, instead all I could think of was what was next.