Chapter 3
Wylie put the condoms on the bedside table and stripped off his pants.
He wasn’t rested enough to try and make love, but if she was willing, so was he.
He’d never been so happy to be in love as he was tonight.
He told himself it wasn’t because he was being laid, it was making love to someone that he loved. Forever.
Getting into bed, he was under the covers before Rosie was, and felt good about that.
He didn’t want to have to strip down naked in front of her.
He’d be embarrassed at how hard he was. And he was hard.
When she came out of the bathroom, she was wearing an oversized shirt.
It might well have been one of his; it was so large on her, but he knew better.
He’d not been here long enough for her to have taken one of his shirts.
“I bought it. It doesn’t belong to anyone I knew in the past.” He’d not thought of that, but was glad that she’d told him. “I don’t have any pajamas or anything like that. I find it more comfortable to sleep in old T-shirts. I hope I didn’t upset you.”
“No. To be honest, I never thought of that when I saw you in a shirt. I just knew that I hadn’t left you one.” She said she’d like it if he did when he left. “I can do that. Most of my clothes are old anyway.”
When she got into bed with him, he tried to warm her up. Her entire body was chilled, and she was making him colder by getting close to him. Once she stopped shivering, he pulled her into his arms and held her. Her body was soft yet firm, and he loved the way she smelled, too.
“I’ve never had anyone here before. Usually, I go to a hotel when I want to have sex.
” He wasn’t sure why she was telling him that, but paid attention.
“I don’t do one-night stands either. Up until about a year ago, I was seeing this guy for purely fun.
We’d have sex on occasion, then go home.
There was nothing really between us other than to get laid.
We were friends with benefits, I guess you could call us.
I babble when I’m nervous. Are you nervous? ”
“I am now that I’m in bed with you. I’m not sure where to begin.” That made her giggle, and he laughed with her. “I know what to do, I’m just not sure that I want to make love to you right now. I just like holding you for a bit.”
“You’re warm.” He said it was because he’d been in bed longer than her.
“I don’t think that’s it. You’re really warm.
Like cuddly warm. I love it.” She moved closer, and he rolled to his back so that she could lay her head on his chest. “I love the sound of your heart beating. It’s very soothing. I could get used to this.”
As she laid there, he thought of all the things that he’d done to be here tonight.
He’d told Kinsey where he was going and the plan, but none of the rest of them.
He didn’t want them to feel differently about Rosie if this didn’t work out between them.
He didn’t know why, but that was his thought process when he’d decided not to tell them.
Moving her hair off his chin, he wondered what it would be like to wake up with Rosie.
Closing his eyes, he let himself drift off to sleep while holding onto her.
He didn’t know what time it was when he woke up. The bed was a tangled mess, and he couldn’t seem to figure out what was up or down. Bumping someone in the face, he was sorry as soon as she cried out. Hitting her in the nose wasn’t what he’d meant to do, and he told her that.
“Well, I should hope you didn’t mean to hit me.
” She told him to stop moving. “I thought my double bed would be big enough for the two of us, but obviously not.” When she turned on the light, he fell out of bed trying to get away from it.
Rosie started laughing as soon as he looked up at her.
“This bed isn’t big enough for the two of us, is it? ”
“I have a king at home.” He looked over the blankets and pillows that had been tossed off the bed.
“I’m thinking that we should have come to my house now.
At least we’d both fit.” He stood up and helped her remake the bed.
“I’m truly sorry that I hit you. I didn’t know where I was when I woke up.
Like you, I don’t do this often enough to be very good at it. ”
“I’m sure you were working too hard to form a relationship with anyone.
” He told her that it was right. “I’m glad that the two of us can get together to see if this works.
I’m sure it will, and I will marry you, but we have some things to work out.
I’ll sign a pre-nup for you if that’s what you want. ”
“I don’t want that. What I have is yours, and what you have is yours too.
I don’t know how much you know about the sale, but I can tell you that we’ve all become millionaires overnight.
It’s a heady thing to realize sometimes.
” She told him that she’d never known a millionaire before.
“Well, now you know a whole family of them. My brothers are all the same as me.”
“I heard that Kinsey was the only one who owned all the land that your grandma left to you. It was great of him to share his millions with the five of you. I’ve also heard that he got the lion’s share of the money.
I don’t know which to believe.” He told her what had happened.
“I thought as much. Kinsey is a good man, and he’d want to share it equally with the five of you.
You’re all good men, and I’m glad to have been around you all my life. ”
“I forget about that sometimes.” They were finished making the bed now, and he sat on the edge of it while she got comfortable inside the covers.
“I forgot that we all grew up around here together. It’s nice to know that we’ve been friends for a long time and now we’re going to get married.
I couldn’t ask for a better partner than you in my life. ”
“Thank you. I think so as well.” She opened the covers, and he slid in beside her.
The bed was cooler now, but he soon warmed up.
When Rosie moved closer to him and snuggled under his chin, Wylie thought that he could live like this forever and not change a thing.
“I’m exhausted, but I have to tell you how much I love you being in bed with me.
It’s like we’ve been doing this for a long time, like an old married couple. I love you, Wylie.”
“And I love you.” He was ready to close his eyes when he realized that he really was enjoying being in bed with her.
It wasn’t a frantic move to have sex but just to be with each other.
He decided that other than a bigger bed, they could be like this forever.
Just two people in love sleeping together. “Good night, Rosie.”
“Good night, Wylie.” She was asleep in just a few moments, and he found it easy to let sleep slide over him as well.
He’d been looking forward to this for so long; he didn’t want to mess things up by fumbling around in the dark to make love.
The bed was too small, or he was too big for it, and he was content, for now, to be able to be with Rosie in a more personal way.
When he woke up the next time, the sun was shining through the windows. He was alone in the tiny bed and got up to find Rosie. He found her in the shower, washing her hair. Joining her, she handed him a netted sponge and asked him to wash her back. He was more than happy to oblige.
“I’ve never had anyone wash my back before. It feels really good.” He said that he’d never washed anyone before and was enjoying her moans of appreciation. “Are you hard?”
“I am. I’d like nothing more than to press you against the wall here and plow you.
” He washed the back of her arms and then turned her around so that he could wash her front.
Her nipples were hard as he was, and he leaned down to suckle one into his mouth.
“Perfection, just as I thought it would be.”
Pulling her toward him, he turned her around so that she could sit on the bench seat against the wall. Getting down on his knees in front of her, he opened her legs wide so that he could see her pussy. It was more than he thought he could stand in how beautiful she was.
“I’m going to eat you.” She leaned back against the wall and pulled his head toward her while she smiled at him. “I want you in the worst sort of way, Rosie. I’m going to enjoy this.”
“I am too.” He moved between her legs and licked her from gate to clit.
Taking the little morsel into his mouth, he nipped at her as he slid his finger into her sheath.
She was warm and wet, and it had nothing to do with the fact that they were in the shower together.
Rosie tasted of heaven and the sweetest fruit that he’d ever tasted.
When she pulled his head up from her, he wanted more of her.
She told him she wanted him, and he realized they were going to have to go to the bedroom because he’d left his condoms there.
She told him that she was on the pill and couldn’t wait for him to fill her.
Everything in his world seemed to have stopped moving at her husky request.
Picking her up, he pressed her against the shower wall and slid inside of her.
She was hot and wet, and he realized that the shower had been turned off.
While he took his time making love to her, she wrapped her legs around his hips and held onto him with her arms around his shoulders.
Taking her mouth, he kissed her savagely because he wanted her to know how much he needed her.