Chapter Twenty-Two #2
His hand drifts down my stomach and slips between my thighs. I part my legs wider automatically, giving him easier access while he rubs his fingers slowly against my pussy.
The first touch sends a violent shiver through me.
I keep stroking him while he circles my clit, though it’s becoming harder and harder to focus on pleasuring him when he’s making me feel like this.
We’re both breathing heavily now, mouths barely connected while our hands work each other higher and higher. The pressure building inside me grows almost unbearable. A tremor rushes up my spine, and I moan softly against his lips.
“Come for me, baby,” Caleb whispers roughly.
He presses harder against my clit, circling with just the right amount of pressure, and it becomes impossible to concentrate on pleasuring him anymore. I want to keep touching him, I really do, but he’s making coherent thought nearly impossible.
He gently takes my hand from his cock and places it against his chest instead.
I blink up at him in confusion. “Was it bad?” I ask breathlessly.
Then he flicks his fingers over my clit again, and a broken moan tears from my throat.
“No, baby, it felt too good. I was going to come, and I only want to come inside you.” His voice turns rougher as he increases the pressure again.
“But first, I want you to come. Now.” He crashes his mouth onto mine while his fingers work me harder.
A violent shiver races through my body when he flicks against my clit in exactly the right way.
My back arches instantly, and my eyes squeeze shut while pleasure builds to an almost unbearable level.
I clutch onto his shoulders to steady myself because my knees feel weak enough to collapse beneath me.
Another flick.
Another sharp pulse of ecstasy.
I stop breathing entirely as heat floods every inch of me.
Then Caleb presses one last time, and my orgasm hits like a goddamn tidal wave.
Pleasure explodes through my body so intensely that it feels consuming, every nerve ending igniting at once while my muscles lock tight around the sensation.
My knees buckle completely, and Caleb catches me, laughing softly as he wraps his arms around me to stop me from falling.
“Oh God, Caleb,” I whisper weakly, still trembling while he carries me toward the bed.
“I know, baby.” He lays me down carefully before crawling over me again. “Now let me make love to you.”
I open my heavy eyes and look into his dark, lust-filled gaze.
“Please,” is all I can manage.
He smiles and leans down to kiss me deeply, pressing his body over mine, but he pauses again and pulls back just enough to look into my eyes.
Panic flickers through me immediately.
“Is work going to call with an emergency again?” he asks.
Relief crashes through me so fast I actually giggle. “No. Not tonight.” I smile softly at him. “I’m all yours.”
He grins before pulling back slightly again, clearly about to ask something else, and I already know what it is.
“Yes, I’m sure,” I say before he can speak. “Now, please make love to me.”
A slow smile spreads across his face as he reaches over to his jeans and pulls a condom from his wallet. He grabs a spare too before returning to the bed, ripping the packet open with his teeth.
Jesus Christ. That should not be as attractive as it is.
He rolls the condom on quickly before tossing the extra packet onto the bedside table and moving back over me.
I smile as he leans down and kisses me again.
One of my hands slides into his hair while the other trails slowly over his shoulder blade.
He positions himself at my entrance, and our eyes lock while he slowly pushes inside me.
The moment we connect, something shifts between us.
Something deep.
Something unmistakable.
Love.
Devotion.
Certainty.
A shiver runs through my entire body while emotion crashes into me so hard it almost steals my breath. My body trembles beneath him, but it’s not fear this time. It’s happiness.
Pure happiness.
I’m connected to Caleb again, just like I was all those years ago.
Only this time it means more.
Back then, we were kids trying to figure out what love felt like.
Now we know.
I stare into his beautiful chocolate-brown eyes while he eases deeper inside me, and everything about this moment feels perfect.
Absolutely perfect.
I moan softly against his lips, and he groans right back into my mouth before I wrap my legs around his waist, pulling him even deeper. He kisses me slowly while we begin moving together in perfect rhythm.
Pleasure rolls through me immediately. Feeling him inside me again is overwhelming in the best possible way.
When we were younger, this felt incredible too, but now it’s different. There’s emotion in every touch, which means in every movement. This isn’t just sex anymore.
This is love.
Real love.
Caleb moves slowly, deliberately, grinding into me with deep, steady thrusts that make my entire body melt beneath him. Nothing about this feels rushed or frantic.
It’s nothing like the empty encounters I’ve had with other men over the years, trying to convince myself I didn’t need him.
This feels alive.
Every movement says ‘I love you,’ even when neither of us speaks.
“Oh God, Indi, you feel so good,” he murmurs against my lips.
I kiss him harder while his hips rock deeper into me.
“I love you so much,” I whisper.
He groans softly and thrusts in exactly the right spot, making my body shudder beneath him. We move together effortlessly, like our bodies already know exactly what the other needs. Every slow thrust makes me feel more alive than I’ve ever felt in my life.
Being with Caleb awakens something inside me.
Something hopeful.
Something that makes me believe maybe I really can have a happy ending after all.
Because my future is here.
My future is Caleb.
I know that now.
He thrusts deeper again, and a sharp wave of pleasure tears through my core, making me gasp while my back arches off the mattress.
My entire body trembles as he kisses me passionately, and suddenly another orgasm crashes into me so hard I see flashes of white behind my eyes.
My muscles tighten around him before releasing completely while he keeps moving slowly through it, helping me ride every pulse of pleasure.
“Oh God, Caleb, I love you so fucking much,” I whisper against his lips while digging my nails into his back.
“I’m close, baby,” he groans.
I tighten around him instinctively, wanting him to lose himself with me.
His breathing turns ragged, his thrusts grow faster, and then suddenly, he buries his face into my neck and groans loudly while his body stiffens against mine as he comes.
I run my hands slowly over his back while he rides out his release, holding him close as he trembles above me. Eventually, he relaxes fully against me, breathing hard as we both try to recover.
I slide my fingers into his hair and close my eyes, basking in the warmth and afterglow surrounding us. A smile spreads across my face before Caleb chuckles softly above me.
I open my eyes to find him staring down at me. “What?” I ask.
“Why are you smiling like that?”
My smile widens instantly. “Because I waited six long, disastrous, torturous years for this moment.” I shake my head slightly. “What the hell was I thinking?”
He grins, that gorgeous smile that always reaches his eyes.
“I should’ve been here with you all along,” I whisper. “You make me feel so…”
“Alive?” he asks softly.
I nod immediately. “Exactly.”
“Yeah, baby?”
“Can we just stay here forever?” I ask, only half joking.
His smile softens as he brushes his nose gently against mine. “Indi, for the rest of tonight I’m all yours.” He kisses me softly. “And for the rest of forever too.”
I giggle and kiss him again while he slowly pulls out of me before rolling onto his back and tugging me on top of him. His arms wrap tightly around me, and for the first time in my entire life, I feel completely safe.
Completely home.
I’ve never truly felt like I belonged anywhere before.
But lying here in Caleb’s arms, listening to his heartbeat beneath my ear, I finally understand what home is supposed to feel like.
Home is him.
Home is Caleb.