Chapter 16
SIXTEEN
RUBY
Standing in my bedroom, my legs begin to tremble. I’ve been nervous since the moment he asked me out on this date, but now this is bigger.
A lot bigger.
Because he’s standing in my bedroom and I’ve pretty much told him that I would have sex with him, he’s going to see me naked. Horror fills me at the idea. Forget the other parts of sex that are uncomfortable or embarrassing—seeing me naked is the worst.
This man, who has packed on muscle, who is an elite athlete and could probably be a model, is going to see me naked. I should run far away.
So I tremble as I turn around to face him.
Liam walks through my bedroom doorway, but he doesn’t continue. Instead, his feet stop their movements, and he watches me. His gaze connects to mine. I watch as his lips curve up into a small smile.
Wordlessly, he reaches his arm up, and I watch as he flips the light off. I let out a sigh of relief, not because I don’t want to see all of him, but because I don’t want him to see all of me.
There is enough light coming from the few night-lights I have strategically placed around my bedroom that I can see him making his way toward me. One step, then another, slowly, methodically, and then he’s in front of me.
When he’s close enough to touch me, he lifts his hand, his fingers gliding along my jawline. He doesn’t speak, his gaze searching my own in the dark. Slowly, he lowers his head, his lips touching mine, but only a hint of a kiss.
“Liam,” I whisper as his fingers release my face, and then I feel them at the hem of my dress.
My whispered word is met with silence, but not a lack of action. He runs his fingers beneath my ass, skipping the very tops of my thighs, gliding them around to the front before I feel them graze my pussy from above my panties.
I wish I hadn’t worn any panties. I wish his fingers were touching my bare skin. His head shifts forward, and then I feel his lips against the side of my throat. His tongue slides across my skin, tasting my throat, and it causes goose bumps to break out over my entire body.
Lifting my hands, I curl my fingers around his biceps, holding on to him as he hooks his finger around the center of my panties and tugs them to the side before he touches me there.
My knees almost completely give out the moment his skin touches mine. I don’t know what I thought would happen, but shots of electricity zip through my body at the same time. My belly warms.
It feels almost as if I’m going to melt from the inside out. He slips two fingers inside me, curling, and my head falls backward as I let out a cry of pleasure. It feels so good, but at the same time, I’m so wet that I can’t help but feel embarrassed.
I think about shifting my hips away from him, wondering if I should go clean up or something because my wetness is beginning to slide down my thigh. But then I feel his lips travel up my throat to the shell of my ear.
“Fuck, you’re so wet, Ruby. It’s so fucking sexy.”