throat and he drowned in the beautiful perfection of her flesh making way for his. He had to pause for a moment, and not to give her time to adjust to him. No, Nic paused because he never wanted to forget what it felt like being inside Lizzie for the first time. Her sweetness washed over him, stripping away years of jaded disbelief.
As it consumed him, he knew he didn't deserve this. She deserved better. Because he was taking every bit of her. He couldn't help himself. He was like an opium addict in a field of poppies. He could appreciate their beauty but he would destroy them all to feel like this.
Her arms tightened around him and he dropped his mouth to hers. “You feel like heaven.”
Lizzie wasn't sure how she'd gone from the most intense orgasm of her life to having Nic so deep inside her that her body vibrated with his pulse. Relieved it hadn’t hurt and he hadn’t seemed to notice, she tightened her arms around his neck. She didn’t want to ever let him go. “We're really going to do this?” she whispered.
He braced himself on his forearms, teasing her mouth with his. “We're already doing this.”
She dragged in another ragged breath, sighing as his mouth slid across her jaw. “Good.”
She tried not to tense up, expecting it to hurt or burn or worse when he pulled back. Her heart stopped when he sank back into her. Relief had her tearing up because it didn’t hurt. The last thing she’d wanted him to know was that it was her first time.
He moved again and another moan escaped her. It definitely didn’t hurt.
“Lizzie.”
Hearing her name dragged her back into real time. She relaxed into it, opening up for him and he slid deeper. The intensity caught her off guard. She couldn’t breathe, couldn’t think. All she could do was feel him. He was inside her, a part of her and he was perfect.
“Beautiful.” The gentle word started everything inside her spinning. The muscles in his back flexed under her fingers. He was strong but the long, powerful strokes were controlled. She wasn’t sure she’d survive if he let loose. All she could do was hold on as he drove harder and deeper and changed everything she’d imagined about being with him.
Then he was reaching down between them teasing her back to the edge, whispering things that made her burn hotter. He slid his hands beneath her, lifting her up, changing the angle and Lizzie lost the battle with the emotions building in her chest. Tears choked her as she came apart. She almost missed that he was falling apart with her.
She couldn’t stop shaking as he rolled them to their sides. She hoped he hadn’t been disappointed or noticed she hadn’t been sure what to do. She smiled when she felt his mouth press against her neck as he whispered her name again. His chest heaved and his hands didn’t feel quite steady.
Not disappointed. She decided. Relief warmed through her, then he eased away from her, his body sliding free of hers and she tried not to yelp at the sharp feeling of loss and unexpected burn of raw, over sensitized flesh. He swung off the bed. She curled onto her side and watched him disappear into the bathroom. A light switched on and she blinked back the intrusion of reality.
Her body was still vibrating from his touch when she sat up, pulling the sheet with her. She drew her knees to her chin and refused to regret this. The emotions churning inside her were hard to ignore. She hadn’t expected her first time to be a religious experience, but she hadn’t expected it to be so intense.
This was what she had wanted. Why in the hell was she on the verge of tears?
When he slid back into bed a few minutes later and pulled her tight into the warmth of his body, Lizzie felt cold. She forced her breathing to calm. She couldn’t face him yet. She was afraid he’d see the shock crawling through her like acid.
She’d wanted Nic to be her first. It had been impossible to be with anyone else because she had only wanted Nic.
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