this time, don’t hesitate.”
Beth exhaled a shaky breath and looked around Connie’s bedroom, anywhere but at her two friends sitting across from her.
“Penis,” she said with a firm nod.
Olivia traded glances with Connie. “That one wasn’t bad.”
Beth sighed. “I don’t see what this has to do with me becoming more intimate with Aidan.”
“If you can’t even say the word, how are you ever going to feel comfortable with him in an intimate situation?” Olivia replied.
Connie smirked. “Yes, if you want to touch it, you have to be able to say the word out loud first.”
Beth gaped at her friends. “Goodness, we’re a long way off from… from that!”
Connie shook her head. “You say that now, but once you two are in the throes of passion, things may move quicker than you expected.”
Beth related Connie’s comments to her experience with Aidan on Thanksgiving. Her friend was right.
“What’s next on the list?” Olivia asked.
Connie consulted her notepad. “Vagina.”
A blush flooded Beth’s cheeks. She wished she was spending her Saturday afternoon elsewhere. Even helping Nathan and Matthew with Aidan’s move appealed to her more.
“Perfect!” Olivia’s eyes danced with excitement. “All right, Beth. Say it.”
“Vagina.”
Olivia shrieked and jumped out of her chair. “You said it without hesitating! I told you this was going to benefit you.”
Beth eyed her friend skeptically. Saying the word was one thing. Exposing herself in front of Aidan was another.
Olivia sat back down and folded her hands in her lap. “I think we can move on from the list.”
Connie tossed a smile in Beth’s direction. “How about you pick up the book again and read the next paragraph.”
“Oh, I don’t know…” Beth stared at the romance novel resting in her lap. The cover featured an illustration of a muscular, half-naked man and a curvaceous woman clutched in an intimate embrace. His lips pressed to her chest and her face looked to the heavens, her eyes closed and her mouth open in a way that suggested she was releasing an erotic cry.
Connie and Olivia stopped Beth from reading the book aloud after she stumbled through the word clitoris . Based on her mispronunciation, Connie knew Beth had no idea what it was and insisted she receive a proper explanation. After a very graphic description from Olivia and a tutorial from Connie on how it was the secret to a woman’s pleasure, they moved on to Connie’s body parts list, which had been compiled especially for today’s session. Beth had hoped they’d forgotten about the novel.
With a trembling hand, she reopened the book and found her starting point. “His finger swirled around my clit… clitoris, making my body quake with pleasure, as his lips drifted down my neck,” she read. “His soft kisses and sensual touch made my vagina moist and I felt my wetness dripping down onto his hand, coating him in my essence.”
Beth made a sour face at the description. “I was ready to take his penis inside me whenever he pleased. Desire burned in my veins as his mouth moved lower. The anticipation drove me wild. He stopped just above my breasts. My nipples tingled as he cupped his supple lips over one of my peaks and…”
Beth cleared her throat. “… Kneaded his palm to my other breast with an animalistic passion that only made me want him more. He slipped two fingers inside me, and I moaned with pleasure.” She scanned the next few words. “I’m sorry, but I can’t read the rest.”
“You can’t stop now,” Connie said. “You’re just getting to the good part!”
“Yes, but—”
“No buts, Beth.” Olivia wagged a finger at her. “This is for your own good.”
Beth looked at the page again. “He sucked hard on my breast and swirled his hot tongue around my nipple. My vagina throbbed for him as I moved against his rock hard body. I needed more. I needed to feel his penis inside me immediately. ‘Please, Fabio, take me
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