His forehead lowered to mine, and his body bowed with relief. Did he think I wanted him to stop?

“Don’t move.” He pressed a hard kiss against my mouth.

In a burst of speed, Derrick levered himself off of me and dove for his pants. He stood with a condom held high, then tore into it. I smiled and came to my knees at the edge of the bed to take the condom from him.

He stepped close, running his hands up my sides, over my breasts, to bury in my hair. I kissed his chest as I rolled the latex over him. Derrick tilted my head up and changed the pace. He took my mouth slowly, deliberately, like he was trying to prove there was more than heat between us.

I knew. I may not have been ready to admit it out loud, but I knew.

Derrick broke the kiss and brushed his lips against mine. “Do you trust me?”

“Yes.” I answered without thinking, but it was the truth. I trusted him more than anyone else in my life.

His mouth curved into a smile. “Hands and knees, Em.”

I dropped to the bed, and Derrick spread my legs to kneel behind me. He leaned over me, guiding my hands to the headboard to press my palms flat against the wood. His warmth surrounded me, closer than I’d let anyone in years. I couldn’t catch a full breath, but it didn’t matter.

My hair trailed down over my shoulder as I turned to look back at him. Derrick ran his palms up my arms and down my sides to spread his fingers over my lower back, painting secrets into my skin. His hungry gaze followed his hands as his thumbs trailed between my cheeks, and I couldn’t stop from pushing back to meet him.

“I’ve wanted you from the first moment. You glanced up, and I forgot everything else in the room.”

He pressed one digit into me, making me shudder, then it was gone before I could really enjoy it. His cock seated against my entrance, but he didn’t push forward. Instead, his lashes raised, and he met my eyes as he sucked my taste off his thumb. Heat flooded me, and I pushed back, enveloping him. My core clenched at the feel of finally, finally having him inside me. He grunted and with a roll of his hips took over, thrusting home with a steady rhythm.

Everything stopped. The world went away. Nothing except his body moving over mine, in mine. My eyes closed at the overwhelming sensations.

I was close. So fucking close. Then his hand slipped under me at just the right angle, and I exploded. My body clenched like I’d been tased. Derrick cursed behind me.

“God, you’re squeezing me so tight.” He gripped my hip and drove into me furiously, whispering my name like a prayer. “Again, Em.”