“You didn’t. You’re being smart and practical and wise when I want you to throw caution to the wind.”

“I can’t do that.”

“I know,” he said with a sigh of his own. He found the zipper on the back of her dress and drew it down slowly, his fingers brushing against the sensitive skin on her back as he went. The dress fell to her feet, leaving her in a strapless bra and skimpy panties.

Had she dressed hoping for this outcome to the evening? Not intentionally, but judging by the flare of desire in his eyes, he liked what he saw.

She began unbuttoning the dress shirt he’d worn with khaki shorts. The rest of their clothes fell away until they were both naked.

“Just give me this for one minute,” he whispered, his arms tight around her.

Hope gave him what he needed, because she needed it just as badly.

Paul raised his head off her shoulder to kiss her, a soft, sweet caress that made her want so much more.

There was that word again—more. He always made her want more of him, and she’d begun to suspect that she’d never get enough. With his arms still tight around her, he eased her onto the bed and leaned over her. “I thought I’d memorized every detail, but I forgot a few.”

“Like what?”

“This,” he said, laying his finger over the mole on her breast. He replaced his finger with his tongue. “I don’t want to forget that or the way you go crazy when I do this.” With his thumbs on her hipbones, he pressed down.

She cried out, and her legs fell open.

Paul dropped to his knees next to the bed, his hands flat against her thighs.

“Paul… Wait…”

“I don’t want to wait. I only got one little taste of you while we were away, and I kept thinking I didn’t get nearly enough.”

All the air left her body in one long exhale that he took as permission to proceed. Holding her open with his thumbs, he stroked her with his tongue until she was writhing on the bed and pulling his hair so hard, he worried he’d have bald spots. But that didn’t stop him. He slid two fingers into her, going slowly to draw out the pleasure.

“Are you still sore?”

“No,” she said, sounding breathless. Her legs trembled, and her internal muscles clamped down on his fingers.

Blowing on her clit, he said, “Mmm, so hot.” He sucked on her clit, and she screamed as she came.

Paul stayed with her until she began to relax. Then he replaced his fingers with his cock and triggered a second wave. “Hope…”

She wrapped her arms around his neck and drew him into a kiss as he worked his way into her slowly.