“Oh hush, and get to where you were headed,” I demanded as I plastered my hands to my too-warm, embarrassment-heated face. Tucker slid back up my body and kissed each of my hands before moving them out of the way.

“It’s adorable, and so very you. I meant what I said; I love it.” Tucker didn’t wait for my response before heading back down south and admiring my artwork a bit before he leaned in and kissed my pussy. I giggled as he did so because he had kissed the pubic hair that I had neatly trimmed into a heart just above. The point at the bottom of the heart was almost a directional arrow for where I needed him, and thankfully, he heeded the advice and dove in.

Tucker rocked my world. There was no other way to describe it as his mouth brought me over to full-body convulsions. Okay, it wasn’t quite so dramatic, but tell that to the muscles he left quaking when he pulled his face away from my pussy and wiped my juices off with the back of his hand. The man pulled his body all the way up to settle above me, keeping the weight on his arms and knees, as not to squish my tiny frame. He placed a quick kiss on the side of my mouth and then rolled away, tucked me up into his body again, and held me there.

I was a little confused, because surely, he wanted to get a release too. “Um, Tucker?” I asked, his name becoming a question as he chuckled against my back.

“That was for you, Mina. I haven’t earned your trust yet. When I do, the wait will be worth it,” he explained. I turned in his arms so I could see his face.

He saw the confusion there, obviously, because he leaned in and kissed me before furthering his explanation. “I already know that once won’t be enough. There’s no way that I’m going to know what it’s like to miss being inside your body if you decide I’m not worth your time. I want all or nothing here. We both came into this from shit places in our lives, and there’s no changing that, but moving forward, I want everything between us to be completely real.”

“I can speak from experience and tell you what you just did felt very real.”

Tucker laughed. “Good. Now, do me a favor, turn over and go back to sleep before I forget that I’m trying to be the good guy here.”

For once, I listened, rolled over, and relaxed my still-naked body against Tucker’s. Again, I don’t remember falling asleep in his arms, but it definitely happened.

Chapter 16

The bedroom door banged open, and Wes’s voice boomed out, “Wake the fuck up, man. We have shit to do today!” There was a moment when the bed jerked beside me and then Wes hissed. “Damn, why are you throwing pillows at me, you prick?”