He glared at her. “Yes, Ellen, we’re talking sex. I want to make love with you. Are you happy? I think about it all the time. It’s driving me crazy. I can’t stop thinking about it and just when I get myself under control, you wear a dress like that. I know I should have more control, but I don’t.”

The bubbles of joy nearly made her float. Keith wanted to have sex with her!

She reached for his hand. “Which way is the hotel?”

He hesitated. “Ellen, you have to be sure.”

“I’m very sure. I’m seventeen years of not doing it sure. I want to feel someone else give me an orgasm.”

He surprised her by smiling. “That, I can do.”

They practically ran back to the hotel.

“My room,” he said when they got off the elevator. “I have condoms.”

“You travel with condoms?”

He flashed her a smile. “They weren’t for me. I keep them around for emergencies.”

“And now you have one.”

sixteen

Ellen was too excited to be nervous. It was going to happen. Finally. She was tingly and wet and excited. She wanted to do everything she’d ever read about or seen in the movies. She wanted to feel him inside of her because she really couldn’t remember much about her brief encounter with Jeremy.

They went into his room. He locked the door behind them and looked at her.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. We’ve talked about this. The surest of the sure.” She stepped out of her shoes. “Come on. Let’s do this.”

He smiled. “Give me one second.”

He walked over to the king-size bed and drew back the covers, then turned on a floor lamp in the corner. She danced impatiently from foot to foot as he pulled a box of condoms out of his duffel and put them on the nightstand.

When he turned to her, she launched herself across the room. He caught her in his arms and pulled her close. She rose on tiptoes, he lowered his head and they met in a kiss full of heat and hunger and need.

Ellen liked how his lips claimed hers. There was no delicate dance, just complete going for it. His tongue swept inside, tangling with hers. Excitement shot through her as she realized this was actually going to happen. All of it. Finally!

She kissed him back, stroking his tongue, then clamping her lips around it and sucking. He hauled her against him and dropped his hands to her butt, holding her still, then rubbing himself against her. It took her a second to realize he was already aroused.

She pulled back. “I want to see. I want to see!”

He stared at her. “See what?”

She pointed to his crotch. “That. I never got to see one before. Not in real life. Please? I’ll show you mine.”

He smiled. “That is an offer I can’t refuse.”