“I want you.” He pressed a finger against my entrance and slowly worked it inside, filling me. I could barely breathe. This was, without a doubt, the most intimate experience of my life. “But first, you have to come, baby.” He crooked his finger and rolled his tongue over my clit. “Come.”

As if my body had been awaiting his command, I arched my back and buried my fingers in his silky hair as pleasure overtook me.

“Don’t stop,” I pleaded as he maintained his rhythmic licking and thrusting. “Don’t stop, don’t stop—oh my God!”

“That’s my girl.” He worked me through my orgasm, then placed a gentle kiss on my pussy. I didn’t even stiffen as he rolled a condom on. My nerves were well and truly gone.

He smiled tenderly, and every part of me throbbed in response. “Let me know if I do anything you don’t like.”

“I will.” My lips curved in a smug smile. “But I doubt I’ll need to.”

I was convinced he was a sexual unicorn. Even if I had no one to compare him to, I doubted most men as handsome and sought-after as him were generous lovers. Yet here he was, making sure I was taken care of first.

His jaw flexed. “Let’s hope I can live up to your expectations.”

I shuffled up the bed, and he climbed over me, holding himself up as he aligned us. He rocked forward, inching into me, and I gasped and tightened reflexively.

He dropped to his elbows. “Relax, sweetheart. I’m going to make you feel good. I promise.”

I exhaled, and my muscles went limp. He shifted deeper until there was no denying the connection of our bodies. But he still wasn’t all the way in.

“Do it quickly,” I said.

He looked pained by the request, but thrust all the way into me nonetheless. He groaned. “You feel amazing. Are you okay?”

I breathed slowly, the air having been forced from my lungs, but as I considered his question, I realized it didn’t hurt. I’d felt only a moment’s discomfort. I smiled. “I’m good.”

“Thank God.”

He pushed into me again, making love the same way he did everything: carefully and thoroughly.

I captured his mouth and wrapped my legs around his back. He might not have known it, but Ronan had claimed me that night, and I wanted him as deep as I could get him for as long as I could keep him there.

My head fell onto the pillow, and I moaned. His lips journeyed up my neck, then he slid a hand beneath my head and angled my face up. I opened my eyes and found him looking at me as though I were the most wonderful thing he’d ever seen. His mouth hung open, and he picked up the pace, panting as he raced toward the finale.

He nudged my sensitive clit again. Our eyes locked together as we reached our peaks at the same time. I fought to keep my eyes open so I could watch him take pleasure from my body. I felt him jerk inside me, and my channel clasped around him as I came. We stayed in suspended animation for a few moments, slowly floating down to earth. Then he brushed a kiss over my skin.