“Shhh. Let me explore.”

The strap of my tank slides down my shoulder, and he covers every inch of my bare skin with his lips, tasting, teasing, and testing my control.

I lose myself in him, in the feel of his skin, in the scent that’s new but somehow familiar all at the same time.

He peels my tank down my body to reveal my hard nipples straining against the sheer lace of my bra. I may not have left LA with much, but I did bring all my nice underwear, and for the first time, I thank my lucky stars for that.

Lincoln sucks in a breath. “Fuck, you’re beautiful. So fucking beautiful.”

He skims a thumb over the bud of my nipple, and I arch toward him.

“You want my lips here?”

“Yes.”

He replaces his thumb with his mouth and sucks the hardened tip inside.

Heat dumps into my veins as he scrapes it along his teeth. I lift my hips, needing pressure. Lincoln knows what I want, and his free hand slides between us to cup me between my legs.

I buck against his hand, wishing my clothes were already off. “More.”

He lifts his head from my breast. “Greedy girl.”

Lincoln doesn’t realize that I’m only this way for him. Never for anyone else. Maybe someday I’ll tell him that, but tonight, I just want to revel in the things only he can make me feel.

He moves his hand to tug at the button of my shorts. He stands to pull them off, and I shimmy to help them along.

Lincoln stands above me, the bulge in his jeans impossible to miss as he stares down at my body like he’s cataloging every inch.

Insecurities about how much my body has changed creep in, but he banishes them.

“I don’t know how it’s possible, but you’re even more beautiful than you were before. You were a girl then. Now you’re a goddess, and I’m going to worship you.”

He kneels on the floor, his head between my legs, and this time his mouth moves over my center. His hot breath teases me through the lace of my panties, and I grip his hair in my hands.

He drags his fingers along the fabric until my wetness soaks the barrier between us, and he finally pushes it aside. His tongue skims my slick heat, gliding along the edges of my bare lips until I want to scream for him to give me what I need.

But he already knows what I need. Lincoln closes his mouth over my clit and sucks hard as he pushes a finger inside me.

Just like that . . . I. Am. Done.

I buck against his mouth, his name on my lips as I come harder than I have since the last time he touched me. But once isn’t enough. Lincoln’s lips and teeth and tongue destroy me until I’m gasping for air and my throat feels raw. Only then does he rise and move up my body, pressing kisses to my skin as he goes.