“If you keep that up, I’m going to come in your hand.”
“Well, we can’t have that happening, now, can we,” she says, winking at me, before pulling me up so she can press her lips to mine.
While I kiss her deeply, I lower a hand to her pussy. It’s well-trimmed, but not bare. Just how I like it. I slip my fingers between her wet folds, finding the tight bud of her clit. I rub around it, teasing her until she is shaking in ecstasy. The moment I apply direct pressure to her clit, Cam bows off the bed as her orgasm courses through her body. I plunge two fingers inside her, feeling the tightness as she pulses around my fingers.
Cam relaxes back on the bed, allowing the endorphins to do their thing, and I trail light kisses up and down her body. Before settling in next to her, I reach down and grab my wallet, sliding the condom out, and dropping it onto the nightstand.
Chapter Seven
Cam
Lying next to Ethan after having the first orgasm not provided to me by a vibrator since Ben, was almost earth-shattering, and we hadn’t even had sex yet. I feel so relaxed, but I’m more than ready for Ethan to be inside me.
I roll onto my side, facing Ethan, and run my hand from his shoulder, down his muscular chest and six-pack abs, until I reach his groin. He intercepts my hand before I can wrap it around his hard dick again.
“No,” he growls. “The next time my dick touches you, it’ll be the inside of your sweet pussy. So, if you’re ready for that, then we can proceed.”
“I’m ready.”
I reach for the condom he placed on the nightstand, and rip the package open, handing it to him. I watch as he rolls it down his length, then I flip onto my back, pulling him with me. Ethan brings one of my legs up toward my chest, opening me up to him. He positions himself at my entrance and leans down to kiss me before thrusting inside me.
“Holy shit, you’re big,” I pant out. He fills me completely, sending shockwaves through my body. He stills for a moment as we both adjust before he starts thrusting, slowly building up speed until he’s set a steady rhythm that has both of us gasping with pleasure as we chase our releases.
“That’s. It. Baby,” Ethan tells me, each word punctuated with a slap of his hips against my own. “I want you to come on my cock, milking me of every last drop of cum I have.”
His words hit me, and I look up at him through hooded, lustful eyes. He adjusts, shifting me so my leg is over his shoulder, giving him deeper access. He shows care not to cause any discomfort to my newly-tattooed side, and a tiny smile tips my lips at his concern.
He continues to drive into me, hitting my g-spot with every thrust, and I feel my orgasm drawing nearer. Almost as if he knows, Ethan reaches between us and presses his thumb to my clit. I reach up to grab my breasts, pinching and twisting my nipples, as we continue our beautiful, erotic dance.
With one more flick of my clit, my orgasm takes over my body. It rolls through me all at once.
My body goes rigid and then limp as I melt further into the mattress. Ethan continues thrusting as he chases his own orgasm, bellowing out in pure pleasure when he comes.
He collapses on top of me, holding enough of his body weight on his arms so he’s not crushing me. We stay like this, him still hard and buried inside of me, until we’ve both had the chance to catch our breath.
Ethan looks down at me and smiles, before lowering his lips to mine. The kiss is soft and tender. Nothing like our frantic kissing from before.
“I think you’ve ruined me,” he whispers against my lips, and I can’t hold back the smile that spreads across my face.
Reluctantly, Ethan pulls out of me and I immediately feel the loss. He heads into the bathroom, disposing of the condom. While he’s gone, I pull the covers down and crawl under them. I have to take a few deep breaths to help calm my nerves stemming from the anticipation of sleeping next to a man again.
Ethan returns from the bathroom and slides into bed next to me, moving toward the center, and pulls me until I’m against his side. I rest my head on his shoulder as he wraps his arm around my back, his hand on my hip.
We fall into a comfortable silence for a few moments before he speaks up. “Are you okay?” he quietly asks, running his fingers up my side until he reaches my hair, playing with the tousled locks.
I shift so that I can look up at him and see the look of concern on his face. “I’m perfect,” I tell him honestly. “You made me feel again, and for that, I’ll always be grateful. I thought letting another man in would be a lot harder than it was. But it just felt right. You do that to me, and I don’t know why I feel so free and comfortable with you, but I do. It feels as if I’ve known you forever, yet all I want to do is talk to you to find out everything I don’t know yet.”
“You’ll tell me if something doesn’t feel right between us, right? I don’t know what it is about you, either, but this is something I want to explore. I don’t want to walk out your door tomorrow morning to never see you again.”
I smile at his words. “Why, Ethan, did you just ask me to be your girlfriend?” I tease him.
“Yeah, I think I kind of did,” he says, and pulls me to him, kissing me senseless.
We eventually fall asleep, still wrapped in each other’s arms.
I wake the next morning with Ethan curled up against my back, with his arm securely wrapped around me, and his hand cupping my breast.
I squirm to loosen his grip on me enough to slip out of bed and head for the bathroom. After relieving myself and brushing my teeth quickly, I head out to the kitchen to start a pot of coffee and to see what I have that I can throw together for breakfast. I haven’t done my big grocery trip yet, so my fridge and cupboards are still a little bare. I only picked up the essentials to get me through the past few days. I really need to get that done today, especially since I’ll be out at Lilly and Cash’s house all day tomorrow, and possibly staying the night. I’ll have to text Lilly to see if Ethan can come along with me, if he isn’t working all day.
The only things I have left to eat are some bagels, so I decide, maybe once Ethan is up, we can just head out to breakfast somewhere together. I fill two coffee cups, grab the creamer, and head back to my room. I set the coffee and creamer on the nightstand and crawl back into bed, snuggling against Ethan.
I press my lips to his chest and feel him start to stir.
“Good morning,” I quietly tell him.
“Good morning, beautiful,” his sleep-filled voice rasps out, sending tingles down my body.
“I brought you some coffee.”
“Bless you, woman.” He squeezes me once, then sits up and looks at the coffee cups.
“The milky-looking one is mine. I wasn’t sure how you liked yours, so I brought the creamer, as well.”
Ethan hands me mine and then reaches for his cup, adding just a splash of the creamer before taking a large drink.
I take a sip, watching him over the rim of my cup. “What time do you work today, and do you work tomorrow?” I finally ask him.
“I have clients starting at two today, until around seven, and this is my off weekend. We all rotate who’s off at the shop. I only end up working my off weekend if I have clients who have large or multi-day tattoos that were having trouble scheduling in on other days. What are your plans for this weekend?”
“Lilly invited me over tomorrow. They’re having a get-together and she wanted me to come. Said Cash will be grilling for lunch and probably dinner. Told me to bring an overnight bag, so that I can have fun and enjoy myself, and not have to worry about driving home if I’ve had too much to drink. I was going to text her to see if they’d have a problem with you coming with me, if you want.”
“No need to text her, babe.” Ethan leans over and plants a kiss on my lips. “Cash already texted me the other day, and I was already going. Now, I’ll just have someone to drive out to their place with,” he says, winking at me.
“So, while making the coffee, all I could scrounge up to eat were some bagels. I was
thinking, maybe we could go out to breakfast. I need to go grocery shopping today to stock my kitchen, but that can wait until you’re at work.”
“Breakfast sounds perfect. Do you mind if I grab a quick shower before we go?”
“As long as I can join you.”
“Sweetheart, you don’t ever have to ask if you can join me in the shower. I’ll gladly help you wash up; I just can’t guarantee it will be a fast shower, if you’re in it with me,” he teases.
We finish our coffee and make our way into the shower. After a very detailed cleansing of each other’s bodies, we finally make it out, throw some clothes on, and head out the door. Ethan doesn’t live very far from me, so we stop at his apartment, so he can change into clean clothes before we head to a diner he insists has the best breakfast in the area.
After breakfast, Ethan and I hung out at his place until it was time for him to head into work. He wasn’t lying when he said the diner had fantastic food. I foresee that place becoming a favorite.
I finally made it to the store, stocking my kitchen for the upcoming week. Once I’ve put everything away, I putz around my apartment, waiting and willing the hours to pass until Ethan gets off work. He’s still taking me out tonight; said I deserve a proper date. Between clients today, he’s sent me cute little text messages, which have made me swoon all that much more over him.
A little after seven, Ethan arrives at my apartment, overnight bag in hand. After kissing me senseless and dropping his bag in the bedroom, we head out for dinner. Tonight, we’re driving to another part of town, where he’s taking me to his favorite local Italian restaurant. Apparently, this became a favorite place to eat when he was playing hockey for the Predators. The team frequently eats at the restaurant after practices and games.
After dinner, we make our way back to my apartment. We settle in on the couch for another drink before heading to bed. Ethan hasn’t been able to keep his hands off me tonight, and that doesn’t stop once our clothes come off.
Chapter Eight
Cam
We wake up a little late on Saturday morning, our sex-filled night leaving me tired, yet very satisfied. I send Lilly a quick text message to let her know we’d be a little late. I’d planned on being at her place by eleven, but with it already after ten, and we’re still in bed, that isn’t going to happen.
“Morning, beautiful.” Ethan’s raspy voice breaks the silence.
“Morning,” I say on a yawn. “We have to get up soon.”
“I know. Even if I do want to stay in bed with you all day.”
“Maybe we can do that tomorrow,” I suggest.
“Don’t tease me, woman.” He laughs, smacking my ass.
“No teasing. If we come back tonight, then we can spend tomorrow in bed, or lounging around. If we crash at Cash and Lilly’s, then we can get up and come back and do the same.”
“Sounds like the perfect day to me,” Ethan says, before shifting me so he can kiss me.
“Hey, guys!” I call out to Lilly and Cash as we get out of Ethan’s car, a couple hours later.
“Hey! Glad you guys could finally make it,” Lilly teases, as she walks over to me to wrap me in a hug.
“We kind of woke up a little late. Had a late night,” Ethan tells her as he walks up behind me, placing a hand on my hip.
“Uh…huh,” she says suspiciously, taking in not only what he said, but the fact that we arrived together, and that he’s got his hand on me. “So, what’s all this about?” Lilly circles her hand around at the two of us.
I look over my shoulder at Ethan, smiling up at him as he gives my hip a little squeeze. The smirk on his face tells me he’s going to let me take the lead on answering Lilly’s prying questions.
“After Ethan finished my tattoo, we went out for a drink together. He asked me out for dinner for last night, and we’re seeing where things go,” I tell her honestly.
“Yes!” Lilly cries out. “Cash, I told you I saw sparks between these two! You owe me, babe!”
I can hear Cash grumbling from where he’s manning the grill, as Lilly continues gloating over the fact that she thought Ethan and I would hook up. Little does she know how inseparable we’ve been since Thursday night.
We have such a great day at Cash and Lilly’s. They’ve invited a big group of friends and family over to enjoy the summer day and set up a temporary pool for the kids to play in, as well as some yard games scattered around for the adults. We mainly just hang out, though, visiting, eating, and drinking. Ethan doesn’t stray too far from my side for most of the day, and after we eat dinner, I notice he sticks to drinking water or soda. I inwardly grin, realizing he wants to be sober enough to drive us home tonight.
As the afternoon fades into early evening, Lilly and I finally get some time by ourselves to catch up, and we curl up on a couple of lounge chairs in the backyard to chat.
“Spill it, girl. You have to give me something. I knew I saw the attraction; I had that same look when I first met Cash,” she says. “C’mon, don’t leave me hanging here!”
I laugh before I give her the details she so desperately wants. “God, he’s amazing, Lil. I can’t begin to describe how incredible it feels to have a man touching me again. I knew it was time to dip my toes in the dating pool again, but I didn’t think it would happen this quickly. It feels like we’ve known each other forever, yet at the same time, it’s like we can’t get enough time to talk and learn about each other.”
“Probably because you’re too busy sucking face to talk,” Lilly chides, snickering.
“Shut up.” I laugh, but the look on my face tells her all she needs to know.
She raises an eyebrow. “Mmhmm, I knew it.”
“In all seriousness, though. I never anticipated this happening so soon. He’s kind, thoughtful, and is genuinely interested in me as a person, not just physically. Ben wanted me to move on, find someone else. I know he’ll never be replaced as my first love, Lilly, but I’m glad to know I’m not broken; that I’m able to feel something for someone else. I’m just excited to see where this might head.”
“Well, I’m happy for you, Cam. You deserve all this and so much more. And Ethan’s a good guy. He’ll treat you right.” She shrugs. “Or I’ll castrate him.”
I burst out into laughter, and smack her arm. “Lilly!”
“What? I mean it. You’re my best friend. It’s part of the code.”
I wrap my arms around her, pulling her into a tight hug. “I love you, too.”
“Well, I’m taking bets that you two move in together in a few months, and he proposes within a year.”
“Come on, I just met the guy. While I wouldn’t brush off the idea of marriage again, in the future, we’re taking this slow. Ethan and I are just going to enjoy each day as we have it, and let our relationship take its own course.”
She gives me a knowing look, conceding for now. I know her, though, and this conversation is far from over.
Chapter Nine
Ethan
The past few weeks have flown by. Cam started her new job and has been busy getting settled in there, making connections within the schools her clients are enrolled in, and kicking ass at it all. We’ve been inseparable during these weeks, spending almost every free moment we’re both off together. We bounce back and forth between each other’s apartments, as we haven’t wanted to spend a night apart.
Being that I work later in the evenings than Cam does, she’s taken to making me dinner most evenings. Sometimes, she’ll pack it up and bring it down to the shop if I have a break between appointments. Otherwise, she makes me a plate, to eat once I’m home. This coming weekend is my off weekend again and I can’t wait to spend it together. We don’t have much time together most evenings, since she has to get to bed much earlier than I do.
Ethan: Hey, babe, hope your day is going well. Can’t wait to see you. Don’t forget, my place tonight.
I shoot off the quick text to Cam, hoping she’ll see it over her lunch break. She’s been s
o busy lately, that she hasn’t been taking a full break; instead, choosing to eat while she works. I wish she’d slow down a bit, but she’s headstrong, wanting to show her bosses and clients she’s dependable. She doesn’t know, but I moved around some appointments and my weekend off starts tonight. I’ll be here when she gets off, and I have a special dinner all planned out that I’ll be cooking for her. She takes such good care of me; tonight is all about how I can return the gesture.
I finished up with the one client I had for this afternoon, so I quickly clean up my station and head out. I stop at the store on my way home and pick up some steaks, potatoes, and veggies to grill, along with a bottle of Cam’s favorite wine. She usually only drinks on the weekends, not wanting to end up with a hangover on a workday.
Once home, I prep the food and chill the bottle of wine. Cam should be here soon, so I head out onto the balcony and fire up the grill. Once it’s ready, I put the food on to start cooking. While I wait, I pull out a beer and take a seat on the balcony. The weather tonight is a perfect evening. Just warm enough to still be comfortable in shorts and a t-shirt without getting cold, and I let the calmness of being outside wash over me. I’m shaken from my daydreaming when Cam wraps her arms around my shoulders, placing a kiss on my neck.
“Hey, babe. I didn’t hear you come in.”
“What’s all this?” Cam asks, pointing toward the grill.
“You’re always taking care of me, making me dinner every night. I wanted to repay the favor.”
“I thought you had to work tonight?”
“I moved around my appointments. I wanted to start my weekend with you early,” I tell her, bringing her in front of me and then onto my lap.
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