increasing the intensity with each thrust. The only sounds in the still air are his muted grunts, my moans and the slap of his flesh as it hits mine.
"I could fuck you forever." He bites the words out in a deep voice. "I could fuck this body for the rest of my life."
"Do it," I whisper into the pillow. "Do it."
My body lunges forward as his hips grind into mine, each thrust deeper and harder than the last. My name falls from his lips over and over again as he nears his release.
I hold tight to the bed, push my wetness back into him and scream as we both come long and hard.
Chapter 7
"You haven't told them yet, have you?" He's leaning on one elbow when I open my eyes.
I glance past him towards the nightstand. There isn't a clock. "What time is it? I think I fell asleep."
"You're not in a rush to be anywhere, are you?" His lips glide over mine. "I want you to stay the night."
I want that too. It's not an offer he's made before but I grab hold tightly to it. "I'll stay," I try to even my tone. I don't want him to see how eager I am to have this. I can't let him into that part of me yet. It's the part that falls too hard and too fast at the promise of something that my heart has always longed for.
"Good." He scoops me into his arms, pulling my head against his strong chest. "Are you going to tell them?"
This would be so much easier if Noah and Alexa weren't woven so tightly into the fabric of my relationship with Ben. I have to tell them. I can't hide my connection with him forever. Sooner, rather than later, I'm going to have to confess to them both that I'm still sleeping with him.
"I need to tell them." The words aren't minced. There's no doubt there. "I want to tell them soon."
"Noah is never going to change his view of me." He runs his hand lazily over my bare shoulder. "It's been years since it all happened and he's never forgiven me. I wish that he would. I miss him a lot."
I turn to face him directly, soaking in the sight of his beautiful face. "I care about Noah," I begin wanting the words to come out with every intention that is behind them. "I do care about him but I don't live my life for him or for Alexa."
It's true. They are my family in many ways. They helped me when I first came back to New York but they are starting a life together and I need to find my own way too. I can't discount what my heart is feeling simply because it's something that Noah doesn't agree with. I can't change what happened between him and Ben in the past but I can plan for my future. I need to be selfish as I do this. I have to look out for myself and do what my own heart is telling me is best.
"Did you know Noah before you left New York?" His lips rest against my forehead.
"I did." I lean back wanting to hold his eyes with mine. "I met him a few months before I moved back to Boston."
"Why did you leave here to go back there?"
I knew it was coming. It was inevitable. I can't avoid the subject of my ex-boyfriend indefinitely. I promised myself, after Ben had told me everything about his mother's death, that I wouldn't hold any secrets from him. I want to start our relationship in the most open and honest way that I can. "I went back for a man."
His expression doesn't shift. The only indication that he's heard me at all is in the slight movement of his brow. "A man? What man?"
Names don't matter at moments like this. They don't add any detail to a story that needs to be fleeting and fast. "A man I was in love with."
"This man lives in Boston?"
Good question. "I'm not sure where he is."
"You loved a man and now you don't know where he is?" There's a suggestion of something beyond curiosity in his tone. I can't place it though. "What happened?"
I scratch my chin, needing the brief reprieve to pull all of my thoughts into one place in my mind. "I fell in love with him in high school and…"
"High school?" A smile tears across his lips. "You fell in love with him that long ago?"
"I did," I offer in a small