One Simple Step (Journey #3)

Nick’s mouth was still hanging open as he stood in the doorway, just staring at me, so I stepped an inch closer. “I was just about to jump in the shower. Wanna come?”


He groaned when my hand landed on his chest, and reached out to wrap his arms around my waist. “More than you know,” he answered with a wink, and I couldn’t help but think that my question had two different meanings. I wonder which one he was answering.

“I think you’ve been a real dirty girl.” He lifted me off the floor, and I laughed, wrapping my legs around his waist as he headed towards the bathroom.

“Really? I think that was the cheesiest thing I’ve ever heard come out of your mouth.”

“Mmhmm,” he murmured against my neck as he held onto me with one hand and turned the shower on with the other. “I can guarantee you’ll love this mouth by the time I’m finished with you.”

Oh. My. God

Just him saying that had me squeezing my legs tighter around him to relieve the ache between my thighs, and wishing I had just skipped the whole showering idea. Can’t we just forget this and land right in my bed instead?

Somehow he managed to get both of our clothes off without ever setting me down. I couldn’t help but take in every inch of his well-defined body, and I knew from the heated stare he was giving me that he was doing the exact same thing.

My nipples brushed against his chest as he finally set me down under the steaming water, and they instantly perked up as his lips finally found mine. Every part of my body was humming as our mouths collided, and I tangled my fingers into his wet hair. He moved his hands slowly down my sides, over my stomach, and I whimpered when they finally landed on the inside of my thighs, teasing me with what was to come next.

One finger, and then another, slowly pushed in, twirling around. I was almost done on the spot as the water rained over both of us, and all that could be heard was our erratic breathing.

“Nick, I—” He cut me off with a hard kiss, before pulling back to softly murmur against my lips. “Don’t, just let go. I promise this is only the beginning.”

That was all I needed to push me over the edge as he pumped his fingers into me. I thrust my hips up, riding out the high for as long as I possibly could, moaning out his name and then slowly sliding to the shower floor. He soon joined me, pressing his forehead into mine before scooping me up into his arms, and walking both of us back into my bedroom, dripping wet.

He laid me down gently in the center of the bed and climbed over me, hovering over my body as his knee wedged in between my legs. His head dipped down to capture my nipple between his teeth, giving a slight pull, almost to the point of pain, but bringing a pleasure that was indescribable.

“So beautiful,” he whispered in a husky voice after he pulled away and stared down at me, balancing himself on his elbow. It was so dark that all I could really see was his blue eyes looking down at me, and they were filled with so much heat in that moment, I knew what we were doing was right. What we were doing was for all of the right reasons. We hadn’t rushed into it. It wasn’t some one-night stand, and this was just the beginning, in more ways than one.

I felt his thumb glide down my stomach and land on my hipbone before his lips followed, kissing a trail down the inside of my thigh. My legs opened up even wider for him as his mouth landed in between them, and I inhaled sharply as his tongue slipped inside and turned my world even more upside down.

My hands were running through his hair as he licked and swirled, and my back arched up when he added a finger. Warmth rippled all the way to my toes as I screamed out his name, thinking that I couldn’t handle anymore, right before I felt his body shift above mine and he pushed inside of me with one thrust.

Well, there goes that thought right there.

“You feel so damn good, Ally. Perfect.” I looked up to see his eyes squeezed tightly shut and the look on his face made me ready for round three.

I cinched my legs tight around his waist as he pulled my body towards him, and he buried his head against my neck as our haggard breathing filled the room. I couldn’t believe I was this close to my third time as he moved in and out of me, a quicker pace with each thrust. I felt myself coming apart once again as he whispered incoherent words into my ear. I threw my head back just as I felt it building, and I knew Nick was coming undone at the same time when he said my name in that husky voice and his fingers sunk sharply into my hips.

We collapsed together, our sweaty bodies sliding against one another, as Nick pulled me in close to him. I had a feeling we were both going to need another shower, but I also had a feeling Nick was far from being done as I felt his lips hit my ear and his hand stroking my bare back.

Everything around me felt so…alive. I didn’t know if it was just because of the high or what, but I didn’t want this feeling to go away anytime soon, and I think as long as I was with Nick, it wouldn’t. I was definitely liking this maybe someday more business.





Chapter 13


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