A Week for Love to Bloom (11 page)

“So you did want to undress me
slowly?” She gazed up at him with her soulful, green eyes.

Dammit
! Why does she have to look at me that way with those gorgeous eyes?

Justin ran his
hands slowly down his face. “Yes, I wanted to undress you slowly ... admire your perfect body slowly ... touch you slowly, but once again, I’m trying to behave myself.”

L
auren’s hands went right back to her hips. “I think we need to accept that you
behaving
isn’t what either one of us want. Please, it’s just a shower.”

“You really underestimate me,” he said, pulling off his t-shirt.

He saw Lauren’s eyes fill with excitement before she stripped off her bra and panties.

Justin stood astonished, staring at her steamy, centerfold body while she leaned her head back under the warm water. Running both hands down her long, wet hair behind her, he trailed kisses along her neck. His impatient hands moved to her breasts, palming and kneading them. Lauren let her head fall back. Justin could see her giving into the pleasure of his touch.

“Baby
, I could make you feel good in so many other ways, and I hope I get the chance.” He felt his control slipping away, so he released her breasts and gravitated his hands down the curve of her waist to her hips.

Lauren
wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her body up against his. He felt her slippery breasts against his chest, and the warmth from them sent him to the brink. They shared a blistering kiss, rubbing their wet skin against each other as Justin’s swollen, throbbing flesh pushed against her stomach. He was unraveling as a fiery surge of pleasure coursed through him. He jerked away and grabbed her by the shoulders.

“We have to get out of this show
er. I can’t do this any longer,” he said.

***

She watched Justin scramble for clothing in his dresser as she sat on his bed with only a towel around her. Her eyes followed his every move as she soaked in the sight of his luscious body.

“Justin, I know this c
an’t be easy on you physically. It’s not for me, either, but I have to go back to work. Please believe me when I say I don’t want to leave, but I just took off without telling my mom anything.”

“Lauren, why do you think I stopped the shower? I knew you had to leave, and I wasn’t going to let you if we stayed in there a s
econd longer,” he said hastily without looking at her.

She sensed
his sexual frustration. “I’m sorry. I failed again with the restraint thing. It’s because I’m ready … to go further.”

Justin was pulling his t-shirt over his head as she said those words. He yanked it down swiftly
and looked at her. “Are you sure, Lauren?” She saw the hunger return in his eyes.

“I want to be that close to you, but
I don’t want our first time to be rushed ... my first time, so I thought I could come back tonight and—”

“Are you telling me
you’ve never had sex?” he asked, sharply.

She was taken aback by the aggression in his voice.
“Why are you upset? I thought you’d be happy about it.”

“Oh, I don’
t know, Lauren, maybe because I’ve been all over you for a week. This seriously changes things.”

His sarcasm annoyed her.
“Why? I’m a grown woman, and I’m telling you I’m ready. I want all of you, Justin.”

“I’m so
rry, but now we’re waiting a long time.”

Lauren
used the only other tactic she knew to get what she wanted from him. She walked over to Justin in only her towel and took his hand. “It’s my body, and I want you in it.”

He jerked his hand free from hers and stepped back
.

“Dammit, Lauren, don’t say shit like tha
t. I need to redeem myself for what I’ve already done to you. I would’ve made sure I wasn’t in that shower with you had I known this before. I need time to see you’re not doing this to please me.”

“
I’ve had opportunities and didn’t take them.”

“
Stop, I can’t even think about you with another man.”

She glanced down and saw his fists clenched.
“Justin, stop being so damn stubborn!”

Justin gave her a fixed stare.
“You are strong-willed and drive me crazy in every way, Lauren Evans.”

“
I’ll be back here tonight, and I’m going to sleep in that bed,” she said, pointing to it. A slow grin spread across his face. She dressed and kissed him on the cheek before she went out the door.

“Fuck,
I’m in trouble,” Justin yelled as he launched a pillow across the room.

Claire was sitting at the kitchen table when Lauren walked through the back door.

“M
om, I’m sorry I left without telling you, but I had to go make things right with Justin.”

“Good, I couldn’t bear to h
ear you cry like that again. Now go dry that hair before you get sick.”

The rain kept the customers away, and it gave Lauren
too much time to fantasize about what she hoped Justin would do to her. She was brave and bold talking to Justin earlier, but as she got ready that evening she felt like a scared teenager. The night was especially important to her, so Lauren made herself look as sexy as possible. She left her glistening hair down and put on a lacy pink bra with matching panties under a hot pink, low-cut top and extremely short denim shorts.

Ashley
convinced her to purchase the sexy undergarments on a shopping trip a few months earlier. She was saving them to wear when someone else would appreciate them. She never dreamed it would be that soon.

Lauren felt her stomach growling and remembered on the way to Justin’s that
due to her nerves, she’d eaten very little all day. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

Justin opened it and gave her
a faint smile. Lauren felt his hand trembling when he took hold of hers. She found it sweet and was relieved to see she wasn’t the only one nervous.

There was a dim lamp on the nightstand, and a little light still shown in through the window. The guest house was small but had a cozy feel. A queen size bed centered one wall
facing a TV, and there was also a love seat. Lauren noticed the pulled back comforter and felt her stomach do a cartwheel.

Justin
patted a spot on the bed next to him as he sat. Lauren joined him and saw his eyes flash to her thighs, which were overly exposed. She thought she should feel a little guilt for manipulating him with sex appeal, but she didn’t. She knew what he wanted.

He
swallowed hard before he spoke. “I have something to say, so please hear me out. I know our feelings for each other are unusually strong for meeting a week ago, but I believe the longer we wait, the better it’ll be for both of us when we make love, and like I said before, I need to believe you aren’t doing this to please me.”

“Although very sweet and sincere, I don’t think
you’ve thought about the drawback to waiting. I don’t want you to move away right after we do it. I want more time with you, so we can do it more than once ... OK a bunch,” Lauren said with a mischievous grin. She hoped he’d take the bait.

“I told you
I’m not going away to college.”

“Your em
otions were running high. No matter what you choose to do after, I know getting that degree is important to you.”

“
I’ll think about it,” Justin said.

Lauren fell back on the bed. “
I want this, so will you stop being so exhausting, and kiss me already?”

Justin lay on his side next to her and ran his fingers along her cheek, down her arm
, and to her thigh.

“Damn,
you’re sexy, Lauren. As little as you’re wearing it shouldn’t leave much to the imagination, but it does.”

Lauren recalled how good
Justin looked when he opened the door wearing a snug black t-shirt, blue jeans, and his hair still lightly wet from his shower. She wondered if the jeans were added protection from temptation. Lauren snuggled her face into his chest.

“Mmm ... you smell delicious. It makes me want
you even more,” she said.

“You
taste
delicious,” Justin said before he straddled her. “And I’ve told you not to talk like that. I can’t resist you when you do.”

Lauren bit the corner of her bottom lip as s
he gazed up at him enticingly. “Then don’t.”

Justin swiftly
pulled her shirt up over her head. Stunned from his sudden move, Lauren’s eyes filled with excitement.

Oh Yes!
I didn’t expect him to cave this easily.

He leaned down and gently
pulled on one of her nipples with his teeth through her bra before shifting his attention to the other one.

“You look so
hot in this bra, but it has to go,” he said with a low growl. She leaned up and unhooked the pink lace, tossing it to the floor. He yanked his shirt off.

Still straddling her, he stroked her breasts and pulled
on her hardened peaks before his greedy mouth was on them, sucking and teasing. Lauren felt chills race down her spine before a prickling sensation spread throughout her body. Her fists clenched and heels dug into the comforter as she let out an aching moan from the feel of his wet, hot tongue on her nipples.

Justin
still held her captive beneath him as he unbuttoned her shorts, getting a shot of the lace on her pink panties. Lauren saw his expression change from a look of enjoyment to a feral intensity she hadn’t seen before.

In one swift move, he gra
bbed her clenched fists and pulled them above her head, holding them there firmly. He towered over her with a carnal stare. She’d never experienced anything so erotic, but quickly realized the amount of trust she’d handed over to him.

Still pinning her arms
, he leaned down and seized her mouth, tangling his hot tongue with hers as desire rose and sweltered between them.

S
he’d never seen that level of voracity in him, and she liked it. She pulled her lips from his. “I want you, Justin. I want you inside of me,” Lauren said between gasps of air.

“Don’t say that. You’
re making me want you so damn bad. I’ve never wanted anything in my life as much as I want you, but I told you it’s too soon,” Justin said with an intense stare as he hovered over her, still straddling her and holding her wrists. Lauren tried to free her arms as she pushed her hips up against him. She wanted them free, so she could get his jeans off and feel his searing skin against hers.

“
Lauren, stop trying to feed my ravenous appetite,” he said slowly before he stopped moving. “We have to stop.” He paused, still locked with her gaze. “No—fuck it. I want you.” He seized her mouth once again, but stopped abruptly. “Dammit, Lauren. I have to stop. Shit.”

Lauren saw
Justin coming out of his lascivious trance.

“
I’m going to let go of your wrists.
Don’t
put them around me,” Justin ordered. Lauren’s arms dropped to her side. She felt defeated and had an irrefutable, aching need for his touch.

He
climbed off and stood at the end of the bed. Never taking his eyes off of hers, he slowly pulled her shorts down to the edge and let them fall.

Lauren propped herself up on her elbows and gracefully sli
d one of her legs up toward her. She was posing for him in her little pink panties with her bare harden nipples at attention.

Justin
studied every inch of her tantalizing body, from her piercing emerald eyes and wavy locks down to her sexy painted toes ... over and over. Lauren was confident he couldn’t resist her any longer. Watching him, she became lost in admiration over his broad, solid chest, muscular biceps, and rippling abs. 

T
he widest, cheesiest grin she’d ever seen stretched across his face. “I don’t need to do one more sexual thing to you tonight because seeing this ... is me hitting the jackpot.” Justin held both arms out toward her with his palms up.

Lauren sat straight up. “No
! I don’t want you to stop.”

“
I’m sorry, young lady, but I told you earlier today how it was going to be, and I’m not going to let you entice me any further tonight.” Justin walked around to the side of the bed and took off his jeans. “You were right, I’m stubborn.”

“T
hen what do you call this?” she asked with exasperation, staring at his immense erection inside his boxer briefs and waving her hands toward him.

“This is c
alled ‘me getting ready for bed’, so if you’re going to sleep with me, like you so threatened today, then you need to scoot that sexy, little ass of yours over, so I can get in.”