Chapter Eleven
Noah
“I’m in love with you.”
I hear the words leave my mouth as I pull Maggie against me.
Her drowsy eyes widen. “What?”
“I’m in love with you,” I repeat.
I don’t care if Tanner and Theo think I’m crazy. Fact is, I am—crazy for this amazing woman who literally crashed into our lives two days ago. Seems more like two months with the impact she’s had on me, on my heart.
I risk a glance at them. Tanner is lying by her feet, stroking her legs. Theo is on her other side, nuzzling her shoulder. Yeah, they’re feeling it, too. We need more than one night with her. Pretty sure forever won’t be long enough.
“I—” Maggie pauses, lost for words.
“It’s okay, you don’t have to say it back. I can wait,” I tell her. “I’ve never been with a woman before. Will you be my first?”
Maggie's eyes widen in shock. “Never?”
I shake my head. “If you want to wait a little—"
She cups my face in her hands. A tear slips from the corner of her eye and trickles into her hairline. She pulls my head down to hers. “I want you, Noah. I’d be honored to be your first.”
Maggie squeals as I scoop her up. “Where are we going?”
“To fulfill a fantasy,” I grin. I cast a questioning look at Theo and Tanner.
“This is all yours, bro,” Theo says with a meaningful smile. “We’ll be waiting when you’re ready.”
I nod. My brothers are gifting Maggie and me with time alone.
I carry her back downstairs, and her eyes practically pop out of her head as I open the door into the small indoor pool room. “Oh, wow!”
“You like?”
Her eyes fall on the Jacuzzi, and she grins. “I love!”
I lower her to her feet, crossing to the music system in the corner, and Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ fills the air. I link my fingers with Maggie’s and lead her to one of the sturdy pool recliners, encouraging her to lay down on her front.
I grab some lotion from a nearby shelf, and she looks over her shoulder at me curiously as I squirt some into my hands.
“Just relax. I want to make you feel good,” I murmur, spreading the lotion around her neck and shoulders.
Maggie moans as I massage her tense muscles, and my cock twitches, lengthening to full-on beast mode.
I lean in close to her ear. “Is this okay?”
“God, yes,” she sighs. She goes to say something, then pauses, biting her lip.
“What?” I prompt, not wanting her to hold back from me.
“I was just wondering…why you’ve never been with a woman. It’s unusual for a man of your age. In your situation, women must throw themselves at you all the time.”
“They do,” I say without vanity. “Technically, I may be a virgin, but I’m not innocent, Maggie. I’ve done lots of other stuff with women. I just promised myself I wouldn’t go all the way until I met the real deal. I saw what that woman did to Tanner and Theo. They did that to protect me. She took something from them that they could never get back. I guess I felt like I owed it to them not to throw my first time away, to make sure it meant something.”
“Have you thought about finding her? The social worker? Maybe it’s not too late to make her pay for her crimes,” Maggie suggests.