“Why can’t you sleep, J?”
Jewel stared at her, wide-eyed with wonder. What would Lea ever see in her? She was nothing compared to her, no amount of control or maturity could compare to Lea’s. Jewel’s heart thudded hard. “I just got caught up in my book.”
Lea frowned. “Please don’t lie.”
Swallowing hard, Jewel stayed right where she was as Lea moved in even closer, her front pressed delicately into Jewel’s side.
“Why can’t you sleep?”
“You know me,” Jewel answered nervously, each word wavering.
“I do.” Lea took another step, leaning over Jewel’s side, not confining her to the bed but definitely invading her space.
Jewel’s heart was in her throat as she tried to figure out just what was going on. Lea was not a forward person. She did not seduce—did she? Was that what she was doing? Jewel’s tongue dashed across her lips, wetting them. Her mind tried to spin out answers as to what could be happening, but she was so tired nothing but lust was coming through.
“I think you were stuck in your head.” Lea’s breath was warm against her cheek, her neck, her ear.
Jewel shuddered. Damn Lea for being so observant over the years. Jewel could never hide anything from her easily and for sure not when she was exhausted. “I was.”
“What were you thinking about?” Lea trailed a finger from Jewel’s lips down her neck.
“Us,” Jewel answered honestly.
“Were you wondering what it’s like to be with a woman?”
God, that tone.It was nearly too much. Jewel whimpered, trying to keep track of where Lea’s finger was going, but it dipped down to her chest and back up before she could follow its trail. Lea moved impossibly closer, her lips brushing Jewel’s earlobe as she spoke again.
“You said you’d never been with a woman before.”
“I-I haven’t.”
“Would you like to be?”
“Lea.” Her name was nothing more than a whisper, and she hoped it was all the answer Lea needed or wanted. Jewel turned her cheek, moving so their mouths touched. The kiss was everything she could have dreamed of. It was warm, sleepy, filled with comfort but also heat and passion. Jewel curled her fingers into Lea’s long hair, tugging so she could get a better angle as she slipped down in the bed so they lay flush against each other.
The blankets wrapped around their legs as they moved, Jewel was completely lost in everything Lea was doing to her. One minute she was fully dressed and the next she was naked. She tugged at Lea’s clothes, wanting to know what it would feel like to have their skin pressed together. Would it be soft? Or would it be all fire and heat?
As soon as she was bare, Lea sat up and stared down at Jewel with a glint in her eye. “You know sex with two women can go for hours. Usually someone has to call it for it to stop.”
The whine in the back of Jewel’s throat was unexpected, but the heat between her legs was the exact reaction she could have hoped for. Yes, she wanted this to happen. She wanted Lea to show her everything, to take her to every height, to teach her everything she had been missing out on. Lea bent down and kissed her way from Jewel’s mouth to her chest, lavishing attention on each of her nipples while her fingers skimmed farther, sliding between Jewel’s legs.
Jewel gasped. Her hands curled into the bedsheets tightly, holding on for dear life. She’d never been touched this reverently before, this tenderly. Lea wasn’t just the pinnacle of control—she was a prime example of patience. Jewel writhed under her, trying to make Lea move faster, but every time she moved, Lea would slow.
“Lea,” she whispered, the need in her voice untenable.
Lea chuckled, but she let loose of Jewel’s breasts and started another slow trail down her belly. Settling between Jewel’s legs, Lea lay flush out on the bed, her arms under Jewel’s hips to lift her up slightly. She kissed the inside of Jewel’s thigh tenderly.
“This is one of my favorite things to do,” Lea stated before she lightly scraped her teeth against Jewel’s leg. “I have complete and total access to you, to make you come, to make you feel everything.”
Lea breathed on her before she moved in. Slowly, the tip of her tongue circled Jewel’s clit. It was ecstasy. That’s what Lea had intended the entire time, wasn’t it? Overwhelm her with pleasure. Jewel’s hips bucked upward. She closed her eyes and arched her back before she reached up and grabbed the pillow she rested on. She didn’t want to be noisy. She didn’t want anyone else to hear them or know what they were doing—not now, not like this.
When Lea sucked her clit into her mouth, Jewel lost all ability to think rationally. This was so vastly different from anyone else who had gone down on her. Lea knew what she was doing. She knew how to move her mouth, her tongue, her fingers. She knew how to give Jewel exactly what she needed. Only one other person had come close to that, and Jewel had had to teach him for months. They’d had to figure it out. Fuck, what if she was as horrible at doing this to Lea as he had been?
Jewel’s legs shook. Every nerve in her body was on fire, pulling down to right where Lea’s mouth touched her. Jewel pressed the palm of her hand against the headboard, hoping it would give her some kind of purchase. Lea remained latched onto her as she moved, as she writhed, as she tried to barrel her way toward the pinnacle moment of pleasure. The moan left her lips as she crashed through her orgasm, the waves of it pulsating through her until she couldn’t think about anything except the woman between her legs.
Lea slowly crawled up Jewel’s body, pressing their lips together in a sloppy but happy kiss. Jewel giggled, gripping on to Lea’s sides as they stayed in that position, kissing and nipping at each other. It wasn’t long until Jewel turned her hips, her leg wrapped around Lea’s and rolled them so that Lea was under her. She wanted to give Lea the same as she had received, although she was still worried she’d be no good at it.
Jewel was on her belly when Lea parted her legs. The small swatch of dark hair was so enticing and curious. Jewel ran her fingers through it, tugging ever so slightly. Lea grunted, her eyes wide, and she nodded at Jewel to continue. Starting with her fingers, because that she knew, she’d done it on herself enough times to be confident, Jewel slid one single finger inside.