I cut her off with a hard kiss. “There’s nothin’ to worry about on my part.”
She drew back. “That means you’ve been tested or…?” Her eyebrows rose expectantly.
“There’s no one else, Wren. There’s never been anyone else. Never really wanted to before you.” I took her breast in my hand, rubbing my palm over her tight nipple. “I’m gonna need to have you as often as I can. You’ve bewitched me like I’m Mister fuckin’ Darcy.”
“Body and soul?” she whispered.
“Yeah, Wren. Body and soul,” I whispered back.
“But…” Her pale brows furrowed. “How can that be…? You never had…?”
I got that she was surprised, but I didn’t think she should have been. I didn’tlikepeople. Wren Anderson was one of the few exceptions. And I more than liked her. I was obsessed with her, now more than ever.
“No, I’ve never.” I flicked my tongue along the seam of her lips. “Now I have, and we’re going to be doing a lot more of it.A lot, Wren.”
Her brow furrowed even more. “But you go to sex clubs. And sex parties.”
“To watch. I don’t touch. I never have.”
“Because you didn’t want to?”
“No. Watchin’ on my own terms satisfied me.”
She went quiet, but I could almost hear her mind whirring. Maybe I should have told her, but I hadn’t exactly been thinking straight when we got here. The thing was, if I’d had sex with a thousand different women, being with Wren would have still been something entirely different. It didn’t matter that no one had come before her. Being inside Wren was a singular experience.
Her big eyes lifted to mine, swirling with liquid amber. “Are you sure it’s not a big deal? I mean, I wish I had known, so I could have, I don’t know…”
“You think anything could have been better than that?”
“No.” Again, no hesitation. The corners of her mouth curved up. “Well, I think we might be able to best ourselves after extensive practice. But I wouldn’t change anything about what we just did.”
I ran my finger down the pinch between her eyebrows. “Me either. Stop freakin’ out, Little Bird. Nothin’ to freak out over.”
She settled in my arms, and I pressed my nose to the top of her head. She smelled like her usual sunshine, but now, her scent was mixed with sweat and sex and a little of me.
“You think you’re going to have trouble…with what happened tonight?” she asked timidly. “A lot of people were recording.”
“Maybe. I don’t regret how I reacted.” I lifted her chin. “Does it bother you?”
“No. You protected me when I needed you.” Her teeth dug into her bottom lip. “But I don’t want you to have to deal with repercussions. Not for me.”
“Nope.” I covered her mouth with mine, kissing her hard and rough. “Don’t ever say that to me. I will end the world for you.”
She grinned, letting out a delicate little chuckle. “Please don’t. I kind of like it here.”
She always thought I was kidding about the lengths I would go to for her. Better that than her knowing I wasn’t joking at all. She’d be gone faster than I could blink, then I’d be forced to chase her and follow through with my original kidnapping plan.
“What were you doing there? At the bar?” she asked.
“I think it’s obvious. I came to see you.”
She blinked, a small smile still curling her lips. “You couldn’t go the whole night without seeing me?”
“No. I heard you were wearin’ my favorite dress. It wasn’t fair other men were layin’ their eyes on you.”
“Thank you for saying that, but nobody was looking at me.”
“Baby, I had to drag a man off you. Trust me, they were lookin’.” She didn’t understand how pretty she was. How her sweetness and timidity drew wicked men in like moths to a flame.