A deluge of sensation engulfed Amy at the same time as she couldn’t credit what he was doing. Her innate shyness fought with the demands of her needy body. For a moment she believed she would stop him and then, the next moment, nothing on earth could have persuaded her to stop him. Exquisite sensation such as she had never felt claimed her, entrapped her, transformed her into a thrashing frenzy of naked want. As sensation piled on sensation and the pleasure became unbearable, the tightness in her pelvis suddenly mushroomed up inside her into an explosive climax that left her seeing stars.
Sev shifted over her, lithe as a jungle cat in his urgency. He hauled her up under him and drove deep into her tight body with a heartfelt groan of relief. A piercing sharp pain broke through Amy’s idyllic state and she gritted her teeth against a broad brown shoulder, praying for the pain to fade. And it did, petering out into a vague discomfort that was soon beyond her awareness as Sev’s movements and the newness of the experience took precedence.
Her body had stretched to accommodate him and the slight burn of his plunging thrusts and subsequent withdrawal was an incredibly arousing experience. Surprised that her body was so willing to find pleasure again, she discovered that his rhythm excited her unbearably. The hungry ache at the heart of her began to grow in strength again, her hips rising, her heart pumping. All of a sudden her whole being was concentrated on the churning excitement consuming her and she was reaching...and reaching higher and higher, craving that ultimate climax until it came in a storm of consuming sensation.
She fell back limp on the bed, absolutely drained.
Beside her, Sev went from sated to incredulous at the discovery that he had not used a condom. ‘I forgot to use contraception...’ he breathed rawly. ‘I don’t know what came over me. I’ve never done that before.’
Jolted by that confession, Amy shifted, however, with a faint smile of relief that she had protected herself from the risk of an unplanned pregnancy. ‘Relax, I’m on the pill. Nothing’s going to happen.’
‘I’ve never had sex without contraception before so you’re safe,’ Sev bit out, still deeply shaken by his own carelessness.
‘And you’re safe because I’ve never been with anyone else,’ Amy whispered, still struggling to return to her normal thought processes.
Without warning, Sev sat up.‘Never?’he queried in astonishment.
Amy winced because she had originally intended to keep that fact to herself and so she didn’t answer, she simply compressed her lips.
‘You were a virgin?’ Sev pressed more harshly.
‘Everybody has to have a first at some stage of their lives,’ she muttered ruefully. ‘Please don’t embarrass me by making a production out of it.’
Sev released his breath in a slow controlled huff of sound, swallowing back his annoyance and frustration that she hadn’t warned him in advance. He was in no mood to preach, though, when he himself had just made his worst ever mistake in neglecting to take precautions with a woman. ‘Fancy a shower?’ he murmured lightly, keen to change the subject.
‘I think it’s time I went home, got a shower there,’ Amy told him in a sudden decision, reacting to the tension in the air.
‘I want you to stay the night,’ Sev confided, faint colour scoring his high cheekbones because for the first time in his life he was inviting a woman to stay over. He never ever did that. Indeed, he usually went to the woman’s place or a hotel, not his own home, which he preferred to keep strictly private. It bothered him that he didn’t know why he was inviting Amy any more than he recognised his deep visceral need to keep her close. But he suppressed those uneasy reactions, refused even to think about the fact she had been a virgin, and instead he focused on the truth that he had just had the best sex of his life andobviouslyhe wanted to hold on to her, the promise of pleasure being the ultimate seducer.
‘Still?’ Amy queried, hugging the duvet.
‘Still,’Sev stressed without hesitation, closing an arm round her and pulling her close to kiss her again. ‘I also want to talk to you about a party I’d like you to attend with me next week.’
‘A party?’ Amy repeated, wide-eyed, snuggling into him with a feeling of warmth and security that was new to her. She had expected him to be cooler in the aftermath of sex, not anchoring her to him and insisting she stay, and the reference to a further date could only make her smile. ‘I’d love to come.’
‘But there’s one proviso. It’s a very fancy party and you’ll have to let me buy you a dress for the occasion.’
Her violet gaze widened in dismay. ‘Oh, I couldn’t agree to that.’
‘You can’t go, then, which would be a shame,’ Sev murmured, pinning her under him as he flipped over, his breath fanning her cheek. ‘One little outfit...that’s all. You wouldn’t be able toborrowanything appropriate.’
Her heart pounding at his proximity and the intimacy of his embrace, Amy stared up into liquid-bronze eyes framed by thick black lashes, so very beautiful. ‘But it wouldn’t feel right letting you pay for it.’
‘I’ll make it feel right,’ Sev intoned.
‘You can hire dresses these days!’ Amy croaked as he kneed her thighs apart and slid fluidly between them again.
‘No way are wehiringa dress. I’ll make an appointment for you with a stylist I know... OK?’ Sev prompted, shifting his renewed arousal against the most sensitive part of her entire body and sending a cascade of awakening sensation through her again.
‘OK,’ she muttered breathlessly.
His mouth teased at the edge of hers again and her body clenched deep inside, both the scent and the touch of him a source of wild excitement. ‘I still want you... You’re not a hunger easily assuaged... Do you think you could bear a repeat encounter? Or is it too soon?’
‘Yes...yes...no, it’s not too soon,’ Amy framed in a happy rush, wrapping her arms round him, fingers spearing into his tousled black hair with an intimacy she would not have dared employ with him earlier that evening, but then everything between them had changed irrevocably, she acknowledged without regret. She felt much closer to him than she had, and she was glad that she had taken a leap in the dark and decided to trust him and her own feelings.
CHAPTER SIX
GEMMASNAPPEDPHOTOafter photo of Amy as soon as she was all dressed up for the party. ‘I’m not joking. You look absolutely gorgeous!’ the redhead enthused, having offered to come over to do Amy’s make-up for her and do up the hooks on her gown. ‘That dress is to die for!’