17. Book Boyfriends Are Better Than Porn

We stepped up to the front of my house and I scooped up the box from Amazon off my steps. I tossed it onto the kitchen counter when we got inside because packages could wait. I could not.

However, Seven had other plans. He jumped directly onto the box and began singing the song of his people. By which I mean yowling his head off. Willa"s eyes widened and she pointed to the box. "What exactly is in there?"

Something that had better occupy Seven or I was going to feed him to a Klingon Targ. I slashed at the top of the box with my house key and sliced that sucker open. Willa gasped and then giggled at the sight of the cat food cans and disposable litter trays, and the reason for the yowling, a spilled container of something called Kitty Crack, which was really just some reportedly strong catnip. "Hayes, what...?"

I grinned, rubbing the back of my neck. "I figured if Seven"s going to be a regular visitor, I should be prepared."

She turned to me, putting a whole hell of a lot of extra emotion onto her face, and only laughed twice before she said, "You are... the most wonderful cat dad ever. You know that?"

Seven crawled inside the box and made himself at home, rolling around in the catnip.

I pulled her close, my hands settling on her rounded hips. "Do I get extra points if I say that cats rule and dogs drool?"

"Yes."

Our lips met in a slow, deep kiss that sent sparks dancing along my nerve endings. I poured every ounce of love and longing into that kiss, my fingers sliding beneath the hem of her shirt to caress the soft, warm skin of her waist.

Willa sighed into my mouth, her hands fisting in my hoodie. "But I"ll have to award those points later, because right now, Hayes, I need you. Naked."

I scooped her up bridal-style, relishing her squeal of surprise and the way she clung to my shoulders. "Then let"s not waste any more time."

I carried her up the stairs to my bedroom two at a time, never happier that I"d chosen the athletic life that allowed me to carry my girl to bed. She taunted me every step of the way with her lips nibbling along the skin at my throat and my jaw.

When I laid her gently on the bed, her dark hair fanning out across the pillows, I had to take a second just to look at her.

She was breathtaking, all curves and softness and everything I"d ever dreamed of. This time I was not going to miss out on seeing every inch of her skin. I pushed my hands under the hem of her shirt and slid it up, up, up, until she had to lift her arms so I could pull it over her head. But remembering the romance novel I sped through this morning, I trapped her arms in the fabric of the shirt and held her hands up there so I could look my fill.

I traced a finger along the faint stretch marks on her belly, marveling at their delicate beauty, then bent my head and followed that same path with my tongue. "God, Willa. You"re so fucking perfect."

She flushed and squirmed, but I didn"t let her free. Not yet. She could be bossy all she wanted to later, but it was my turn to touch her and taste her.

"I"m not, Hayes. I"ve got plenty of flaws just like anyone else."

I shook my head, pressing a kiss to the top of each of her rounded breasts. I was going to lose myself between them. "All I see is the woman I love, in all her gorgeous, sexy glory."

Willa let out a husky, watery laugh. "Okay, Casanova. You"ve been reading romance novels, haven"t you? You don"t have to seduce me you know. I"m a sure thing at this point."

I grinned unabashedly. "Guilty on the romance novel part. What did you think I did when you went home and Xander sawed logs on my couch? I wanted to learn what you liked."

"Oh, man, I hope you were reading rom-coms and not dark romance, because I swear to god, if you try telling me to crawl to you, or start stalking me… I promise that red flags and morally gray heroes are only sexy in fiction, Hayes."

Noted. "Where do dragon shifters fall on your book boyfriend scale?"

She laughed again. "I like the kind you can ride. Now let me up so I can show you exactly what kind of riding I mean."

I leaned in for one more searing kiss while I had her captured. Her tongue tangled with mine and she moaned so softly it was almost a whimper. I wanted to hear that sound over and over, and I was gonna try everything I"d studied to make sure I did.

When I broke the kiss and she looked up at me with those dark, glassy eyes that had so much need in them, I thought I"d die if I didn"t fulfill every one of those desires I saw there.

I let her go, tossing her shirt aside, and we both shed the rest of our clothes in a flurry of roaming hands and heated kisses. When we were finally skin to skin, I had to take a steadying breath. The feel of her, all silky warmth and thick, enticing curves, threatened to short-circuit my brain.

But this was about her, about showing Willa just how cherished and desired she was. I trailed my lips down her throat, pausing to lavish attention on her tits that I could get lost in they were so big. But my real goal was the soft, plush belly, that curve of a pooch just above her pussy. I had fucking fantasies about licking it and biting it and coming all over it.

I kissed my way from her belly button to the peak of her stomach and indulged myself with just a nibble of that soft belly. I wanted to taste each blessed inch of her body.

When I reached the apex of her thighs, I glanced up at her, "Tell me to go down on you, Willa. Let me hear you say it."

Her fingers tangled in my hair, guiding me closer. "Holy hell, yes. I need your mouth on me."

"More, Willa. Tell me to fuck you with my tongue." Making her tell me what she wanted was the best way I knew of to ensure she wanted everything we did together.

She licked her lips and the grip of her fingers of my scalp went tighter. "You"ve got a dirty mouth. Use it to make me come, Hayes."

Mmm. Hell yeah. With a groan of pure male satisfaction, I set about learning every secret place that made her gasp and writhe, committing each breathy moan to memory. I"d read about and studied whole-ass charts about how the clitoris wasn"t just the sexy as fuck little nub in front of my face. So even though I wanted to suck it between my lips, I opted to go for swirling my tongue around and around to see if that"s what she liked.

That first taste of her blew my fucking mind. My dick went so damn hard I was going to poke a hole through the mattress.

"Oh god," she panted, her hips rocking against my face. "Hayes, right there."

Hell yeah. I doubled my efforts tasting and teasing her. But I wanted to drive her higher and higher. This was the opportunity to bring in the secret weapon. Romance novel sex scenes. All three of the heroes I"d read about really got their women going crazy when they use their fingers along with their mouths.

I pressed one finger at her entrance and teased it while I gave her a long slow lick, and I was rewarded with another of those whimpering gasps. Carefully, I pushed one finger inside so slowly I almost came right there on the sheets when she clenched down on me.

"Holy... oh... god," Willa panted out the words and tightened her grip on my hair again, sending tingles through my scalp. "Don"t stop, more, god, yes."

If she wanted more, I"d give her all she ever wanted. I slipped my finger out and pushed in a second this time, and I sucked the tip of her clit I"d been aching to taste into my mouth. Willa arched her back, pushing my fingers deeper into her pussy, and shattered, her inner muscles pulsing around my fingers, her thighs clamping around my head. I barely heard her cry out my name.

Best. Earmuffs. Ever.

I held my position through the aftershocks, only pressing soft kisses to her trembling flesh until her muscles unlocked and she released me from her hold. I crawled back up her body, dotting kisses on her thighs, belly, and breasts along the way, while seeing stars. Making her come like that had sent every drop of blood I had straight to my cock.

Seeing her eyes closed, her soft gasps as she sucked in air, and then the whoosh of a satisfied exhale, made me feel better than any touchdown, good grade, or other accolade. She was soft and languid, and a gentle smile grew on her lips.

I"d done that for her. I made her happy.

She dragged her eyelids open and then grabbed my face, pulling me down and crashing her lips to mine, kissing me deeply. I groaned with a whole new burst of lust knowing she was tasting herself in my mouth.

"That was... God, Hayes. You really are good at everything. What the hell?"

I grinned, nuzzling her nose with mine. "I told you, I"ve been studying."

She reached between us, her hand wrapping around my straining length. I hissed at the contact, my hips jerking instinctively. "Willa..."

She silenced me with a kiss, her hand stroking me with maddening slowness. "I want to feel you, Hayes. All of you."

My heart threatened to beat out of my chest. "I"m going to come in your hand right now if you so much as even move a centimeter."

Her tongue poked out and swiped across her top lip before she sucked the bottom one between her teeth. "I like watching you come."

"Jesus, Willa. I swear to god, I"m not going to last even a second if you don"t give me a minute and keep that tongue of yours inside your mouth." I wasn"t kidding. My brain and my dick were on overload.

This time she licked her lips back and forth and then ran her tongue across her teeth. She knew exactly what she was doing. It was the most delicious torture yet.

"Fucking tease."

She slowly stroked up my cock, not with her fist, but with her nails. "It"s your fault. I had no idea I liked it so much until you got turned on by it."

I closed my eyes and gritted my teeth, willing my balls to hold on for a little while longer. "Just you wait, sweetheart. I"m going to find the kink that turns you to putty in my hands, and then your ass is mine."

"I"ve never tried that, so we"ll have to wait and see." Holy fuck, was she suggesting we try anal?

"I haven"t even been inside your pussy yet." I wrapped my hand around her fist to stop her stroking. "I really want to be inside of you, Willa. I want to feel you coming on my cock this time."

Shit. I was letting my fucking libido get the best of me. This was supposed to be about her. "Tell me how to make that good for you. Because I still need to make you come at least a dozen more times."

She smiled and shook her head at me. "Alright, overachiever. In my limited experience, that"s not actually how this works. I got my orgasm, it"s your turn now."

I was not some fuckboy that went down on her once just so I could get my rocks off. I was proving my feelings to her. I was showing her all that love we"d declared to each other. She would feel my love, god dammit. "The fuck it is. Tell me what you want, Willa, because I am going to make you come again."

Willa narrowed her eyes at me and pushed against my chest playfully. When I didn"t move an inch, she wrapped her thigh around mine and, in a move worthy of a professional wrestler, flipped me the fuck over so she was on top, and I was against the mattress. "What I want right now, Kingman, is for you to fuck me. I want to see your face when you slide into my pussy for the first time. And then whether it"s three strokes or an hour's worth of fucking me, I want you to beg me to let you come inside of me."

Holy shit. Four alarm fire. The electricity she ignited in my body set my brain ablaze. "It"s definitely going to be more on the three strokes side, babe."

"Good," she said with a sly smile on her face that sent more power surging through my cells, but it quickly turned to something softer and sweet. "Because I"ve never been on top before, and I know my hamstrings are not going to hold out."

I gripped her hips tight and flipped us back again, which had her squealing with a giggle. "I can beg just as well from up here, flower."

No way I"d ever make her work hard to get me off. I kissed her and reached between us, stroking her in the same ways I"d licked her, wanting to make sure she was ready for me.

"Stop stalling and put on the condom, Kingman." She jerked her chin to the box on the nightstand. But then she said something that changed this all from a game to something so much more. "Show me how much you love me and let me show you."

I pulled in a long, deep breath. She got it. She understood everything I was trying to do, to show her, to be for her. This wasn"t just about sex for me, and Willa was right there too, wearing every emotion on her face, shining through in those gorgeous fucking eyes.

"I do love you, Willa." And I never wanted to love anyone else.

She touched my face, rubbing her palm down my cheek. "I tried not to, but somewhere along the way, you made me fall in love with you too. You"re the love of my life, Hayes."

I thought hearing her say something like that would make my heart pound out of my chest, or honestly, have my dick exploding. But instead, the deepest sense of contentment seeped into my bones, my blood, my very soul. This was what it meant to be loved by this woman.

I reached for a condom with shaking hands. This was really happening. I was about to fuck the woman of my dreams for the first time, and in this moment, I sincerely hoped she was the only woman I ever fucked.

As I slid into her, our bodies joining for the first time, I swear I saw lightning bolts flash through my vision, and because I knew she was watching, I hid nothing from her. I stared into her eyes and let her see all of me. "Fuck, Willa. I fucking love you."

Nothing had ever felt so right, so perfect. I withdrew in a long slow stroke, wanting to make this last as long as I could. But as I pushed back inside, Willa made one of those whimpers that drove me wild, and I was a goner.

My hips moved on their own accord, finding a fast, hard rhythm, made only better when she wrapped her legs around my ass so I couldn"t pull out if I wanted to. I poured every ounce of love and devotion into each thrust, each kiss, each whisper of her name.

Willa met me every step of the way, her body rising to meet mine, her nails scoring my back, her breathless cries mingling with my own. My universe became her, the way her body gripped mine, the way she said my name, until I couldn"t take it anymore.

"Please, Willa, please let me come inside of you."

She shook her head. "Again."

Fuck. "Please."

Her eyes fluttered shut, but she breathed out a shuddered breath and then stared all the way into my soul. "Say it again."

And I knew what she wanted to hear.

"Please, Willa, I love you, please."

Her pussy clenched down on me, and she arched her back, keening, "Yes, Hayes, god, I love you."

I came so hard inside of her, I think I blacked out, except instead of darkness I saw the beautiful blue of Willa"s eyes. My hips jerked a few more times all on their own, but I was already floating in hazy bliss that was just for me and her.

It took everything in me not to just collapse on top of her and ride this high. But all the romance novels and the better sex sites preached the importance of aftercare. Which I would do. In a minute.

The best I could do for now was kiss her. She returned my kiss with a soft, satisfied moan, and that was my second favorite sound she made during sex.

"Hayes?" she whispered, her eyes still closed and a smile etched across her face.

"Yeah, baby?" She was fucking beautiful like this, and I could hardly wait to see her this way night after night in my bed.

"Why are you so good at this on your first try?"

Touchdown Mustang. If I had a football, I"d spike it. I pretended she hadn"t just made my day with her compliment and said, "I had help."

She cracked one eye open and peered up at me with a question in her gaze.

I gave her another kiss and a cocky shrug. "From your romance novels. Book boyfriends definitely do it better than anybody in porn."