Chapter 18

The moment he handed it to me, though, he started to take it back. His hips retracted, and with them the feelings, leaving me with a hollow feeling. Actually, both my brain and body simultaneously yelled. I clung to the topography of his chest, pleading with him not to go.

He withdrew entirely, and a wave of terror carried me away. Once again, I gasped.

His whole body seemed to tremble at the mere phrase. Hopeful, he repeated my instruction. “Again?”

Oh, crap, Carl, I whimpered. “Again.”

The expression on Carl's face changed. As I asked for one thing, he leaned down till our lips connected and pressed his mouth against mine.

I groaned through his lips as his hips thrust into me.