Total pages in book: 53
Estimated words: 50869 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 254(@200wpm)___ 203(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 50869 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 254(@200wpm)___ 203(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
“Everything?” Her teeth sink into her bottom lip. I reach over and remove it with my thumb.
“Yes, everything.” I brush my thumb across her bottom lip.
“I don’t know.” I can see she’s weighing in hard, so I offer more to nudge her along.
“Let’s make a safe word.”
Mable sucks in an audible breath. “We’re having sex?” she whispers, glancing around. “I’ve never done that.”
“Mable,” I groan, sitting back in my seat at the reminder that she’s a virgin.
My mother has tried to set me up with all kinds of women through the years, wanting me to get ready to take on my role. They ranged from supermodels to daughters of aristocrats. Not one of them ever enticed me. Mable isn’t even trying, and she’s got me hook, line, and sinker.
When I get my dick under control, I glance back over to her to see she’s retreated into herself.
“I get it. It’s fine. Probably why I was called a prude, but I didn’t even tell any of them that.” I don’t want to imagine her on dates as much as I don’t want to imagine all the limp-dick fuckers who said that bullshit to her. She assumed my groan was out of annoyance and not lust. Those assholes are the reason her mind defaults to that. I want to change that.
“If we decide to have sex, the choice will be entirely yours. That said, the safe word would be for everything,” I reassure her. “I get the sense that you’re not always vocal when you should be. You are shy about expressing yourself. With one simple word, there is none of that. And if or when you say it, know that I want you to. I don’t want you going along with anything you truly don’t want to do.”
“Wow.” Mable perks back up. “I want to do it.” She starts nodding adamantly. “I mean, that’s why I’m here, right? To try new things, and all of this is very new to me.”
“Agree to it,” I order her, and I see her eyes flare. She’s quiet for a long moment, and I hold my breath.
“I’m in. I agree.” She finally gives.
“Choose a word.” I tell her.
“Pineapple.” She states and holds her hand out as an offer to shake on it. I grab it but pull her close, my mouth coming down onto hers filled with promise.
I’ve made a lot of deals in my life, but this one is the most important.
Chapter Five
MABLE
When I traveled with my mother, we stayed in a lot of really nice places. This suite, though, is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. I walk over to the window that stretches all along the wall to see out past the infinity pool and to the crystal-clear ocean.
I feel Caldwell come up behind me. “The view is breathtaking.”
“That it is,” he agrees. I peer up and over my shoulder at him. I swear he keeps getting hotter. I’m not the only one that has noticed.
We didn’t have to check in. When we arrived, there were people waiting for us. They took our bags and began directing us up to our room, but as we made our way toward the private elevator, I noticed people watching, and a few pointed right at Caldwell. Did they recognize him for some reason, or were they simply struck stupid by his hotness?
“Why don’t we freshen up?” He takes my hand, linking our fingers together. He did that when we got off the plane too. In fact, I’m noticing that he’s always touching me in one way or another. I enjoy it far more than I ever thought I would.
He leads me into the suite’s bedroom. There is a giant bed. I stare at it before peeking over at Caldwell.
“We can share a bed,” he answers my unspoken question. “Unless there is a word you’d like to use.”
“No.” I shake my head. I don’t, but I’m not sure it’s right, even if I want it to be. “Does that—”
“It doesn’t imply anything. Two people can sleep in a bed and not be intimate.” I don’t know if I should be relieved or disappointed. Yet I can’t help but feel the latter, which is absolutely crazy because I barely know this man.
I’m not trying to hold on to my virginity either. I get the sense that Caldwell would make my first time not only memorable, but he’d also be gentle. His care for me is evident in the way he kisses me; how he was more than happy for me to come and stay with him. He’s one of the good ones, and I find myself really trusting him.
I’m sure that’s naïve, but thankfully, because this trip is a wild adventure, I can blame everything on that. I’m fresh out of college and on my first trip in a solo celebration. It’s a rule to do stupid crap, and I’m always one for following the rules. Just like the rule of following Caldwell’s orders.