“Nice, right?” Seren briefly met Paige’s eyes then placed the candle on a shelf between the sink and the shower. The light bathed Seren’s skin in a warm softness that made Paige’s breath catch.

  “That is nice.” No matter how many times she’d seen Seren in a bathing suit, she wasn’t prepared for how gorgeous she was naked.

  Seren’s eyes met hers and she raised one eyebrow. “You weren’t supposed to look.”

  “I was looking at the candle.”

  “Were you?”

  Paige shook her head slowly. “You’re so beautiful.”

  “Close your eyes.”

  Grudgingly, Paige did as she was told. She heard the rustle of the shower curtain being pushed open and then felt Seren move against her back. “I usually take showers to relax after a long day.” This time, no part of her was going to relax until she had Seren.

  “Not to get clean?” Seren kissed Paige’s shoulder. “You have a very dirty job.”

  “I do.” She sucked in a breath when Seren kissed the nape of her neck.

  “Is it weird admitting I liked you smelling like a barn better than my soap?”

  Paige turned, unable to wait any longer. She found Seren’s lips and arousal gripped her body as Seren moved against her. She deepened the kiss then spun them around, letting Seren have the full stream on her.

  “I take it you’re in charge now?”

  Seren’s question had a playful tone, but Paige wondered if she’d come on too strong. “Do you mind?”

  “Not at all.”

  “Good.” Paige liked the look she got from Seren in response. When she kissed her again, need surged through her. She tried to hold herself in check, keeping the kisses light, but every time she pulled back, Seren seemed to ask for her lips again.

  Desire made her want to rush, but she knew it’d be better taking her time. She reached for the soap and traced Seren’s arms with the bar—up one side and down the other. When she repeated the pattern with Seren’s legs, she avoided her upper thighs despite the focus of her thoughts. Straightening, she drew a sudsy line with the soap between Seren’s breasts. Seren shifted forward right at that moment and Paige fumbled, dropping the bar.

  “Did I distract you?”

  “You did. And I think you meant to.” She wanted to take her time appreciating Seren’s curves, tracing her full breasts, and letting her smooth skin slip under her fingertips. But her body didn’t want to go slow. “I don’t think I can wait till we get out of this shower.”

  “Wait for what?”

  “For you.” Paige shifted closer. Seren’s nipples brushed her chest, and she couldn’t hold in her moan. She grasped Seren’s arm above her elbow and pulled their bodies together. The smash of wet skin against skin pushed her past thinking.

  Seren kissed Paige’s neck. “You feel so good.”

  “That’s my line.” Paige ran her hands up from Seren’s thighs to her waist. When she caressed her breasts, grazing over perked nipples, Seren inhaled sharply.

  “You okay?”

  She nodded, swallowing. “My nipples have been sensitive since I got pregnant. Didn’t realize how much.”

  “I’ll be gentle.”

  “Don’t be too gentle,” Seren said, shifting her hips forward.

  Paige got the hint and gave up reining herself back. When she pressed against Seren, they both moaned. Skin, slick and wet, slid under her hand as she stroked up Seren’s arm. She slipped behind Seren’s neck and pulled her into a kiss.

  Seren parted her lips, asking for more. She obliged with another deep kiss and her arousal surged. Kissing wasn’t enough. She pulled away from Seren’s lips and dropped to her knees.

  Fingernails sank into her shoulders as she parted Seren with her tongue. Her taste was everything she wanted.

  Seren moaned. Her clit was swollen and hard. Paige licked a circle around it, then braced herself, gripping Seren’s butt, and dove deeper. The sound of the water pelting their bodies was no match for the sounds Seren made.

  Seren thrust her hips rhythmically, murmuring “don’t stop” again and again. She had no intention of stopping. She’d never been so hungry for a woman. Never wanted to make anyone come as much as she did now. She wanted to lavish everything she had on Seren.

  Seren’s grip on her shoulders tightened and Paige felt her own body tense as if she were the one cresting. The moans grew louder and Seren thrust into her with more force.

  “Oh, yes. Yes.”

  One more stroke of her tongue and Seren’s orgasm hit. Paige held her place, tongue still cornering Seren’s clit. Seren shuddered, clenching her legs, and satisfaction swept through Paige.

  Seren shuddered again, then stumbled back a step. Paige stood up fast, her arms encircling Seren’s body. “I’ve got you.”

  Seren sank against her, dropping her head onto Paige’s shoulder. “Fuck me. Are you good at everything you do?”

  “No…This one time I tried to teach water aerobics.”

  Seren laughed. “Thanks for that reminder.”

  “Thanks for letting me go down on you. I’ve been wanting it for a while.”

  “You’ve been wanting it?” Seren tilted her head. Her eyelashes were wet and water dripped down her forehead. “I’m not going to tell you how many times I’ve thought of you as I’ve touched myself these past two weeks.”

  Paige swallowed. How could she want her all over again so soon? “You did, huh?”

  “Mm. Remember, I’m not telling you.”

  Paige didn’t need the details. Seren, wet and satisfied in her arms, was enough for her to have plenty to think of later. “Think we’re clean enough to go to bed?”

  “If I say no, would you do what you just did all over again?”

  “Happily.”

  “I wish I could handle it twice, but I can barely stand at the moment.” Seren took a shaky breath. “A bed is a good idea.”

  Paige leaned close and met Seren’s lips. Waiting until Seren was ready for more wasn’t going to be easy.

  Seren pulled back from the kiss. “Will you spend the night?”

  Music to her ears.

  “I might need you to come back tomorrow night as well.”

  Paige found Seren’s hand and brought it to her lips. She kissed her knuckles lightly. “Whatever you need.”

  Chapter Thirty

  Whatever you need. Seren had to steady herself when Paige kissed her again. They’d been playfully bantering but she’d felt Paige’s seriousness in that moment. She considered saying something to lighten things, but she hadn’t. Instead, she’d let Paige hold her gaze and everything shifted in that moment. Paige had kissed her as if she knew, as if she could guess how she’d sent Seren into a freefall of emotions with one simple sentence, and that she wasn’t going to let the moment pass without claiming her part in it.

  It wasn’t what Paige had said, though, so much as what she wanted to offer in exchange. Despite how many times she’d told herself she wouldn’t date, and then that she’d only keep it casual, she was ready to give Paige anything and everything. And this time she wasn’t convinced it was only her hormones talking.

  She stepped out of the shower, letting Paige take a moment to rinse off and giving her mind a moment to recalibrate. The flickering candle made her reflection waver in the bathroom mirror, but for the first time in a long time, she liked what she saw. She looked…sexy. Maybe it was only the effects of the orgasm she’d sorely needed. Afterglow.

  She’d only had sex with three women before Paige—not a lot considering she was thirty-eight. The number of times she’d orgasmed during sex, though, compared to the number of times her lovers had tried to get her off, was completely disproportionate. Basically, she assumed she wouldn’t get off and was rarely wrong. But this time she’d known it was going to be different.

  As soon as Paige kissed her, she realized that she was different with Paige. She’d let Paige kiss her first. And she’d consciously relaxed when Paige held her. Paige made it easy to drop her guard.

  Still, she’d figured she wouldn’t orgasm the first time. Something in her head always seemed to stop the flow of energy. But with Paige, the brakes that usually came on while having sex didn’t get engaged.

  One orgasm, of course, didn’t mean anything. Maybe Paige wouldn’t get her off again. She wrapped a towel around her and set out a clean one for Paige. Maybe she should tell her as much. Fair warning, but I rarely come so easy. Or so hard.

  The shower stopped and Paige stepped out, flush from the hot water and deliciously naked. With one look, arousal pushed past all other thoughts. Good thing she had no plans of doing anything other than having more sex tonight.

  “Everything okay?” Paige asked.

  Seren nodded. Think—she told her brain—about something besides how much you want her hands on you again. “Do you want something to drink? Or something to eat?” As soon as she said it, she felt her cheeks get hot. Her question was innocent enough, but with it she’d seemed to acknowledge they had unfinished business that she was eager to get to. At least the candlelight would hide a blush.

  “No thanks.” Paige rubbed the towel over her skin, missing half the wet spots, then hung it on the shower door. “Don’t let me stop you if you want a snack. It’s been a while since we ate dinner.”

  Seren couldn’t think of eating. Not now. “I’m good.”

  “I know you are.” Paige stepped forward and wrapped her arms around Seren’s waist. “Very good.”

  Seren had enough composure to roll her eyes though her heart was racing. The towel she’d wrapped around herself blocked Paige’s skin from touching hers, but she could feel the pressure of Paige’s hands on her hips. She shifted forward, wanting to push herself onto Paige and half desperate at the need in her body. She’d already gotten off. What was wrong with her?

  “You were going to show me your bedroom.”

  “I was.”

  Paige ran a finger along the top edge of the towel, sending a shiver through Seren. “Then again, we could stay right here…” As her voice trailed, Paige bent her head and kissed Seren’s neck.

  Seren didn’t hold back her moan.

  “You saying right here is good?” Paige waited a beat. “I think so too.” She loosened the place where the towel had been tucked in, and then as soon as it gaped stepped forward to press herself fully against Seren’s body.

  Paige’s breasts brushed Seren’s and their hips thrust together. “Here is nice.”

  Paige stroked up Seren’s side and then slowly made her way down again, kissing her as she did. She pushed Seren back a step until her butt was against the sink, then she kissed her another time, asking her to open up and diving her tongue inside as she moved her hand from Seren’s hip to her center. Her fingers brushed over the folds like a promise.

  “You want it right here?”

  Seren managed a nod.

  “I thought so.”

  She gasped when Paige entered her. To say she was ready was an understatement. Everything Paige had done in the shower had left her trembling to have something inside. And yet it felt even better than she’d imagined.

  Paige moved one finger, then two, into her. Slow firm strokes with one hand while she kept the other wrapped around Seren, holding her in place.

  Seren felt her body ease open for Paige. She didn’t know when she’d started to rock against Paige’s hand, but she was—hard and fast, as if that could communicate exactly how much she wanted it. “Oh, god.”

  Paige increased her speed, spreading Seren more and going deeper with each thrust. She kissed Seren’s neck again, then sucked the tip of her earlobe into her mouth. As she let it slip out, she whispered, “I want you to come so hard on me.”

  “I don’t usually orgasm,” she said between panting breaths. She loved how hard Paige was working her. “With people I don’t know. I don’t usually…” She couldn’t finish.

  “You know me.” Paige whispered the words, then grazed Seren’s neck with her teeth. When she thrust again, her thumb pressed into Seren’s clit.

  Her center pulsed with pleasure. “More.” She wasn’t used to wanting more, to needing to be filled, and she felt almost embarrassed by her desires. But she could feel how much Paige wanted her. Wanted to be fucking her.

  Paige kissed her again, murmuring a promise to give her everything she could take, and slid in another finger. When she pumped again, Seren felt a flood rush over. She would have staggered if Paige hadn’t been holding her.

  But Paige didn’t slow down. Her hand drove in and out faster, and all Seren could do was hold on. She was pinned—her backside pushed back against the vanity and her legs spread. She couldn’t move even if she’d wanted to. Not that she wanted to do anything that would stop what was happening. She wrapped her arms tighter around Paige, loving the feel of her shoulders and naked back, loving that Paige had taken over completely.

  This. Yes. This. This was exactly what she wanted. How long had she waited to be fucked like this?

  She knew she was going to come. Like the last time, her body clearly had every intention of going all the way. Why not? The thought almost made her smile, but she was panting too hard. The climax was definitely coming. She could feel it building every time Paige thrust into her, every time Paige’s thumb roughly coursed over her engorged clit.

  She bucked harder, sinking down so she could feel more pressure when Paige’s fingers dove into her and letting Paige take more of her weight. She loved that Paige could hold her up. That it was nothing to her.

  “You like it rough.”

  Paige wasn’t asking. She knew. And that knowing, even more than the fact that she’d said it aloud, pushed Seren’s desire into the stratosphere.

  “More.” Her voice broke on the one word. Could she take more?

  Paige drove into her again and she lost all control. She felt the orgasm burst between her legs and then race through her. She squeezed her thighs together, blindly riding the climax, and relying on Paige to keep her standing. Nerves fired from her toes to her fingertips and the rhythmic tightening of her center didn’t ease. She wanted to beg Paige not to move her hand, but she couldn’t speak. She was spent.

  Paige found her lips. Her kiss was like a caress. After her lips, she kissed Seren’s cheek, her forehead, then her neck before returning to her lips right as she pulled out her fingers. Seren’s clit pulsed and she gripped Paige’s shoulders as an aftershock rattled her.

  “You’re amazing.” Paige kissed her again. “How many times will you let me do that to you?”

  “That might be all I can handle.” For now. But Seren knew, as unbelievable as it was, that she’d want Paige again soon.

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Seren made Paige step out of the bathroom while she peed, suddenly demure. Paige nearly said that she didn’t need to be, but she got the feeling they were already in territory that was new for Seren.

  She waited in the dark hallway, wondering if they’d gone too far too fast, but then Seren came out and immediately reached for her hand. It was only a few steps from the bathroom to the bedroom, but Paige liked that Seren wanted to stay close.

  Energy seemed to reverberate between them when they entered the bedroom. Seren didn’t turn on the lights. Instead, she found another candle. It took her a minute to find a match, but Paige’s eyes adjusted quickly. Since there were no drapes, a faint light from the night sky gave a quiet calm to the space.

  After lighting the candle, Seren set it on the nightstand. She turned down the bedcovers and looked back at Paige. “I’m a little embarrassed that I told you I don’t usually orgasm with new people and then came hard two times in a row.”

  “You came hard, huh?”

  “I’m sorry, did you not notice?” Seren’s sarcasm was subtle. “I don’t think I could have come any harder.”

  “That sounds like a challenge.”

  Seren pursed her lips. “I was hoping I’d get a turn with you.”

  “Hmm. By the way, you’re really sexy in a towel. Ever consider wearing that instead of regular clothes?”

  “I’ll think about it.” She exhaled as if trying to let go of whatever was holding her back.

  Paige wanted to say something more to reassure but she couldn’t think of what. “You know we don’t have to—”

  “You know how I told you that you were the first person I’ve had sex with since I got pregnant? Part of me was a little nervous I’d pee on you.”

  Paige laughed. “Okay. Anything else you want to tell me?”

  Seren shook her head but then added, “I’ve been really horny.”

  “Worked out well for me.”

  “It did. But I think even if I weren’t pregnant, my body would like how you fuck me.”

  Paige chuckled. “Thank you. Is there a but coming?”

  “No buts. I just thought you should know. Well. Also…I had to get tested for STDs before I got pregnant and I was negative for everything.”

  “I’m negative too.” Paige realized she should have volunteered that info earlier and wondered if maybe some of Seren’s apprehension came from that. “I got tested a few months after my ex and I broke up and haven’t been with anyone since.”

  “You were waiting to find me.” She batted her eyelashes as if to make sure that Paige knew she was mostly joking.

  “I was.” Paige smiled. “And you might as well know I think you’re way sexier than anyone I’ve ever been with.”

  “Thank you for telling me that. I didn’t need to know, but I like knowing it anyway. Should I ask how many I was up against in this little competition?”

  “Do you want to know?”

  Seren hesitated, then shook her head. “I’m thinking it’s more than three. That’s how many people I’ve been with. And I’ve never had a fling before—not that this is exactly a fling, but—”