Secrets of the World's Worst Matchmaker (The Baileys Book 7), стр. 27
“I think I’m ready. Are you ready?” I say.
He nods and we both strip ourselves. I lie on the blanket, the moonlight falling over his body allowing me to see his shaking hands sliding the condom down his length. I’ve never seen a penis besides my brothers’ and that was obviously way different than this. For a moment, I second-guess that this is what we should do.
But then Colton’s body weight presses down on me and it feels right, and his knees widen my legs farther. The tip of his penis pushes at my opening.
“I’m going to take this slow, okay?”
I nod. He pushes in slightly, I wince, and he withdraws. “Maybe this is a bad idea. I don’t want to hurt you.”
My hands grip his shoulders. “No, please. I’m good.” I kiss the hollow of his neck, which relaxes him.
His head falls into my neck again and I hold his body on top of mine as I close my eyes, breathing heavily through the pain.
“Shit, Juno. I’m not sure.”
“Fast. Just do it fast, Colt.” My hands grip his shoulders.
He sighs in my ear and pulls back his hips. “I love you, Juno.”
Those four words shift my attention from the pain. It isn’t until he’s already completely inside me and the pain hits and subsides slightly that I’m back in the moment.
I’m sure he meant he loves me as a friend, and I love him too.
He moves inside me, the two of us awkwardly trying to get into a rhythm that just doesn’t seem to come.
“I’m sorry. Can you stop moving for a second.” Colton laughs and thrusts inside me, but he’s being gentle because he’s worried that he’s going to hurt me.
For a moment, we’re on the same page and his thrusts and his breathing increase. I love hearing how much he’s enjoying this.
“I can’t go much longer,” he says like a warning.
My mind is in so many places, I’m positive I’m not going to orgasm. I heard most girls don’t their first time anyway.
“Go ahead, Colt,” I say.
“Not until you,” he pants.
“Don’t worry about it.”
My name comes out of his mouth right before he stills inside me. “I’m sorry.”
I run my hands through his hair and stare at his face only millimeters from mine. I take my last opportunity to kiss him, and his body falls on me as his tongue explores my mouth.
We lie on that blanket for the entire night. We don’t have sex again, but we do kiss, and when dawn arrives, Colton leaves for college.
Colton was right to worry. That night changed us forever.
Fourteen
Colton
I knock on Brigette’s apartment door. The playlist I made her of my favorite songs is playing inside.
She opens the door. Her hair is pulled into a high bun, and she’s dressed in yoga pants and a short T-shirt that shows her stomach.
“Colton? What are you doing here?” She’s surprised to find me here because I never called.
It’s about time we talk everything out. She’s been dodging me, and the fact she doesn’t kiss me on the cheek says I was right that she’s worried.
“Can I come in?”
She steps out of the doorway and grabs her phone from the waist of her yoga pants, turning off the music coming through the speaker. Coming here always feels weird because the setup is the same as Brooklyn’s apartment was when she lived in this complex.
“I’m just cleaning so after the wedding, we can move it all out and I can get my security deposit back.” She goes to the fridge. “Drink?”
“No. I’m good.” I sit on her couch.
Her furniture is sparse because she doesn’t have a ton of money. She’s still working under Dr. Murphy and me because she’s recently graduated. Still, there’s enough room for her next to me. However, she grabs a sparkling water and sits on the floor across from me, crossing her legs and sipping her drink. I guess this is how it’s going to be.
“I should have told you about Juno.”
“That you love her, you mean?” she asks, eyebrows raised.
“No. I mean, I love her, yeah. She’s my best friend.” Which is all true. All these feelings coming to the surface have to be because of Juno trying to kiss me the night of the triple baby shower. That my subconscious is saying, “You finally have a chance at her, take it.”
“Is that all?” she asks.
I look at the carpeted floor, thinking about Brooklyn’s wedding and how she ended up finding Wyatt right after she was left at the altar. How happy they are now with their new baby.
“You’re going to have to trust me on the Juno thing, okay? We’ve been friends a long time and I think me getting married is just changing things. It’s weird for both of us.” I’m being as honest as I can, but Brigette’s slight scowl suggests she wants to dig more.
Our past is our past, in all truth. I don’t go prying into hers, so she shouldn’t pry into mine. What difference does it make?
“I have something I really need to talk to you about,” I say. “Dr. Murphy is going to call you into his office after the wedding.”
She sits up straighter, wrapping her arms around her legs. “Dr. Murphy? Why?”
“I mentioned to you how I want to eventually take over the practice once he retires? I want to buy him out and make Four Paws my own. He was on board before, but now he feels me marrying you changes things. I need you to reassure him it won’t.”
“Okay. What is he going to ask me?”
“He’s going to ask you if you see your life here in Lake Starlight.”
Her head falls back, and she winds it around as if her neck hurts. “I thought I’d be okay with that, but now with the Juno thing, it feels weird.”
“You have nothing to worry about.”
I know she hears the aggravation in my tone because