stripper named Becky who loved nothing more than threesomes â or moresomes â with her best friend, so itâs safe to say he was on the verge of wild even up to the moment he kissed Katie for the first time.
But he did kiss her and the feeling in his gut when he did it â well, there are some things a man canât explain, but letâs just say that in one moment he understood where romance novelscame from. The question of why she had been on his mind for weeks was suddenly answered.
She was the one. He could fucking
feel
it.
David had lived in his own personal heaven of Katie for over a year and he had started to see things in terms of diamond rings and decades. So there was no way in hell he was going to tell her about that stripper and her best friend and the way they liked to compete to see who could make him come first.
He wasnât about to tell her about the time he fucked four women either, one after the other, and then went to work and fucked another one. Five women? There might have been six. He would never remember their names, except for one because she was named Crystal Gayle, just like that country singer, but this Crystal was more into punk rock and had pink hair.
David hadnât exactly been picky. He wasnât looking at hundreds of women, he was looking at thousands, and he had probably stopped counting at triple digits anyway.
Katie did not need to know this.
She wasnât exactly an innocent but she certainly wasnât a slut. She could count her past lovers on two hands. And David didnât want her to count them, thank you very much. She had sparked a possessive streak he hadnât known he had. Many nights he had tossed and turned while he tried to get images of those other men out of his head. When he gave it enough thought, he rolled his eyes at his double standards.
âWell?â she asked. She was going to press the issue.
David was lying on their bed, her head on his chest, one of his arms around her and the other across his eyes. Her body was warm against his. Her breasts were so soft, obviously very real and very large to boot. He loved the way it felt when she snuggled up against him.
âBaby, we donât need to talk about that,â David said, stalling.
âI want to talk about it. I know youâve been with a lot so I wonât be surprised. How many?â
He was quiet for a long while. âMore than I should have had.â
Her breath was light across his chest. He hoped she would drift off to sleep but, of course, that would be too easy. âYou arenât going to tell me.â It wasnât a question, just a statement of fact tinged with a bit of sadness.
âI donât want to hurt you.â
She nodded against his chest. Her eyelashes flickered against his skin. Her breathing had changed, become more careful. She was guarded. Her body might be just as supple against his as it had been five minutes before, but in every other way she was drawing away from him.
âI will tell you,â David finally said. âBut please be sure you want to know, Katie. Youâre going to see me differently. I donât want to mess up what we have.â
She didnât move. âHave you been faithful to me?â
âOf course I have,â he said, and wondered why she would ask such a thing.
âI trust you,â she said, reading his mind. âI know you have. I was trying to make a point. What happened before me doesnât have much to do with us now, does it? Except maybe that thing you do with your hand. I like that thing you do and Iâm glad you learned it.â
She buried her face in his neck, suddenly shy. He could feel the heat from her blush. David smiled, despite the fact that he was scared half to death.
âAsking a person how many people they have been with is always a bad idea,â he said. âSomeone always gets shocked. Or hurt. Or furious.â
Katie sat up in the bed.