“I guess you weren’t expecting a real first time, huh?”
He chuckled. “No. I wasn’t. But I’m glad it happened this way.”
I smiled against his chest. “It was special for me too. I was afraid that it was always going to be like that night.”
“It won’t be with us. I won’t hurt you or put my hands on you except to touch you and make love to you.”
This must be what it felt like to feel cherished. Loved. It was what I saw with the couple in the parking lot. It was the soft looks my mom passed my father when they thought no one was looking. And this beautiful man was offering it to me.
“Trenton,” I began.
“Yes?”
“I l-” I caught myself before I let the rest of the phrase slip out. God knows I couldn’t say that to him! Not yet. The feelings were too new and I wanted to take some time to explor
