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so we didn’t even have to go to his office. He told us we didn’t have to change a thing about our image. So, thank you for that.” He kissed my nose. “Then he gave us a fat pile of papers with addresses we’ll need, contact numbers, and a bunch of stuff we needed to have filled out for our next meeting then he left. The guys decided to do a little exploring.”
    “And you decided to explore a little, too?” I bit my bottom lip and held my breath. Please, say yes. Please, say yes.
    “Somethin’ like that.” He licked his lips and moved toward me so slowly I thought he’d never actually reach me. It was like someone lit fireworks between my legs, just that quickly. My body ached to know what he felt like. Holy shit. I wasn’t sure I’d ever been so turned on and he hadn’t even touched me.
    Calon slid the top half of his body onto mine. My chest heaved for breath and not because he was heavy. He had this way of looking at me that made me feel bare, like he was already partially experiencing what I hoped we’d soon be doing. The throbbing in my panties was unbelievable. I felt like my entire body was pulsing with each pump of my heart.
    “Becki, I’ve never been so captivated by someone in my life. I can’t explain what you do to me.” He brushed some hair off my cheek and placed his hands on either side of my head.
    “Well, the feeling is mutual. And I can’t seem to find the words for it, either.” I slowly moved my hands up his body and across the shirt that stretched across his back. He shivered and dropped his head to my shoulder.
    “My emotions are hitting me all at once, from all sides. I’m trying to control myself, but it’s getting harder and harder, Becks.”
    “Don’t control yourself on my account,” I said in a sexy way, but the truth was, I wasn’t sure I was ready. I’d always been ready for sex, but something was different with Calon. It wouldn’t be ‘sex’ with him. It would be something deep and overwhelmingly spiritual. Something I’d never known sex to be.
    Calon laughed and moved the rest of his body onto mine. I spread my legs apart, and he settled between them. I was commando in thin pajama pants and a cami, he was fully dressed including a tight t-shirt, jeans, and his big black boots.
    “Becks, look. I don’t want to control myself. It’s just this thing we’re doing has moved so slowly, and it’s been so comfortable and easy while at the same time, intense and incredibly passionate—sublime, even. I’m scared out of my mind to move too fast and ruin it. Does that make sense?”
    “It does. Can I ask you something?” I couldn’t believe what I was about to say.
    “Anything. Always.”
    I took a slow deep breath. “Calon, are you sure I’m not just the girl that’ll help you get over Gracie and Chloe?
    “Becki.” He put his hands on either side of my face and kissed my lips. “You aren’t ‘just’ anything. Look, yes, it took me a long time to deal with Chloe’s death, and I believe my teenage heart was in love with her. And with Gracie, I was holding onto something I thought I felt for so long that she became this untouchable entity. So, then when I ran into her at the beginning of the summer, it all came back; our kiss, the sadness I was feeling for Chloe. But, what’s here…” he patted his chest, “what’s here is bigger than anything I’ve ever felt. And it’s clear to me now that finding Gracie was proof there is something bigger than me orchestrating my steps so you would cross my path.” He kissed me on the mouth very gently; it left me feeling satiated and cheated all at the same time.
    “Wow.” I blinked a couple times, surprised by the moistness in my eyes. I wasn’t a crier.
    “Yeah. Now, can I ask you something?” I knew what he was going to ask, and I wasn’t sure I could communicate it as perfectly as he just had. He spoke the same way he wrote lyrics, simply but tangled and deep at the same time.
    “Of course.” I