“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I will be. I’m sure you know what it’s like for your life not to go to plan. First, there’s college, and you’re supposed to have so much fun.”
“You didn’t have fun?” he asked.
“I did. In the beginning, but it started to affect my studies so the parties came to a complete stop with me. I didn’t even get to the part of enjoying crazy sex.” She burst out laughing. “I’m probably one of the few women to leave college still a virgin.” She emitted a large laugh, even though she didn’t find it funny. Then reality dawned on her. “Oh, boy. That was an overshare.”
“You’re still a virgin?”
“I better go.”
“You don’t have to, Ann.”
She turned to look at him. His dark eyes, their intensity trapped her into place, keeping her from running, moving, doing anything.
He had her, all of her.
“Yeah, I’m a virgin. I better go.” She got up, finding one of the trash bins to put the empty beer bottle in. She went to the door and he was close by. So close.
This was wrong.
She went to open the door but he slammed his palm against it, stopping her from leaving.
“Do you want to remain a virgin?” he asked.
She closed her eyes, counted to five, and turned to look at him. He captivated her like no man or boy ever had.
“No.” She licked her lips. “I’m not propositioning you.”
“I know. I’m propositioning you,” he said.
This couldn’t be happening, but he stepped closer. The small distance they had ceased to exist. He pressed his body against hers, and she had to tilt her head back to look at him. He was taller, bigger, and heat flooded her body. The touch of his body sent hers even higher.
“What do you want?” she asked.
“How about you start by telling me what it is you want from me?”
“I don’t … know. I’ve never done this before.”
“Well, Ann, I can tell you that I want to fuck you. I want to pop your cherry and show you how good it can be between a man and woman. I’m good. I’ll have you screaming my name and aching for my dick.”
“Wow,” she said.
“What I don’t want is you thinking this could be any more than that. I’ll fuck you and you’ll fuck me. Katie will never know. I don’t want any other woman, just you in my bed, at my beck and call.”
“No other commitments?”
“If that’s a problem, we’ll stop talking, pretend this never happened, and go about our lives.”
“And if I want it to happen? If I don’t have a problem with this being some fun?” she asked.
“Then next Friday. Katie’s back at my parents’. I’ll have the house alone, and you’ll come to me. I will expect you completely naked and wet. I’ll make it good for you. I won’t hurt you.”
He stepped back and opened the door for her.
She didn’t stop as she walked next door to her house. Eli walked with her.
He stepped into her house and suddenly, even with the door open, he had her pressed up against the nearest wall. His hands grabbed her, holding her in place as he ravished her mouth in a searing kiss.
Her nipples hardened, and her pussy went slick. She didn’t want him to stop, but within the next second, he was gone, leaving her standing there, amazed, a little shaken as he closed the door behind him, going back to his own home.
What the hell just happened?
She flicked the locks into place and checked the doors and windows before going to her room.
There on her unmade bed were all her notes, calculations, and life going down the toilet staring back up at her. She wouldn’t admit defeat yet. There was still time.
Bringing her fingers to her lips, she touched them, feeling how swollen they were from his kiss.
He was a damn good kisser, and she didn’t have a doubt he knew it too.
He could kiss better than anyone.
She didn’t say she hadn’t been kissed, but in her experience, it had been sloppy and horrible. Nothing like what she just experienced.
Shaking the thoughts from her head, she took a quick shower then climbed into bed and went over the sums plaguing her life.
She hated this. This wasn’t how she imagined the first few months of her life here was going to be. Checking her bank account, she saw how little she had. There was enough in there for one month’s mortgage, and then she would struggle unless she got another job.
After grabbing her laptop, she began to look for any upcoming jobs or places she still hadn’t checked. The library post had been filled already, as had the receptionist job at the dentist. The thought of working at the dentist didn’t exactly fill her with joy, though.
The accounting firm wasn’t hiring at the moment, but she made a note to send them a copy of her résumé. She was good at what she did and was a hard worker.
She’d gotten jobs through college by just sending in a résumé.
With a new plan for the next few days, she closed down her laptop, lay down, and stared across the room.
She was lonely.
Her lips still tingled.
Eli.
Her next-door neighbor.
Was it corny to accept his offer or just plain stupid? She didn’t know and the truth was, could she keep it as no commitments? If her life became really fucked up, she had no doubt she’d be able to keep her shit to herself.
After all, if she didn’t pay her mortgage, she was as good as gone.
She thought about the curse of the houses. If what people said was true, did it mean Eli was her true love?
No. She scoffed at the idea.
It wouldn’t be possible and there was no way two houses at the bottom of a street could bring two people together. It just wouldn’t happen.
Not ever.
****
It had been a long time since he’d wanted to see his daughter go.
Eli smiled at his parents as they drove Katie away.
One week had been too damn long.
He should have taken her the night she offered herself up to him. Those plump lips, her tits, her ass. All of Ann was a temptation he wasn’t going to deny himself. His cock was already starting to thicken.
Entering his home, he closed and locked the door, wondering if she would come through the front door or the back. In the kitchen, he put the kettle on.
Alcohol was out of the question. He’d never taken a virgin, but being a gentle and tender lover wasn’t exactly rocket science.
It had been too long since he last had sex, and all week, when he was alone in his shower, he would think of Ann while touching his dick, imagining her tight heat. The feel of her wrapped around him.
The only thing he could wish for was going into her bareback. He’d never been inside a woman without a condom on, but he wasn’t going to take a chance. Even Katie’s mother had been a split condom, not because he wanted to feel her.
Whatever Ann was doing to his head, it would end tonight.
There was a knock at the door.
Finally.
He went back to his front door, checking to make sure it was her. It was.
Opening the door, he looked at her, smiling.
Her cheeks were red, and her hair was pinned up. It looked like she’d just taken a shower and she now wore a plain yellow dress. The thin straps showed him she hadn’t taken the time to put on a bra.