Page 36 of Too Delicious

The move shocks me, and I pull away, breaking the kiss.

“Are you okay? Did I do something wrong?”

“I’m not used to that…with my hair.”

Immediately, he lets go. “Better?”

I nod. “I didn’t dislike it. It’s just new. I didn’t know what to think.”

Cooper’s thumb traces along the edge of my jaw, slowly. “I won’t do that with your hair until you say it’s okay.”

The word “until” is doing a lot of heavy lifting right now.

“Does that mean this is a thing that we’re doing now? The two of us together? I’m not too…inexperienced for you?”

His brow knits together. “What do you mean inexperienced? Weren’t you engaged two years ago?”

I nod slowly. “My ex wasn’t a passionate man like you, Cooper. We never had sex outside, for starters. He never kissed me like you do.”

“Like, with tongue?”

I laugh. “I just mean he wasn’t as exciting as you.”

His traveling thumb goes to my lip. “A man who doesn’t know how to use his tongue is a sad, sad man.”

I laugh and cover my mouth.

“Sorry,” he says. “The whiskey’s gone to my head.”

“Which head?” I say and immediately cover my mouth again. I can’t believe I said that.

Cooper throws his head back and laughs out loud, deep and rich, giving me the urge to crawl into his lap.

“No one ever accused me of whiskey dick, so don’t even go there,” he says.

“I don’t normally talk like that,” I say.

“I know that, baby. I know you better than you think I do,” he says.

“I don’t know what got into me,” I say, still chuckling. “I’m sorry.”

“What else did he not know how to do?”

“What do you mean?”

“If he was a bad kisser, that’s not a good sign for other things.”

“Oh. You mean oral,” I say matter-of-factly.

“Yeah. That.”

“He never wanted to try that.”

“Oddly enough that’s how he got caught cheating. The woman he cheated on me with posted a video—nothing gross—but of the two of them in bed. I was so hurt and so weirded out that I never dated or felt like trusting another guy, not even as a friend. Until I met you.”

“So you’re telling me no guy has ever gone down on you before.”

I shake my head.