Chapter 19. Hold Onto Me, Sweetie

“Don’t be scared of me. I plan on delivering on my promise to take care of you. In every way.” His hand glided up my thighs.

“I’m not afraid,” I said, but if I were honest, I would tell him that I was a little scared and embarrassed by how I would perform.

The closest I had come to having sex was during the year-end party when I was seventeen. My then-boyfriend Josh had made a fanfare of it by renting a hotel room. Sadly, his ‘friends’ disturbed our moment and by the time the night ended, he was snoring on the bed, black-out drunk, and my virginity was still very much intact.

I ended our relationship two days later.

I had no doubt that Nicholas was a man of his word. What he wanted, he would never allow anything to hinder it. I was ready to take him.

I questioned whether he could hear my heart racing when he grinned at me. He pulled my shirt over my head before tossing it next to my poor skirt. He hovered over me, his greedy eyes sweeping over my body a