Free The Not Gate (Tom and Alice #1) by Tammy Bench Page B

felt like he was the teenager. He was more turned on than ever before, but was being as careful as he could to not push against her with his body, he really didn’t want to scare her. His brain had told him to pull away several times but the message wasn’t making it to his mouth, which was fused onto the softest, sweetest lips he had ever tasted.
    Tom had planted his hands on her head, partly to hold her in place and partly to stop them from doing what they really wanted to do, which was roam all over her quivering little body. He was sure she wasn’t aware just how much she was shaking, how much her body was responding, and it was the most intense feeling in the world knowing you have that in your hands.
    He had made his mistake though and he couldn’t take it back now, it was happening and to be honest at this point he wasn’t even thinking about it. Tom, the teacher was riding shotgun, Tom, the man had the wheel.
    Alice had looped her arms around his neck and her mouth became suddenly more insistent, her body moulded itself to his and for an instant he lost grip on the fine line of control he was fighting. He grabbed her hair and knotted it into his hand and pulled her head back, feasting on her, as the edge of the inner animal began to emerge. He slammed his lower body involuntarily towards her and she pushed back against him, a silent gasp leaving her mouth and entering his.
    That was it.
    Stop. Stop now .
    His warning and a reminder of who he was with and what was happening. He wouldn’t get another one if he didn’t end this now.
    ‘Enough,’ Tom breathed pushing her shoulders away from him a little too roughly.
    ‘No,’ she replied loudly, her eyes flashing open as she reached wildly for him, ‘Tom, please.’
    With every ounce of strength he had working to stay in control of this situation, he stroked down her arms with both hands trying to sooth her.
    ‘Alice, baby, listen to me. Look around at where we are, we don’t have any more time. We have to get back before we’re missed.’
    ‘Tom, I need you, I can’t explain,’ she struggled against his grip, ‘I need you. Did I do something wrong? Don’t stop this, please,’ she begged, tears emerging from her eyes.
    Did she do something wrong?!
    Her spirit and her innocent green eyes bewildered and humbled him. He wanted to get down on his knees and worship her for even letting him touch her. Asking him to carry on was the most beautiful song he had ever heard, but he couldn’t. For all the reasons he found her irresistible they were the same reasons that scared the shit out of him.
    ‘You’ve done nothing wrong. You’re amazing, you don’t know how fucking amazing Alice. I know how you feel… just breathe,’ he looked at her trying to stay calm, ‘we have to stop. We can’t carry on. I can’t control myself around you at the moment,’ he coaxed in hushed tones.
    She looked at him with such a raw emotion he had never experienced, he had to look away.
    ‘I don’t want your control, damn it,’ she cursed, clearly angry now.
    ‘Alice, you asked for a kiss, one kiss,’ he reminded her softly. Yet he knew full well he would want more. So much more.
    ‘It’s not enough. How can it make me feel like this? I feel so desperate for you,’ she searched his eyes for comfort, understanding.
    ‘It’s arousal and I feel it too, believe me. Your body is telling you what it wants, not what is right for it. Tomorrow you’ll thank me for stopping, when you’re thinking clearly,’ he kissed her forehead again.
    ‘Tomorrow I’ll want to sleep with you more than ever,’ she replied, her eyes never leaving his.
    Tom’s mouth all but fell open
    Sleep with her?
    The sudden bluntness shook him and hardened his erection further. In her frank openness shone a beacon of her youth. A woman his age would never allow a man to see how much she was affected by him, always playing by a strict set of relationship rules, an emotional tug of war. But here was