Only a couple of minutes after entering me, Nico’s body broke out in a sheen of sweat and flexed tightly as he sucked in a breath and moaned his release. He took several ragged breaths as he recovered, then buried his face in my neck. “I promise it’ll be better next time,” he muttered against the skin of my neck. I giggled, enjoying the feel of his weight over me. “What makes you think there was anything wrong with that?” He lifted his head and gazed warmly at me in the dark room. “Trust me, it gets a whole lot better. I’m going to teach you, and I look forward to every one of our lessons.” He grinned deviously, then pulled my back flush against his chest, which was a huge relief. His words had triggered a flood of emotion as I began to grasp the implications of what we’d done. He thought

