** Harper **
Those novels told the truth — it felt different like this indeed, with nothing separating the warmth sizzling between their bodies. As soon as he was in, Harper felt the molten heat instantly filling every inch inside of her, and the brand new sensation made her lift her hips in pure reflex, trying to accommodate him better and bring their connection deeper.
She was wondering if everything felt just as sublime on his side … when a shudder rippled palpably through Eli's body, and his hand gripped her hip, stopping her from changing her angle.
"W-Wait," he let out a half enraptured, half anguished groan. "Don't move. Give me— Give me just a moment …"
There was a strange shift of tension in his muscles, as if certain parts of him were getting almost nervously tense, while some certain other parts were going unusually lax.