Into the Night
It was nothing like she had imagined.
It's not as rough as she had imagined.
Not that she'd ever admit to imagining anything about Paul. Not out loud, anyway. Bella has thought about it, though, and in her head he always approaches sex the same way he does everything else — hard and unrelenting.
So she wasn't prepared for this.
She wasn't ready for the gentleness unlike any she has ever experienced. And she wasn't expecting to feel herself melt with each caress. But what catches Bella off guard the most is Paul's whispered confession. The almost silent 'I love you' that she was never supposed to hear.