Reese tries to catch her breath as she hitches her thumbs into her waistband.
If barking out commands all night drives her wild, then that’s what I plan on doing. But when it comes right down to it, I want to fall on my knees and worship at her perfect feet, make love to her for seven days straight as a token of my undying affection. But that’s not what this summer is about. That’s not what it may ever be about.
When we were kids, Reese and I would play a game. She would ask me questions and each time I got the answer wrong she’d sock me in the arm. I knew every one of those damn answers and never gave the right one just so I could feel her tiny fist pummeling into me again and again. Sometimes you take the pain because that’s all you think some people will ever give you. Anything is a gift from Reese.
“Iwantyou to watch.” Reese swivels her hips like a seasoned stripper while her black lace underwear melt in a puddle at her feet. She starts kicking off her heels, and I steady my hand over the back of her thigh.
“Why don’t you leave those on?”
She lets out a breath in lieu of an answer.
“Do you like this? Me telling you what to do?” I dig my fingers into the back of her hair, and she closes her eyes and moans like a dove.
“Maybe,” it barely crests her lips before she turns her head into my hand and buries a kiss in it. “A little—morethan a little.”
“I think you’re just about ready.” I tilt her chin gently until she’s looking right at me again. “Lay down on the bed.” I walk her backward until her knees buckle, and she lies flat in the middle. I whip off my shirt. “Slide your legs back to your hips.” She lifts her knees, and I straddle myself just shy of her feet. “Open for me, Reese.” I don’t take my eyes off hers. It feels like a dare, and a part of me wonders if it is. Reese parts her knees just enough for me to glide my hand down if I wanted. “More, I want to see you.”
The back of her head digs into the pillow as she arches her body. Reese is already lost in the pleasure of it all, and I haven’t even touched her yet.
I smooth my hands over her thighs, carefully pushing her apart at the knees until I have a bird’s eye view, and my heart jackhammers into my throat.
Fuck.
“You’re perfect, Reese, you know that?” I touch my fingers lightly over that tender part of her, and she bucks forward, her eyes squeeze tight as if she were already there.
“Hold on.” I pull her legs down gently and glide over her smooth body until our lips are less than a breath away. I thought that might spring her in the right direction, but Reese is ready to shatter, and there’s so much more I want to do with her—share with her. I land my lips over hers with just a simple swipe, and Reese presses me in by the back of the neck, gliding her tongue over mine eager and greedy. My stomach cinches. My dick perks to life because, holy hell, Reese Westfield is gorging on me with her hungry kisses, and I couldn’t have asked for anything better. I float a kiss to her ear. “You’re going to come for me tonight.”
She gives a hard groan while raking her fingers through my hair.
“And, after that, I’m going to take you home.” I press a kiss into her ear, and she shudders beneath me.
“What if I don’t want to go home?” She grazes her teeth over my ear, and I pull her in tight and hold her like that. “What if I want to make you come?”
My chest rumbles with a dull laugh. There is nothing I’d like more. “Tonight is all about you. How about next time I show you how to get me there?”
She lets out a heated breath, and her chest quivers under mine.
“How does that sound?” I plant a kiss just shy of her ear without thinking twice. I don’t know how she expects me to mechanically love her as if this were some routine, some meaningless one-night stand. If she’s here, in bed with me, my natural inclination is to shower her with kisses, to love every inch of her with my mouth and hope she’ll return the favor.
She buries a nod into my neck.
“But right now I’m going to map out your body with my tongue.” I take a playful bite out of her earlobe, and she lets out a small cry that wrenches my gut. There’s no way in hell I’m going to be able to hold out tonight. I’ll deserve a trophy if I manage to walk her to the door, let alone drive her anywhere.
I lean up and take her in as the candlelight illuminates over her perfect features, her dark hair sprays out around her like a black wreath.
“God, you’re beautiful, Reese.” I steal a kiss off her lips and trail my mouth down her neck. “Open for me just like before.”
Reese glides her knees up and nestles them on my back.
“I’m going to kiss you in places you’ve probably dreamed about being kissed.” I sink a little lower and scoop her breast in one hand. “I’m going to put my lips over you right here.” I rub my thumb over her nipple and watch as she swallows hard in anticipation. My lips part as I land my mouth right where it’s wanted to be for so long. I let out a dull groan as I bury as much of her soft flesh in my mouth as I can handle.
“Ace.” She moves beneath me with a sigh, and my dick hardens to granite.
My tongue finds a home over her, and I roll her nipple around in my mouth for a good long while. This is heaven. Reese and me together at last, and, yet, in a way, we’re not together at all, not where it counts. I’m just someone filling in the blanks for her, showing her a good time for a few short weeks.
My lips glide down her velvet smooth body as I trail lower, past her hips, to the inside of her creamy thighs.
“Get on your elbows,” I whisper into her. “I’d hate for you to miss anything.” My lips twitch just this side of a smile as she props herself up.
