“You’rehotter than a firecracker and a little dirty, too.” I bite down on a smile.
“You’re the dirty one because you liked it.”
“I did like it.” I spin into his damp chest. “I like anything you’re willing to give me, Ace.”
Our eyes lock, and the world stills for a moment.
“One day I’m going to give you everything.” He presses a sad kiss to my lips and doesn’t move.
“I thought you’ve already given me everything.” I reach down and rake my fingers over his soft curls. A part of me wants to hear him offer me the one thing that I long for.
“Not everything.” He collapses his arms around me again. “There’s only one thing left to give.” He doesn’t say anything else just starts to fall asleep with his head tucked against my shoulder.
I hope to God the next thing he wants to give me is his heart.
He already has mine.
Ace
The days and nights blur into one beautiful oblivion as Reese and I eventually lose track of them. We’ve dwindled down the food supply I lugged up here by the fourth day, and, after that, I’ve made frequent trips to the vending machine.
“I’ve got another Snicker’s bar to my name, but, after that, I think we should declare a carbohydrate ceasefire and spearfish in the stream,” I tease as she gets back in the tent with her hair slicked from the shower. Reese smells like paradise, vanilla and spring flowers. I probably smell like a sack of shit because instead of heading to the showers I opted to take a quick nap.
“The Snicker’s is perfect.” She lies down, using my stomach as a pillow “It’s Tuesday by the way,” she says it dejected. “For the second time.”
“Shit.” I get up on my elbows to get a better look at her. “That means we’ve been gone eleven days.”
“Best damn honeymoon ever.” Her hand wiggles between my legs like a fish.
“I couldn’t agree more.” I pull her up next to me. “Do you think your dad has a bounty out on me yet?”
“Maybe.” She leans in and bites down over my lip. “But I don’t want to go home. I’d rather be here, doing this with you.” She grabs ahold of my dick and rubs the tip with her thumb. “Nothing back home compares to this.”
“I agree.” I pull my lips across her cheek in one slow line. “I really do, but I’d better get you back to the castle before the king has my balls on a spit.”
“There’s no hurry, Kennedy is covering for me.”
“I promise you, Kennedy is not that good a liar.”
“Crap.” Her eyes widen a moment. “You’re right.”
She tries to sit up, but I reel her in by the waist. “Where you off to so quick?” I hold back the grin waiting to erupt and graze my fingers over her chest before taking off her T-shirt. “I think we should at least give this place a proper goodbye.”
Her hair spills over her chest like a waterfall at midnight, and her nipples peer out like twin pink pearls.
“Where are my manners?” She lies back and slips off her shorts in one svelte move.
“Who says you’ll be lying down?” I pull her up until she’s seated over my hips. I pull on a rubber in record time, and she laughs as I graze up behind her. “Get up here, girl.” Reese rises before sinking over my cock—purposefully slow—watching me with those glowing eyes as I penetrate her, inch by inch. My head knocks back, and a groan rips from me. “Just like that.” I take in a quick breath as her knees lock tight around me. “I’m going to rock your world, literally.”
Reese pulls me in by the back of the neck and drowns me with sugared kisses. Her tongue lashes mine as we rock back and forth, her body falling softly over me in rhythm. Reese and I linger, we hold each other and make it last, before picking up our tempo again. It’s been hardly two short weeks and already we know the nuances of each other’s bodies, the ways to touch, to tease, to bring each other to life in our own unique ways.
I reach down to make sure she’s with me, right where she needs to be before I release inside her. Reese arches her head back, and I bow into her with a kiss over her chest. It takes all my strength not to say I love you—because damn it all to hell, I do love Reese.
After a long while of holding one another, getting lost in the rhythm of our breathing, of our hearts, we pack up and fill the trunk of the Cougar with all the crap I managed to lug up here. Unfortunately, my bruised ego caused Reese to miss the ride and now she has to drive back in her own car.
“Ace.” She gives a hard sniff in my arms, and I pull back to find tears streaming down her face.
“What’s going on?” I brush her tears away with my thumb and tighten my grip around her.
