“Stay in the car and keep the doors locked,” I tell her as I climb out of the SUV. I click the lock on the key fob and begin to quickly assess the property. It doesn’t feel like anyone has been here. I know that sounds like bullshit, but years of doing this will teach you a thing or two. I quickly circle the small cottage. Making sure the windows are intact, checking the lock on the door.
Satisfied, I make my way back to the SUV and open Piper’s door. She is looking at me wide-eyed. I nod at her in reassurance and see that her tense shoulders lower a bit. I take her hand and she follows me to the door.
After unlocking it, Piper follows me inside. We are greeted by soft light of the lamp we left on next to the couch. Piper is already toeing off her converse and losing her socks. As soon as she frees her feet her body relaxes. I briefly look down and notice the dark purple polish on her toes.
“I’m going to take a quick shower,” Piper states quietly. I nod as she goes into the bedroom. She comes out a minute later with some clothes and heads into the bathroom. I hear the lock turn. I smirk. I wouldn’t barge in on her yet, but it is cute that she thinks that flimsy lock could keep me out.
While she is in the shower, I take off my boots at the door and hang my jacket. The clock on the wall in the kitchen tells me it is just after 11, and I know that Piper will want to go to bed. With the schedule she keeps, I don’t imagine she stays up late too often.
I make my way to her bedroom, strip off my clothes—with the exception of my boxers— and toss them onto the chair in the corner. I climb into her bed and make myself comfortable. I chuckle quietly, imagining the reaction that she is going to have when she comes in to find me in her space.
Piper needs me to show her how this is going to work, and I have no problem with that. As a matter of fact, being a man of action is kind of my thing. I’m staring at the ceiling when I hear the door to the bathroom open. It is taking her a bit to come into the bedroom- which surprises me considering it is about 8 steps from the bathroom. Finally, I hear her step into the bedroom and her sharp intake of breath is the only noise that escapes her. I wait a minute and she doesn’t disappoint.
“Ah— so— yeah, the couch is too small. It makes more sense for you to take the bed and me to take the couch,” she starts to ramble. I sit up and my eyebrow raises. I watch her go to her closet and grab a blanket. As she gets closer to the bed, I wait for the exact moment that she gets close enough.
She gets to the top of the bed to grab a pillow and my hand reaches out to take her wrist. I reach over with my other hand, grab her waist, and pull her onto the bed. I roll us so that I’m on my back, and she is mostly laying on top of me.
“Holt, what the hell,” Piper starts to say. I tighten my forearm around her waist and continue to hold her hand, so that she can’t go anywhere.
“We are both sleeping here-from now on,” I state simply. I’m looking into her hazel colored eyes— the color combination as complicated as the woman in my arms. Her pillowy lips are partially open in shock and she is silent for a minute.
“Look— I don’t think—,” she shakes her head for a minute. It is almost like she is arguing with herself internally. She begins again.
“Okay, she nods once,” trying to move off of me. I won’t let her— and her wiggling will have my dick at more than half mast if she keeps it up.
“I said, we are sleeping here—just like this,” I say firmly. I take the arm that has been holding her in place around her waist and skate my hand up her back to behind her head. Her hair is still wet from her shower and she smells like coconuts again. I lean forward and kiss her forehead. Then I guide her head towards my shoulder.
“You are so bossy,” she says. Her voice is a bit muffled. I chuckle and run my hand up and down her t-shirt covered back.
“You have no idea,” I mutter. “Let’s go to sleep,” I say, reaching over with the hand that isn’t holding her and switching off the bed side lamp.
The room is almost completely dark and I feel Piper settling in. My hand keeps rubbing up and down from her low back—almost her plump ass— to the back of her head. I repeat the motion. After a few minutes, Piper relaxes and her breathing deepens.
I grit my teeth and I try to will my erection down. I take a few deep breaths. Piper is worth the wait, and tonight is not the night.Yeah, try telling your dick that.If I wasn’t afraid I would disturb her, I would jump in the shower and try to relieve some of this pressure. It will have to wait until the morning.
Chapter 29
Piper
I wake up in Holt’s arms-this time half on top of him. Not as surprised this morning as I was the last one. I haven’t slept that hard in a long time and I oddly didn’t have any nightmares. Which is a relief. I feel Holt’s hand on my ass and freeze a bit. This seems to be one of his favorite spots. He is still asleep— or at least, I think he is. I lay still for a minute and catch myself thinking about escaping this moment again.
Do I stay like this and just enjoy the moment? Honestly, I would have argued about the sleeping arrangements more last night— but I heard Meg’s voice in my head.I did promise I would try.So, this is me trying. My only other option is to try to sneak out of bed and I know that won’t work. One move and he will be awake in a second.
Holt starts to stir. Oh well, times up. I lift my head to look at his face and see his eyes on me. The cool blue is so distracting. One second, he is examining my face and the next second his hand has cuffed the back of my neck and he is leaning towards my lips.
All of a sudden his lips are on mine— I gasp in surprise, which he uses to his advantage. His tongue expertly slides through my lips. I hear him chuckle a little. He rolls us over so he is above me. At this angle he has more leverage and he continues to kiss me. His lower half pinning me down, while one hand holds the side of my face.
He pulls back slightly, pecks my mouth and then his lips travel down by me ear. “Breathe,” he whispers, gruffly. As he nips his way down to my neck. I suck in a deep breath and shudder as his lips find this spot on my neck that causes goosebumps to break out all over my body.
The hand that was holding the side of my face, makes its way down to around my neck. He squeezes it lightly causing my core to flutter.Woah, new kink unlocked.I think to myself before quickly getting lost in his mouth again. He has worked his way back to my mouth take over my lips again.
Holt is kissing me with an urgency and fervor that matches his personality. He does nothing halfway- so why would this be any different. The hand that isn’t around my neck reaches down to grab my thigh. He lifts it up by his hip. At this angle, my center is rubbing against his long hard length.
I’m so glad that I opted to wear leggings to bed instead of the looser boxer shorts that I normally do. If I hadn’t then he would certainly feel how wet I am right now. Holt is sucking on my neck below my ear and muttering something. Most of the words are muffled but I can make out a few phrases.
“Driving me crazy, I can’t stay away,” he says in between licks and nips. I’m so turned on, I realize my hips are grinding into his. I can’t help but meet his hip thrusts. I can just feel an orgasm shimmering in the distance when my phone rings. I stop moving for a second.
“Ignore it,” Holt says before his mouth holds mine captive again. His hand is making its way under the side of my long sleeved shirt. My phone stops ringing and then his starts. He breaks away from my mouth.
