“Yeah right, lying was never something you were good at,” he laughs. “Are you coming or not?”
Eva steps close, and I pull her into my side.
“I’m on my way. Give me about thirty minutes. I’m bringing a friend, too.” I smile at Eva.
“Well, it’s about damn time you two made up. You were starting to really piss me off!” Rex says before yelling at someone in the distance about not pouring too much lighter fluid on an already blazing bonfire. “Don’t be a bastard now and blow us off all because you have your life back together.”
I look down at Eva. She is my life. The only life I will ever need, and I can’t see anything ever being able to change that ever again.
“I can hear you, Rex,” Eva says into the receiver, earning her a laugh from both of us.
“We’re on our way,” I smile, ending the call.
“What is this all about?” Eva asks.
“A little old-fashioned country party. You game, darlin’?”
Excitement fills her eyes.
“Oh boy, am I!” she exclaims. “What are we waiting for, let’s go.”
She dashes toward the cab of the truck, shoots through the driver’s side, and scoots her way over to the passenger door.
I climb in and stop her by pulling back on one of her wrists. Shaking my head, I motion for her to come back over. “I just got my arms wrapped back around you for good. There is no way in hell I’m letting you sit that far away.”
She smiles as I start the ignition and put the car in reverse. Closing the door, I wrap my arm around her as she settles into my side and then look behind us as I back out, turn the truck around, and continue down the dirt road we came in on.
She snuggles closer, and whispers, “Promise to never lose me again?”
“You’re my lifeline, Eva,” I confess. “Losing you once almost killed me. Losing you again would end me. Like I said Darlin’, you’re it for me. It’s time you start accepting it.”
Chapter Forty-Eight
Eva
We drive in silence for a while with me cocooned in Noah’s side and our hands laced together. A soft breeze blows in through the rolled down windows and my heart breaks a little as I realize I might never be happier than I am right now.
As long as I have Noah, I could never want anything more.
“Die a happy man” by Thomas Rhett plays low on the radio and I feel a rumble in Noah’s chest as he hums along. Wrapping his free arm around me a little tighter, he kisses the top of my head and I melt further into his side.
All too soon, Noah breaks our embrace as he sits up a little straighter and turns the truck down a dirt road. I watch in awe as fireflies dance in the tall grass on the sides of the road as we near our destination. Up ahead, a bright light grows larger the closer we approach.
Pulling to the side, Noah backs his truck in between a few other cars gathered around one of the biggest bonfires I have ever seen. Putting the truck in park, Noah kills the engine. Turning to me, he looks me up and down as if he is undressing me with his eyes, then whispers, “Come here.”
Loud noises come from those gathered around the fire, but at this moment, it is just Noah and me as he holds me close and stares deep into my eyes. Brushing a stray hair behind my ear, he kisses my lips softly before pulling back. “I just got you back. I’m not sure I am ready to share you just yet.”
I smile, “A few times in the back of your truck wasn’t enough?”
He grins and pulls me closer. Grabbing my hand, he kisses my palm. Slowly, he lowers it to his lap and presses down so I could feel how aroused he still is.
“Darlin’, I will never get my fill of you. Just thinking about how good you taste is enough to drive me crazy. Thinking of driving my cock inside your wet pussy. Fuck, makes me want to lose all restraint.”
Torturing him, I caress him tenderly and watch as need and desire build in his eyes.
“God, Eva. Screw this party. Let me take you home. I don’t think I can wait to have you again,” he growls as I quicken my strokes.
His mouth finds my neck, and he proceeds to kiss and suck his way down to my collarbone. His hand comes up and caresses my breasts. His strokes grow stronger as mine grow quicker. A whimper escapes my lips as his hand drops to my thigh and he begins feeling his way toward my dampen center.
