Chapter 8
“You think I’m incredible?” Alex couldn’t help asking. She immediately regretted it. She sounded breathless and young. She wasn’t used to feeling like one of the teenagers she taught.
“Uh, yeah, I guess so.” He led her over to the nearest bench in the shade and sat.
“What are we doing, exactly? I mean, you said you don’t want a relationship, but there’s something between us.”
He sighed and scrubbed his hand over his beard. “I don’t know, Alex. I’ve always been walking this straight line, and it’s a very boring line. I want to do something different, something out of my comfort zone. I hate being boring.”
She snorted. “You’re not boring.”
“You just proved my point. I’ve acted completely out of the norm.”
“Which brings me back to my original question. We haven’t made an effort to get together with the purpose of getting to know each other.” She looked off at the trees surrounding the path. There was sunlight struggling to break through the canopy of leaves. If he didn’t want to have a relationship because he was trying something new, where did that leave her?
“No, I guess we haven’t.”
Neither of them said anything for a few minutes, but Alex was incredibly aware of the heat that radiated out from his body. His hand was warm in hers, and she wondered if he realized he hadn’t let go. There was no denying that he turned her on just by being in her personal space. He wasn’t trying to be sexy, and that was probably why she found him so hard to forget about.
“Grant—”
“Alex—”
They stopped. Alex cleared her throat. “I don’t know if I should tell you how I really feel if it’ll just make you run.”
“I don’t want to run.” He paused and took a deep breath. “I guess I don’t know what I want.”
“What would you normally do? If you weren’t trying out this new version of yourself?”
“I’d wait until we’d been on several dates before we even discussed having sex. Believe me, Alex, you blew me out of the water when you came into my life.”
She giggled at his reference to being blown. “It was out of my comfort zone, too. I feel like we’re fighting to be something we’re not. It shouldn’t be this hard.”
He shifted. “But it is hard, Alex.”
She thought she caught a hint of an innuendo in his response. “Is it?”
He couldn’t take it anymore. He picked up the hand he was holding and rested it on his upper thigh. She took the not-so-subtle hint and ran her hand higher. His breathing hitched and he stared straight ahead at the trees. It was wrong of him, but he wanted her so much. He wanted new and exciting and different.
Alex ran her hand higher, running her fingers over the zipper of his jeans. He shifted his legs, giving her easier access. He groaned and lifted his hips, but he wanted more contact. He wanted direct contact.
“Alex, we’re the only ones here.”
“I’ve never been an exhibitionist before. It’s just you that brings this out in me.”
Taking a deep breath, Alex stood and straddled Grant’s lap. His hands went to her hips and she knew this was the reason she wore a dress. She couldn’t even pretend anymore. He twisted her up inside and sent her libido into overdrive. When Grant moved his hands to her ass and slipped them under her panties, she wished she’d been brave enough to wear a thong or go without. She didn’t worry about it for long since he was kneading her ass cheeks and didn’t seem to mind what she was wearing. She thrust her pelvis forward until she came in contact with the steel length of his cock trapped in his jeans.
“That won’t do,” she murmured. She made quick work of unfastening his pants until she could pull his dick free of its confines and stroke it. He made guttural sounds that sent her further over the edge and she didn’t hesitate to make adjustments to her clothing so that she could sink down on his hardness. They were face to face, chest to chest, and Alex claimed his mouth as she rode him. He couldn’t seem to be still, roaming his hands over her back and up and down her bare legs as he lifted his hips to meet her movements.
Alex wanted to scream his name when he found her nipples through her dress. He sucked them into his mouth and nibbled, and she wouldn’t have been surprised if she’d come from that contact alone. She moved faster, her body’s reaction to his, spurring her on. It felt as though he grew harder inside her and she squeezed him with her inner muscles in pleasure and need. She was on the edge, she could feel the horizon of her orgasm, but it wasn’t quite there yet. Grant kissed all over her throat and behind her ear and that worked to push her higher.
“Oh, Grant, yes, I’m coming! Oh fuck!”
Her words were lost in his deep groans of satisfaction as he came so hard he clutched her to him without realizing it. She wondered if she would have bruises on her thighs and ass the next day. Sated, she dropped her head to his shoulder and worked to even out her breathing.
“That was indescribable.”
Alex giggled. She, too, felt as if she had no words for what just happened. “Mmm.”
