To be gifted with such pleasure that I’d only ever read about or written about but never experienced. Life changing.
The way he looked at me, touched me, and he brought me a freaking oven on a Saturday night. And then a tiny bit of doubt hit. But did it mean he felt the same? More importantly, did I have the guts to ask?
CHAPTER SEVEN
AUSTIN
My first thought as I woke with Stassi snuggled up tight next to me with an arm flung over my chest, and a shapely leg draped over mine was that I didn’t feel the usual panic. It was contentment mixed with the need to take her again, even though we’d spent the night reaching for each other until we fell into an exhausted sleep.
She was positioned perfectly, the heat from her pussy a beacon for my fingers. Her silky folds were so damn irresistible. This is the moment I should execute an escape. I’d done it a dozen times over the years. Not that I was proud of it, it just was. But my heart knew I’d never do that to Stassi.
My fingers twitched to touch her, and yet doubts that I could pull off any kind of long-term relationship crept in and settled, front and center in my mind.
“I can feel you thinking.” Stassi removed her leg, and the opportunity to touch her was taken away. Then she leaned on her elbow, smiled sweetly, and brushed a section of hair away from her eyes.
And damn.Her lips were still swollen from our early morning romp, a reminder of how her pretty mouth had sucked me near dry until I could no longer take it, driving my cock over and over until she cried out my name for what felt like the thousandth time. I want this connection so damn much, and yet my heart was in my throat. The words needed to convince her to give me, give us, a real shot were all jumbled.
“Yeah. One of my bad habits.”
“Oh? And just how many are there?”
“Not sure there’s enough time, and besides, my intention since we met hasn’t been to scare you off.” I grinned. “In case you hadn’t noticed, that is.”
Her right hand snaked under the covers, and she palmed my morning erection, stroking, teasing. “Oh, I’ve noticed.” Her lusty sigh nearly did me in. But we had to talk. Okay, I had to talk and fast before I lost my nerve.
“What if I told you I have two good qualities for every bad habit? Would that change your mind about keeping this thing between us just casual, or what if…?” I couldn’t finish the thought as she pouted her full lips and tilted her chin, pretending to be deep in thought.
Shit, I had to get a handle on my nerves. I held my breath, closed my eyes and counted to ten before I released the air burning my lungs slowly through my nose, then opened my eyes. Her gaze, full of concern, filled my vision and gave me a hit of hope I desperately needed to finish asking her if she believed in love at first sight.
“What if I told you that this wasn’t casual? Not to me.” Her question caught me off guard, and hope bloomed into triumph.
“I’d say that sounds like a commitment to me. Which I have to come clean, Stassi. I grew up in a house where honesty, trust, and yeah, love, were in short supply. I had messed up role models when it came to relationships, but with you, somethingblasted through me the moment I saw you. You can call it attraction or plain old lust because let’s be honest, you're hot and I’m a guy. But I think it was more soul-deep than chemical. A part of me, the part that’s been dormant for so damn long, woke up and took notice. And thank fuck it did, because now I can’t imagine myself being with anyone but you.”
Whoa. Feeling out of breath because that was the longest speech of my life, I wiped Stassi’s tears and plowed forward. “My heart is yours for the taking, Stassi. God, I hope those are happy tears because if you’re thinking up ways to let me down easy, I still have a few moves up my sleeve to convince you…” Trailing my fingers down her cheek dropping to her shoulder and down her arm then to between her breasts. I cup her flesh and flick my thumb over a rock-hard nipple. Her breathy moans music to my ears, pumping even more blood to my cock.
“Aus…tin,” she gasped. I covered her body with mine, pressing against her clit, then thrust into her as her sexy panting filled the room.
“Baby, you want more?” I growled, then nipped her earlobe, earning another squeal of pleasure. “God, I love how responsive you are to me.”
“I thought I talked too much, but you’re giving me a run for that title.” She giggled. Her fingers wrapped around the base of my cock. “And I’m not going to question the why or the how of us, because I feel the same. And I can’t wait to work this into a future story and see where the future takes us.” Stassi pumped her hand slowly, teasing out a low growl from deep in my chest, silencing any further coherent thought or words.
On a strangled curse, I huffed out a short laugh and covered her hand with mine. “Wait, would that give me co-author status?” Not sure how I felt about her using our sex life in one of her books, but that could be a discussion for another time.
“Oh, I don’t know about that. But wouldn’t it be fun to practice any new ideas I come up with?”
Damn, she was perfect. And I was going to spend the rest of my life proving it to her.
EPILOGUE
FOUR MONTHS LATER
AUSTIN
We invited all our friends and family to a backyard barbecue. New house. She sold hers. I sold mine, and we went all in and bought this one together. The midsummer night was perfect for the other announcement we were planning. Although knowing Stassi, I wouldn’t be surprised if she already let it slip to her besties.
She’d kept her engagement ring in her skirt pocket, but she’d been beaming all night. Everyone thought they were here just for a housewarming party. I couldn’t wait to see Rex's, Paxton’s, Hunter’s, and yeah, even the stoic Vince’s face when I delivered the news. That this confirmed forever bachelor was all in with Stassi Sheridan. In love, in lust, and all in everything she did.
Even though she was all in with testing out those new moves for her last story, she assured me that if anyone asked; she'd tell them she totally used her vivid imagination for the hot as hell beach sex scene. Only part of that was made up though. The beach part.
