“It’s only been you.” I traced a finger down her face, ending on her collarbone and taking my time admiring her outfit. “You’re stunning.”
“I’m scared.” Her lip trembled again and I would’ve done anything in the world to protect her. “There’s so much hurt at stake.”
“I know it’s going to be hard. You drive me fucking crazy in the best way possible and I want to be there when you fall apart a little bit. You’re the missing piece. I didn’t know I needed it, but I want to be yours. Life is way too damn short to not enjoy every moment of joy we find. You’re my joy, and I think I can be yours, too.”
“God, that was good.” She sniffed and hope blossomed in my chest. She leaned into me and I held her tight against me. She fit there. “I wish I didn’t have to work the event. I thought—well, I planned to find you afterward. I have a room. Two-twenty.”
“Was that an invitation?”
“Yes.” She kissed me again, gripping each side of my jacket. “Fuck, yeah it was. I should go. Jade’s probably losing her shit.”
“Okay. I’ll walk you there, plus, you need to show me where to go.” I placed my hand on the lower part of her back and guided her out of the door. It was going to be a long night before I could have her to myself, but it would be worth it.
* * * *
One look. That was all it took. Fiona ran her fingers over her bottom lip, pausing to say something to Jade before she joined me in the archway. She took my breath away—her speech about the dangers of texting and driving, and her battle, the fact that she’d invited the entire baseball team here and given them a shout-out, her inner beauty that drew people to her and her eyes… They heated every time she looked my way. Fuck. I loved the shit out of this girl. “You ready to go, Barbie?”
“Am I ever.” She took my outreached hand, intertwining our fingers and dragging me toward the garden. “I have to help at the after-party, but I have an hour. So, use those sexy long legs for something and follow me.”
Follow her?“An hour?”
“Yes. Keep up, Gid. I need you naked as soon as possible. We’re going to my room.”
Blood slowly left my brain, traveling down to my cock. Her hips swung with each step and I would’ve followed her off a bridge if she’d asked me to. We approached an elevator, but she darted right. “Convinced the suckers to give me ground floor.”
“Thank god for small miracles.” I meant the words. My body throbbed with need for her and I couldn’t control it much longer. She fumbled with the keycard and I pressed a kiss behind her ear. She practically melted into me, and I moved my length against her. “Open the door, Fiona.”
She did. I didn’t wait for her to shut it before picking her up and shoving her into the door. I attacked her mouth with so much passion, I couldn’t see straight. Her exquisite taste drove me wild. A mixture of wine andher.She rocked against my hips, moaning my name over and over. Hearing my name from her lips got me wild. “Fuck. I need you inside me, Gideon.”
Best. Words. Ever.I threw her onto the bed, using one hand to slip off her panties. Yeah—I knew she had an event and didn’t want to totally embarrass her. “How does this dress come off?”
“No time. Here.” She hoisted the beautiful material up over her hips, exposing her freshly shaven pussy.Christ.“Mm.”
That one-syllable moan almost killed me. She defined desperate—crazy eyes, legs spread wide with evidence of her moisture pooling around her core, and slight movement of her hips. “What do you want from me, Fiona? Say it.”
“I want you inside me. Fuck me, Gid.”
I undid my pants and barely tossed them onto the dresser before I froze. “I don’t have a condom, Fiona. Shit!”
“I trust you. I’m on the pill,” she replied, her voice husky and all sorts of sexy. I slipped into her after hearing those amazing words. Pleasure unlike anything before flowed through my entire body as her tight walls stretched to fit me.
She gripped my ass, digging her nails into the flesh as I pounded into her. I wouldn’t last long, and positioned us so my fingers could reach her swollen, needy clit. “I’m wound tight. Jesus, pinch my clit.”
I obeyed, using two fingers to pinch and swirl around her lips, flicking the hardened clit and moaning right along with her when she fell apart. She did something different, too. She held my gaze with each ride of her orgasm, her blue eyes turning darker than I had ever seen. “Jesus, you’re fucking beautiful.”
“So are you,” she panted. “So are you.”
I about lost it at the tender expression on her face. I tightened my hold on her hips, tilting them so each thrust put pressure right where she craved it. She arched her back, her body clenching while I picked up the pace. My legs tightened, my spine tingling as an orgasm built. I held off as long as I could, ensuring she got another one, but it happened simultaneously. I spilled into the girl I loved while her body trembled all around me.
My ears rung, but her throaty voice pulled me back. “Amazing. You’re amazing, Gideon.”
I kissed her lips, then her cheek, then her eyes. “As are you.” I cupped her face, admiring the extra length of her eyelashes. They looked good, but I preferred Fiona just the way she was. My chest tightened, the flutters in my stomach unlike anything I’d experienced. But fuck it all to hell—I was going for it. “I love you. I’m ridiculously, annoyingly in love with you. All of you.”
She blinked, her blue eyes lightening and filling with moisture. Her entire body tensed and I swore her bottom lip shook. I laughed, bringing my fingers to her mouth. “Babe, don’t worry. There’s no pressure. That wasn’t a caveat. I feel it and I want to say it to you. I know what we have is real and one day, you’ll be ready.”
“You… You’re okay with…me not returning it?” She sniffed and tilted her head at me. I nodded.
“With you, yeah. I understand you. I’ll just keep working at it until you do.” I snuggled her into my arm, pulling her weight against me. “Who would’ve thought one baseball season would change our lives?”
