SEVENTEEN
EMBYR
“Oh my God.” I moan into my bicep trying to keep quiet, but Casen’s tongue on my pussy, waking me up in the morning, is the most spectacular thing that could ever happen.
“Quit squirming, Embyr, or I’ll bite you.” He growls as he spreads my lips apart.
I grow wetter with the threat. “Bite it, Casen.”
His teeth take my clit between them, and his lips suction over my skin. I grab the back of his head with my hands and push it further into me. I don’t give a shit if I’m smothering him. This feels too fucking incredible to care if he lives or dies.
“Yes.” I cry, feeling that familiar tingle I get right before everything crashes and I come undone underneath him. I start to pulse, and he sucks harder. “More.” I beg, but I’m not sure there is more to give.
He glides a finger inside me and crooks it, hitting a spot that only he has ever been able to find. My eyes shut tightly and just as I’m about to come, the waves starting to ripple, Casen removes his mouth and fingers from me and lifts my hips off the bed, impaling me with his cock. I scream out in agony and pleasure. I wasn’t ready for him and the pain amplifies how good it fucking feels. His thumb rubs over my clit and off I go like a finely tuned piano. He plays my body like an instrument.
“Casen!” I scream. “Yes! I’m coming.”
A few more thrusts and he follows behind me. I can feel his cock throb inside me, and it creates a second orgasm. This one is more intense than the first.
He falls on top of me, his sweaty forehead meeting mine, and steals a kiss from my lips. When our breathing evens out, he lifts his head and looks into my eyes. “Thank you for taking care of me yesterday.”
I grin. “Of course.”
His fingers start to play with my hair. It feels amazing. So good in fact that my eyes shut, and I’m on the brink of falling back asleep before he calls my name again. “Embyr.”
“MmmHmm.” I breath out, all energy lost despite the great sleep I got last night.
“I’m going to need you to open those eyes so I can say what I want to say.”
Fluttering them open, my deep brown irises meet his dilated green ones. He looks different. Calm and reserved. Something I don’t think I’ve ever seen before. He just looks at me, not saying a word, and I start to get worried that what he is about to tell me isn’t good.
“Casen, you’re scaring me.” I reach up, placing my hands on his sides.
He shakes his head. “I’m scared too, but I couldn’t go one more day without telling you I love you, Embyr Quinn.”
***
I can’t help the shit-eating grin on my face as the elevator doors slide open at work. He loves me. He said he loves me. Yes, I’ve heard him say it before but it was behind false pretenses. He said he’s in love with me and we have no secrets between the two of us. For the first time in over ten years, I finally feel as though my life is headed in the right direction. Steady job. Great place to live. Food on the table. Boyfriend who loves me. I am just bursting at the seams. It’s been a long time since I have had so much good going on in my life.
The office is eerily quiet when I enter. No one is at reception and the few doors I pass are closed. I know I’m a bit early but I can’t imagine I’m the only one here. Derrick should have arrived already.
I set my purse and case down, opening it up and pulling out another framed picture of Casen and me, displaying it prominently next to my computer. I fire that up while putting my phone on its charger and ridding myself of my jacket.
I’d like to get settled in before I meet with Derrick. I’m only a tiny bit concerned with what he wants to talk to me about. I know that I took off early yesterday from work but he had said he understood and instructed me to take half a personal day.
I still can’t believe that Reece attacked Casen. Something is up with him, and it seems his temper is only getting worse. I was happy Casen spoke to him about our encounter but it just seems to have set off a chain reaction that is tearing a hole in their friendship. I don’t want to come between them, but Casen insists I’m not.
I guess I always have though, haven’t I? Reece liked me in high school, which blows my mind, and it fueled him to make that bet…the one that essentially ruined my teenage years and early twenties. If this is just the start of Reece going back to his devious ways after supposedly changing, then I’m not sure I want to be a part of that. I told Casen last night I would just prefer to stay away from him, which might not work since Trinity and Reece are now officially dating…and fucking. Jesus, they make the walls rattle, but I know we do the same.
I was surprised when Casen mentioned me moving in with him. As much as I would love to I don’t think right now is a good idea. We’ve only just begun the healing process and moving in may cloud our real feelings.
“Sounds like something my therapist would say,” I mutter aloud, and then laugh at myself for talking to no one.
Once my computer is up, I click on my email, quickly scanning them to make sure there is nothing pressing when one catches my attention. It’s from Casen. I smile and snag my lip between my teeth thinking about how he woke me up this morning. I know I said we shouldn’t move in together yet but that would be a nice added bonus. Before I have the chance to open the email up, my intercom buzzes.
“Ms. Quinn?” Derrick calls out from the other end.
Ms. Quinn? We are never formal around here. I can feel my skin start to prickle. Something doesn’t feel right. “Yes, Mr. Masters?”
