“Mm, me too,” Eve murmured, her smile evident in her voice as she continued to play with Aspen’s hair. Her fingers stilled at the sound of one of their phones buzzing with an alert from the bedside table, and she pulled her hand from Aspen’s hair as she twisted to see whose phone had interrupted them.
Aspen propped herself up on her elbows to allow Eve the freedom she needed to check their phones, and her heart ached at the tension that crept into Eve’s jaw as the potential end of the Morrisons’ radio silence ruined all the work she had done over the last twelve hours to make Eve feel cherished and loved.
“It’s yours,” Eve reported with no small amount of relief as she handed Aspen her phone.
Thank fuck,Aspen thought. She arched a brow at the sight of Kit’s name on the screen, and scooted up to rest her head on Eve’s stomach as she unlocked the phone. The feeling of Eve’s arousal rubbing against her stomach sparked a weak resurgence of desire low in her belly, but she restrained herself to a single prolonged wiggle that made Eve giggle as she made herself comfortable before settling into place.
“I know what you’re doing,” Eve drawled as she resumed playing with Aspen’s hair.
Aspen feigned ignorance as she looked up at Eve and batted her lashes innocently. “I’m getting comfortable.”
“Between my legs?”
Aspen winked at her. “Absolutely. This is, like, my new favorite place in the world,” she said, affection blooming in her chest at the way Eve rolled her eyes at her fondly in response. “Do you want me to move?”
Eve shook her head. “No.”
“Good.” Aspen kissed Eve’s stomach. “Because I really am super-comfortable.” She hummed as Eve’s fingers stroked along the side of her jaw to press a facsimile of a kiss against her lips, and sighed as she finally got around to looking at Kit’s message.“The Troublemaking Trio want to know if we’d like to go to brunch with them and then hike up to the lookout on Smuggler’s Mountain.”
“I love that you call them the Troublemaking Trio,” Eve chuckled.
“I mean, am I wrong?” Aspen smiled when Eve grinned and shook her head, and rubbed her cheek on Eve’s stomach. She was about to ask Eve if she wanted to go when a message from Jack appeared, and she sniggered.
Eve twirled a clump of Aspen’s hair around her fingers as she asked, “Do I even want to know?”
“Jack wants us to know the view is, and I quote, ‘wicked romantic’,” Aspen reported. He wasn’t wrong, it was a great view, but it was rather hilarious that he was texting her about romance when she was literally lying in bed with a gloriously naked Eve.
“Does he really think you need help on that front?” Eve mused as she dragged her fingers through the twist she’d just made.
Aspen’s pulse jumped as the little tug heralded a string of memories from the night before of Eve pulling her hair as she came so beautifully against her mouth, and she licked her lips as she looked up at Eve. “If you keep that up, I will absolutely be going down on you again, like, right now.”
A mischievous smile quirked Eve’s lips as she carded her fingers roughly through Aspen’s hair. Her smile widened when Aspen wasn’t quite able to suppress a whimper, and she gentled her touch as she playfully asked, “Keep what up?”
“I think you know what,” Aspen husked. She was gratified by the way Eve’s nipples visibly stiffened in response and, despite her threat, pushed herself up so she could capture Eve’s lips in a deep, messy kiss. “You are absolutely irresistible. Do you know that?”
Eve sighed happily when Aspen pulled away, and her eyes were soft when she whispered, “I know that I really love the way you kiss me.”
Aspen’s heart gave a happy little flutter at Eve’s use of the wordlove. “Me too,” she murmured as she rewarded Eve’s honesty with a slow and serious kiss that conveyed just how much she meant it.
She would have gladly spent the entire day just like this, but her stomach betrayed her by growling loudly and making its presence known. She huffed in annoyance as Eve smiled against her lips, and arched a brow as she pushed herself up onto her hands so that she was hovering above her. “Yes?” she playfully demanded.
“I…” Eve’s voice trailed off as her gaze dipped to Aspen’s chest.
Aspen’s stomach tightened at the way Eve licked her lips as she ogled her, and she bit back a groan when Eve’s hands lifted to cradle her breasts. She wasn’t quite able to stifle the hiss of pleasure that escaped her when Eve’s thumbs swept over her nipples, though, and she smirked at thecan you really blame me?look Eve gave her in return. “Can I help you?”
Eve bit her lip coquettishly as she gave Aspen’s nipples a firm tweak that shot straight to her center. “I don’t know, can you?”
Aspen grinned. She fucking loved this bold, confident version of Eve. She sucked in a sharp breath when Eve tugged at her nipples, and her heart fluttered at the way Eve smiled up at her smugly, clearly pleased with the effect she was having on her. “So, we’re not doing brunch?” Aspen ventured, punctuating the question with a pointed thrust of her hips.
“Well…” Eve’s voice trailed off as she palmed Aspen’s breasts and rolled them beneath her hands. She laughed when Aspen’s stomach growled before Aspen could respond, and squeezed her breasts as she pulled herself into a half-crunch to kiss her softly.“I think you need food,” she said as she fell back to the bed, her hair fanning out around her head like a strawberry halo.
Aspen sighed as her stomach growled again in agreement. “I really fucking hate that for me,” she grumbled.
Eve giggled and reached down to lightly smack Aspen’s behind. Her eyes widened when Aspen’s hips jerked at the contact. “Ugh, I hate that for me, too,” she groaned as she squirmed away from the contact.
“Well, at the very least, I am glad we’re in agreement on that,” Aspen chuckled. She dipped down to kiss Eve softly. “Come on, beautiful. Why don’t you go get the shower warmed up for us while I text Kit to let her know that we’re in for brunch, and then we can play the rest of the day by ear. Sound good?”
Eve’s lips pursed as she sighed, making Aspen think she might suggest they stay in, but then Eve’s expression shifted into a small, amused smile as she murmured, “Yeah, that sounds great.”
