“Yes, I am,” she teased. Coating her swollen clit, Gracie began to rub it slowly.
Nate thrust harder. Faster. “God, yeah.”
Knowing he was getting close, Gracie picked up her own pace. The pads of her fingers moved in small, tight circles until a glorious tingling began to build deep inside her belly.
“I’m close,” Nate grunted behind her. His balls slapped against her ass. “Bring yourself there, baby. I need you to come. Now.”
The combination of her fingers and his words set her off. Crying out, Gracie rode out the rest of her orgasm as he got himself there, too.
In a sudden and unexpected move, she felt him pull out at the last second and grunt loudly. Several spurts of hot liquid hit her lower back until his body was completely spent.
With loud, heaving breaths, he said, “Stay there.”
Not trusting her legs just then, Gracie had no problem obeying the order. She laid her head on the flat surface and waited.
Within seconds, he was back. He first wiped her skin clean with a warm, wet cloth, and then dried her off with another.
Some women might have been offended by his primal act, but not Gracie. On a deeper level, she understood it had nothing to do with taking preventative measures, but was more like he’d staked his claim.
Nate had marked her as his. And she loved it.
After breakfast, they began discussing their afternoon plans. She and Nate were trying to decide whether they should go fishing or hiking when his phone rang.
“Carter.” There was a short pause as he listened to whoever was on the other end of the line. “Hey, Matt.” Nate’s eyes went back to hers. “Yeah, she’s right here. Hang on a sec.”
Nate lowered the phone and tapped the screen. “It’s Matt. He asked me to put it on speaker so you could hear, too.”
Nodding, Gracie said, “Hey, Matt.”
“Hey, darlin’. How are ya? Hope my man Nate is treating you well.”
Though, Matt couldn’t see her, Gracie felt herself blush. “Uh, yeah. He’s been really…nice.”
Nate’s jaw dropped, looking appalled by the sentiment.Nice?He silently mouthed.
She cringed, giving him an apologetic look as she shrugged and whispered, “Sorry.”
He bit his lip to keep from laughing.
“Nice.” Matt repeated. He waited a few beats before adding, “Okay, then. Good to know.”
Shit.Was he suspicious? Thankfully, Nate changed the subject before she could find out.
“Tell me you found something.”
“Oh, we found something, alright. Gracie, you said Craig never sent you anything, correct?”
For what felt like the billionth time, she tried not to sound as frustrated as she felt.
“No. I never received anything from Craig. Not in person or in any other fashion.”
“See, that’s interesting, because he said you did.”
Chapter 13
Gracie’s eyes flew to Nate’s then back to the phone. Trying to make sense of what he’d just told them, she stammered, “I-I thought Craig was dead.”
“He is.”
