“Yeah, but are we on the same page?”
I thought about it for a moment.I wanted to give this a shot.I knew it down to my bones.If things went haywire between me and Lark, that was between me and Lark.I’d figure out how to deal with him being part of Ryan’s world.
I grinned at Ryan.“Yeah.We are.”
“Good.I got one last condom and I need to be back inside you.”
“Really?That soon?”
He pulled me on top of his warm body.“Woman, you hated losing that connection to me.Nobody’s ever looked at me like that.I want that from you again.Only this time we’re going slower.”
I straddled him and felt his erection.“Okay, but I like it hard, Nickel.”
“That’s doable.”
Chapter 17
Avocado
Ryan
Ivyfailedtostifleher yawn from me.She was sitting on the counter, and I stood next to her holding a pint of Blue Bell Cookie Two Step ice cream.I glanced past her to the microwave which indicated the time was two-thirty-eight in the morning.
We’d polished off what little of the pint that was left in her freezer, and it was high time to call it a night.But I couldn’t stop staring at her.
Then again, she’d tossed on a paper-thin white t-shirt she’d cut into a very loose muscle shirt.It was something she liked to sleep in, she’d told me.Seeing as it was indecent in at least three states, sleeping was about the only thing she could do in it.The edge of her areola peeked out the top with her breathing.Sheer torture for me, but I fucking loved it.
“No matter how hard you stare, it won’t make my shirt disintegrate,” she murmured.
I set the ice cream carton on the counter and stepped between her legs.“Wouldn’t want it to, Trouble.This ‘shirt’ suits you so much it’s not funny.Though, part of me wants to modify it.”
She laughed.“Modify it how?”
I stepped closer and slid my hands under the shirt, up her stomach, and held her breasts in my hands.“Rip it, so your tits are out completely.But that would ruin the tease.”
“Sure would,” she said, her voice husky and her green eyes heated.
“Is there a drug store close?I need to fuck you on your couch.”
She took a deep breath, pressing her tits into my hands.“I’m on the pill.”
I closed my eyes at the gift she was giving me.When she spoke again, I realized she’d misread my reaction.
“I saw my doctor four months ago, I’m clean.”
I opened my eyes.“Baby, that’s good to know, but are you sure?”
Her expression turned guarded.“Yeah, I mean, as long as you’re clean, it just—”
I slid my hands around to her back and pulled her closer.“Had my physical not long before you walked into the bar the first time.I’m clean too.”
Her tongue peeked out to wet her bottom lip.“Then we’re good, yeah?”
I lifted her off the counter and she wrapped her legs around me.“Yeah, babe, we’re good.Real good.”
She leaned down and kissed me.It was a straight shot from her kitchen to the couch, and I carried her there while her tongue tangled with mine.I broke the kiss, set her on her feet, and shoved my underwear off.
Her teeth sank into her plump lower lip, and I loved that she had that reaction to seeing me naked.
