I could get lost in her eyes.Thedancing light from the tabletop candles glowed in her gaze.
“I wish you had been around back then.”Idowned the last sip of wine in an improper chug whenIrealized the implications of whatIhad said.
We weren’t even dating, but this had gone far beyond what either of us had anticipated.
It wasn’t just hooking up like she wanted.Itwasn’t dating likeIwanted.Itwas companionship.Partnership.Therewas intimacy long before there was sex.
It came in quiet moments where we aired frustrations or didn’t say anything at all.Itwas sitting in the discomfort of someone having a bad day and not rushing them out of it, simply being there during it.
She was the hurricane and the eye—the storm and the serenity.Withoutknowing it, we had been doing life together in simple and devout ways.Iwas her rock, and she was my radiance.
I loved her.
Dammit.
“You okay?”Auroraasked as we slipped out of the restaurant, walking hand in hand back to the truck. “You’requiet.”
We stopped at a crosswalk, andItook the moment to kiss her. “Neverbeen better.”
I was antsy to get her out of that dress.Maybeit was the realization that she was it for me.Maybeit was the realization that she wasn’t mine.Maybeit was the need to hold on tousas long asIcould.
The drive back toCedarIslandseemed to stretch on and on.Bythe timeIpulled onto our street,Iwas ready to leave the truck running in the driveway soIcould get her in the house as soon as possible.
All the lights inAurora’shouse were off, leaving it looming in the moonlight. “Areyour girls waiting up for you?”Iasked asIopened her door.
Aurora had her flip-flops on her feet and the high heels in her hand. “No.Theyhave to leave first thing in the morning to catch their flights.Theyturned in early, butI’llsee them before they go tomorrow.”
I shut the door to the truck and had her pinned against the side of the cab in the blink of an eye. “Comeinside with me.”
Aurora lifted an eyebrow. “Thatwas the plan.Ididn’t get this dressed up to let it go to waste.”
I shook my head as my mouth met hers in the softest kiss. “Stayinside with me, baby.”
She nodded into the kiss, tilting her head to the side. “Takeme inside.”
Aurora didn’t have to tell me twice.ThesecondIgot her in the door, the tone shifted.
The high heels fell to the floor with a clatter.Ipinned her to the wall with my mouth on hers asIslipped my hand up her dress and cupped her pussy.Auroragasped into my mouth.
“Your panties are fucking soaked,”Isaid asIhooked my finger in the damp fabric and tugged it up, pinching her soft folds. “Needy, desperate girl.”
“Yes,” she whimpered.
I tugged harder, making her cry out. “Ifyou get any louder, they’ll hear you next door.”
Aurora dropped her head onto my shoulder to muffle the dirty, depraved sounds that escaped her lips asIteased her cunt.
“Careful, sweetheart.Ifyou get any more wet, you’re going to make a mess of this dress.”
“Take it off of me,” she panted. “Takeme to bed.”
I pulled on the zipper and pushed the straps off her shoulders until they fell on the floor.Herbra and panties were quick to go.Igrabbed her ass and lifted her until she wrapped her arms and legs around me.Iloved the feeling of her entire body clinging to me asIcarried her.
It’s whatIwanted for the rest of our lives.
“Jack, get inside me,” she pleaded asIlaid her out on the bed and started to strip.
“Ask nicely,”Isaid rather nonchalantly asIunbuttoned my shirt and shucked it off.
