Page 68 of Doubting Hearts

She waved a hand, but I could see she was pleased. “Tish-tosh,” she said. “Toby has been here four years, and he might not know it, but he has a lot of respect and affection from the people here. He’s a good man, well thought of, and together he and Simon have made a real go of that hotel and attracted tourists. The town is grateful for that.” She glanced at my lover with true affection. “And he’s a darling. And if you ever hurt him, Rain Engel, I will hunt you down and kill you.”

I chuckled. “No chance of that. I have every intention of making him happy.”

She smiled at me warmly. “You do, Rain. That man has never looked so happy. He adores you. Anyone can see that. And you have the same look on your face when you look at him. I might be an incurable romantic, but I’m glad you two found each other.”

I snorted even as her words sent a flood of warmth through me. “You a romantic? Perish the bloody thought. You need to be careful, Ginny. You’ll have people thinking you do have a heart underneath that stone-cold reporter image you like to project.”

She punched my arm hard, causing the two drinks I’d just picked up to spill over onto my hands.

“Oi!” I said aggrievedly. “Stop being such a bloody bully.” I chuckled as I left her impatiently tapping the bar with blood-red fingernails and eying the bartender with some intent to kill if she didn’t get her drink soon. I got back to the table and sat down. Toby smiled at me as I passed him his beer and Tammy her wine. Lucas glowered at me, and I stared at him in confusion.

What the hell did I do?

Toby grinned at me. “Verne here was just telling me about the day he picked up your ex from your place. He says he’s never seen you so pissed off and that you seemed really glad to be rid of him.” There was pure affection on his face at the fact I’d chosen him over Tommy. I groaned inwardly.

Lucas turned to me, his face dark. “You didn’t tell me Tommy was here.” His tone was fierce. I nodded even as my heart beat faster at the fact I’d kept this from him.

“Yes, he swung by to talk to me about selling the house. He’s having money troubles, and he needs the cash. We’ve agreed to get rid of the place.”

“Hmm. And you just forgot to mention this to me how?” Lucas stared at me, his eyes flinty.

Tammy reached out and laid a hand on his tensed arm. “Lucas, it’s none of your business. Even though I didn’t know anything about it either.” She glared at Toby in turn.

Toby and I looked at each other. “Erm, yes, we didn’t see any point in saying anything. He came, he talked, he went.” Toby shrugged as his hand found mine. “Nothing much more to say, really.” He smiled at me in shared secrecy. We’d agreed there was no need for everyone to know about our lover’s spat, and Simon had promised he’d stay mum.

Verne glanced at me apologetically. “Sorry, Rain, mate, I didn’t realize it was a secret. I hope I haven’t caused any trouble for you.”

I shook my head. “No trouble. He’s gone now. That’s what matters.”

Lucas was shaking his head in amazement, and I looked at him in surprise. “What?”

His voice was soft and affectionate when he spoke next. He’d obviously forgiven me already for not telling him. Lucas wasn’t one to bear grudges. “You sent him packing, Rain. I’m glad you decided Toby was your man. You two are great together.”

I saw Toby’s face flush with pleasure at Lucas’s words. I reached over to caress his cheek softly. He looked into my eyes, and I saw the promise in them of very good things to come. “Yes, we are.”

I still couldn’t believe how easily I could admit my feelings for Toby now I’d told him I loved him. Of course, Toby made it so easy with his warmth, his giving, and his sheer unconditional love for me.

Toby leaned forward and whispered in my ear, his words causing my groin to flood with heat and the beast in my pants to growl and bare his teeth. “We are definitely made for each other. And I intend showing you just how much later when I’m inside you. You can have me first, though.”

Toby definitely seemed to want to make up for lost time in fucking me with regular abandon. I had to say I had no issue with that now that I’d lost my fear of bottoming.

The rest of the evening passed quickly enough, but I was impatient to get Toby alone. His words about the Dom/sub thing were enough to get my whole blood supply rushing to my cock and leaving me dizzy every time I remembered them, let alone his whispered promise to fill me up. So, by the time we made a move upstairs to his room, being the closest bed we had, I was pretty far gone already in the lust stakes. There was no bloody way I was driving home alone tonight, and I doubted if the two of us had gone back to my place that we’d make it across the parking lot. My promise of giving him a pole dance would have to wait for another day.

When he opened the door to his hotel room, I had no reservations about slamming him against the wall and grinding my hips against his as I plundered his beautiful mouth with hard, wet kisses. He moaned, his hands

immediately moving to my jeans to unzip me and reach in and grasp me. My jeans slid to the floor. I heard a low chuckle from him, a sexy sound that made me even hornier.

“Still not one for underwear, then?” His voice was husky with desire, and it made me demented with need for him. I nodded in between sucking his tongue and trying to meld myself into his body. His own cock was rock hard, pressing against the front of the beige chinos he wore. He felt so damned good.

“I don’t see the need when I’m with you. Looks like you’ll have to take a rain check for the dance.”

“Oh, there are different types of pole dances, Rain” was his wicked reply. “I think we might manage to conjure something up.” He nibbled at my ear, and he stuck his tongue in it. I shuddered, dragging him over to the bed. I pushed him back onto it. He lay looking up at me, his lips swollen, his eyes unfocused. I jumped onto the bed beside him in just my tee shirt, naked from the waist down. My cock reared, swollen and red, and he looked at it and licked his lips.

“Take off your shirt,” I growled. “Then those trousers. I want you naked, Toby.” I lifted my tee shirt off and watched him as he slowly, teasingly lifted the blue polo shirt over his head. He then proceeded to drive me even crazier with slowly easing the zip of his chinos down, then sitting up, raising his hips to pull them off. Underneath he wore tight, silky black briefs, and I could see the tip of his cock rising above the waistband, already wet and looking very delectable. I leaned down and swiped my tongue over the tip of it, hearing his gasp, feeling his body shiver as he lay back down. I tongued the length of him through the silky goodness that contained what I wanted. He moaned and closed his eyes, his hands clenching into the duvet.

“I’m not in the mood for foreplay tonight,” I whispered. “I am going to give you a blowjob to make your toes curl; then I just want to be inside you. Then later when we’ve recovered, you can have me. Is that a plan?”

“Hell, yes,” he grunted, his voice strangled as I nipped his shaft through the fabric of his underwear. “Just stop fucking promising already and get down to it, Rain, before I mess the sheets just lying here. I’ve been so bloody horny all night.”