Melody arched for him, and he wrapped her hair around his fist so he could fuck her hard into the mattress. She panted, calling out his name, and he did the same with hers. He loved viewing her from this angle. Loved the way the curves of her ass just enveloped his cock. She was so damn hot, and one day, he was going to marry her. They were going to wait until after the baby was born, even though that might not be what others thought they should do. But they wanted to wait and do things on their own terms, even if it was backwards.
And that meant he still had a few months to bang his girlfriend rather than his wife. The last time he had said that, Melody had slapped him upside the head and then gave him a blowjob.
They were officially crazy for one another.
Melody’s inner walls clamped around him, and she came. He pulled out quickly and flipped her over to her back so he could slide into her one more time. Neither of them could catch their breaths as he hovered over her, crushing his mouth to hers as he pounded into her as hard as he could. He loved it when they were slow, the build-up tantalizing, but he loved it even more when they went hard and fast. Melody’s fingernails scraped down his skin, and he knew he would have marks later on. And he loved it. Loved her. He slid his hand between them and played with her clit, and when she came again, this time, he filled her up.
They were sweaty, wet, and a little sticky, but he honestly never wanted to get out of bed.
“I think that was a good way to see if we really like morning sex with you living here.” Melody laughed and ran her hand over the swell of her stomach. She was just now starting to show a little bit more, but they had a long while until the baby was born.
That would give them more time to get to know each other fully, inside and out. And time to make up a nursery in Ms. Pearl’s home. Fox had moved in the week before, knowing that neither of them wanted to leave the older woman alone. Fox didn’t mind renting his house out for a bit. After all, he’d fallen in love with the home, Ms. Pearl, and Melody, all in quick succession.
“I think morning sex is a win,” he agreed, kissing her softly. “But I’m sure your grandma heard us.”
She blushed. “Well, I’m sure she’s heard worse.”
He kissed her again, holding her close. He’d never thought that this was how his life would turn out, and yet, in the end, it seemed as if it was the perfect way for it to happen. He’d fallen in love with a dancer, a woman who never left his mind, even when he’d thought she should. He was going to be a father, and was so damn excited to watch Melody be a mother. His family had taken her in and hadn’t once questioned the track that Fox and Melody were on.
Because that’s what his family did. They took people in and always made sure they were safe and well loved.
And as he held his future wife in his arms, knowing they both needed to get out of bed since he had another project to work on and she had a dance class in a couple of hours, he knew that today was yet another start to what would be the rest of their lives.
And to think, it had all started with one shot of whiskey too much, and a temptation smooth as sin.
Coming next...Loch and Ainsley finally get their book in Whiskey Undone.
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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Talon Pack, and Gallagher Brothers series, which have sold over 2.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over fifty novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not writing about bearded tattooed men or alpha wolves that need to find their mates, she’s reading as much as she can and exploring the world of baking and gourmet cooking.
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More from Carrie Ann
Montgomery Ink: Colorado Springs
Book 1: Fallen Ink
Book 2: Restless Ink (Coming Aug 2018)
Book 2.5: Ashes to Ink (Coming Jan 2019)
Book 3: Jagged Ink (Coming Feb 2019)
The Whiskey and Lies Series:
A Montgomery Ink Spin Off Series
Book 1: Whiskey Secrets
Book 2: Whiskey Reveals
Book 3: Whiskey Undone (Coming Oct 2018)
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Book 1: Breaking Without You (Coming Apr 2019)
Book 2: Shouldn’t Have You (Coming May 2019)
Book 3: Falling With You (Coming July 2019)
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Book 0.5: Ink Inspired
Book 0.6: Ink Reunited
Book 1: Delicate Ink
Book 1.5: Forever Ink
Book 2: Tempting Boundaries
Book 3: Harder than Words
Book 4: Written in Ink
Book 4.5: Hidden Ink
Book 5: Ink Enduring
Book 6: Ink Exposed
Book 6.5: Adoring Ink
Book 6.6: Love, Honor, & Ink
Book 7: Inked Expressions
Book 7.3: Dropout
Book 7.5: Executive Ink
Book 8: Inked Memories
Book 8.5: Inked Nights
Book 8.7: Second Chance Ink
The Gallagher Brothers Series:
A Montgomery Ink Spin Off Series
Book 1: Love Restored
Book 2: Passion Restored
Book 3: Hope Restored
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Book 1: Tattered Loyalties
Book 2: An Alpha’s Choice
Book 3: Mated in Mist
Book 4: Wolf Betrayed
Book 5: Fractured Silence
Book 6: Destiny Disgraced
Book 7: Eternal Mourning
Book 8: Strength Enduring (Coming July 2018)
Book 9: Forever Broken (Coming Jan 2019)
Redwood Pack Series:
Prequel: An Alpha’s Path
Book 1: A Taste for a Mate
Book 2: Trinity Bound
Book 2.5: A Night Away
Book 3: Enforcer’s Redemption
Book 3.5: Blurred Expectations
Book 3.7: Forgiveness
Book 4: Shattered Emotions
Book 5: Hidden Destiny
Book 5.5: A Beta’s Haven
Book 6: Fighting Fate
Book 6.5: Lovin
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Book 6.7: The Hunted Heart
Book 7: Wicked Wolf
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(Written with Alexandra Ivy)
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Book 2: Abandoned and Unseen
Book 3: Buried and Shadowed
Dante’s Circle Series:
Book 1: Dust of My Wings
Book 2: Her Warriors’ Three Wishes
Book 3: An Unlucky Moon
Book 3.5: His Choice
Book 4: Tangled Innocence
Book 5: Fierce Enchantment
Book 6: An Immortal’s Song
Book 7: Prowled Darkness
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Book 2: Santa’s Executive
Book 3: Finding Abigail
Book 4: Her Lucky Love
Book 5: Dreams of Ivory
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Flame and Ink
Ink Ever After
Fallen Ink
From New York Times Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan’s Montgomery Ink: Colorado Springs series
FALLEN INK
Adrienne Montgomery wasn’t going to throw up, but it would probably be a close call. It wasn’t that she was a nervous person, but today of all days was bound to test her patience and nerves, and she wasn’t sure if all those years of growing a spine of steel would be enough.
Maybe she should have worked on forming a steel-lined gut while she was at it—perhaps even a platinum one.
“You’re looking pretty pale over there,” Mace said, leaning down low to whisper in her ear.
She shivered involuntarily as his breath slid across her neck, and she looked up into her best friend’s hazel gaze. The damn man was far too handsome for his own good, and he knew she was ticklish, so he constantly spoke in her ear so she shivered like that.
She figured he’d gotten a haircut the day before because the sides were close-cut so you could see the white in his salt-and-pepper hair. He’d let the top grow out, and he had it brushed to the side so it actually looked a little fashionable rather than messy and just hanging in his eyes like most days. Knowing Mace, he’d done it by accident that morning, rather than making it a point to do so. Her best friend was around her age, in his thirties, but had gone salt-and-pepper in his late twenties. While some men might have started dying their hair, Mace had made it work with his ink and piercings—and the ladies liked it.
Well, at least that’s what Adrienne figured. It wasn’t as if she were one of his following. Not in that way, at least.
“Yo, Adrienne, you okay?”
She glowered, hearing the familiar refrain that had been the bane of her existence since she was in kindergarten and one of the fathers there had shouted it like the boxer from that movie she now hated.
“What did I say about using that phrase?” She crossed her arms over her chest and tapped her foot. She was at least six inches shorter than her best friend, but since she was wearing her heeled boots, she could at least try to look intimidating.
Mace being Mace just shrugged and winked, giving her that smolder that he’d practiced in the mirror after seeing Tangled with her years ago. Yeah, he was that guy, the one who liked to make her smile and knew she had a crush on the animated Flynn Rider.
“You know you like it.” He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and gave her a tight squeeze. “Now, are you okay? Really? Because you honestly look like you’re about to throw up, and with the place all new and shiny, I don’t know if vomit really sets the tone.”
Thinking about the reason the place—her place—was all new and shiny sent her stomach into another roll, and she let out a long breath.
“I’m fine.”
Mace just stared at her, and she kicked his shoe. Mature, that was her name. “Try it with a little more enthusiasm, because while I’d like to believe you, the panic in your eyes doesn’t really portray the right confidence.”
“I’ll be fine. How’s that?” she asked and gave him a wide smile. It must have looked a little manic, though, since he winced. But he gave her a thumbs up.
“Okay, then. Let’s get out of this office and go out into your brand new tattoo shop to meet the horde.”
There went her stomach again.
Her tattoo shop.
She couldn’t quite believe it. After years of working for others in Colorado Springs instead of going up north to Denver to work at her cousins’ shop, or even south to New Orleans and her brother’s former shop, she was now part-owner of Montgomery Ink Too, the first offshoot of the main shop in downtown Denver.
Yep, she was going to be sick.
“It’s mostly family. Not quite a horde.” Sort of, at least. Even three people felt like a lot at this point since they’d all be there…waiting for her to say something, do something, be someone. And that was enough of that, or she really wouldn’t make it out of the office that day.
“True, since most of your family didn’t come. The entire Montgomery clan would probably fill four buildings at this point.”
“You’re not wrong. Only Austin and Maya came down from Denver since Shep and I asked the others to stay home. It would be a little too much for our small building if everyone showed up.”
“But your sisters and parents are here, plus Shep and his wife, of course, and I’m pretty sure I saw their baby Livvy out there, too. And then Ryan, since you hired him.” Mace stuffed his hands into his pockets. “It’s one big, happy family, who happen to be waiting for you to go out there and possibly start a tattoo a bit later for your first client.”
After what had seemed like months of paperwork and construction, today was opening day for Montgomery Ink Too—MIT for short. Ryan and Mace had called it that one day, and the nickname had stuck. There was nothing she could do now but go with it, weirdness and all. There had been delays and weather issues, but finally, the shop was open. Now, she needed to be an adult and go out into the main room to socialize.
And there went her stomach again.
Mace’s strong arms came around her, and she rested her head on his chest, tucking herself under his chin. He had to lift his head a bit so she could fit since she wasn’t that short, but it was a familiar position for them. No matter what anyone said about Mace, he gave great hugs.
“You’re going to be fine.” His voice rumbled over her, and she could feel the vibrations through his chest and against her cheek.
“You say that now, but what if everything tumbles down and I end up with no clients and ruin the fact that Austin and Maya trusted me with their first satellite shop.”
Austin and Maya were two of her numerous Denver cousins. There were eight freaking siblings in that family, and all of them had married off—with Maya having two husbands even—so it added up to way too many people for her to count. Maya and Austin owned and operated Montgomery Ink in downtown Denver—what was now the flagship shop it seemed.
Her cousins had come to her over a year ago, saying they were interested in expanding the business. Since real estate was sparse off the 16th Street Mall where Montgomery Ink was located, they’d come up with the idea of opening a new tattoo shop in a different city. And wasn’t it nice that they had two other artists in the family so close? Well, Shep hadn’t actually been close at the time since he was still living in New Orleans where he’d met his wife and started his family, but now her big brother was back in Colorado Springs and was here to stay.
Maya and Austin were still the main owners of the business and CEOs of the corporation they’d formed in order to add on, but Shep and Adrienne had bought into the franchise and were now partial owners and managers of Montgomery Ink Too.
That was a lot of responsibility on her shoulders, but she knew she could do it. She just had to buck up and actually walk into the tattoo shop.
“Stop freaking out, Addi. I wouldn’t have come with you on this journey if I didn’t believe in you.” He pulled away an
d met her gaze, the intensity so great that she had to blink a few times so she could catch her breath.
He was right. He’d given up a lot for her. Though, in the end, the whole arrangement might work out better for him. Hopefully. He’d left a steady job at their old shop to come and work with her. The trust in that action was staggering, and it gave Adrienne the final bit of strength she needed to do this—whatever this was.
“Okay, let’s do this.”
He held out his hand, and she took it, giving it a squeeze before letting go. It wasn’t as if she needed to brace herself against him again or hold his hand as they made their way into the shop. Enough people already wondered just what went on behind closed doors between the two of them. She didn’t need to add fuel to the fire.
Mace was just her best friend, nothing more—though certainly nothing less.
He was at her back as she walked through her office door and into the main room, the heat of him keeping her steady. The shop in Colorado Springs matched the one up north in layout, with only a few minor changes. Each station had its own cubicle area, but once people made it past the front section of the shop where onlookers couldn’t peep in, it was almost all open. There were two private rooms in the back for those who wanted tattoos that required a little less clothing, as well as folding panels that could be placed in each of the artist’s areas so they could be sectioned off easily. Most people didn’t mind having other artists and clients watch them while they got a tattoo, and it usually added to the overall experience. As the licensed piercer in residence, Adrienne could do that part of her job in either of the rooms in the back, as well.
While some shops had closed-off rooms for each artist because the building was a converted home or office building, the Montgomerys hadn’t wanted that. There was privacy when needed and socialization when desired. It was a great setup, and one Adrienne had been jealous of when she was working at her old place on the other side of the city.
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