“I wasn’t going out with my friends when you showed up. I was going to you. I had time to think today, then Caroline came over and put some things in perspective. I was going to you so I could ask you to forgive me for being an idiot this afternoon and walking out on you.”
My chest rattled on a strained inhale. “Baby . . .”
“There’s no me without you either, Jensen, never has been. I’ve spent this past five years only existing, because I never stopped loving you either.”
She barely got those last words out before I slammed my mouth down on hers, sealing our lips together. A surge of adrenaline shot through me with that first touch, and the second her lips parted on a gasp, I dove in, my tongue flicking against hers. Her body instantly succumbed to the kiss and she melted into me, reaching up and fisting my hair tightly on a needy moan. Fuck, I’d missed this. The taste of her, the feel of her in my arms, her body pressed against mine.
“Say it,” I demanded against her lips.
She didn’t make me wait. “I love you.”
“Again.”
“I love you, Jens. God, please touch me.”
I slid my hands down her body and grabbed hold of the hem of her shirt, only breaking the kiss long enough to wrench it over her head, then I was back at her mouth, feasting on it like it was my last meal.
I shuffled her backward as I touched her everywhere, her neck, her ribs, her flat stomach, her full, heavy tits. I couldn’t get enough. I wasn’t sure there was enough time in the world to explore her at the lengths I craved.
She let out a whimper when her back hit the wall, and I molded my front to hers, pulling away from her greedy mouth to kiss and lick her neck, knowing how much she loved when I did that.
“Jensen,” she sighed as her nails dragged down my back and her hips rocked forward, brushing against the steel of my erection. “More, please. Don’t stop kissing me. God, don’t stop touching me.”
I popped the button of her jeans with one hand, pulling down the zipper as I used the other to yank the cup of her bra down so I could suck her rosy pink nipple into my mouth.
She cried out and arched her back, grabbing my head and pulling it closer as I guided my fingers past the waistband of her panties and down between her thighs. I growled against her flesh when I felt how wet she was already. I lost all control at the feel of that slickness, driving two fingers in deep and curling them to massage that place inside of her that set her off like a fire cracker.
“Oh shit,” she gasped. “Yes, baby. That’s it. Right there.”
I pulled my fingers out and drove them back in, again and again, turning her on more, making her even wetter as I switched to the other nipple. Even as soaked as she was, her pussy was like a glove, and I couldn’t wait to feel it as I sunk my cock in deep.
“You want to come, sunshine?” I asked, dragging my tongue through the valley between her lush tits.
“Yes. Please.”
“You want my dick?”
“I need it,” she cried.
“You come on my fingers, then I’ll give you my cock.”
Like she was aiming to be the best when it came to following instructions, her pussy clamped down and her nails dug into my back as she moaned long and loud, finishing it off with my name as she came on my hand.
I pulled my head back, my lips curling in a smirk as I looked down at her flushed face and glassy eyes. “Good girl.”
“You made a promise,” she said, yanking at my belt.
I slid my hand out of her pants, unable to contain my grin as I lifted my fingers to my lips and sucked them into my mouth like I’d just done with her tits, licking them clean. Christ, her pussy still tasted like heaven.
“That I did, baby,” I murmured as I grabbed hold of her ass and hoisted her up. Her legs automatically wrapped around my waist, her ankles locking at the small of my back. “But I’m not fuckin’ you for the first time in five years against your living room wall.”
I carried her into the bedroom as she kissed my eyes and cheeks and mouth and neck, like she couldn’t decide where to focus her attention. Everything that happened after that moved fast. I flipped the light on and tossed her across the microscopic space between the door and the bed. The instant her back hit the mattress I grabbed her ankle and jerked her across the bed. Once I had her stripped completely naked, I stopped to admire everything that was her. There were slight differences in her body since the last time I saw it, but I still recognized every single inch. Every dip, every groove. It was all right there.
“Fuck,” I grunted, running my palms up her silky thighs and pushing them open wide. “Missed you, sunshine. So goddamn much.”
“Then prove it,” she dared in a hushed, breathy whisper. “Show me how much. Take your clothes off.”
I stripped down faster than I ever had, desperate to feel her stretch around me as I filled her. Flipping open my wallet, I pulled out the condom I kept inside, put my knee to the bed, and moved over her. Her legs were spread, tempting and inviting my hips to settle in. Those sweet light brown eyes were glassy with lust, and all that long, dark hair was fanned out around her head like a halo. She was a goddamn vision, and she was all mine.
I put the foil wrapper to my mouth to rip it open, but before I had the chance, she reached up and pulled it away, tossing it to the floor where I’d just dropped my wallet.
“I’m on the pill,” she said, breathing like she’d just run a marathon. “I don’t want anything between us, Jens. I’ve missed you so much—”
Her words cut off on a sharp cry when I lost all control and snapped my hips, plunging in deep and bottoming out in one thrust.
“Fuck,” I hissed the second her tight, hot pussy surrounded every inch of me. Being inside her was like coming home. My whole body went rigid at the feel of her and I couldn’t think of anything besides how perfect she felt around me. “Jesus, fuck. You feel so goddamn good.”
“Don’t stop,” she panted, reaching up and gripping my hair in tight fists. “Oh God. I’m so full. It’s so good.”
I pulled out and drove back in, bending my neck to watch as every inch of me disappeared inside her over and over, my cock slick and glistening with her arousal every time I pulled out.
Shane’s hips came up to rock against mine as her back arched off the bed. She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen, and I wanted her so goddamn bad I wasn’t sure how much longer I was going to last.
“Sunshine,” I grunted, burying my face in her neck as I slid a hand between our bodies to toy with her clit. “Need you to get there, baby. You feel too good.”
“Missed you,” she breathed. “Missed this. Missed all of it.”
Jesus, that wasn’t helping, but it was fucking incredible to hear. “Love you, Shane. Love you so goddamn much it hurts.”
Her eyes focused on me and her lips turned up in a smile that lit my whole world. “Don’t worry. I’ll make you feel better.”
“Then it’s only fair I return the favor.” On that promise, I buried myself deep and ground against her at the same time I pinched her clit. Her walls clamped down around me like a vice as she came on a sharp, keening cry, throwing her head back and screwing her eyes shut as she shouted my name over and over.
I followed after her a few seconds later, thrusting into her through my release, giving her everything I had and shooting my cum deep. Once there was nothing left, I buried my face in her hair and collapsed on top of her, shoving my arms between her and the mattress and holding her tight.
This was where she was meant to be, right here with me, in my arms. And that was exactly where I planned on keeping her for the rest of our lives.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Shane
It felt like all the muscles in my body had melted, turning to jelly from the pleasure I’d just received. As unfathomable as it was, I had somehow managed to forget just how damn good Jensen was in the bedroom.
Now, in the aftermath of coming together for the first time
in years, we were doing what we’d always done back when we were together after he made love to me. We lay curled up together, Jensen on his back, one of his long, thick arms cocked behind his head and the other wrapped tightly around me so he could hold me partially against his side and partially on top of him with my head nestled against his shoulder.
“What are you thinkin’ about over there, sunshine?” he murmured, his rich, gravelly voice sending shivers through me.
“I’m not thinking about a whole lot of anything at the moment. I think you might have broken my brain.”
My whole body shook against his when he let loose a low chuckle and I felt my cheeks pinch as I smiled big and turned to nuzzle my nose into his chest. “Glad to know I’m up to snuff.”
“Oh bunny, you’re more than up to snuff,” I said, lifting my head with that goofy grin still in place.
“You know, I wasn’t sure we’d ever get back to this. I’d hoped, fuck I prayed for it, but I knew it was a long shot. Now that I got you back, surprises the shit outta me to say this, but I missed the hell outta bunny.”
It was my turn to laugh as I snuggled even deeper against him, propping my chin on my hands. “I’m really happy right now,” I admitted softly. “You have no idea how much I’ve missed you.”
He sifted his fingers into my hair, dragging from my scalp all the way to the ends. “I think I might have some idea, sunshine.” I let out a dreamy sigh and dropped my head back onto his shoulder, feeling lighter than I had in years. “Glad you’re happy baby, and last thing I wanna do is take anything away from that. I’ve been waiting for this for what feels like an eternity, but there’s still some stuff we really need to talk about. First and foremost, how did you find out about the bar fight?”
Until that moment I’d forgotten all about my run-in with that horrible woman. The past few hours had been so amazing, it felt like that confrontation had happened a lifetime ago. It was a massive bummer that I was going to have to put a pin in the little bubble of happy we’d been floating in all night, but my aunt’s words from earlier popped into my head just then, and I decided right then and there I was done waiting for the other shoe to drop. Jensen and I were going to build something solid, and I was done letting his parents ruin our future.
Letting out a sigh, I wrapped my arm around his chiseled stomach and squeezed. “Okay, so, before I tell you, I need you to promise me you’re gonna keep your cool.”
His body went still beneath me. “Why do I get the feeling this is about to take a turn?”
I pulled my lips between my teeth and bit down as I sat up, twisting around so I was facing him while holding the sheet up over my naked chest like a shield. “I was at the grocery store with Brantley this morning, and, well . . . your mother was there.”
At those words, he pushed up to sitting, bracing himself against the headboard. I tried not to get distracted by all that naked, tanned flesh stretched tantalizingly over all the ridges that had been created by the muscles in his pecs, abs and arms. Man, his body was insane!
“What? That doesn’t make sense. She wouldn’t be caught dead doing something like shopping for her own groceries.”
“I don’t think she was there to stock up her pantry, Jensen. I think . . . I think she was following me.”
He went completely rock solid. Silence enveloped the room as the air shifted. The chill suddenly coming off Jensen made the whole room feel like it had gone ten degrees cooler, and when he spoke next, the quiet fury and malice dripping from his rumbled words sent a shiver down my spine. “Are you fucking kidding me?”
“I wish I was. She made an approach in one of the aisles, tried to tell Brantley she was his grandmother. I shut her down really fast, but she insisted she needed to speak with me, even grabbed my arm when I tried to walk away. I said some words and she backed off, but she cornered me a while later while I was loading my groceries in the car.” He looked like he was a second from exploding, so I hurried to get the rest of it out before all hell broke loose. “She was really desperate, Jensen. She confronted me because she was hoping I’d talk you out of trying to get that money back your father stole. She thought I’d feel sorry for her if she told me that they were gonna lose everything.
“Obviously, that didn’t work. That’s when she told me the real reason you left was because you nearly killed someone. She tried to get in my head, telling me you were dangerous, that you were gonna hurt me and Brant.”
“I would fuckin’ never—” he started on a growl, but I silenced him by straddling his thighs and taking his face in my hands.
“I know,” I insisted with a passionate whisper. “Jens, I know you. I know who you are in here.” I pressed my palm firmly to his chest above his heart. “I’ve never once worried that you’d lose control and hurt me or our son, not for a single second. That was her playing games, trying to get in my head so she could get what she wanted. It didn’t work.”
“Did she get anywhere near Brant? Say anything to him?”
“No.” I shook my head vigorously. “I didn’t give her the chance. I wasn’t about to let that happen. But, honey . . . she did freak him out pretty bad.”
He let out a long, steady breath, getting hold of his rage and letting it go. Letting out a weary sigh, he scrubbed at his face and groaned before dropping his head back and closing his eyes. “Christ, I can’t fuckin’ believe this. They just don’t quit. Every time I think I’m done with them once and for all, they come in and take a giant fucking sledgehammer to anything good in my life.”
“Hey, look at me.” Those stormy grays hit me and, in spite of the cloud swirling inside of them, when I looked at him just then, I knew I was exactly where I was meant to be. “We’re done letting them have any effect on our lives, okay? They can’t take a sledgehammer to anything because, from here on out, we aren’t going to let them. That’s done. They can play all the mind games they want, but for us, for our family, they don’t exist, okay?”
“You know it’s not that easy, baby.”
“But it is,” I insisted, scooting up on his lap and wrapping my arms around his neck. “It is that easy, bunny, ’cause they’re nothing to us. And when a person is nothing, they don’t have any control, they can’t hurt you anymore. From here on out it’s me, you, and Brant. That’s it. If we concentrate on that, nothing can touch us.”
Those clouds began to part, and a light I’d never seen before, even when we were at our best, came shining through. “Nothing can touch us.”
I slid my fingers into his hair, tangling them in the soft, silky strands. That’s right, baby. From here on out, it’s nothing but good. Even if we’re fighting because you’ve done something incredibly stupid that pisses me off, it’ll still be good.”
He hit me with that cocky smirk that made me fall in love with him. “And if you do something stupid that pisses me off?”
I snorted and rolled my eyes. “Pfft. Like that’ll ever happen. I’m freaking perfect.”
Just then, he grabbed my hips and rolled quickly, taking me to my back. “That you are, sunshine,” he said tenderly, looking into my eyes with so much love it made my throat grow tight. I lost his gaze a second later, but only because he lowered his head and gave me a slow, thorough kiss that made my toes curl and every nerve ending in my body spark to life. “Want you again, baby,” he said gruffly once he pulled back. “But to make that happen, I need to rehydrate.”
I could seriously get with that plan. “Then you better get on that. We have a lot of time to make up for. Think you’re up for it?”
His eyes glimmered at my challenge. “Don’t you worry about me. You just concentrate on keeping up.”
A thought suddenly popped into my head and made me tingle. “Feel like re-christening your truck tonight? If I recall, the last time was pretty damn terrific.”
A rough growl worked its way up from his chest. “As much as I love that idea, honey, it’ll have to wait. I didn’t bring the truck tonight. I came on my bike.”
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nbsp; That tingle grew more pronounced, moving its way down and coming to rest between my thighs. My eyelids lowered to half mast, and my tongue peeked out to wet my lips.
Jensen let out a hum of approval. “Seems my girl likes that. Next round’s in bed ’cause I need room to move so I can fuck you with my tongue and get you off before sliding my cock home and making you come again. After that, we’ll take a late-night ride up to The Lookout.”
I hadn’t been to The Lookout in forever. Back when I was in school and we’d have to get creative when it came to finding places to have sex, The Lookout had been one of our favorite spots. We’d stumbled across it simply by chance one day while we were cruising around town. Jensen had driven his obnoxious G-Class up into the foothills, and when the road we were on became nothing more than a dirt path that was too narrow to drive down, we’d parked and gotten out. We found The Lookout during our walk, and it had quickly become a favorite place of ours. “Everything you just said sounds absolutely perfect. Now go chug some water so you can do all the things you promised.”
Jensen gave me one last kiss before climbing out of the bed. I got a perfect view of his ass as he pulled his jeans back on—minus underwear, which was hot—and headed out of the room.
I curled deeper beneath the covers, snuggling into my pillows, and stretched my body, delighting in all the little twinges and dull aches that accompanied really fantastic sex. I was thinking this night couldn’t possibly get any better when a familiar bellow sounded through the house, effectively raining all over my little parade.
“What the fuck are you doin’ here? And where the fuck are your clothes?”
I shot up, leaping out of bed faster than I ever had before. I snatched up my panties and slid them on as the angry voices coming from the front of my house grew louder. I didn’t have time to search for my clothes, so I grabbed the first thing I could reach, which happened to be Jensen’s shirt, and pulled it on quickly. It covered enough, hitting me at mid-thigh, so I bolted out of my room and raced down the hall.
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