What to Read After FSOG: The Gemstone Collection (WTRAFSOG Book 7)

by Lexi Buchanan

  “Oh, God, baby. Please tell me I didn’t hurt you?” He moved further up my body and used his mouth to remove the tears, I had no idea were falling.

  “I love you,” I blurted out.

  He froze and started to grin. “You love me and it makes you cry?”

  Reaching up, I caressed his face with my hand. “No, I love you and it breaks my heart… I don’t want you to leave me.” I started crying.

  After a stunned minute, he lay on his side and gathered me into his arms. “Thalia, I love you,” he told me, his voice cracking. “I’m going to do everything I can to stay with you. I promise…please stop, baby.”

  Eventually, after more soft words from Phoenix, I managed to stop the flow of tears and sniffled into a tissue he’d passed me.

  “I’m sorry.” I blushed.

  He kissed my eyes. “Don’t ever be sorry for crying on me, besides it’s my fault you were crying in the first place.”

  I sighed and snuggled into him, resting my cheek on his chest. Oh boy. His pierced nipple was right in front of my face. I grinned, leaned in and licked him. I felt him shudder against me. I wanted to explore. I moved my hand that was resting on his back, and stroked up his side to his nipple and rubbed.

  He growled. “Thalia…”

  Taking his nipple and piercing into my mouth, I flicked the silver ring with my tongue then lapped at his nipple, pushing him onto his back with me sprawling over his chest.

  He kept groaning, holding my head in place, while I moved to his other nipple, giving it the same treatment, before moving back to the pierced one. I couldn’t get enough of him.

  His cock had started to twitch between my thighs, as I started to move south with my hands and mouth.

  Phoenix had the body of a God, all hard muscle, with no body hair. While I licked down his body, his stomach muscles quivered, his cock was rock hard against me, and his nipples were hard pebbles. Every time I flicked the silver ring, he’d break out in goose bumps.

  Then his pierced cock came into view, and this time it was my stomach that fluttered. He was hard as hell with the tip weeping, trickling down to the silver. I licked my lips.

  He arched his hips into me. “Thalia, I need you, babe,” he groaned.

  Kneeling between his thighs, I admired the view. I could see right between his legs to his hairless balls. He was watching me through heavily lidded eyes. I grinned, leaned forward and placed my hands on his thighs. Teasing the tip of his cock with my breath, I smiled at his groan, before I licked him from root to tip like an ice cream cone.

  He nearly bolted from the bed.

  I licked back down the length of him, sucking one of his balls into my mouth, while I smoothed up and down his cock with my hand. Gripping him tightly, I pulled slightly to the root and keeping my hand there, massaged his other ball in my mouth. His thighs started to shake as I kept my hand tight around the root of him, while I licked the pre-cum up.

  “I’m going to make you come by using my mouth on the head.” I quickly sucked the tip into my mouth and kept flicking the silver bar with my tongue, trying not to grind my pussy against his leg. With Phoenix under me, letting me do what I wanted to him, I was so damn wet and aching.

  “Get that pussy up here.”

  “What?” I met his eyes, and watched him place another pillow behind his head.

  Oh God. Did he mean what I thought he did?

  “Thalia, I want my tongue in your cunt, while you’re sucking me off. Now get that sweet pussy up here.”

  He did? I’d never done that before.

  I slowly started to move towards him, but he was impatient and grabbed my hips, turning me so I was straddling his face.

  I was not embarrassed. I was not embarrassed. I was so embarrassed.

  He chuckled, and then kissed me, slap-bang between my legs. I groaned and dropped my head, straight into his groin.

  “You taste good, babe.”

  Next thing, I felt him spread me open, and then he inserted his tongue inside me. I raised my head and let out a loud groan, watching his cock twitch uncontrollably.

  While I panted hard he continued to tongue fuck me. His breathing was harsh as I put one hand to his balls, and the other to the base of his cock and held on tight while I flicked the silver bar with my tongue – over and over again.

  Still using my tongue, I lapped up the pre-cum leaking from the head before sucking the tip into my mouth, once, twice, and then I took the length of him as far as he could go into my mouth, massaging him with my tongue. Releasing him from my mouth, I flicked the bar again.

  “Fuck. Thalia…you keep doing that I’m going to come,” he panted, inserting his fingers into me while he tongued my clit.

  Groaning at the pleasure Phoenix was inflicting on me, I sucked the length of him back into my mouth. I felt him growl against my pussy. He grabbed both my hips, spreading my ass cheeks and started sucking my clit into his mouth, alternating with slipping his tongue inside me. I started to grind against his mouth; it felt so good, what he was doing to me.

  With one powerful move, I sucked him straight into my mouth, while I massaged his balls.

  He rubbed around my anus, which had my orgasm ripping through me in hot flames. I groaned around his cock as wave-after-wave of pleasure continued to run through me.

  “Thalia…” Phoenix shouted, as he filled my mouth with his release, his cock quivering as I sucked him dry. I couldn’t take any more and released him, then fell to the side lying on my back. Wow.

  “Babe, come up here. I want to hold you.”

  With just enough energy left, I crawled up the length of him, to be held tight in his arms. “I love you, Phoenix.” I kissed his chest and snuggled deeper into him.

  Chapter Forty-Nine

  Jack

  Having spent close to three hours in bed with Thalia, we’d showered and dressed ready to face the garden party at Mia’s parent’s house.

  While waiting for Thalia to come downstairs, I was sitting out back on the porch. She’d kicked me out of her room, telling me she had to get ready, and couldn’t concentrate with me being all over her. I grinned, because I had been all over her.

  If I thought I had it bad for her before we’d spent a few hours in bed, then I was mistaken, because it was nothing compared to how I felt about her now. I didn’t want her out of my sight, which was going to be hard as hell to cope with during the afternoon’s fucking garden party.

  Liam had spent the morning with Mia, so hopefully they’d gotten more ‘hot and sweaty’ after the steamy kiss I caught before. I could hope.

  Thalia was of the opinion that we needed to get together with Mia and Liam then go to see Lewis to plead our case, but I had a feeling there was something to his reasoning, that it had to be me she married. He was being stubborn about this for a reason, and I planned to find out why.

  “Hey.”

  I turned my head to reply, but couldn’t get anything out. She was standing outside the door in a soft pale pink dress, with matching pumps on her feet. She’d done some sort of curly thing with her hair, then pinned it up with bits falling down around her shoulders.

  Gazing at her, I coughed to try and clear the restriction in my throat. “Until I saw you, my body was under control.” I stood, walking towards her. “But now.” I smoothed my hand over my hard-on, as I reached her. “Do not lick your lips,” I growled.

  She stepped into my space, taking my face into her hands. She brought her lips within an inch of mine. “I haven’t put lipstick on yet.” With that, she gently sealed her lips to mine.

  My hands went to her hips as I brought her flush against me. We both groaned, as I deepened the kiss, slipping my tongue inside her mouth to mate with hers. She tasted delicious, and I never wanted to let her go.

  “Phoenix, we have to go get Callie from town.”

  “What?” I had no idea, what she was talking about.

  “Phoenix, stop,” she groaned, while I continued to kiss her neck, moving to her collar
bone. “Callie. My best friend is in town, and needs a ride. She’s staying at the inn, so I said we’d go pick her up and take her to the garden party with us.”

  “You made me forget about the damn thing.” I moved away from her, took her hand, and led her down the porch steps to my car. “Is Callie a good friend?”

  She gave me a funny look. “Yeah. Why?”

  “This afternoon is going to be about me and…Mia, it’s going to hurt me and I know it will hurt you so I want you to have someone with you to make sure you’re okay.” I brushed a lone tear from her cheek.

  “I know what you have to do. It won’t be easy, although it helps knowing she wants Liam…and not you.” She started to chuckle.

  “You find that funny?”

  “Sorry, it’s not funny. If I don’t laugh, I’d probably cry.” She shrugged her shoulders. “Let’s just go and get it over with.”

  “Okay, come on.” I opened the car door for her, and held in a groan when she climbed in, showing a bit more leg than necessary.

  Slamming the door shut, I ran around to slide into the driver’s seat before turning the ignition on. Within seconds, I was speeding down the drive, wanting to get the afternoon over with.

  I wished with all my heart that I was going on a date with the woman sitting beside me, and that we didn’t have to go our separate ways once we arrived at Mia’s house. At least she’d have a close friend with her, plus I knew Donovan and Reece would look out for her as well.

  “Why’s your friend staying in town? There’s plenty of room at the house.” I cast a quick look at Thalia smiling. She was breathtaking.

  “You need to keep your eyes on the road, lover boy.” She was sexy as hell. “Callie is staying in town, because she hates having to be all nice and sweet to people she doesn’t know.”

  “Huh. So she’d rather splash out by staying in town instead of getting a free ride at my folks’ place.”

  “Don’t worry about Callie and money. Her folks own a huge cattle ranch in Texas.” She turned sideways in her seat and rested her head against the back, looking at me.

  “What? Have I grown two heads?” I asked, with another glance at her.

  “I love you,” she whispered.

  My hands shook on the steering wheel. “God, Thalia.” I took hold of her hand and placed it on my thigh, holding on for dear life. “I love you too. I just want this whole thing over with so I can be with you.”

  We stayed silent during the rest of the ride into town and the inn, but kept our hands locked tight together.

  “There’s Callie,” Thalia said, sitting further up in her seat.

  I looked in the direction she was pointing, and saw a blonde girl in cowgirl boots and a short dress, walking back and forth in front of the inn.

  As soon as I pulled to a stop, Thalia was out of the car and running towards her. The girl turned and a smile spread across her face as Thalia threw herself into Callie’s embrace.

  Having climbed out at a slower pace, I leaned against the car to enjoy watching my woman. I could have used some earplugs, though. The volume seemed to go up some once we arrived.

  Callie looked at me then whistled, only to be nudged by Thalia. “Hey, behave. He’s mine.” She walked over to me, dragging her friend behind her. “This is Jack, but he’s my Phoenix.” She grinned and blew me a kiss.

  Shaking Callie’s hand, I wished I could take Thalia back into my arms to claim her as mine, but I couldn’t while in town. Especially with the town gossip practically hanging out of her window two houses up, in an effort to get a closer look.

  “It’s nice to meet you Callie. I’m glad you’re going to be here this afternoon. It’s going to be…difficult.”

  “So Thalia informed me. Well, let’s get this show on the road.” With that she climbed into the back of the car, leaving Thalia and me where we stood.

  “Is she always so…”

  “Abrupt,” Thalia finished for me.

  “Yeah.”

  “She was probably embarrassed with the hot looks you were throwing at me.”

  “I wasn’t throwing hot looks at you.”

  “Ha!” She walked and stood in front of me, leaning in, a breadth away from my lips. “You were looking at me as though you were about to ravish me,” she brushed against my cock, “and I wouldn’t have complained.”

  My heart was about to beat out of my chest as I reached out and grabbed her hips, pulling her flush against me. Just about to seal our lips together, Callie opened the car door.

  “I think you two better get inside the car, before the whole town is talking about you both.”

  “She’s right.”

  “I know. I need to remember I don’t have any claim to you,” Thalia whispered, looking so sad. She moved out of my arms and opened her door, then climbed inside.

  Was she pulling away from me? She said she didn’t have any claim on me, but she had my heart.

  Chapter Fifty

  Thalia

  I’d started to get myself all worked up because since we’d arrived, Jack had been holding Mia’s hand. From the minute we’d arrived at her house they’d been together.

  Upset, I’d tried to stay distracted with introducing Callie to Jack and Liam’s parents, as well as Donovan and Reece, which had been a surprise and I wasn’t sure what to think. Donovan had been flirting with Callie for the best part of an hour, but Reece had kept watch. Was he attracted to my friend? I also hadn’t missed the slight glances Callie kept throwing in Reece’s direction, either.

  Mia’s home was beautiful, and no expense had been spared for the party. The food was constantly being replenished, as were the drinks. In fact, a few people were well on their way to being drunk.

  From where I was standing I could see Reece, and he looked like he was up to something. I moved slightly so I could get a better view of what he was doing. He came to a stop and poured a couple of glasses of wine, then after a quick look around he emptied nearly a full bottle of something, probably wine, between the three jugs of lemonade. Well, they say boys never grow up.

  Walking out from the side of the gazebo, I intercepted him on his way across to where Donovan and Callie were sitting.

  He came to a stop in front of me, looked back at the table and then back to my grinning face.

  “Caught.”

  “I’ve no idea what you mean.”

  “How old are you again?”

  He leaned into me, “Old enough to have sex.”

  I sighed. “Reece, the only people drinking that are those women over there from the church.”

  He grinned, and gently put one arm around my shoulders. “I’m not having sex with them.”

  “Will you be serious for once?”

  “Thalia, I shared the bottle of wine out between the three jugs, after I’d poured three glasses of it first. Trust me, they’ll be fine. Now come and tell your friend what a great catch I am.”

  That wouldn’t go down too well considering Callie seemed to be getting on with Donovan. “Ah, Reece.”

  Sitting down on the grass to the other side of Callie, Reece completely ignored me at first as he passed the wine around. “Thalia, sit your sexy ass down right there, while I go and get another glass of wine,” he said passing me the third glass.

  Dropping down to the grass beside Donovan, I shook my head. “No thanks. I’m fine.”

  Both Donovan and Callie were watching me, while Reece was watching Callie. Reece was just as good looking as Donovan and I’d bet underneath all those tattoos, and badass charm, there was a heart of gold, and a guy who’d be great to cuddle up to.

  A giggle burst from between my lips, I covered my mouth with my hand to try and keep it in, but no such luck.

  “Ah, Thalia. Are you okay?” Callie asked me.

  As I nodded my head, I looked across at Reece, who was grinning like an idiot. “I was just thinking how cuddly you’d be,” I told Reece, which wiped the smile off his face, and after a brief pause, Donovan roared with lau
ghter.

  “Hilarious,” Donovan said clutching his sides, wiping the tears from his eyes.

  “Hey, I was being serious.”

  “You want to try me out?”

  With a grin on my face, I crawled over to him, getting comfortable between his legs, as he wrapped his arms around me.

  I wiggled closer. “See, cuddly.”

  “I keep telling all the girls that, but they don’t listen,” Reece replied, holding Callie’s gaze.

  Donovan was looking at something over our shoulders, only for a frown to appear on his face a minute later. “Ah, you may want to move.”

  “What the fuck are you doing with Thalia?”

  Phoenix.

  “I said…”

  “I know what you said, Phoenix.” Reece stood up, held his hand out for me and pulled me up from the grass to face Phoenix with him.

  “It was my fault,” I said quietly.

  He glanced at me then stepped toe-to-toe with Reece. “Stay away from her.”

  “The only person she is interested in is you. Have you got any idea what this is doing to her?” Reece seemed to be on a roll.

  Phoenix glanced to me then back to Reece.

  “Thalia having to watch you parade around with Mia is so fucking wrong, so you don’t have any damn thing to say about her sitting with me. This whole fucking thing is screwed up, but don’t you dare come over here all threatening, because she is with me and not…you. Until this whole thing is sorted you don’t have that right.”

  They were not going to fight over me. I pushed my way between the two, facing Phoenix, as Reece stepped back. I reached up and rested my hands on his chest, feeling his heart beating like a freight train, and then lifted my eyes to his. I could see the anguish in his. “Don’t do this. You know I love you, Phoenix. Reece is one of your best friends. Do you really believe he’d try to pinch me from under your nose? Do you believe I’d let him?”

  “No, I don’t.” He looked over my shoulder at Reece. “I’m sorry…and don’t expect me to apologize again.”