I turned to Lex. “I was hoping I could convince this one to join me on the dance floor.”
Her eyes widened in surprise. “Oh hell yes.”
Angelo laughed at her response.
I rounded the end of the bar and held out my hand to help Lexie down from her stool. ‘Swalla’ by Jason Derulo began pumping from the sound system as I towed Lex out to the center of the crowded dance floor.
Perfect.
This song had an insane beat.
I stopped and held Lexie by the hand, so her arm was stretched up high.
She strutted right around me in a circle, all sass and sex appeal. She spun around when she reached my front and pressed her back up against me.
My arms wrapped around her instinctively and we moved to the beat in unison, her ass grinding against my crotch
I groaned in her ear. “Damn, baby.”
I felt the vibration of her laughing against my chest.
She titled her head back and looked up at me with her beautiful face.
I leaned in to kiss her and it was as though the whole world fell away. I felt like I was watching us from above, the crush of bodies around us nothing but a blur around a spotlight, and in the center it was just me and her.
I’d never experienced anything like this before.
Lexie turned in my arms, so her front was pressed against mine, our lips never breaking contact as her delicate hands clasped around my neck.
The song, the dance, my job… it was all forgotten as I slipped my tongue into her mouth and met hers.
I couldn’t get enough. My hands found her hips and gripped tight, lifting her slightly off the ground, she was as close to me as she could possibly be, but it still wasn’t enough.
She sighed into my mouth and I knew she could feel it too.
I set her back down and our lips broke apart but stayed close, our heavy breaths mingling together between us.
“I thought you brought me out here to dance.” She murmured as the song ended and the A-Trak remix of Lorde’s ‘Magnets’ began.
Our bodies might have been still, but our souls… those were dancing.
“You want to dance, babe?” I asked her.
She nodded, her eyes trained on mine.
If my girl wanted to dance, we’d dance.
I grabbed her, ballroom style and turned her around and around, the crowd taking notice and making space for us.
I ignored the beat as I swept and turned a giggling Lexie around the floor.
The song ended and I dipped her low, kissing her hard as I did. I could feel her smile against my lips and I knew nothing else in my life could compare to the feeling of making this woman happy.
The people that had surrounded us clapped and cheered as I took a bow.
Lexie blushed bright red and tucked her face into my chest with an embarrassed little giggle.
Jason Derulo’s ‘X2CU’ came on and I was making a mental note to talk to the DJ about over doing the Derulo, when Lexie started laughing uncontrollably.
“What’s so funny?” I asked her loudly, trying to be heard over the music.
She pushed up on her toes and tried to explain in my ear, but it was too noisy out here for me to hear hardly anything she was saying.
I held one finger up, indicating that she should hang on, and led her out of the madness and back towards the bar where we would have a much better shot at having a conversation.
She was still grinning like a loon when we got there and I could tell she was on the verge of bursting into laughter again.
I turned her and backed her up so she was pressed against the wall, me towering over her, my arms caging her in.
She gasped and the cheeky grin on her face fell away. I watched as her eyes roamed over the tense muscles of my arms, her teeth sinking into her bottom lip as she did.
Damn, baby.
The look her in eyes made me momentarily forget what we’d come over here for.
I stared at her, just taking my fill, until something caught her attention and a slow grin spread across her face.
“Didn’t you have a question?” She asked with a sly smirk and a giggle.
I smirked back. “You gonna tell me what’s so damn funny, or am I gonna have to drag it out of you?”
She pretended to ponder my offer for a moment.
“It’s the song.” She laughed. “When we first met, I thought it sounded like it should have been the soundtrack for you and your attempts to get me into bed for revenge.” She explained.
I listened to the lyrics for a moment.
“Your heart was broken back then and I was perfect revenge. You say, I just want my ex to see you. And it was okay with me, but I hope things to see. I say, I just want my ex to see you… started as a sexy rebound, but you sleeping next to me now. You say, I just want my ex to see you. Started as a sexy rebound, now you get the best of me now. I say, I just want my ex to see you…”
She’s not wrong.
I thought back to the first time I met Lexie and smiled. It was hard to think that I’d still been a little hung up on Quinn. I chuckled as I recalled propositioning Lexie and her calling me out on my bullshit. It was even harder to fathom that it was only a few short days ago.
It seems like a lifetime…
I was so utterly absorbed with Lexie that no other woman even crossed my mind anymore.
I chuckled. “Can’t say I can argue with you on that one.”
“What’s the theme song of your life now?” She asked, her voice a mixture of curiosity and nerves.
Every single love song I knew flashed through my mind, but I reigned it in and went for a light option.
I grinned, deliberately looking her up and down. “Ed Sheeran – Shape of you.” I told her as I gestured to the fine body she was teasing me with.
She swatted my shoulder playfully. “Good choice, Mr. Hunt… good choice.”
I swooped in and claimed her lips, much to the delight of my staff, who apparently were watching exactly what we were doing, if the whoops and hollers that were being fired in our direction were anything to go by.
“Boss man, you sly dog.” I heard Olivia call out.
I chuckled and pulled back from Lexie. “I better go reign in the troops.” I told her, already reluctant to have her out of my arms.
She giggled and peaked over her shoulder at my staff. “Go on, boss man.” She teased.
I placed another chaste kiss to her lips and stepped away.
“Alright, boys and girls, shows over.” I called over my shoulder with a smirk. “Get back to work.”
***
“That girl is an absolute hoot.” Angelo chuckled. He had come behind the bar to give me his approval of Lexie while she was in the bathroom.
“A little kooky…” He added. “But I like her.”
“She’s pretty great, right?” I smiled, just the mention of Lexie’s name enough to make me break out in a grin.
He studied my face for a moment and then pulled me in for hug. He patted me on the back before letting me go again.
“What was that for?”
“It’s just nice seeing you in a good place, man.” He replied genuinely.
It’s nice being in a good place.
I tried to wave away his comment like it was no big deal, but he just narrowed his eyes at me. “I’m serious, you know. That shit with your brother and Quinn… hell, I’m still disappointed in him for that, but seeing you happy might just get me over it.”
“You should let it go.” I encouraged. “Harrison never wanted to hurt me, neither did Quinn… it’s just the way things work out sometimes… I’m over it, truly.” I told him.
And I was – I was one hundred percent over the fact that Quinn and Harrison were together.
“I can see that.” He clapped me on the shoulder as he turned to leave. “A blind man could see how good the two of you are together, man, so congratulations.”
***
“You really like working with peo
ple huh?” Lexie asked from where she sat on the bar, her legs dangling.
We’d been closed for nearly an hour and I was nearly ready to get the hell out of here with my girl. That round on the dance floor earlier had me on edge to get her home and into bed so our night could really start.
I grinned at her question and nodded. “Yeah, there’s something exciting about working in a club, everyone is so pumped, ya know? It just puts me in a good mood.”
“I like it too.”
“The club scene?” I asked her as I loaded the last of the empty glasses onto a tray.
“Nah.” She shook her head. “I mean it’s okay, but mainly I just like watching you, you’re so excited, it’s really cute.” She scrunched up her nose in that way girls did when they looked at a cute little puppy or kitten – in this case, I was the puppy.
I chuckled. “It’s a pain in the ass really, getting all jacked up like this…it always keeps me awake for ages after a shift.”
“I can think of plenty of things we can do if you can’t sleep…” Lexie not so subtly hinted.
Me too, baby, me too.
“I like where your head is at.” I replied, my tone gruff.
We need to get out of here.
I sat the tray of glasses down – some other sucker could take care of those, and stalked over to where Lexie was perched. I fitted my hips snugly in between her sexy legs and wrapped her in my arms.
She giggled softly and wrapped her arms around my neck like she always did.
“Thank you for coming here with me.” I murmured into her neck. It was strange being on level heights, I’d grown so accustomed to bending down to reach her.
“Thank you for bringing me.” She replied softly against my ear. “I had fun.”
I knew she wasn’t just saying that. Lexie wasn’t one of those high maintenance girls who needed tending to every few seconds, just to be kept happy. I could see that she was genuinely content just to be here with me, and I loved her for that.
I was struck once again and just how right it felt, being with her.
Life together would be amazing.
Easy…
Perfect…
Now I just had to figure out a way to make it happen.
***
“Mmmm, Colton…” Lexie moaned my name beneath me.
I chuckled against the soft skin of her belly. “Yeah, baby?”
“More.” She demanded – her breathing becoming more labored by the second. “Just… more.” She begged.
I loved it when she pleaded with me. I loved it even more when she got all incoherent sounding like she was right now.
“More what?”
“Colt…” She moaned as I kissed her now pebbled skin. “Please.” She begged again.
I’ve got you, girl.
I pumped into her again with my fingers and she writhed beneath me.
“Oh… god.” She mumbled.
I was so hard. Watching her naked body… hearing her sweet sighs… just having her here with me and willing was almost too much to deal with.
“Are you ready for me, baby?”
“I was ready before you even touched me.” She moaned.
She wasn’t joking; we’d barely made it into my office. We never stood a chance of making it all the way back to my place. I was as close to losing it as she was, some kind of carnal impulse was spurring me on right now and I needed to take her.
Right now.
I slipped my fingers out of her and she groaned at the loss of contact.
“Shhh, baby.” I soothed her. “I’ll be back.”
I found my jeans half way across the room, thrown haphazardly on top of my filing cabinet. Our clothes had been disregarded in a hasty, lust filled haze.
I grabbed the condom from my wallet and ripped the foil packet open.
Lexie watched my every move as I prowled back towards her, rolling the rubber down my hard length.
She was draped across the couch in my office, one hundred percent naked.
Absolute perfection.
I was aching for her. I was a man who had always thoroughly enjoyed sex, but I’d never needed a woman the way I did Lexie. She brought out desires in me that I didn’t know I possessed.
“Has everyone gone home?” Lexie whimpered as I grabbed her ankles and lifted them up towards my shoulders.
“Nope.” I ground out as I lined up and pushed inside of her in one fluid stroke.
And I don’t give a fuck.
“Mmmmm.” She moaned as I filled her.
I pushed in to the hilt, dragged myself slowly back out and thrust into her again.
“Fuck, babe.” My voice was so loud and gruff I barely recognized it as my own.
“Sshhhh.” She replied, with a moan. “They’ll hear us.”
I looked her dead in the eye as I thrust into her again. “Let them hear.” I taunted.
Her eyes widened slowly and I watched as she let go of her inhibitions and relaxed.
I gave exactly zero fucks if my employees heard me in here with Lexie. She was mine, and if I wanted to bang her in my office, I would.
“Let the whole damn world hear.” I ground out. “Let them all hear that your mine.”
“Yes!” Lexie cried out.
“Let me hear you, baby.” I demanded as I thrust into her over and over.
“Yes!” She cried out again, now writhing beneath me. “Oh, Colt, yes!”
I was so close to the edge, I was barely hanging on.
“I’m gonna lose it, Lex.” The words fell from my mouth in the same moment that she cried out with her release.
Just knowing she’d gone over the edge was all it took for me to follow her.
I came hard, so hard I swear I saw stars.
I let her legs slide down and relax as I slumped forward on top of her, breathing hard.
I swept a stray strand of hair from her face and kissed the tip of her nose.
“Let’s get out of here.” She grinned once she’d caught her breath. “I think the whole building would have heard that.”
Completely worth it.
***
“What do you want to do today?” I asked her gently as I brushed her messy, slept in hair off of her face.
Our last full day together.
We were still in bed, and truth be told, I would have been a happy man if we didn’t have to move an inch today, but I knew that was just me being selfish. Lexie needed to see her friends at some point, and I needed to let them know that I’d be taking her to the airport, alone.
That wasn’t me being selfish, it was me being smart. I knew Lexie was going to lose it when the time came, and if Ellerslie, Quinn and I were all there, I was worried she wouldn’t go.
The idea of her staying was perfect in theory, but I couldn’t do it to her. She’d worked so hard to get where she was in her job, and I couldn’t, I wouldn’t ask her to give that up.
We would make this work somehow, but not at the expense of Lexie’s career.
“Whatever you want to do…” She answered in a voice that was barely above a whisper.
“Babe, you decide, it’s your las-”
“Don’t say it.” She interrupted me, her voice breaking. “Please don’t say it.”
I could literally feel my heart splitting in two. I was such a fool for thinking I’d truly been in love before now.
Compared to this, I’d barely even known what love was. I knew that now.
This was love. And here I was, to chicken shit to say the words to the only woman I’d ever really loved. It was ironic really, I’d spurted those words off with no real knowledge of their true meaning, and now that I finally understood what they meant, the hypothetical cat had my tongue.
“It’ll be okay, babe.” I promised her, kissing the side of her head that wasn’t pressed against my chest. “Let me treat you to a day you’ll never forget.”
She turned so she was looking right into my eyes and a lump formed in my throat.
She
’s just so damn beautiful.
“I will never forget a single moment I spend with you.” She told me, a fierce note to her voice that I wasn’t accustomed to hearing.
I was certain I wouldn’t either. I just wished we didn’t have to give each other the chance to test the theory.
“Then let’s go do something worth remembering.”
23. Lexie
I snapped another picture of the stunning lake with my camera and tucked the undeveloped Polaroid into my pocket.
I wanted to make sure I would remember every single little thing about my time here with Colt.
“Are you hungry, babe?” Colt called to me from the picnic blanket he’d set up on a semi private spot of the Boston public garden. We’d spent the morning wandering around the common and the gardens, hand in hand, just talking and enjoying each other’s company.
It was such a pretty spot here and I couldn’t have picked a better way to spend my last day in Boston. This place felt like the living, breathing, heart of the city.
I looked over at him and my pulse sped up instantly, seeing him reclined on that same blanket, was like a direct flash back to our first date.
I smiled as I thought about it. I still couldn’t believe I’d nearly given up on this.
On us.
If it hadn’t been for Quinn, I may never have had the balls to go after what I wanted.
Colt.
He was what I wanted. He was the man I could imagine a future with, he was the man I could envision having a life with… having children with. He was who I wanted to wake up next to everyday.
I felt tears welling in my eyes as the reality of our situation hit me yet again. I blinked them back as quickly as I could, not wanting Colt to see me upset over this anymore than he already had.
I was his and he was mine – we’d make this work… somehow. Even if it meant living in separate cities for a year, we’d make it work.
My stomach lurched at the thought of having him so far away, but I knew I would do what I had to do to keep him. Having Colt in my life, in any way, shape or form, was better than not having him at all.
“Lex?” Colt called again, and I realized I’d been frozen to the spot, just staring at him.
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