“The panties are awesome.” He laughed. “Sorry for the overkill but fuck, Merri. These things are every fantasy come to life.”
“I like them too.” She giggled. “They feel so wicked, and you can see everything.”
He stood. “Take them off and hand them to me.”
She had to wiggle to remove them. With the scrap of black nothing dangling from her finger, she faced him.
All she wore were a pair of black fishnet stocking and the bedroom heels.
“Unf,” he grunted lustfully. “I’m going to enjoy fucking you.”
Reaching for the panties, he held them to his nose and leered at her.
“On the bed. Slowly.”
Her hips rocked as she swayed toward the side of the bed. Losing the shoes, she put one knee on the mattress before hoisting her other leg.
“Stop.” He barked the command. Naked except for lace-top stockings, Merri was in his bed on all fours. Her heavy tits swayed provocatively, and her bare pussy peeked from between her legs.
He weighed the position for future reference.
“Crawl slowly, baby. Middle of the bed and then on your back.”
He drank in the sight she made and thanked his lucky stars.
She opened her legs when he joined her on the bed. He patted her mound and chuckled.
“Eager pussy?”
She didn’t bother with a reply. She was too busy clasping him around his shoulders and doing lovely licking and biting things to his chest.
“Touch me,” she begged.
He took her wrists and raised her arms above her head. “These stay here.”
She smiled and settled into a seductive pose.
He started by moving her hair and laying waste to her neck. Just her neck. Before long, she was moaning and writhing, desperate for more. Now I have her attention, he thought with a satisfied smile
Holding her neck in a possessive grip, he took her mouth in a savage kiss. He was fine with making sure she got off first, but he was going to enjoy the adventure and gorge on her response.
It struck him broadside. That being with Merri freed him to be who and what he was. They already knew each other. She’d been his friend during the worst of times. There was no pretense, and he didn’t need to pretty things up for her.
She moaned and sighed when he feasted on her tits. Goddammit, but he could suck her nipples all day long. They made his tongue tingle, and there ain’t nothing wrong with a little zing.
He hit the wall first. Her scent called to him. She was writhing, and the little whimpers and moans coming from her demanded satisfaction.
Biting her nipples for the last time, he kissed a straight line down her stomach and crawled between her legs. When he pushed her thighs apart and settled, she clutched the sheets and undulated. Her eyes were glazed, and she was already panting.
Lifting her ass with hands, he bent and paid his manly respects to her pussy. It was the least he could do, considering what his cock was about to unleash on her body.
Kissing, licking, nibbling, Tom went to town. She tasted amazing. Each time he lapped up her delicious essence, she dripped more. The minute she began hurtling toward an orgasm, he knew. Her hips jerked. She groaned. Her thighs fell open farther, and she begged.
It was the begging that challenged his control.
“Tom, oh. Oh, please. Please.”
He bit the sensitive soft flesh of her inner thigh. She whimpered and moaned.
“Time to come, my sexy slut.”
He positioned her out for the big event. She was panting. He smelled her desperation.
Without saying anything, he thrust two fingers into her dripping pussy, curled them, and found the spot that made her quiver. He was not gentle about the deliberate fingering. His lips closed around her juicy clit, and within a few seconds, she lost control. Her body jerked. She grunted and cried his name. Her pussy convulsed around his fingers and released a deluge of orgasmic cream. He enjoyed every last drop.
She was shaking and dazed when he sat back on his feet and surveyed her dishevelment. It was a good look for his lady.
He removed his briefs and grunted as his cock was freed. Merri wasn’t back yet, but he couldn’t wait to be inside her. Shifting her ass was no problem. He spread her thighs and teased her opening to cover the head of his cock with her juices. He yanked on her hips, and she opened so beautifully.
Her deep, groan filled the air.
“Is this what you need, baby?”
Tom held his cock and just allowed the fat head to tease her pussy.
“Say the words, Merri. Let me hear you say it.”
She grunted lustfully and drew her knees up. “You promised me a slut fuck.”
“And I always keep my promises.” He said the words with a growl of possessiveness and a leer. “You might wanna grab on to something, sweet cheeks. This is gonna be rough.”
She gasped, and with a loud grunt, he rammed his cock deep.
“Oh, oh, god,” she groaned. “Fuck.”
He pulled back and slammed home harder. This time, she cried out.
“Are you okay, baby?” He was balls deep and needed full clearance before he continued.
“Tom,” she grunted.
“Yes?”
“You’re big.” She said the words, and a second later, her pussy creamed.
He shifted his hips. The friction of her hot, wet pussy walls felt incredible. He growled over and over and kept up the slight movement as he gave her body time to adjust.
When she melted under him he fucked her with a ferocity that left him gasping with need.
“Baby,” he groaned. “Hold your legs open for me.”
She was too out of it, so he took her hands and helped her pull her knees up and back. His cock sank deeper. She whimpered and said something he couldn’t hear.
“Look at me, sweet cheeks. I wanna see your eyes when I fill your pussy.”
She whispered again. He took her mouth, kissed her deeply, and hovered. “Say again?”
“I love you. Now fuck me like you hate me and make me come again.”
Her stated wish was his command, and he went wild. His carnal side had no time for niceties. He pounded her until the friction made his cock burn. She squeezed him and cried out.
Sensing she was close, he slipped a hand between them, found her swollen clit, and plucked it until she exploded. The power of her orgasm triggered an out-of-body experience. He made animalistic noises and fucked her so hard it was a miracle she survived.
His cock swelled. She squeezed him with her powerful muscles. For a heartbeat, he hung on the edge of paradise before falling heart first into a climax that robbed him of breath. His cock throbbed. He shook as his seed emptied in her glorious pussy.
He was still hard when he sat back and left her body. Come dripped from her pussy. He couldn’t remember anything looking as beautiful.
She noticed his continuing erection.
He didn’t waste a second before flipping her over. “On your knees, baby. I’m not empty yet.”
She wagged her ass at him. He slapped a cheek and pushed her head down to the mattress. “The deeper the arch, the deeper the cock. Understand?”
She answered with a sigh and arched like a cat in heat. Tom held his cock and aimed it at her hole.
“This’ll be short and dirty. Feel free to tease your clit if you’d like to join in.”
He chuckled at how fast her hand moved. She put her fingers where she could feel him sink into her body. As he said, the sexy arch of her back and wide leg placement gave him the room he needed to fuck her properly.
He counted out loud with each ferocious stroke.
“One.”
“Two.”
She moaned. Her fingers touched the root of his buried cock and rubbed her clitoris.
He gave her three fast, hard strokes. “Three, four, five.” Her pussy tightened.
“Six.”
He grunted and arched into her until she took a
ll of him.
“Seven. Eight.”
“Tom,” she whimpered.
“Are you ready to come, baby?”
She said, “Yes.”
When he unleashed a dozen more strokes, she came for the third time with a scream. He held her hips and closed his eyes. His cock spurted.
“Not bad for our first time, my little slut.”
He pulled out and kissed her as she collapsed.
Tom lay down with her and pulled her close. He spoke softly, commenting on her endurance and lavishing praise on her pussy as he explained they’d be getting a butt plug immediately.
She acted embarrassed and surprised when he left the bed and came back with a warm washcloth. She tried to keep her legs closed, but he insisted and cleaned her up in as loving a way as his trembling hands could.
They cuddled and whispered long denied words of love. Outside their door, everything in the world might not be right, but on this night, in this bed, with Merri in his arms, everything was perfect.
He woke in the middle of the night with her mouth and hands on his body. She told him that she’d never been on top before and wanted to try it.
Teaching her how to ride was shit tons of fun. His science nerd made an appearance with a fine little speech about angles, depth of penetration, and rhythm.
Merri alternated between giggling and moaning. She was in a talkative frame of mind and exclaimed with wonder over the squishing sound on each plunge. He took the opportunity to rather lasciviously point out that she brought the wetness.
She lost her balance and rhythm several times. She would laugh and make a joke but then quickly climb back on his dick.
He marveled at the joy they gave each other. Had he ever laughed during sex? He doubted it, but this woman was special. Maybe the time they spent in the friend zone was what they needed to have this extraordinary, joyful freedom.
Merri announced when she was going to come in a growl loud enough for the saints in heaven to hear.
Watching her come undone on top of him was unbelievably hot. He waited until she screamed and then let his orgasm blast off.
When they finally calmed and drifted to sleep, his last thought was that he had to get her to the altar as soon as possible so he could put a baby inside her.
Epilogue ~ Recipe for a Happily Ever After
A few weeks and many orgasms later, Tom got down on one knee at one minute after midnight on her birthday. He wanted her to remember turning thirty and smile.
Officially engaged, they spent an extended weekend in New York with Cyndi and George, where there was so much weirdness going on he didn’t know where to start.
Six months later, Millicent Merriweather made a beautiful June bride. They got married at the Oaklands Mansion. To his surprise, Agie took the news of their engagement quite well. Merri said her sudden change into a human being had a lot to do with her football player boyfriend.
Agie and Cyndi were her bridesmaids. Brad was his second, and because he and Merri thought it was funny, Dahlia slicked her hair back and wore a form-fitting tuxedo to even out the groom’s side of the wedding party.
They honeymooned in Disneyworld because, well, Merri. He had the time of his life and didn’t flinch about wearing the groom mouse ears or all the other insane honeymoon stuff available to them.
Once back home, he moved into her house and started planning a basketball hoop in the backyard. She started looking at Pinterest boards for baby nurseries.
Brad, the fucker, got thrown out of his apartment when, with no explanation, he got a cat. His landlady pitched a fit and yanked his lease. The solution to a homeless Brad was, of course, the now empty Enigma apartment.
Tom suspected Brad arranged to lose his place because living in the apartment gave him more access to Dahlia. When he shared his suspicions with his sexy wife, she immediately started plotting ways to get the two together.
Things calmed down, and after a post-honeymoon adjustment period, life found a new normal. Merri kept her job at Maplewood, but he exercised his husbandly prerogative and made her quit the diner once and for all. She wasn’t happy about it until earlier this week.
They’d gone out to dinner and were cruising a backroad enjoying a beautiful Tennessee evening when out of nowhere she freaked out and made him pull over.
When he stopped the truck, she scrambled out of the cab with little time to spare before her expensive surf-and-turf five-star meal landed in the grass.
She turned into a wailing mess, cursing him and his dick because she was just sure this meant she was pregnant.
He laughed because the whole thing was funny.
On the way home, he dropped into a CVS Pharmacy and bought five different over-the-counter pregnancy tests.
Nothing was ever simple with them, and with the first stick, she got nervous, couldn’t pee, and dropped it in the toilet. He brought her a cup of tea, and they sat in the bathroom, nervously chuckling until she had the urge.
She made him turn around so she could pee on the second stick and keep her dignity intact.
Her hands shook so bad after that she couldn’t manage to wash them. He took control, washing her hands and drying them too. Then they took the stick and went into the kitchen to wait.
When the test was positive, anyone would think by their over-the-top excitement that they’d invented babymaking. He took a metal spoon and a pot out back and beat it like a drum. Merri hooted and laughed. They built a fire in the pit and marched around it, sending their love and thanks to the heavens in the smoke. He made love to her outside under the stars.
And now, here they were on their way to her parents’ house to let them know the news.
At a stop sign, he looked at her.
“I love you, Mrs. Franklin.”
She thanked him for making her life complete.
He’d married his best friend. She was his soul mate in every way.
Their life was going to be a fabulous happily ever after. Until Merri, he had no idea such happiness was possible.
The Happy End
Acknowledgments
Aurora Rose Reynolds
Thank you for letting me play in your world!
Neil Reynolds & Jessica Marin
from Boom Factory Publishing
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Thank you for patiently teaching me GoodReads
My Family
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Viva Las Vegas ~ October 2019
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About the Author
USA Today Bestselling Author Suzanne Halliday writes what she knows and what she loves – sexy contemporary romance featuring strong men and spirited women. Her love of creating short stories for friends and family developed into a passion for writing romantic fiction with a sensual edge. She finds the world of digital, self-publishing to be the perfect platform for sharing her stories and also for what she enjoys most of all – reading. When she’s not on a deadline you’ll find her loading up on books to devour.
No longer wandering because the desert southwest finally claimed her, these days instead of digging out from a snowstorm you can still find Suzanne with 80’s hair band music playing in the background, kids running in and out, laptop on with way too many screens open, something awesome in the oven, and a mug of hot tea clutched in one hand.
Suzanne is the proud mother of USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Fox.
Also by Suzanne Halliday
JUSTICE BROTHERS SERIES
Broken Justice
Fixing Justice
Redeeming Justice
Original Justice
FAMILY JUSTICE SERIES
Always
Desert Angel
Sanctuary
Unchained
Unforgettable
Everlasting
Unstop
pable
Enduring
Deception
Dear Bella
Honeymoon Angel
WILDE WOMEN SERIES
Wilde Forever
Wilde Heart
Wilde Magic
HOUSE OF BISHOP
Bishop’s Pawn
Checkmate
Castle Scarlet
AFFAIR SERIES
The Gideon Affair
The Wedding Affair
The British Affair
STAND ALONE TITLES
Cupid in Heels
Cards of Love: Queen of Wands
Unexpected Second Chance
Until Merri
Sinful Shares Novellas
Control
Hidden
Forbidden
Happily Ever Alpha World books
2019 HEA Books
Until the Tequila ~ Brynne Asher
Until the Lightning Strikes ~ Elle Christensen
Until Twyla ~ Ella Fox
Until Midnight ~ Gwendolyn Grace
Until Mayhem ~ Layla Frost
Until Merri ~ Suzanne Halliday
Until Ellory ~ Elle Jefferson
Until Her Smile ~ Samantha Lind
Until Valerie ~ Jessica Marin
Until Fools Find Gold ~ Mary B. Moore
Until Mercy ~ C.C. Monroe
Until Tennessee ~ Sarah O’Rourke
Until Mani ~ Rochelle Paige
Scary Hot ~ KD Robichaux
Until Joe ~ CP Smith
Until I Make You Mine ~ Jenika Snow
2018 HEA Books
Until Arsen ~ K.L. Donn
Until Avery ~ Brynne Asher
Until Brandon ~ Natasha Madison
Until I Saw You ~ Jordan Marie
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