Total pages in book: 84
Estimated words: 80982 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 405(@200wpm)___ 324(@250wpm)___ 270(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 80982 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 405(@200wpm)___ 324(@250wpm)___ 270(@300wpm)
He told me from the start that he hadn’t planned on staying in Little Rock. But it hadn’t hit me that nothing was truly holding him here. He had no family here, and like Jenna said, he wasn’t a member of the Little Rock chapter. There was just me and possibilities.
I wasn’t sure if that was enough, but I played off my doubt and smiled, “It’s nice.”
“I know it’s a little bare, but it’s got potential.”
“It definitely does.”
I didn’t ask what came after this place. I wanted to, but something told me the answer wasn’t simple. And I wasn’t sure I was ready to hear it. He reached out and took my hand in his. “Come on.”
He led me out to the porch, and under the moon and stars, I could see that the property was massive. It seemed to go for miles. I leaned over the rail and smiled. “I really enjoyed tonight. Your friends are really great.”
“Yeah, I always thought a lot of them, but I didn’t think being with them would feel like this.”
“Like what?”
“Like I was with family.” He shrugged. “But they have a way of pulling ya in.”
I saw what he was talking about tonight. The way they were with each other, and the way they were with us. They didn’t treat us like outsiders. Instead, they made us both feel like we were one of them.
“They certainly do.” I glanced over at him, and he was looking off in the distance. “The girls seemed a little worried about you guys… They thought something might’ve been wrong.”
“Is that right?”
“Well, I could see why they were worried. You guys seemed pretty tense.”
“Everything’s fine. You’ve got nothing to worry about.”
“Good.” Since I’d already brought up the topic, I decided to mention, “Jenna said something about you possibly moving your patch here. Is that something you would ever consider?”
“Possibly. It’s something I’ve been thinking about.”
“So, you’re thinking about staying?”
“Unless you don’t want me to.”
“No, I definitely want you to, but I don’t want to pressure you or anything.”
Something shifted in his expression. It was subtle, but I felt it. And then he was leaning toward me. His hand came up, and my breath caught when his lips met mine. The kiss was soft at first, like he was giving me a chance to pull away, but I didn’t.
Instead, I leaned into it, kissing him back.
His other hand found my waist, pulling me close until the space between us completely disappears. I pressed my hand lightly against his chest, feeling the steady rise and fall of his breathing, grounding myself in it.
When he pulled back, it was just enough for him to look down and ask, “You okay with staying the night?”
I didn’t trust myself to say the right words, so I answered the only way I could. I inched up and pressed my mouth to his, kissing him tenderly. That’s all it took. He reached down, took my hand in his, and led me back into the house.
25
DRIFTER
Ihad no idea how we’d made it down the hall, much less into the bedroom, but there I stood, looking into the eyes of the woman who’d completely unraveled me. The pull between us left no question as to what was about to happen. We both knew, and I had no hesitations.
Hell, the mere thought of having her again had me tangled up in ways I couldn’t begin to describe, and the way she was looking up at me with those lust-filled eyes only made me want her more.
“Rae…”
“Yes.”
It was just one word, but it was all I needed.
I crushed my mouth to hers, more demanding than ever before, and she was right there with me, returning every hungry demand with her own. When she opened her mouth, tongue sliding against mine, I reacted on instinct. I pulled her even closer, stealing another moan from her lips.
Fuck me.
She tasted as good as she felt. My hands drifted down her hips and found their way to the waistband of her shorts. She stood perfectly still as I lowered them, along with her white lace panties, down her long legs. With every inch of exposed skin, I could feel the blood surge to my cock.
My voice was strained with need as I whispered, “You have no idea what you do to me.”
She muttered my name as she pulled her T-shirt over her head and dropped it to the floor. Her eyes remained trained on mine as she reached behind and unclasped her bra, letting it fall loose to the floor. And just like that, she was standing before me, bare and waiting, and I was hanging on by a thread.
The woman was completely oblivious to her power over me, and it was the best kind of seduction. It was completely different from the hookups I’d had over the past five years, and it was ripping me to shreds.