As she cried, he kept murmuring comforting words to her as she wrung out her emotions on his shoulder. Her small fingers dug into his arm and shoulder, and he held her tightly while watching the waves crest and then roll before crashing onto the sand.
After a long while, she stopped shuddering against him. Her sniffles reverberated through his body as he continued making shushing noises to comfort her.
“I’m so sorry.” Pulling back, she tried to scramble out of his arms, but he held her steady so she didn’t fall. “I shouldn’t have lost it like that. I didn’t mean to.”
“It’s fine. There’s nothing wrong.” Putting a hand on either side of her face, he forced her to look at him. Her eyes were wide, scared, and skittering all over the damn place. But the rest of her went still against him. “You did nothing wrong, Lena. You needed comfort, and I had no problem providing it. Sometimes it all gets to be too much to handle.” The corners of his mouth turned up slightly. “I won’t tell anyone, if that’s what your worried about. Cool?”
A small smile played across her lips, and then she let out a nervous laugh.
“We wouldn’t want anyone to think you have any weaknesses. Only the bad boss bitch, right?” He gave her a hard time, laughing while he did it. “Your shield is completely uncrackable.”
A gentle caress across her cheek punctuated his words. He leaned in, nuzzling her neck. She shivered against him and gripped his shoulders as his lips lingered against her ear.
“Your secret’s safe with me,” he whispered.
Turning her head, her cheek brushed against his nose, and then her lips were locked with his from one heartbeat to the next. Tank’s tongue delved into her mouth while his fingers funneled through her hair. She punctuated his movements with small moans and gasps of pleasure, clinging to him at first, then slipping her long fingers along the back of his neck.
They sat there under the night sky strewn with summer stars, necking like teenagers at a drive-in movie.
When she pulled away, he let her, even as her fingers lingered on the back of his neck, slowly caressing their way down his chest. Their eyes locked, and she licked her lower lip.
“Do you wanna go somewhere for a drink, or get some food?”
“The last thing I can think about right now is food, but… I don’t want to be alone right now.”
Her lips parted, her features softening, and color spread across her cheeks. Fuck. His gaze
lowered to her cleavage, and when she drew in a sharp breath, her tits rose. Lust gripped his spine and his balls.
“Are you sure?” he said in a low voice, running his hand down her cheek.
Her eyes never wavered from his. “I’ve never been surer of anything in my life.”
His lips brushed against hers when he asked, “Your place or mine?”
“Mine.” Drawing back, she stood and offered her hand to help him up.
“That’s chivalrous of you, but I’m good.” He rose to his feet and grasped her hand. Wrapping it around his waist, he leaned in to kiss her again.
A comfortable silence fell between them as they walked down the beach with their arms around each other.
Lena
When they walked inside Lena’s condo, she didn’t waste time with showing Tank around the place. Instead, she grabbed him by the waist and cornered him against her living room wall.
“Damn.” Sounding a bit shocked at her boldness, he clutched her waist. “You’re not fucking around.”
Lena’s heart raced with excitement at the newness of what was happening between them. “Do you want to drink a glass of wine and prattle on about our lives?” she asked, caressing his lips with hers in a tender, teasing play of tongue and teeth. When she drew away, he pressed himself harder against her hips, making it damn clear he only wanted her.
“I’m very attracted to you,” she whispered, palming his hard dick behind his jeans. As she watched him hiss and jut his hips forward, the familiar power of knowing a man wanted her beneath him curled her toes with pleasure.
“Good to hear. After our date, I was starting to think you weren’t interested.” Tank spoke through clenched teeth, his large hand gripping hers and rubbing it up and down against his erection. “Fuck, that feels good.”
Lena dropped light kisses along his neck and collarbone, aroused by the way he guided her hand along his shaft, the feeling vibrating through her bones.
“Don’t fucking stop,” Tank growled in her ear, his free hand cupping her ass while the other kneaded her breast, fondling whatever he could as he struggled to free her of her shorts and tank top. “Too many damn clothes.”
A small giggle slipped past her lips. “I’m sure you can figure it out.” Tearing her hand away from his dick, she fumbled with the button at his fly and pulled down the zipper. Shoving down his jeans, she took in his tight briefs that barely contained his bulging erection. “It’s so big.”
Laughing, Tank placed his hands on her waist, above her shorts, and kissed her as he
shoved one hand down inside her panties and palmed her.
“Oh, fuck,” she moaned, pressing her head back against the wall while rocking against his hand.
“You like that?” Shifting his hand, he ran his finger through her slit. “And you’re so damn wet. I like it.” Removing his hand, he brought his finger up to his lips and slid it into his mouth. “You taste real good, baby.”
Oh, shit! I’ve never had a man do that. Damn, he’s good. Lena watched him intently, mesmerized by his every move.
Tank tugged on the hem of her top. “Take this off.”
She pulled her hair out of its ponytail and peeled the lime green tank top over her head, revealing a white lacy bra underneath, her tight nipples jutting through the thin material.
“Damn,” he growled, his gaze fixed on her breasts.
Suddenly embarrassed, she covered herself with her arms.
“No reason to be shy.” He pulled her arms away from her chest. “You’re a beautiful woman, and I like what I see. Are you gonna let me see more?”
Heat crept up her neck and over her face, but she pushed past it and reached back to unhook her bra. It fell away, fluttering down to the floor next to her feet. She looked into his smoldering eyes and shifted in place.
“I pictured this so many fuckin’ times after that damn engagement party, but you look even better in the flesh.”
A nervous giggle spilled from her lips.
Looking into her eyes, he reached out and cupped her breasts with his hands and pinched her nipples. The sweet pain traveled down to her clit, and she squeezed her legs together. When he pinched harder, she gasped, unable to look away from his eyes, losing herself in his piercing stare and building arousal. As he played with her breasts, he leaned in and claimed her lips with his teeth and tongue. She moaned into his mouth before he released her and stepped back to rid her of her shorts and panties. Falling in a tangle around her ankles, she stepped out of them slowly.
Whistling low, he took her in from head to toe, a primal lust burning in his eyes. “Fuckin’ perfect. I want you, now.” His last statement was a predatory growl against her shoulder as scooped her up off the ground and into his arms.