He sat up and gripped my hips, thrusting somehow deeper inside of me. My eyes were tightly closed as moans left my mouth, and I pushed my hands into my hair.
“Are you going to come again?” he asked in a breathless pant.
Miraculously, I was. I’d never come during sex. And I was starting to think that I had been grossly misinformed about a lot of shit. Because this was incredible. This was mind-blowing. This was everything I’d always wanted.
And then I stiffened all over, contracting tight around his cock as I came entirely unexpectedly.
I cried out into the bedroom, and then West joined my shouts with a roar of his own as he unleashed inside of me. He jerked forward twice as he spent himself and then dropped forward over me.
“Oh,” I whispered. “Oh wow.”
“Yeah. Fuck.”
“That was…” I had no words. I just stared at the ceiling in shock.
West withdrew and got rid of the condom. “That was…amazing.”
“Yes.”
“Worth it,” he said softly against my shoulder as he drew me into him. “Sweet dreams.”
And I smiled at the words that I’d said to him after catching him coming out of the shower. Oh, how sweet my dreams had been then. Now, my dreams were a reality.
Suddenly, the entire day weighed down on me. All that exhaustion I’d been holding hung heavy over me. I was warm and spent with my roommate pressed naked against my back. I couldn’t have stayed awake if I wanted to.
18
Weston
When I yawned awake the next morning, Nora was still naked in my arms. The light was blinding through my windows. I cursed myself for not having gotten any kind of curtains up yet. I’d never been a morning person in my life, and I certainly wasn’t one today.
I tried to move my arm, but she made a noise of protest and snuggled in closer. It was the most adorable thing that I’d ever seen in my life. I should have felt an ounce of regret for what had happened last night. But I didn’t.
I’d tried to stay away from Nora. When she’d looked at me like that and told me she wanted me, how could anyone fucking blame me?
Well, I had a feeling that Campbell would blame me.
I cringed at that thought.
Right. Last night had been a dream, and reality was creeping in with the morning sunlight.
Campbell Abbey was not forgiving, and he had a temper. I’d seen it firsthand. He hadn’t forgiven Michael for quitting the band. They still hadn’t reconciled over it. The rest of the band had spent time with Michael and worked out their differences. But as much as Campbell loved Michael—and I knew he did—he hadn’t even let Michael help in production on the album.
Campbell might be my best friend, but I wasn’t exempt from his anger. And the easiest way to rile it was disloyalty. However he saw that.
With a sigh, I rolled my arm out from under Nora. She tugged the covers tighter around her. The urge to crawl back under those covers and pleasure her until she cried out again was unmistakable. If I didn’t get out of this room right now, I’d do just that.
So, I threw on a pair of boxers and headed into the kitchen. Maybe some coffee would clear my head.
I heard the buzzing once the pot was percolating. Locating my phone, which had somehow been discarded on the kitchen table, I realized I’d missed a few calls from Campbell.
I swallowed. “Fuck.”
Then, I called him back. “Hey, man.”
“Where the fuck have you been all morning? It’s almost noon. I’m halfway to your place.”
My eyes shot wide. “What? Why? What happened?”
“I’ll tell you when I get there.”
“Sure.” I hoped that my voice sounded calm and not like I was freaking the fuck out.
“Be there in five.” Campbell ended the call.
I launched across the room, ignoring the coffee entirely and rushing back to my bedroom.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck,” I muttered.
Campbell hadn’t sounded mad, which meant he didn’t know what had happened last night. He wouldn’t have bothered calling me if he’d found out about Nora. He would have shown up and put his fist through my face. But that didn’t mean I wanted him to show up now and do it.
I scrambled into the room. “Nora.”
She groaned and rolled back over. “Sleep,” she muttered in the softest voice, which made me want to crawl right back in there with her.
“Campbell’s on his way.”
Her eyes flew open. “What?”
“Campbell is on his way here right now. He called and said he was five minutes out.”
She wrenched upward, tugging the sheet tight to her breasts. “Fuck.”
“Pretty much.”
She ran a hand back through her hair. Her eyes slid down my exposed chest and down lower, lower, lower to my boxers. “That’s disappointing. I was having a really good dream.”
My cock twitched at the implication in those words. “What sort of dream?”
Her cheeks showed a hint of pink. “If only we had time…”
I looked to the ceiling, cursing Campbell’s name. “If only.”
Nora looked suddenly self-conscious as she searched the floor for her dress. We’d kicked it to the other side of the room at some point. I went and grabbed it, handing it to her.
She blushed again, and I hastily turned around, so she could tug it back over her head. I felt ridiculous since I had literally kissed every inch of her yesterday. But this wasn’t how I’d planned to wake her up either.
A loud knock came from the door.
“Fuck,” I spat.
When I turned back around, Nora blanched. “I’ll change and come out in a minute.”
I nodded, and then she was gone, dashing down the hall to her room. The door creaked closed as I threw on a pair of shorts and snagged a T-shirt. I was pulling it over my head when I reached the front door.
“Hey, man,” I said when I found Campbell in the doorway.
“Hey,” he said, barreling inside. “Where’s Nora?”
I shrugged. Did I look nonchalant? “Still sleeping.”
Campbell wrinkled his nose. “I thought she still had cleanup at the winery this morning.”
Shit. I’d forgotten. Neither of us had set an alarm. Hadn’t exactly been on our brains.
“Maybe she left then. I just got up.”
I headed to the coffee machine and poured myself a cup to have something to do with my hands.
“You’re never going to believe the call I got this morning,” Campbell said.
“What’s that?”
“We’re playing The Tonight Show.”
Well, he was right about that. I never would have fucking guessed. “You’re shitting me.”
Just then, a door opened, and a fully dressed Nora stepped out. She yawned. “What’s going on?”
“We’re playing The Tonight Show,” I told her.
“Really? That’s great!”
“Why aren’t you at the winery for cleanup?” Campbell asked.
Nora’s eyes widened slightly. She was not good at hiding her thoughts, but thank fuck she didn’t look over at me. “I didn’t realize how late it was. Yesterday must have wiped me out. I bet Tessi is wondering where I am.”