I’d watched her grow up and mature but how deep did those evolutions run? I hated the thought of putting my feelings on the line for them not to be reciprocated. The pads of my fingers tingled as I constructed the words I wanted to say in my mind.
“Nah, but I did want to talk to you.” I kissed the back of her hand and she nodded, her eyes sobering.
“About this,” she gestured between us.
“Yeah.” I nodded.
“Listen, Evander…” Her slender throat flexed as she studied her fingers and hands. Immaculately shaped and filed nails painted white seemed to be the most interesting things she’d ever laid eyes on.
“If you don’t want to keep fucking around, I understand.” The fine arches of her eyebrows pulled together and crimson heat mottled her ochre skin. I couldn’t believe my ears.
She thought I wanted to break things off.
“I don’t want to keep fucking around, Xari,” I said with a huge exhale. Her shoulders fell and hurt flashed in her eyes. She tried to cover it but I saw it. I rushed to ease the sting. “I want something deeper.” I touched the side of her face, cupping her cheek in my hand. Her skin was warm and silky against mine. “With you.”
She studied me for a minute, uncertainty gripping her in a frozen fist. “Wait, so you don’t want to break things off with one last fuck?”
“Hell no,” I chuckled, relief dripping through my veins like cool water. “It’s the opposite,” I told her, swallowing a knot of jittery nerves. The room fell silent. The knocking of my heart reverberated against the walls of my ribs.
It was now or never. Spit it out and put my heart on the razor-thin line. Either I’d come out on the other side reassured by her reciprocity or sliced to ribbons by her rejection.
“Xari, I’m falling for you.” There. I said it. The truth was finally out in the universe. A truth I’d been avoiding for so long. I conjured it in my heart and spoke it from my lips.
I couldn’t deny that I was falling. I cared about her too much. I loved her easy company and encouraging words. I loved her confidence and fire. I loved how she made me laugh. Most importantly, the way she loved Frankie put me at peace.
The gasp she sucked in froze me. I didn’t know what was coming next. I held my breath and listened to my blood pound against my veins.
Say something, Xari…
She reached over and pulled me against her plush mouth. She sucked on my lips one at a time before drawing in a shaky breath. “I’m falling for you too, Evander.” Her lashes rested against her cheeks as her eyes fell shut. “I knew it when the hairs on my arms stood for you. That only happens with Sunshine.” When she opened her eyes, I saw a wet sheen making them sparkle.
She was beautiful. She cracked her ribs open and allowed me to examine her hidden parts. The parts she kept close to her chest. It was all open for my mind and heart to feast on. I wanted to savor them though.
I finally felt close to someone. Like I had a best friend and a lover tied together with silk and cashmere. Warmth and ease.
“I love you, Xari,” I said in an unavoidable rush of truth. She squeezed her eyes shut like she was at the top of a rollercoaster ready to zip down the other side. The unknown side.
“I love you too, Evander.” She opened her eyes to look at me so we could take the plunge together.
I pulled her on top of me. My only concern was feeling her body. Tasting her. Dipping my tongue into her mouth to explore the three words we both shared.
Our kiss tasted different.
Sweeter.
Slower.
Warmer.
I didn’t realize I was starving until I tasted her. She was where she belonged. Right on the tip of my tongue. It didn’t matter which lips I tasted. Xari was sweet everywhere.
Electricity crackled, fusing us together. It was solid and beautiful. I’d deal with the fallout later. Right now, the only thing that mattered was her.
“Fuck me, Evander. Please.” My dick was already stiff and thick pressing against her. The way she rocked back and forth against it made me want to impale her. She knew what it did to me when she said please in that soft voice.
“You’re being such a good girl right now.” I kissed her throat, not shying away from leaving my mark as I went along. She was tender and tasted like sugar everywhere my tongue went.
“Enjoy it while it lasts,” she breathed, rubbing the top of my head while she worked her hips, grinding against my dick.
“Let me hear that shit again, Xari.” She already knew what I wanted.
“I love you, Evander,” she moaned. Fire burned through me.
I plucked open the buttons on her pajamas until her perky tits were staring me in the face. My tongue darted out to slide across one amber plump peak at a time. I took care to kiss, lick, and bite her nipples sending jolts into her. I held my arm across the small of her back, pressing her into me with crushing force while she freed her arms from her pajamas. We were hungry and renewed with fresh passion.
We stripped bare.
Skin on skin.
Heat torched the room, the bed, and anything else that came in contact with us.
I nudged her legs open with my knee then dropped kisses down the length of her body while she moaned and writhed. She was bubbling over with anticipation, touching my head, smoothing her hand over the deep waves of my Caesar haircut while her hips lifted and dropped trying to connect with my mouth.
I placed my hand between her breasts, pinning her down while I French kissed her wet pussy lips, grazing her swollen clit and flicking the barbell. She was so slick and sweet.
“Fuck!” She cursed into the dense air. The simple kiss on her cunt made her grind against my face, painting me with her juices. A crooked smile hung on my lips before I spread her open and sucked her fat clit fully into my mouth. It pulsed against my tongue immediately.
“Evander!” Her voice was a high-pitched squeak of desire and arousal.
“Shh, Miss Lucas. We’re not alone in the house, remember?” I asked between her hot thighs bracketing my face.
“I’m sorry,” she whimpered. “You feel so fucking good, I just want to fuck your face.” She pushed dirty words from between her tightly clenched teeth.
“Fuck my face, baby. If I’m not glistening by the time I come up for air, you’re getting a spanking.” I dove in again and feasted on her like I’d never have nourishment again.
“Oh god, Evander, I’m going to come.” I felt the muscles in her thighs tense against my face. I already knew she was close. She fucked my tongue like it was my dick while it dipped in and out of her entrance. My fingers played with her stiff nub while I drank from her fountain, getting drunk on her pussy.
The instant my tongue touched her pierced clit again, she exploded in a tangle of trembles. My name spilled over her full lips. I soaked it all in while I watched from her pussy. I was relentless, still holding suction on her sensitive nub while she came. I only let go when tears streaked her cheeks.
“Is my face wet?” I asked her. Her heavy lids were half-closed when she looked at me. “Open those pretty eyes, Xari.”
“Yes, it’s wet,” she said. “I want to taste.” The wicked gleam in her espresso pools made my cock twitch. I pressed my mouth to hers and her hungry tongue slicked across my lips, tasting herself. She moaned at the delicate sweetness.