I snort, biting back my anger. “No, that kid is gone. Dead.”
She no longer knows me. Secrets are dangerous, and no matter the nasty things I’ve done, she has a right to know. And there is one thing she may never be able to forgive or get past.
“Don’t say that. I wasn’t here to see your rise to fame, to cheer you on, but I know you. I know your soul.”
“I’m a soulless asshole.” The air thins, too hard to breathe. I could lose her before I have her even if it is the right thing to do.
“Jared, stop.”
“Stop what? It’s the truth.”
“No, that isn’t the truth. You want to know what truth I see?” She steps into my body, angling her head back to look at me.
I avert my eyes, and she gently pushes at my chest until I meet her gaze. Fierce chocolate pools burn into me.
“To me, you are always the calm and the storm. The perfect balance and through it all, you’ve always got me, protecting me. You make me want to do better.”
“You make me want to be a better person.” My voice is husky.
“We make each other better.”
I didn’t know how not to care for her, to want her, and her words crack me open. The walls close in, inching closer and closer. The air thick and dense, a force—the one always there between us—crackles, alive with electricity.
We’re at that point, the one just before explosion, on the brink of insanity, and while I should walk away because there’s so much still to say, so much she doesn’t know that could change everything, I simply can’t. I can no longer resist.
Eva flattens her hands on my chest and leans in, tracing the tip of her tongue over my bottom lip. I quake, feeling it to my soul.
“Kiss me like time doesn’t exist.”
Her demand sends my head spinning and goosebumps puckering along my flesh. All I can think about is tasting her. I grasp her waist, and her hands slip behind my head, fingers threading into my hair.
Inching closer, I let her invade my doubts, eradicate my shame as her breath coasts over my mouth. “Give me your lips.”
My mouth meets hers. So, so soft and warm. Her taste and smell are heavenly, and my eyes flutter closed. Eliminating the final, infinitesimal distance between us, I draw her in. My tongue slides into her mouth again, running along hers, and I can’t get enough.
I suck on her tongue as she presses harder against my body, and my hands round to her ass, hoisting her into my arms. Her toned, slender legs wrap around me.
Heaven.
Moving to the bed, I bend my knees and sit, and she settles into my lap, kissing me endlessly. So fucking good. Her fingernails dig into my scalp, and I groan against her mouth.
My heart pounds in my chest and I gaze down at Eva, the sexiest woman I’ve ever seen.
“Do you remember us? Sneaking off to grab moments alone whenever we could?” I’m unable to contain my sexy grin at the memories. “Always wanting to get lost in each other. How fucking perfect we fit together? Me inside you.”
She nods shyly, big warm brown eyes filled with trust and love. Even unworthy of her adoration, I feel like a fucking king.
Eva looking at me the way she is right now is a greater high than any music award, any sold-out concert, or any number-one hit. And forget about drugs—not even close. Right now, her look is everything.
Without words, she raises her arms above her head, and I remove her dress and she’s in a tiny matching bra and panty set.
Shifting, her hot core slides and rubs against my hard, throbbing erection. A groan of need slips past my lips.
Now skin against skin, the sticky heat between us further stirs my need and desire for her.
“Eva, I want to go slow, to savor this,” I mumble, my lips against hers. “But I don’t know if I can.”
She moans, pressing her mouth into mine, sealing my words with our tongues and teeth.
A vibration builds at the base of my spine, needy with anticipation, and in some unspoken agreement, we get to our feet, both of us fumbling to remove our remaining clothes.
I grab a condom from my bag, and when I turn back, her pert tits are still covered by a lacy black bra. She brings her hands behind her back as if to remove it, and I grab her by the waist, bringing her onto my lap again.
My fingers pull the cups down, and her sweet mounds spill from the fabric. Her nipples, a dusky shade of pink, instantly tighten into perfect little peaks as the cool air hits her flesh.
“So fucking sexy.” I flick one hard bud with a finger and she gasps, eyes widening as she arches her back, begging for more.
My lips cover one, taking her breast deep into my mouth and sucking, licking, and nipping. Wild, her body jerks and fingers dig into my head. I’m relentless, feeding off her chanting of my name.
“Yes, Jared, please! Oh God, Jared.”
Blood burns, pumping hot through my veins, and the craving to have her grows tenfold. Her core is hot, shamelessly rubbing against my stomach, chasing friction, and I intend to give her what she needs.
I flip her onto her back and hover above as my fingers slip between her legs. “Fuck, yes.”
Slick and ready for me, she rocks into my hand and I push two fingers inside of her.
She pants, “Jared.”
My gaze travels the length of her body, bronze skin, flush and toned, writhing with pleasure. I’m mesmerized where my fingers thrust in and out, palm grinding against her clit.
She rewards me with encouraging moans, jaw slack and mouth open. I lean forward, our hot chests sliding against each other as I suck her lower lip into my mouth, needing to taste her bliss.
Coaxing her to climax, I watch, enthralled, as she explodes beneath me.
Lying on the bed, she’s wrung out with her eyes closed. I slide onto my knees, and position her legs over each shoulder, opening her to me.
“Fuck, Eva, you’ve got the prettiest pussy.” I lower my head toward her core.
Eyes never waver from hers as my mouth languidly trails a path to where we both want me most.
In a stupor, she lifts her head, watching my tongue lap at her core. She gasps and the taste of her explodes on my tongue. She is the best thing I’ve ever tasted. Tart, salty, and all Eva.
I bury my face in her pussy, licking and kissing and sucking every inch of her. She starts to squirm, wriggling away, and I widen her thighs, my hands holding her in place so I can savor all of her.
Her legs tremble underneath my hands, and the noises she makes nearly drive me mad. Her breathy sighs, gasps, and moans cause my cock to swell and ache, wedged between my stomach and the mattress.
Still not ready to give in, wanting to bring her to ecstasy once more, I bury my tongue inside her, and she cries out. Her pussy flutters against my mouth and feeds my desire to have all of her, to somehow erase our time apart or get back what we lost.
Eva shouts my name, pulls at my hair, and comes on my tongue. Once her body unclenches, she rolls into me as I climb onto the bed.
Her lips tenderly kiss along my collarbone. “It’s my turn now.”
Her loving hands glide along my body as she moves down the bed, nabbing the square foil in the process. Slipping the edge of the condom packet between her teeth, she winks and straddles me.
I chuckle and still when the glorious heat of her swollen core glides over the ridge of my throbbing cock. Back and forth she moves while tearing open the foil.