Total pages in book: 104
Estimated words: 100608 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 503(@200wpm)___ 402(@250wpm)___ 335(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 100608 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 503(@200wpm)___ 402(@250wpm)___ 335(@300wpm)
“I should go now,” he murmurs, his fingers lazily stroking my shoulder.
“Nah,” I say with a nip to his neck. “You should stay because I’m not done with you, big city man.”
A terrifying thought enters my brain.
I don’t know that I’ll ever be done with him because what we shared felt like just the beginning of so many more moments even better than that one.
“I’ll stay a little while longer.” His voice is filled with amusement, making me smile.
“What I have planned takes all night.”
“Give him an inch and he takes a mile.”
“I’m pretty sure I gave you at least nine inches,” I tease with a chuckle. “I earned that mile fair and square.”
“Sheriff’s a smart-ass.”
“He sure is. Now come take a shower with me so I can wash your filthy ass.”
Dante
“Are you going to love me forever?”
I smile against his lips. “Always.”
“Even when you get mad at me.”
“Especially then.”
“Why especially then?”
“Because it’ll get me through the hard part and back to the good part.”
His fingers stroke through my hair. “What’s the good part?”
“This.” I open my eyes, staring into Toby’s bright green ones. “Feels pretty damn good to me.”
“Do you think every day will be like this?”
“I sure as hell hope so.”
His voice cracks and he breaks away from my stare. “Me too, Dante.”
Every muscle in my body tenses as the past melts away and the present comes into focus. The man beside me isn’t Toby McAdams. It’s Jax. A hookup, not my fiancé.
Ex-fiancé.
Bitterness roils in my gut. I slowly trudge through the hard memories of good times with Toby to get back to the fantastic ones from last night. As much as bottoming isn’t my favorite, I enjoyed every second of Jax inside me. He’s just so intense. Took the time to savor each moment between us like it was going to be his last. Having hooked up with so many different men over the years, it was nice to feel so utterly wanted. Unfortunately, it reminded me of a time when I’d been hopelessly and madly in love. Before I went through the most heart-wrenching times in my life.
“Morning,” Jax rumbles, his lips peppering kisses on my neck. “How do you feel?”
His concern touches me. I’m usually the one doing the caring for, not the other way around.
“Sore,” I admit. “What about you?”
“Happy.”
My heart does a familiar squeeze inside my chest, which means it’s my cue to leave. I’ve spent too much time with the sexy sheriff and it’s crumbling the very foundation I built for myself after Toby.
“I need to get going.” I start to roll away, but Jax grips my jaw, pulling my face toward his.
“I wish you could stay.” Sadness glints in his eyes before he presses a kiss to my lips. “I want to see you again soon.”
I flash him a teasing grin. “It’s a small town. I’m sure I’ll run into you somewhere.”
We kiss once more and then I’m out of the bed, throwing clothes on before I change my mind. Jaxson lies on the bed, the bulge in his boxers tempting as hell, watching me as I dress. His expression is telling. Regretful. Sad. Lonely. I crave to crawl back into bed with him and suck on his delicious big dick until he whimpers my name.
I start to open the door when I hear a voice. It’s Zak talking to Ox. Fuck. When I glance over at Jax, his face pales, horror etched into his features.
“I’m not crawling out the window,” I whisper. “I’ll sit in the damn closet all day before I do that.”
He jolts out of his state of shock and bounds out of bed, scooping up his jeans and throwing them on. “Stay here. I’m going to grab your coat and then I’ll distract him.”
“You could always tell him I came over to discuss official Chamber business,” I tease, my voice low. “Though, before long, everyone’s going to learn that’s code for fucking Dante.”
Heat flashes in his eyes. “Come here.”
“Why?” I smirk at him. “You ready to discuss official Chamber business?”
He grabs the front of my shirt, hauling me to him for an urgent, hungry kiss that has both of us hard as stone by the end of it. I’m tempted to hide in the closet all day if it means we can do more of this. His brother’s voice on the other side of the door has us both sobering up.
“Hey, Jax, want to hit Seaside Café this morning? I’m hungry as fuck and there isn’t shit to eat around here.”
Jaxson clears his throat. “Yeah. Go get ready. I’ll be done in twenty.”
As soon as we hear the backdoor close, we make a hasty exit. I grab my coat and gloves, quickly putting them on.
“Dante,” Jax says when I twist the knob to the front door. “Wait.”
He stalks over to me and cups my cheek with his palm. His lips brush against mine in a sweet kiss that once again has my heart behaving erratically.