Total pages in book: 101
Estimated words: 96112 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 384(@250wpm)___ 320(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 96112 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 384(@250wpm)___ 320(@300wpm)
Before backing off, Lucas pressed a kiss to my forehead.
I wanted more. Much, much more. I was beginning to burn for it.
* * *
Colt declared he was hungry when the first movie was over, so I accompanied him out to the kitchen to show him the drawer where I kept all the takeout menus. It was the one place in the kitchen Rosa wouldn’t touch.
“What’re you in the mood for?” Colt asked as I splayed a bunch of menus on the island. “Too bad you don’t have a grill. I’m a barbecue master.”
“I have a grill.” I scrunched my nose. “I’ve never used it, but it’s in the backyard.”
“You have a backyard?” That seemed to surprise him.
I nodded, confused. “Didn’t you look out the window last time you were here?” My backyard wasn’t big by any means, but I did have a barbecue area and a small pool. It’d been Dad’s slice of heaven.
“Huh.” Colt frowned. “In my defense, the only backyard I was focused on last time we were here is in your pants.”
I coughed and spluttered on my own saliva.
Colt found that amusing. “You can’t be this innocent.” He stepped closer with a look I could only describe as predatory, and he caged me in. “Does everything shock you?”
I shook my head stubbornly. I wasn’t some scaredy-cat! Well, I didn’t want to be. I didn’t use to be. “You’re very blunt, and I’m not used to anyone wanting me.” I spoke with as much conviction as I could muster.
“Hmm.” He dipped down some and let our foreheads touch. “I think you’re blind. Something took a whack at your self-esteem, and now you don’t see your own appeal. That’s fine. I like a good challenge.” There was no opportunity to respond before he closed the last bit of distance and covered my mouth with his own.
I’d half expected fire and explosions. Instead, I thought I was going to melt. I turned liquid in his arms, and it was good he grabbed on to me. He wrapped me in a tight hug and deepened the kiss. While my bloodstream turned into a lava field of lust, I stopped thinking. I couldn’t. I didn’t decide to throw my arms around his neck; it just happened. I didn’t plan on kissing him back with all that I was; that just happened too.
I didn’t know where my bravery came from, but before I knew it, I was clinging to Colt and tasting his tongue along my own.
Fuck me.
His kisses were goddamn seductive. Slow but hungry, deep and sensual. He was fully in charge, and I was desperate to be along for the ride.
“Jesus, boy,” he whispered roughly. Then he picked me up to place me on the counter, and he stepped between my legs. There was the fire… Oh God, I felt him. He was hard. Heat pummeled through me, and I whimpered. “I reckon it’s time to set some ground rules.” He grabbed my jaw and angled my face so he could kiss my neck. I panted and squirmed. “Can we trust you to speak up if things are going too fast or if there’s something you’re not comfortable with?”
“Yes, Sir,” I moaned.
“Promise me, Kit.” He locked eyes with me, and the severity mingled with barely restrained desire. It was so heady that I got goose bumps all over. “Luke and I can be greedy bastards, and it’s been a long fucking time since we found someone we were interested in. We need to know that you can speak up. Saying no or asking for slower is never wrong, but a lot of subs struggle with it.”
I swallowed hard and forced my brain to kick-start itself. And I had to admit, I might very well be one of those subs, the ones who pushed themselves a little too hard only for the sake of not disappointing their Top.
“If you promise I won’t be a disappointment if I need a break,” I said, my voice cracking embarrassingly. Thankfully, he didn’t react to it. “I’m a pleaser through and through, but I have a lot to learn. I won’t be perfect.”
He offered half a smile and touched my cheek. “Perfect is boring as hell. All we demand right now is honesty.”
I released a breath. “I will be honest, Sir.”
He kissed me. “Whenever this pretty little mouth calls me Sir, I wanna bend you over and fuck you into next week.”
I sucked in a breath and gathered my hands over my crotch.
His faint smirk told me he knew what he was doing to me. “We’ll revisit that idea soon.” One more swift kiss. “Pizza today. Tomorrow we’re spending the day in your backyard.” At that, my eyes widened, and he rumbled a laugh. “Yeah, I’m gonna let you interpret that however you want.” He nodded at the doorway. “Go to Luke. I’mma get us some pies before I take you right here.”