Page 80 of Forbidden King (Magnolia Falls)

“King, you are overthinking this. Let’s just see where this goes. You are putting so much pressure on yourself. On this.” She motioned between us. “We’ve been friends for a long time, and we’re attracted to one another. I know who you are. I’m not asking you for forever. I’m asking you for right now.”

“I need to talk to Hayes. That’s what I was thinking about on the drive. I think I should talk to him.”

She groaned and made no attempt to hide her irritation. “Right. Because when you’re testing the waters and have no idea what to expect, you should definitely ask permission from my overbearing brother first.”

“I can’t lie to him.”

“I’m not asking you to lie to him. I’m asking you to treat me like an adult. When you get together with a woman, do you go to her family and ask if you can kiss her first?”

“Well, I’ve already kissed you, haven’t I?”

“You know what I mean. The minute you tell Hayes anything is going on, there is going to be all this pressure on us. Everyone will be watching, and it will change things. What if we just explore this attraction and see where it goes? It’s no one’s business. Once Hayes knows, he’ll get all broody and weird, and it’ll make things awkward for everyone. And who knows? We could lose interest in a day, and then we made it a big deal for nothing.”

Her fingers were tangled in my hair, and nothing had ever felt more right.

I knew I was being a selfish prick.

I wanted her so badly I could barely think straight lately.

“A day, huh? You think you’ll get bored of me that quickly?” I teased.

She shrugged, her teeth sinking into her bottom lip. “Sure. It’s probably just a phase. An itch we need to scratch.”

“We’ll see about that. But I’m not fucking you until we tell him,” I said, trying hard to keep myself in control.

Hayes would lose his shit if things went that far. But we’d already crossed a line that I knew he wouldn’t be okay with. Maybe if we just stayed right there and didn’t let things go too far, it would be okay.

She was right. Maybe this would all pass in a few days, and then we’d have gotten everyone all worked up for nothing.

“Don’t be so sure I’d be willing to. I just want to kiss you right now. Just you and me and no one else telling us it’s a bad idea.”

I nodded as her forehead fell against mine. “Okay. But if this isn’t out of our system quickly, then we talk to him.”

“If you still can’t get enough of me when Hayes comes back home, then we can talk about telling him.” She laughed, and I buried my face in her neck.

“You think that’s funny. You might be the one who can’t get enough,” I said, nipping at her ear.

She pulled my head up, and her aqua-blue eyes locked with mine. There were pops of gold and amber with the last sliver of sunlight shining down on her. “Show me what I’ve been missing.”

And that was all I needed to hear. I tugged her mouth down to mine, and I kissed her with a need I couldn’t begin to wrap my head around.

I tilted her head as her lips parted, and my tongue slipped in.

I tasted and explored her sweet mouth as her hips started grinding against mine. One hand stayed at the back of her head, and the other moved to her hip, and I guided her up and down my throbbing cock. Even in the cold water, I was ready to explode. She slid up and down my erection, and I groaned into her mouth. And we stood there, under the canopy of leaves, kissing and rubbing up against one another.

I’d had a lot of sex in my days, but nothing beat the feel of Saylor Woodson against my body.

Against my cock.

Even if I wasn’t inside her, this was the best sex I’d ever had. Her hard nipples pressed against my chest, and I couldn’t fucking take the little moans coming from her mouth.

“Oh my God,” she groaned as she started moving faster.

Her head fell back, and I kissed down her neck as she continued riding me.

“Come for me, baby,” I said, as both of my hands found her hips, and I ground her harder against me, feeling my dick grow between her thighs.

“Yes, King,” she cried out.

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