Page 92 of An Endless Memory

Eliot

I had the condom and was pushing inside of her, afraid I’d blown all my restraint. I feared I’d moved too fast, and once I thrust into that wet heat of hers, I’d be done.

My fears might be founded because as soon as she wrapped her legs around my waist and she was positioned just right on the edge of the island, I pumped with abandon. I pumped and grunted. She kissed my neck and up to my mouth. Her hands and mouth roamed over me.

It’d been a long few weeks, capped by an eerily quiet Thanksgiving holiday that would’ve made a lesser man feel sorry for himself.

I might be a little selfish at the moment, taking what she’d give me.

Lily was in my house.

I’d walked in well past lunchtime, my stomach twisting because I hadn’t had more than quick sandwiches for days, and I’d seen her. An apparition conjured by my fantasies.

I was no longer alone in this big, empty house.

Men are so selfish.

I blocked out old memories. They had no place in this moment. Lily drove all the way from Billings to see me. I had her to myself. I had a fuckton of work outside these doors, but it could all wait.

I just wanted more time with her before I let the world creep back in.

My climax was climbing higher. She stuffed her hands into my hair, and I was done.

No. Not yet.

But I couldn’t stop the rush of ecstasy. My arousal had been too strong, too acute. I needed to release inside of her more than I needed my next breath.

My orgasm hit and I clenched my teeth together. I couldn’t yell her name, everything was too strong, too much, too urgent. I clutched her to me and rode the wave. Her body gripped mine, clamping around me as I came down from my high.

I was barely coherent, but I was aware enough. “Fuck, you didn’t come again.”

She continued to tunnel her hands through my hair. “I felt like I was still coming from the first time.”

“Not good enough. I should’ve?—”

She silenced me with a kiss. When she pulled away, she blinked those big indigo eyes at me. “I orgasmed literally within minutes of you. Sometimes, just being with you is more than I need.”

My traitorous stomach chose that moment to rumble.

She grinned. “Hungry, Romeo?”

I eased out of her. “I only grabbed a quick breakfast sandwich before I went out this morning. I was just coming in for lunch.” I’d had the best snack instead. Walked right into a dream. If only I could take her to bed and spend the rest of the day there.

“Wait here.” She gently pushed me away so she could bend and grab her pants.

I gave her ass a little swat. The jiggle of her butt cheeks was going to make me hard again. She had more condoms—we’d still need to buy more—and I could so easily bend her over the island.

She grinned at me and rushed down the hall toward the bathroom by Aggie’s old bedroom. “I need to run to the car, and I’ll be right back.”

While she was cleaning up, I did the same in the bathroom on the other side of the house. My stomach continued to be a noisy jackass. I prided myself on handling everything alone while the guys got real holidays, and I stayed at home to keep from bugging my siblings and their growing families while I’d sat in the new chair I’d gotten to replace my father’s old Chesterfield chair, and I reveled in the fact that I wasn’t like him. He’d have never given everyone the weekend off and taken on all the work himself.

But I had also thought about the food I was missing. I wasn’t going to cook a turkey for one. I wouldn’t be around to keep an eye on it, nor would I have time to make pie. Chambers’s wife would likely send one on Monday. The thought had been some consolation to my empty stomach. But then I’d think about Aggie’s mashed potatoes. The way Cody deep-fried at least one turkey for the holiday. Or how Sutton and Wilder had made homemade stuffing last year.

I went back to the kitchen, pressing a hand to my gut. I was just hungry.

I opened the fridge and groaned. More sandwich material. If I could go back to the day I bought groceries, I’d bitch-slap myself. But I’d known how busy I’d be all weekend.

Lily scurried in with a large tote. She put it on the counter. No, not a tote. It was some sort of carrier. Then she unzipped it and revealed the cooler inside.

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