Page 61 of Lost in the Current of You

It was a frenzy of touches and caresses and tugs and scratches, both of us wanting to map each other's bodies until they were memorised in the palms of our hands.

And then his hand was skimming the tops of my thighs, exposing my skin as my dress rose up to my waist. His knuckle grazed the inner crease of my thigh, right next to where I really needed him. It was the sweetest torture, having him caress me there but never coming close to the exact spot that ached for him. He did that for a couple moments before I parted from his lips with a whine.

“Hurry up and touch me, Reece.”

His eyes rose from where they had travelled down my frame. “Just making you feel how I feel every second I’m with you.”

I rolled my eyes. “What an exaggeration.”

As soon as the words slipped past my lips, his face sobered, his gaze serious as it drilled into mine.

“It isn’t an exaggeration, Kody. You have no idea how long I have wanted you.”

“Then where were you? Why didn’t you do anything about it?” I questioned, my brows curled.

He swallowed, so much conflict flickering in his eyes. It was like he could decide what truth to give me. He settled for one simple answer. “I was scared.”

I softened under him, reaching up to cup his cheek, the tiniest bit of stubble scratching my palm as my gaze bounced between his. “You’re not scared now?”

He leaned down so our foreheads touched, keeping our gaze locked. “I’m fucking terrified,” he said, curling his hand around the side of my neck, thumb brushing my jaw. “But I’m tired of fighting it. The absolute longing I have for you.”

Then his lips brushed mine to cut off any more of my questions. It worked tremendously because my mind blanked and surrendered itself to all that was him.

His lips wandered down my cheek to my jaw and my neck, and then he was back to skimming his fingers between my thighs, but this time giving me some resemblance of relief when cool air hit me as he tugged my underwear to the side.

One finger slowly circled my entrance, having my legs shaking already. Teasing me, he brought his finger to his lips and sucked as my lips parted, staring at the action before his lips split into a devilish grin.

“Your birthday party. I swear I thought I would never see heaven. But then tasting you, I think, was pretty well the closest thing. And that’s still very much true.”

I lost any semblance to gain any thoughts at that moment, especially when his hand dipped between me again and gave me exactly what I needed when two fingers circled my clit in a perfect rhythm. I tilted my head back with a sigh, closing my eyes as I just… felt.

It was a slow build. He took his time, and I felt him watch me as the flush rose from my chest to my cheeks. My breath stuttered and I held onto him for dear life.

But I didn’t want to be the only one riding this wave.

I slid my hand down from the grasp I had on his shoulder, down his abdomen, feeling it ripple under my touch. His breath caught as my hand brushed against the length of him.

“Kody,” he breathed, making my eyes flutter open and locking our gaze. There was indecision in his gaze but it was heavily doused in lust and desire.

“It’s not fair that I get to feel like this if you don’t. I want you to feel what I feel.”

In more ways than one.

I swallowed the words down.

He leaned down so his forehead rested on mine. “Then keep going,” he whispered heatedly, eyes flaring as I gripped him through his shorts.

He watched me as his fingers quickened, circling tight circles that had the pressure low in my stomach building, making my eyes flutter and my breath come out in broken shudders. I watched him as I pulled on the waistband of his shorts and briefs and snuck my hand under to grip all of him, skin against skin.

His breath trembled along with mine as I moved my palm from base to tip then back down.

We watched each other as we made the other fall apart with our touch, breathing heavily into one another and our moans filling the confines of the car.

It was earth-shattering, the way we fell into each other. The elastic snapped and we shuddered against each other before he collapsed against me and I cradled his head on my chest.

It was then that my heart clenched with a revelation. Why nothing ever worked with anyone else. Why it didn’t work with Liam. Why all those little looks across a crowded room had my heart beating faster.

Because it was Reece. It was always going to be him. And every stolen moment, like this one, had me falling harder for him.

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