Page 47 of Promise Me Never

“I don’t need to.”

I don’t know what to say to that, so I slide my arms around his neck and tilt my head back for a kiss. He doesn’t make me wait, his lips immediately cover mine. We go from chaste kisses to him lifting me off my feet and dropping me on the dryer in seconds. I wrap my legs around his waist, pulling him as close as possible through the barrier of our clothes.

“How’s this pussy feeling today?” He slides his hand up my thigh, working it up through the leg opening of my shorts until his fingers find the heat of my center.

I bite down on his lip as he runs his fingers along my slit. “A little bit sore. Mostly when I walk.”

“Good.” He smiles against my lips. “I love that you feel me with every step. Take another bath, it should help with discomfort.”

“Are you a doctor now?”

“Yep, and if you’re a good patient, maybe I’ll kiss it better tonight.” He slides a fingertip under my panties and sucks a breath in. “You’re fucking soaked already.”

“I’m always soaked when you’re around.”

“Fuck.” He rests his forehead against mine as he keeps teasing me. “Don’t tell me that. Now every time I look at you, I’m going to be thinking about your wet pussy.”

I rock my hips against his hand. “Good. Do you think I need you to kiss it better now? I’m all achy.”

“Sunbeam, if I take your panties off right now, we’re not stopping until tomorrow morning, and I still have work to do. But I will make you come for being so brave and sharing with me.”

He works another finger under my panties and thrusts into my slick center. I am so wet I hear every single movement of his hand. He brings his thumb into play, too. Within minutes my weight is braced back on my palms, my head fallen back in ecstasy, all while he fucks me with his fingers straight into a powerful, rolling orgasm.

Eighteen

LUKE

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It’s already happening. My obsessive thoughts have latched onto Eli to the point where I catch myself looking for her subconsciously throughout the day. After I left her on the dryer, I couldn’t stop thinking about what her mother said. It seems so heartless of them to say they’ll cut her off financially for one choice that goes against them.

There has to be a way for me to help. She’s already so attached to Charlie and vice versa that there is not a path for them forward without each other. I know LA is expensive, and the apartments she was looking at ranged from frighteningly unsafe to decent but pricey.

She has been pulling her weight so much on the ranch, though. Maybe I could talk to Paul and see about getting her set up with a salary. Fuck knows she probably won’t even mention this dilemma to her grandparents.

If push comes to shove, I’ll keep Charlie here, but that’s the last resort.

Prepping the orchard pasture for putting in the fences took longer than I would have liked, and the sun is already on its way down by the time Sam and Colt take off. I consider going back to my cabin to shower, but my feet carry me in Eli’s direction instead.

I’m sweaty and dirty after the long day, so I leave my boots on the deck before walking in through the back door. I call out her name but only hear the movement of Charlie’s paws bringing her through the living room toward me. She greets me with a happy woof and bashes her body against my leg as I give her a few scratches behind the ears.

I lead her back the way she came in search of Eli. Eli’s curled up on the couch sleeping with her laptop still open and sitting on her legs. As quietly and gently as possible, I cross the room and lift the computer off of her. I close it softly and set it on the coffee table before spreading a blanket over her.

Charlie jumps up on the couch and curls up beside her, watching me as I head up the stairs. The decision to bring a few changes of clothes from my cabin last night was definitely smart. The tub is still wet in a few places, so she followed directions and took a bath. I search around under the sink for a bar of soap, finally finding one hidden at the back of a drawer.

The water heats up quickly as it pounds down on my shoulders. I pump some of Eli’s shampoo out onto my palm and lather up my hair. The scent reminds me of her and soon my dick is standing at attention wondering why her pouty lips aren’t wrapped around it while we drown in reminders of her.

I pump a little more into my hand and fist my cock. My mind immediately fills with images of her last night. The way she looked on her knees with my dick down her throat. How damn sexy it was to watch her body stretch around me. I can still hear her moan and cry out my name when she came. My release shoots out, coating the tile until I direct the spray to clean it off.

That’ll take the edge off tonight. I damn near came as soon as I slid my cock inside her for the first time. I doubt she would have cared, but that wouldn’t have eased my embarrassment.

She’s still asleep on the couch when I come back down. I clear a spot to sit on the coffee table to wake her up, but she looks so peaceful I almost don’t want to wake her. It’s late though, and she probably hasn’t eaten, nor have I. Charlie has worked her way up and snuggled in between Eli and the couch cushion, so I pull my phone out and quietly order a pizza.

After I finish I take another couple minutes to look at Eli while she’s relaxed and unguarded. She looks so young right now. All the tension I could see on her face earlier is gone as well.

Slowly she cracks an eye open, a little startled to see me sitting here looking at her. She stretches her arms over her head with a little yawn. Her hair is all mussed and sexy as she sits up.

“Kinda creepy to be watching me sleep.”

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