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I hold onto those hips, helping her to rotate them. "Yes, exactly what you're doing, keep doing that if it feels good. I want you to get pleasure out of this too."

"I am, but I need you to touch me." She whines. "I don't know what I want you to do, but I need it..." she trails off, seeming to be frustrated, and not sure how to take care of it.

I know how she feels. Reaching up, I grab her chin again. "I'm going to ask you a question, and I need you to be honest with me, Val."

"Okay." She swallows, nodding.

"Have you ever touched yourself? Gotten yourself off?"

She shakes her head. "I've heard of it before, but I've never..."

Fuck. My. Life. "We're not going that far tonight, Val. There's so much you have to learn, I have to be so easy with you. If you want me to show you what pleasure is, I can help with that, but I don't want you touching me, not right now. I want to show you what this can be for you. Will you let me do that?"

"Yes." She licks her lips. "Yes, I'll let you do it. I'm ready."

Giving myself a pep talk isn't something I thought I would be doing at this age, but here I am. Reaching forward, I grab hold of the edge of her shirt, and lift it up, exposing her stomach and the lace of her bra. Leaning into her, I press my lips to the skin above the cup. When she shivers, I lift my eyes to hers, and our gazeslock as I slip the material of the bra down, my lips close around her hard nipple, and I suckle.

Hard.

Val comes apart against me, rocking her hips, and it takes everything I have to not explode in my boxer briefs like a teenager getting touched for the first time.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Vaughn

"We're putting everyone on-call for the coming weekend. Be sure and have your bags packed to be ready to go." My supervisor is saying at a mandatory meeting that's been called for everyone on-shift. "If this storm front comes through, it's going to be potent, lots of wind, which means downed lines."

One of the most dangerous times for our area is when summer is transitioning into fall, and that's exactly what's going to happen this weekend. Taking my phone out, I scroll to the seven day forecast. Within the next five days the temperature is going to go from almost ninety to highs in the fifties. I'm ready, because fuck working out in the sun, but there's a part of me that doesn't want to be putting all these hours. Not when I could be spending my time getting to know Val better. Teaching her about kisses, and learning what makes her tick is becoming one of my favorite past times.

We're excused, and I get up from my seat. My boss walks over to me. "Hey Vaughn."

I nod, not saying anything, because I'm worried about what he's going to ask me. It's normal for him to see if I'll cover foranother member of the team, and typically I'm willing to do that, but not this time.

"Do you want to head north with us? You've done more than your share. If you want or need the money, then I'm happy for you to join us. However, I'm going to do something I don't normally do, I'm going to offer you the choice. If you want to come with us or not. You've really taken this team on your back when everyone else has had things to do. You haven't complained, and I appreciate that more than you know. So if you'd like to stay home, you can." He puts his hands in his pockets and rocks back on his heels.

I'm surprised. Completely and totally. As far as I know this isn't something that normally happens, but I've worked a lot of overtime. When others couldn't, and they needed someone to take the shifts, I've always been the person who has volunteered. Right now, I have a reason to stay in Broken Falls, where I haven't had previously. "I do, I'd like to stay. If y'all run into a situation, where you absolutely need me, then please let me know. I've got some stuff happening here though, and I'd like to stay."

He scoffs. "Heard that about you. Some of the guys saw you out with friends the other night. Said you were dancing with a lady. I've known you for a few years, Vaughn, and never known you to spend time with a woman outside of the bedroom."

Shame creeps up my neck, no doubt turning red, if the warmth is anything to go by. He's right. I've never taken a relationship seriously. To be fair though, I've not necessarily been in a relationship. I don't know how I would react, but I'm beginning to learn with Val. "I mean I don't want to put parameters around what's happening with her and I, but I am exploring something with her. She's got some shit going on, and I'd like to stay with her while she's dealing with it."

I don't want to come right out and say what she's dealing with is the growing attraction between the two of us.

"That's good with me. I'll let you know if we'll need you."

Sighing, I turn back toward the room, and head over to where my supervisor is standing. "Where do you want me today?" I tend to be a floater. There are a few different things I know how to do, which is nice because most of my days aren't the same every day. It keeps me from getting burnt out on the mundane.

He massages the back of his neck. "Do you wanna be downtown, or out in the county?"

There's always a choice, and I've typically chosen the county. Today though? I want downtown. "Keep me in the city."

He raises his eyebrows. "Color me surprised. You've never volunteered to go down there."

I shrug. "There's always a first time for everything. What do I need to do down there?"

Pulling a stack of paper toward him, he flips through a few pages. "We're looking to see where we may need to cut back limbs. You'll be checking everything here." He shoves a pile toward me. "Whatever you don't get done, bring back, be sure and mark where you think we need to start cutting back. Don't expect you'll get done with this today. There's a lot of streets in this report. Highlight where you want to send the crew cutting next week." He instructs, handing the packet and a couple of highlighters over.

"Got it." I flip through, making sure this goes by Get Baked. It does. A smile spread across my face. "I'll head out and get started."

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