Page 74 of The Moment Promised

I fought every emotion, every attraction I felt toward him, because I thought it would ruin everything. I didn’t think friendship and romance could ever be interchangeable, but the truth is, they are one in the same.

At least for Finn and me.

Maybe it doesn’t have to end here in Authensville. Maybe this is the first page to an exhilarating story.

I hold on to that.

Something shifts in this moment, like I can finally breathe.

“The moment promised is unimaginable,” he whispers to me, whisking me away with his voice that drips with sex. He pulls me close until I’m pressed against him, draws his hand up my back and runs his fingers through the roots of my hair. He never once breaks eye contact. “You’ve been my favorite person since that day I saw you crying in the park.”

My chest warms.

“Let me show you.” his voice strains like the words are an effort to get out. As if he’s holding himself back.

I nod, “Oka?—”

Finn’s lips don’t allow me to finish my sentence. I wrap my thighs around his waist as he lifts me off the ground. He presses me against any and every possible surface on the way to the guest room, neveroncebreaking contact between our lips.

My back meets the door to the room. Finn takes his time exploring every inch of my clothed body with his hands. I’m panting and shivering, we’re both drenched from our swim.

I break away from our sloppy kisses, “F-Finn.Please.” I’m not sure exactly what I’m begging for, but the idea of his body heat against mine sounds alluring.

“Consequences, Adeline. Ever heard of them?” He bites down onto my neck, I whimper from the sting, which quickly turns to a moan as he sucks the sensitive skin.

“For?” I ask, completely sinless.

The click of Finn twisting open the doorknob answers me.

Panic spikes through me as I fall back, into the room. Finn catches me only a millisecond before my back hits the floor. I laugh from the adrenaline; it makes me feel alive.

He gently places me on the ground, with a quick kick to the door so it latches shut. He shimmies his leg between mine.

He closes the gap between our lips once again, except now his movements are careful. His hands get lost in my hair and I savor the groan he makes when I kiss him back, passion in every sweep of my tongue.

I push against his chest, encouraging him to roll off me, then slide on top of him. His hands burn me as he teasingly moves them down my back, squeezing my bottom as he whispers, “Fuck.”

He sits up, taking me with him so I straddle his waist. His lips touch mine as he speaks carefully, “I want to learn every sound you can make.” He slowly cocks his head, running a finger over my neck to move the wet hair away. “I want to be able to close my eyes and know exactly how you look beneath your clothes.”

My breath turns shallow, my breasts rising and falling drastically.

“Is this okay with you, love?” His eyes are fixed on my lips, but as he says the nickname they look right at mine.

My voice is lost like I’m in a dream, so I nod my head instead.

One moment we’re on the ground and the next he’s tossing me onto the bed. It causes a loud thump as the headboard slams into the wall.

“Well, that’s going to be a problem,” he says, dragging the heavy bed away from the wall as my eyes roam his clothed body.

He’s suddenly on top of me, his body weight easing all the places that ache for him. My breath mimics his, heavy and fast. He wastes no time pulling his soaked shirt over his head, and then pulling my shirt carefully over mine.

Finn inhales a sharp breath, and suddenly I remember what I put on this afternoon. The red lace is out in the open, for only Finn to adore. And he does. His now swollen lips move along my torso, sucking, leaving me tingling. “When did you get this?” he whispers as if he’s in pain.

“Well, Chloe—” I start but am cut off when he unfastens my soaked jeans and peels them open.

“Enough said.” He gets the words out, but they are strained as he finds the companion lace. He works the wet denim down my legs, then tosses them across the room.

“You look—” He shakes his head. “Why am I always at a loss for words when it comes to you?” He settles himself back between my legs. “Irresistible.” He breathes into the skin beneath my ear lobe. His kisses move down, my pulse speeds up.

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