The last one was just Sen. His smile was huge and the sun made his honey brown eyes shine with gold. There was snow on the ground and…
I raced out the front door, then stopped abruptly on the porch. It only took me a second to collect myself. It didn’t matter that my feet were bare and the snow felt like it was chewing on my toes. I met him in the middle of the yard and wrapped him in my arms so tightly that he probably couldn’t breathe.
“What happened?” I asked, pulling back to touch his face. When I saw the bruising on the side, I gripped him tighter. “Did you and West fight?”
I was ready to go inside and kick West’s ass, but Sen held onto the back of my neck and kissed me. When I brushed my tongue over his lip, I felt a spot that had scabbed over. Grabbing onto his waist, I pulled him toward the door without breaking the kiss. We stumbled a few times, but eventually reached warmer air. I kicked the door closed and shoved him against it.
“Tell me what happened,” I insisted. “I’m going out of my mind right now.”
“West showed up at my house.”
“He… Damnit. He took my car.”
“I’m starting to realize that he’s capable of anything.”
“What happened to your face?”
His gaze dropped to the floor. Pinching his chin, I tilted his face up.
“My dad,” he muttered. “I went off on him and told him I’m in love with you, so he hit me. Twice. Then, he hit West.”
“What you’re saying is that I need to make a trip to Colorado.”
He laughed, the smile clearing his previous gloom. “No. I’m not spending any more mental energy worrying about what he does. Looks like I’ll be going into massive debt at twenty.”
“Is that even what you want?”
Biting his cracked lip, he glazed over for a moment. “I don’t know. Is it dumb if I don’t want to go to school?”
“No. These days, it might actually be dumber to go to college, depending on what degree you get. You could go to trade school or something.”
He hummed thoughtfully. I didn’t care enough about the answer right now, though. He had time to think about it later.
Grabbing his wrist, I pulled him down the hallway. I shut the door to my room and pushed him onto the bed, immediately crawling over him.
“I was so worried about you,” I murmured against his mouth.
His hands moved under my shirt, pressing against my abdomen. I shifted my knees so that they were on either side of his hips. He arched up, seeking my lips again, but I pulled back.
“You should’ve told me what was going on.”
“It would’ve ruined the surprise.”
I ran my thumb across his lower lip. “I loved the surprise, but you’re more important.”
His expression became serious as he stared up at me. “I’m sorry. Not for the surprise, but everything else. I shouldn’t have asked that from you.”
Shaking my head, I silenced him with a kiss. I couldn’t get enough of him right now. I wanted to introduce him to my mom, but right now, I needed him to belong only to me.
“Teach me how to love you the way that you deserve,” he murmured.
“What I deserve is recompense for emotional pain and suffering the past few days.”
“I can do that.”
He pushed on my chest, so I moved off of him. Instead of lying back, I stood at the edge of the bed and stripped out of my clothes. On all fours in front of me, he let me guide my dick to his mouth. I stifled a groan when his lips wrapped around me, encasing me in warmth.
My head dropped back when he took me down to the base, burying me in his throat. I tried to stay quiet, but it seemed like he was actively trying to shatter my self-control. When he slid off the bed to settle on his knees below me, I kept my gaze on him. He looked exquisite like this.