Page 11 of A Promise For Tomorrow

I break our kiss and swim us over to the shallow end.Do you know how fucking hard it is to swim with a hard on and a lass around your waist?

Not fun.

I help her out, slapping her ass and tossing her over my shoulder before dropping her back down onto the sun bed lounger. She giggles excitedly as she arches her back, stretching out on the cushion. Her nipples have hardened to peaks from a combination of lust and the cool air. They are beautiful and pink against her ivory skin. Those gorgeous breasts of hers are perky and round and looking fucking edible all wet like that.I drop my swim trunks and step out of them before removing her turquoise bikini bottom. She bites her lip while watching me in all my naked glory.

It’s wild that the woman before me has been in my life since I was a lad, and here she is, all grown up and spread out naked before me. I lower a knee to the cushion between her legs and pressmy palms on either side of her. My tongue darts out to lick the salty water off her neck, trailing lower to circle around each goosebumped breast, then even lower to circle her belly button. I place kisses on her stomach and then back up to the space between her breasts until I latch onto her neck.

She lets out a breathy moan of approval, wrapping her legs around my hips and inching her warm pussy closer to my cock. My lips find hers as I enter her slowly. She adjusts to my size, remaining still before lifting her hips and encouraging me on.

“Show me you’re with me,” Lainey purrs.

I kiss her again, letting that hesitant part of me fade away—at least for tonight.

My hand finds her hip and the other grips the hair at the nape of her neck as I pick up my pace, thrusting into her. The sounds of our wet bodies slapping against each other fill the patio space. Her nails scrape my back as I deepen my angle and find that sweet spot inside of her.

“Fuck, Liam….fuck, fuuuck,” she moans her satisfaction.

I’m grunting like an animal, ready to explode and holding off as long as I can for her.It’s been too damn long.

“I’m close… so close,” she mewls.

“Touch yourself, come all over my cock, lovely.”

Her hand slides between us as she circles her clit and her cries of pleasure become staccato. I savagely slam into her two more times before her pussy grips me, making me see stars. Luckily, I still have half a mind after all that tequila to pull out. A second later, I’m gripping my cock and showering my cum all over her stomach.

Since that day we have spent plenty of time getting to know each other—moreintimately. Growing up together meant we already knew plenty about each other. Still, there are nights we have laid in bed talking about the things we never knew or would still like to know. She rarely asks about Madison, usually avoiding the topic altogether. But I know how women are, always so curious about the exes… which leads me to believe she hasn’t asked out of fear of the new information we all received this morning.

Con is engaged to Madison’s best friend.

So what does that mean for our future? Because,fuck… if I am being honest, I was just starting to fall a little harder for Lainey…

Even if my heart refuses to let go of Madison completely.

Kieran breaks me out of my reverie, indicating with his index finger that Diego’s flashy jet just landed. “They are taxiing in now. Ya gonna be alright, brother?”

I clear my throat. “Yeah, Kier. I’ll have to get used to seeing her. She’s Lexi’s Maid of Honor.Matron of Honorif we are getting fucking technical.”That detail tastes sour in my mouth as the words pass my lips.Madison married Diego. Legally, although all fuck sorts of complicated, she is still his wife.

This past year, Diego has stayed with us more in New York than he has at his home in Miami.I guess when you’re ‘dead’, you can do business for the underworld from anywhere.He’s been spending time with his sister and our nephew Kian—who is freaking adorable, by the way. Tomorrow is his first birthday and Sel has been going crazy planning his celebration. The party planners have blocked hotel rooms a few doors down so that they can be ready to retransform the space in the morning.

I can’t sayThe Bone Breakerand I have much beef between us any longer. After saving his arse on that yacht, we sort of… bonded in a way. With Madison gone, and neither of us really belonging to her, we’ve grown closer.

What started out as constant jabs at one another turned into a sort of brotherhood. He and I go out for drinks from time to time at the shitty bars the Feds have no place snooping around. We’ll even workout together if my schedule allows for it and I’m not staying at my home in Connecticut. I guess being around him has softened me up.

Misery seeks company,if you will.

He’s a damn good uncle, too. Kian loves spending time with him. Even Killian has warmed up to his brother-in-law. The two have found ways to form a tighter alliance between the syndicates than ever before. Our gun and drug trade has even benefited quite a bit.

“Are ya gonna tell her?” Kieran asks cautiously.

I know what he means. “No. Not now. She needs to focus on her father. Knowing won’t change a damn thing anyway. If anything, it may make her want to stay away even more. I can’t do that to Con. Lexi needs her best friend at the wedding.”

“Alright, mate.” He claps my back and puts the Cadillac into drive, slowly approaching the jet just as the passenger door opens up.

The airstairs descend and my gaze darts straight to her as she comes into view at the top. Nervous hands find my scalp as I tug my hair at the base of my skull.Fuck.She looks good.Tan as fuck too.That Arizona sun is treating her nicely I see. She’s wearing a cute pink sweatshirt, black workout leggings with mesh cutouts, and a pair of black sneakers. Her Vera Bradley overnight bag is slung over her shoulder.

If that is all she brought, she must not be planning to stay long.

Being the arsehole I know him to be, Diego pulls the strap of her bag, tugging her backward into him. She scrunches her face in disapproval as he pries the bag off her shoulder and swings it over his. Grabbing her hand, he shuffles around her and heads down the steps first, guiding her down like a child. I let out a chuckle, knowing I’d have done the same damn thing.

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