“I trust you…I may be crazy, but I do,” she said, and he smiled so warmly at her that her heart was no longer melting in her chest, but was now lodged firmly in her throat. A wave of longing surged through her. Was she falling for this guy?
“Quit looking at me like that or I won’t be responsible for what happens next,” he murmured.
His eyes scorched her right before his open mouth came down on hers. As his tongue plunged inside her, she felt a dampness between her thighs. She moaned against his lips.
“I want to kiss your entire body…” he said.
She rode a wave of desire, forgetting time and place until he lifted his head and, grasping her chin, said, “To be continued.”
Her breathing fluttered fast and shallow as his thumb traced her bottom lip. “Vous êtes si belle,” he said softly. “I’m falling down the rabbit hole.”
“Griffin, I…”
“Can I get either of you anything else?” Natalie asked.
“Pen?” Griffin asked her.
“No thank you.”
“Me either. Thanks Natalie.”
“Just buzz me if you need anything, but we’re only about twenty minutes from landing.”
“That went quick,” Penelope said.
“Yes, thank God! I could only hide my hard-on under the laptop for so long.”
“You’re so bad.”
“And you’re so impossibly good.”
31
Penelope screamed at the top of her lungs as the roller coaster dipped straight down and Griffin couldn’t breathe, he was laughing so hard. “Are you going to make it?” he yelled, his face alight with amusement.
Her eyes bright with excitement, she said, “Bring it on!”
“That’s my girl,” he said, then grabbed her hand and held on tight as they went into a sharp curve.
As the coaster climbed at an impossibly steep angle, he grinned in amusement seeing her tightly closed eyes. “This can only mean one thing,” she said, shuddering.
“Hang on babe, it’s about to get real.”
As they plummeted, she squealed, all the while wearing a huge grin plastered across her face. Something inside of him stirred at seeing her so carefree and in that instant, he realized that he was consumed by Penelope. He wanted to share everything with her. He wanted to be the one to light up her world, to make her smile, to please her, to bring her body to ecstasy again and again.
As they exited the ride, Griffin wondered if he’d ever be able to use his fingers again, she had squeezed his hand so tight.
“Oh my God that was intense!” she said, laughing.
He raised the back of her hand to his lips and said, “You’re so much fun to be with.”
Still breathless from the rush, she dazzled him with her smile. “What’s next?”
Griffin pulled her against him and leaned down to bring his mouth down on hers. “This,” he said, and kissed her hard, like he’d never get enough. He felt her body melt into his. Gruffly, he said, “Pen, all the times I’ve been here…and on that ride, with you, it came alive in a whole different way. It’s like everything is new…and brighter…I don’t know.” He felt a little embarrassed, not sure how to express what he was feeling.
“I feel it too,” she confessed.
His arms tightened around her, pulling her even closer to him. “I’ve got to admit, this is all new to me.”