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Over the past few days, they’d snuck a few kisses, but it had been difficult kissing her the way that he’d wanted to with Nathan always under foot. He didn’t have proof, but he was pretty sure the bastard had been doing it on purpose to screw with him. He’d thought he’d die if he didn’t touch her and now that she was in his arms, he didn’t want to let her go.

“Come home with me,” Eric murmured softly against her lips.

“What about the movie?” Joe asked as she ran her fingertips along his jaw.

“We can watch a movie at my place,” he suggested, loving the idea of living that particular fantasy out again.

“Do I get to pick the movie?” Joe asked as she teasingly brushed her lips against his.

“Yes,” Eric said since he had absolutely no plans of actually watching the movie.

“He’s just really shy,” he heard Nathan explain. “But I know he’s interested.”

“Yes, he is-Eric Parish, what the hell are you doing?” his mother demanded.

He pressed one last kiss against Joe’s lips before pulling back, noting the beautiful blush that painted her cheeks.

“Kissing my girlfriend. What does it look like?” Eric asked, turning to face his mother while he took Joe’s hand in his.

He couldn’t help but be amused as he watched the play of emotions take over his mother’s face. She went from shocked to horrified when her eyes landed on Amber and then turned pleased, very pleased when she glanced back at them.

His mother grinned hugely as she faced Amber. “Did I mention that Nathan is single?”

CHAPTER 25

“We have to go,” Joe said, but she didn’t pull away from him as he reached between them and undid her pants. She said even less when he shoved her pants and panties down around her knees. After one last kiss that left her panting, he turned her around and pushed her down on her knees.

When she felt him kneel behind her, Joe reached back and grabbed him by the back of his head and yanked him down for another kiss. While his tongue slid across hers, she felt him grind his uniform-pant-covered erection against her bare bottom. She ground herself back against it, loving the way that he felt and knew that she’d never be able to get enough of him.

He pulled back only far enough so that he could release himself. She cried out in relief when he ran the tip of his cock over her bottom. Just when she didn’t think she could take any more, Eric gripped her hip and slid his cock between her legs until he came in contact with her core. She felt herself dripping with excitement and knew that he felt it too when he released a sexy growl that had her arching her hips and pushing back until she felt the thick tip slide inside her.

Eric pushed his cock the rest of the way as he reached around her and slid his hand beneath her shirt and over her stomach until he could snake a hand beneath her sports bra and cup her breast. She leaned back against him with a groan.

His mouth never left hers as he took her on a slow ride. She loved the way he touched her, made her feel, and the way that he set her body on fire and knew that she would never want another man. She loved him and no longer doubted his ability to stay with her and see this thing through. When he told her that he wanted to give them a chance, she’d had her doubts. With his history, she would have been a fool not to worry, but she loved him and wanted him too much to say no.

It was the best decision of her life. She had the man that she loved and she’d never been happier, but thanks to the way her mother brought her up that made her nervous. This was almost too good to be true and she was afraid that it wouldn’t last. She’d been raised to believe that good things didn’t happen to people like her, and it was difficult to accept that right now, her life was absolutely perfect.

“Are you okay?” Eric asked, pulling away to look down at her, but thankfully, he never stopped moving because she was pretty sure that she would be forced to kill him if he did.

“Perfect,” Joe said softly as she wrapped her hand around the back of his neck and pulled him down for another kiss.

It wasn’t long before she needed more. Keeping one hand wrapped around the back of his neck, she reached down between her legs and traced her fingertips over her wet slit and over his shaft as it slid inside her. She carefully ran her fingertips over his shaft and nearly came when he released a growl of approval.

“Don’t stop,” Eric whispered against her lips as his hold on her breast tightened. He pinched her hard nipple between his fingers and gently twisted it, sending a surge of pleasure throughout her body.

For the next few minutes, she ran her fingertips from his shaft to her clit as he continued to take her slowly. When she managed to reach between them and run her fingertips over his balls, he slammed into her, so she did it again and again until he let out a ragged curse and pushed her down on the floor, where he followed. He wrapped an arm around her waist and with his other hand he grabbed a fistful of her hair and gave it a gentle tug that had her tilting her head back for another kiss.

His thrusts became hard and punishing, leaving her barely able to breathe as pleasure like nothing she’d ever known before coiled between her legs. When his hand slid down her stomach to dive between her legs she screamed and didn’t stop screaming until she felt his cock harden impossibly further inside of her. He groaned in her ear as she felt him release inside her.

While she struggled to catch her breath, Eric slid out of her and got to his feet. When she could only lie there watching him, he released a satisfied sigh as he reached down and pulled her to her feet.

“You might want to get ready. We’re going to be late for work,” Eric said, giving her bare bottom a little squeeze before he headed for the door, whistling a jaunty tune as he went.

“I was ready twenty minutes ago,” Joe pointed out as she struggled to pull her panties up, making him chuckle as he tucked himself back in and pulled his zipper up and, just like that, he was ready for work and she needed to head back to the bathroom to get ready again. Sometimes it really sucked to be a woman, Joe decided as she stumbled back to the bathroom.

“Is it true?”Jeff asked the second that Eric stepped into the station.

“Is what true?” Eric asked, noting that every conversation had stopped and that all eyes were suddenly on him.

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