Page 67 of Wishing for Love

Phoenix stood back and watched her. What a lovely erotic sight it was.

Her blonde hair was spread on the pillow, her cheeks were pink, her mouth was open, her breath was panting out, her eyes slanted and almost shut.

He kept at it until he worked her up some more, pulled the toy away and shut it off, then stripped faster than he ever had before.

He had a condom in his pocket and covered himself, then looked up to see her eyes on his.

Her legs went up in the air and he grabbed a hold of each ankle, then slid inside of her while he stood on the side of the bed.

He was thrusting into her at a steady pace, her body building again, her voice getting a little louder than it’d been.

He placed her legs around his waist, helped lift her so that she was sitting, then picked her up and held her tight while he fucked her standing up.

No need for a wall and he wasn’t sure he could walk to one anyway.

His hand went under her hips and held her there as he jerked up into her nice and deep.

His mouth crushed hers and he felt her starting to come. It was as if the minute she pulsed around his cock, he knew he’d be done. Or she knew he’d be done.

Maybe they just knew together.

He held her close against his body and felt them squeezing each other tightly.

When her head dropped to his shoulder, he knew he had worn her out.

He laid her back on the bed and then turned to go to the bathroom.

Somehow he thought he’d managed to fall in love and had no idea how it happened.

What else could explain the racing of his heart and the fear of leaving her alone each night and worrying that she’d think he wasn’t there for her too?

Jesus, just one more thing to add to his list of fears of future failures...a relationship.

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FALLING INTO PLACE

“Phoenix Westerly,” he said, answering his phone ten days later. He didn’t recognize the number, but that didn’t mean anything. He had a business line that would roll over to his cell, but that hadn’t happened this time either.

“Westerly Carlisle,” his cousin said quickly on the other end.

He burst out laughing. As kids when they saw each other, it was a joke they shared since his cousin was named after West’s mother’s maiden name.

“West,” he said. “I didn’t expect to hear from you so quickly. First of all, congratulations on the engagement.”

“Thanks,” he said. “Biggest coup of my life. I had to make sure not to mess it up.”

Phoenix knew all about the fear of messing something up. It’s why he’d anxiously stared at his computer while he drafted the email willing his finger to hit send. After ten minutes, he did it and walked away and hoped it all turned out right. “I heard it’s been official for a while but just quiet.”

“Yes,” West said. “We hadn’t set a date on releasing it, but a picture leaked around Christmas of Abby with her ring on.”

He’d heard that too but just shrugged it off. There was so much in his life that he had to deal with that he wasn’t getting involved in his cousin’s problems.

“Sounds like it’s all falling into place,” he said. Just like most of his cousins’ lives did.

Then he had to remind himself that wasn’t true. West worked his ass off to get where he was and just because Phoenix was struggling with so much on his plate didn’t mean someone else had it easier.

Many would say that Phoenix had an easy life.

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