Page 25 of The First Time

His eyes are dark as they study my face. “I want more. I need more.”

I wrap my arms around his neck and press my entire body against him. His forehead falls to my shoulder, and I feel his shuddering breath against me.

“I don’t know what the hell this song is talking about,” he whispers.

I start to crack up. “Neither do I. It’s kind of fun to just focus on the beat.”

He pulls away for a second and kisses my forehead. Next thing I know, he’s moving us around the street without a care in theworld, leading me like an expert. He spins me around and dips me.

The songs switch between sweet and sultry, and so does his dancing. One second, we are laughing and moving along with the beat, the next, my body is flush against his, and his hands are roaming all over me like he can’t get enough.

We laugh and talk all the way back to our hotel. He wraps his arms around me on the boat ride after I shiver from the cold air. It only made me shiver more, but for an entirely different reason.

As soon as we’re back in the hotel, I turn to him.

“Hot tub time?” I say with a smile.

“Absolutely. I’ll open a bottle of wine.”

I grab my suit and am sinking into the tub when he comes in with two glasses.

“Thank you,” I say as I take the glass. “This really is an incredible room. I can’t believe Asher and Charlotte were willing to pay for it.”

“You know how Asher is when it comes to Charlotte. He’ll drop his life savings to make her happy.”

“True,” I laugh. “It’s still ridiculous. Very out of character for Asher.”

“I guess we get to reap the benefits of his poor financial decisions.”

He holds his glass up, and we cheers to my brother’s financial missteps. I’m definitely feeling the alcohol that I’ve consumed.Another glass of wine might not be the wisest choice, but this night has been so much fun, I don’t want it to end.

We spent the next hour drinking wine, laughing over untold stories about my brother, and reminiscing about family get-togethers at my parents’ house.

“I didn’t realize you were at so many of my family get-togethers. I feel like I don’t have many more stories to tell that you don’t know about or were there.”

“I’m an honorary son to your parents. I guess whether they like it or not.”

“Shut up. They love you,” I tell him, though I feel like I see a hint of sadness on his face before it’s gone. “Well, I think we should probably get in bed so we can get up in the morning.”

He stands up out of the water before I have the chance to. For a moment, he’s towering over me as water runs down every muscle in sight. Nothing but the lights of the hot tub shine around us, and I’m completely lost in my thoughts.

His bathing suit bottoms are molded to his skin because of the water, and I see the outline of his dick. A dick I have now seen but have not touched or tasted. I can’t seem to tear my eyes away from it. It must be the alcohol because my brain is screaming that it’s massively obvious that I’m staring, but my body isn’t moving. My eyes won’t look away.

Until I see it start to grow in his shorts, then my eyes go directly to his. I stand up in the hot tub until we are inches apart. I raise my hand until it cups over his hard length. We both groan at the same time, and his head falls back.

A small smirk plays at the corner of my lips as I feel him grow even harder in my hand. He curses to the sky thenreaches down for my hand. He moves it off him and leans down to give it a soft kiss. I’m not sure what’s going on.

“Freckles, you’re drunk,” he croaks out like he’s in pain.

“So are you. What’s the problem?”

He sighs then tucks a wet piece of hair behind my ear. “I don’t want you regretting it in the morning. Come on, let’s go to bed.”

I’m left standing alone in the hot tub, humiliated and rejected.

Chapter Ten

Josh

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