Page 82 of The Shake Off

“Just fucking wait.” I tossed the vibrator to the side, and it buzzed its way off the comforter and dropped to the floor.

Her eyes shot open to meet mine. “Wh… what? Why did you do that?”

“I’m taking credit for this,” I growled, shifting her legs over my head and dropping them to the side as I sunk the rest of my dick inside her, swiping my thumb against her slick clit, which had so far remained untouched… and it was all the pressure she needed for me to have her thighs clenching hard.

“Ohhh… oh. Oh. Ace.”

I pulled out and drove back in, this time with more force. “Say my name again.”

“Ace.”

“Again,” I growled.

“ACE! FUCK!”

Her walls clamped down like a vice, cutting off my blood supply, my senses, everything, as I was yanked into her vortex and exploded for the second time. I had neither the strength nor the energy to hold myself up and collapsed breathless, winded, totally spent.

I called myself a professional athlete, but I was no match for her.

We lay there for what only felt like seconds before she shifted and eased herself away from me. Whatever it was, was far too short a time for it to now be over. As quick as I could, I ran to the bathroom to get clean, switching off the vibrator still buzzing on the floor on my way, and returned to find her curled up, her head resting on a pillow and heading to sleep.

I snuck in next to her, pulled the comforter over us and settled down so I was facing her, shifting my elbow under the pillow to scooch as close as I could get.

“Hey, guess what?”

“What?”

“It’s Sunday tomorrow, which means you don’t have to leave for work.”

“Yeah, so?” she mumbled.

“Morning sex, Babycakes,” I grinned.

Her eyes slowly blinked open as her mouth pursed and twisted, like she was thinking about it. “I might need some of those pancakes that were on the griddle earlier. Not burned ones though.”

“That can be arranged.”

“Then I’m sure I don’t have anywhere else to be.”

Her eyelids drooped until they’d shut for good, and all I could feel was her warm breath as she fell into a deep sleep.

I stayed awake, watching her features soften as she relaxed. Watching until my chest felt like it was cracking open, and I was convinced I’d never seen anything so beautiful.

It came out of nowhere, hitting me like a lightning strike.

Payton.Cosmo. This entire situation might have started because of a fool’s errand to get my form back, but I found something else on the way.

Her.

And after tonight, I wasn’t about to give it up any time soon.

FIFTEEN

PAYTON

Iopened one eye, followed by the other, and zoned into a numb, almost tingling sensation running along my entire left side.

The cause turned out to be Ace, and one of his giant thighs wedged between mine and his arm curled over my chest, twisting us together like the branches of a tree. I tried to take a deep breath, but his arm was too heavy on my lungs for me to suck one all the way in, so I lay there, staring up at the ceiling until the light dancing across it nearly sent me back to sleep. But I still had the breathing issue.

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