Page 67 of Neighbors With Benefits

As soon as I was back inside my home, I let out an annoyed snarl. “What is wrong with you, Jazz?” I berated myself. “Why can’t you just make the move?”

I punched the pillow on my couch and screamed in frustration. This was just like me. Bash had given me every green light imaginable, but was too much of a gentleman to make the move unless he was certain. And I was too much of a coward to give him the signal he needed.

“Stupid Jazz,” I grumbled, punching my couch pillow again. But my hand slid off the edge of it and slammed into the wooden armrest. I cried out in pain, cradling my hand.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the front door. It opened immediately, and Bash stuck his head inside. “You okay?”

“I’m fine, I just…” I held up my hand, but the pain was already passing. “What are you doing?”

Bash closed the door behind him and crossed the room on long strides. “This.”

He cradled my head in his hands and kissed me.

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Jazz

I was completely caught off guard by Bash’s sudden reappearance, and even more so by his kiss. But his lips pressed hungrily against mine, reigniting the fire that had been burning just minutes before, and soon I was kissing him back with even more fervor.

“Jazz…” he groaned into my mouth.

“I was praying you would do this outside,” I said between kisses.

He pulled away for a moment. “I can’t breathe when we’re in the same room. I’m so comfortable around you, yet I can’t make myself relax because you’re this gorgeous, sexy, wonderfulthingnear me. I’ve been wondering if you feel the same way…”

“I do,” I said, pressing my body against his so there was no space between us. “Now shut up and kiss me.”

He grinned, then pushed me back against the wall and kissed me harder than before. His tongue was in my mouth, conquering me like I washis, and I surrendered to him without a second thought. Our mouths collided again and again without seduction or finesse. It was all hunger and desperate demand.

Everything was incredible: the hand sliding down my back to cup my ass, the other hand gripping the back of my neck, the rolling motion of his tongue against mine. And the confirmation that it wasn’t all in my head, Bashdidwant me just as much as I wanted him. Weeks of glances and smiles, and soft touches culminating in what we both wanted, what we could finallyadmitto each other.

“I need you,” I said, not content to just kiss.

“I need you more,” he replied, pulling my shirt over my head. I ripped his off just as fast, tossing aside the neon garment.

We kissed our way to deeper into the room, eventually reaching the table where we’d played countless board games. We discarded the rest of our clothes, drunk on the taste of each other, savoring his hot skin against mine.

“The bedroom’s that way,” I said.

“No time,” he replied, kicking one of the chairs out of the way. “I need you right here.”

The desperation in his voice mirrored my own feelings, and I kissed him once more and then spun around, bending over the table. Bash grabbed my ass with both hands, squeezing my flesh with need. His cock brushed against my inner thigh, and I reached between us and dragged my fingernails along the hard length in a way that made his entire body shudder.

But then, just when I thought he was going to fuck me, he gripped my waist and spun me back around.

“I want to stare into your eyes,” he said, kissing me again and robbing me of all logic.

He picked me up effortlessly and put me down on the table. He rubbed my pussy with three fingers, using the juices to coat the head of his cock, then gently positioned it at my waiting entrance.

But I wasn’t in the mood to wait. I wanted himnow.

I wrapped my legs around his waist and pulled him in, accepting his hard length in one long, endless thrust. I hadn’t turned the light on in here, and we moaned together in the darkness, joined together for the first time in the most carnal way.

Bash gazed down at me with hooded eyes. He was beautiful in that moment, as he wasalwaysbeautiful, his hard jawline clenching with intensity as he savored how I felt from the inside.

“I can’t move,” he whispered with a silly grin. “If I do, I’m gonna come right away.”

I grabbed a handful of his blond hair. “Then stay inside of me for a while. I like the way you feel like this.”

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