Page 49 of Friends With Benefits

“Don’t get all excited,” Kerri warned. “All we’re doing is having sex. We’re fuck buddies.”

At the look of stunned incredulity on all their faces, she laughed. “What?”

There was another moment of silence, then Hailey smiled tightly. “Well, I’m speechless.”

“How long has this been going on?” Laurel demanded.

“Not long,” Kerri said, a little dreamily, remembering their first kiss. “One day we were having a big fight and wham, he kissed me.”

“Oh, God.” Hailey moaned.

“Things were kind of weird after that, but then, the night of the grand opening party we just couldn’t keep our hands off each other. We went back to my place and…did it.”

Everyone sighed.

“That was the night you two were so pissy with each other,” Hailey said with dawning understanding. “But Kerri, that’s not like you. Casual sex issonot you.”

“I know.” Kerri sighed. “But it’s soooo good.”

“Oh, God,” Laurel said. “Please, take me with you. You can share him. We could have a little threesome, like in the movie.”

Kerri was so turned on from watching the movie and talking about Mitch, not to mention a tiny bit tipsy from the punch and a couple of Screaming Orgasms, that for a wild moment she actually considered that idea. Laurel was attractive, Mitch always joked about his biggest fantasy being girl on girl action, maybe…

No. She regained her senses. Talk about risking a friendship. She and Laurel would never be able to look each other in the eye again, never mind her and Mitch…

She forced a laugh. “I’m not sharing.”

Amid laughter and teasing, a taxi was called that could take some of them home and Kerri felt very naughty and daring when she gave the driver Mitch’s address.

The doorbell ringing over and over woke Mitch from his sound sleep. He staggered out of bed and headed to the door before he groggily realized he was naked. He grabbed a pair of plaid boxers from a chair and stumbled clumsily into them, the insistent ring of the bell digging into his brain.

He threw open the door. Kerri stood there, leaning against the wall, smiling a sultry smile, wearing snug, low-slung jeans and a black ribbed tank top with a glittery design on the front.

He rubbed his eyes. Maybe he was dreaming.

“Can I come in?” she asked, voice husky.

He could not get a word out, just gawked at her. Giving his head a shake, he stood aside so she could enter.

“What…are you doing here?” he managed to say thickly, rubbing his chest.

Kerri’s eyes darkened as she studied him. She pushed the door closed behind her and turned back to him, running her hands over his chest. He swallowed hard.

“I needed to see you,” she purred.

“I thought you were out with the girls…”

“I was.” She rubbed his pecs, his hard nipples, and got a choked gasp from him. “We watched a dirty movie and I got so turned on I had to come see you.”

His eyes widened, but his hands went automatically to her narrow waist. She pressed herself against him, fisted her hands in his hair and held his head as she kissed him. God.

Her mouth was sweet, fruity and warm, and her little tongue pushed into his mouth determinedly, stroking his. She immediately had his attention as his body hardened in response. He was wide awake and ready to go. She rubbed up against him urgently, obviously feeling his hard-on through the thin cotton of the boxers, and nipped at his bottom lip.

“We had Screaming Orgasms,” she told him in a husky voice. He tried to clear his head. Holy shit. What had they been doing?

“It’s a drink.” She pushed on his chest, still nibbling on his mouth and chin, moving him backward down the hall toward his bedroom. “Now I want a real one.”

After, they lay in Mitch’s bed, drowsy and boneless, Kerri sprawled across his chest, stroking him. His hand moved over her back as he lay there, staring into the dark.

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