Page 33 of Betrayal & New Beginnings

WADE

I slowly woke to the smell of citrus fruits.Iopened my eyes and realized that smell belonged to the blonde hair in front of me.Thehair that was attached to the naked bodyIwas currently spooning.Ellie’sdelicious body was up against mine, and my dick immediately took notice and hardened.Afterhaving sex in her apartment, we moved to mine becauseIcould not bring myself to have sex with her in her brother’s bed.Havingsex withJack’ssister was already going to get me in hot water, but ifIdid it in his bed, he just might kill me.

After we moved to my place,Itook her again, this time in my bed becauseIwas a selfish bastard and needed to be close to her for reasonsIreally didn’t want to think deeply about.Notonce didIthink about what would happen ifIfell asleep and had a night terror.Ichose to blame it on my brain not firing on all cylinders after two of the best damn orgasms of my life.

Waking up to her scent and delicious body up against mine made me never want to leave this bed.Rememberinghow soft her skin was every timeItouched her last night made my dick impossibly harder.Lastnight was the best sexI’dever had, bar none.Thelittle noises she made whenIkissed her and moved my hands all over her body had me fighting not to be a two-pump chump.Evenon the second go last night,Ifelt like a teenager who couldn’t control his hormones and was ready to blow after being inside her for mere seconds.

Sex with other women was good too.Ifelt satisfied but ready to go home after finishing.WithEllie,Iwas ready to go all over again after just a few minutes of recovery.Shehad that effect on me.Herbody was addictive.

Even now, just her body pressed up against mine while sleeping, andIwas ready to go again.Thiswoman’s body was like voodoo to my dick.Isnuggled up against her, my hands roaming over her warm, naked body, and kissed her neck and shoulders.God, this woman was a drugIcouldn’t get enough of.

BeforeIgot serious in my pursuit of taking her again, my phone buzzed from the nightstand.Ireluctantly separated from her and reached behind me to grab my phone.Isaw a few texts fromArchertelling me that he andVincewere on their way over.Theyfound a few things and needed to talk to bothEllieand me.I’dtold them yesterdayIwas going to stay on the couch in her apartment because of what happened, so they’d texted they were headed to her apartment.

I shot them back a thumbs-up reply, realizingIneeded to get us both up and dressed and back in her apartment before they came over.Theguys knew we’d stayed in the same apartment, butIwasn’t ready for the conversation with them about the other stuff that took place in the apartment last night, or that we ended up moving to my apartment and my bed.

I turned back around, put my hand on her shoulder, and tried to wake her.

“Ellie, we gotta get up,”Isaid in her ear, which only made it worse becauseItook in her scent again and my brain struggled. “ArcherandVinceare on their way over.”

She moaned and pushed her soft body right back up against me, and my dick protested that we were not going to remedy this situation.Ihad to get up and get away from her beforeIlost control andVinceandArcherheard me hooking up with her from the hallway.

“Ellie, the guys will be here in a few minutes.Weneed to get up and get dressed,”Itold her asImade my way from the bed to the dresser.

I heard her rouse and rustle under the covers, butIdidn’t want to see her naked body sinceIwas trying to get my dick under control, soIgrabbed my clothes and walked out into the kitchen area.Iheaded over to my coffeemaker, hoping to pump some caffeine into my body sinceIwas exhausted from not having much sleep the past two nights.

“Wade,”Elliecalled my name from the hallway. “Umm,Idon’t have any clothes other than my nightgown.”

I looked down to see her in that damn pink nightgown that looked amazing on her, butIrealizedIdidn’t wantArcherandVinceto see her like that.Itried not to dwell on the fact that having other men see her dressed like that made me jealous.

“Let’s just go over to your place, then.Wecan make coffee there,”Itold her asIgrabbed my favorite kind from the counter.

We walked across the hall, and she went to change whileIgot coffee going in her kitchen.

We weren’t even in there for five minutes before there was a knock on the door.Iopened it to allowArcherandVinceto walk inside.Archerstarted to tell me something in a low voice asEllierushed into the room with short jean shorts that showed off her amazing long legs and anotherArmyT-shirt that still gave me a weird sense of jealousy.Iturned to look at my friends before my dick started to harden andIembarrassed myself, only to seeVince’seyes on me, very calculated, like he was trying to read my thoughts.

“I’m sorry.Iwas going to try to make some breakfast before you guys got here,” she rushed to say as she pulled her hair into a ponytail and darted into the kitchen area. “Justgive me a few minutes, andI’llwhip something up real quick,” she said over her shoulder.

“It’s really not necessary,Ellie.Wealready ate, but thanks,”Archertold her politely.

I looked back over toVince, who was looking back and forth betweenEllieand me, andIstarted to get a little nervous that he knew exactly what happened and he could see through my smooth exterior.

“Are you sure?” she asked, clearly upset that she had not been a good host or something. “Whatabout coffee?Wadestarted that, so it should be ready?”

They both agreed to that and started to move into the living room area, where they sat on the couch.Ifollowed them in, andArcherstarted to talk low again to me, clearly wanting to tell me something thatElliecouldn’t hear.

“Started looking into some things, andIneed to take a look at her car,” he started to say beforeElliecame into the room and handed them both a coffee.

“So, what did you guys want to talk about?”Ellielooked at them with a bit of unease, even though she was trying to cover it with her shoulders back and a tight smile on her face.

Archer andVinceboth looked at each other, andVinceleaned forward like he was going to ask her for something he wasn’t sure she was going to agree to.

“Before we get to that,Iwas wondering ifIcould borrow your car for a few hours today since mine is in the shop,” he asked her, andIknew something was up.EvenifArcherhadn’t just given me a heads-up,Vince’scar was less than a year old, so there was no way there was something wrong with it that would need checked out.Notto mention very few mechanic shops were open on aSunday, butIwasn’t going to call him out on that sinceIknew there was more to the story.

“Umm, sure.Iwork at the pub today, soIshouldn’t need it,” she told him. “Although, my car is small.Wade’sSUVis bigger if you need it for something to haul.”

Vince paused a second, clearly not expecting that response, though he was quick on his feet and recovered smoothly.

“I, uh, rememberedWadementioning he had some kind of appointment thing today, andIknew you were working, soIfigured it would just be easier, but if it’s an inconvenience,Ican…” he started to say, playing into her need for hospitality, before she cut him off.

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