Page 46 of Hot for the Jerk

“Go to sleep, Elsa.”

“You go to sleep, McEvoy.”

“I am.But someone won’t shut up.”

“I’ll shut you up.”I yanked the pillow out from under my head and hit him with it, but the man was not only bigger than me, but way stronger too and I found myself pinned down, his arms on my wrists above my head, his body hovering over mine as we both laughed.Our chests heaved as our eyes snagged in the darkness.The laughter stopped.

I swallowed, and he studied me with such open fascination I absolutely did not deserve.

I blinked up at the man who just two days ago I may not have pissed on if he caught fire.Now, all I wanted was for him to kiss me.To feel those talented lips on my lips.To feel his arms around me.

His eyes continued to search my face with a long, lingering look before that charming, slightly crooked smile chased all the wickedness away like shadows at high noon.A nervous flutter behind my ribcage had my breath hitching.That teasing smile was still there, like there was some secret joke only the two of us were in on.

A noise.A single, low syllable, from the deepest depths of his chest, had my toes curling.I felt it more than I heard it.His chest heaved against mine as he held himself over me, the solitary rumble vibrating into my spine, down to my curled toes, and pausing in that throbbing spot between my legs.

I licked my lips, and his gaze dropped to my mouth.

Kiss me, goddammit.

But a branch against the window outside broke the trance between us, pulling our attention.He cleared his throat and blinked before releasing my wrists and sitting back, giving me my pillow.“We should really get some sleep, Elsa.Who knows what adventures tomorrow has in store for us.”

Disappointment swamped me as he rolled over, pulling the duvet cover up over his bulky shoulder when he positioned himself on his side.

“Right,” I whispered to his back.“Hopefully we get to go home.”

“’Night, Elsa.”

I exhaled through my mouth.“Goodnight …”

CHAPTER TWELVE

Jagger

Apparently,theoverheadlightand all the lamps were on before the power outage happened.Because when the electricity came back on around four-thirty in the morning, it was like a bright, sunny day on a snowy mountain, and my eyes burned as I struggled to make sense of my surroundings.

Somehow, the little cactus snoring beside me in the bed wasn’t bothered by the light as she slept through it all while I rushed around the room, shutting everything off.

By that point though, I was wide awake.

I also had another boner—super inconvenient—which I ducked into the bathroom to relieve.The dream I’d been having before the lights came on, involved one sexy, prickly, little redhead and that adorable constellation of freckles on her inner left thigh.Oh fuck, how I wanted to kiss those last night.Run my tongue across them and feel her legs quake as I did.But that would have been too intimate.Kissing and all that other fun stuff wasn’t part of the deal.It wasn’t what I offered her.I offered to go down on Raina.I offered her an orgasm—and she hadtwo, props to me—but that was it.

My dreams, however, had no such limitations, and in those I ate her out, I fucked her; she sucked my cock, and she begged me to wrap my hand around her throat and give her a pretty five-finger necklace.I stood in the shower under the spray, stroking my cock from root to tip as the image of her coming flashed back into my mind.Her eyes were closed both times she orgasmed, so I snuck a peek and watched as she came undone with abandon.As she yanked on my hair, drove her pussy hard against my face, and rode it like she owned it, soaking my beard and gushing across my tongue.

My balls cinched up against my taint as the warmth in my belly intensified.The taste of her lingered on my lips just enough that the sweep of my tongue across them was enough to pitch me over the edge and thick spurts of cum mixed with the warm water, circling the drain before finally disappearing.

We really needed to get the fuck home today.Spending time with the cute little fireball that pretended to hate me was getting more and more difficult.And not because up until forty-eight hours ago we’d been mortal enemies.It was because now weweren’tmortal enemies, and I really liked that.Likereally,really liked that.

Fuck my life.

After my cock deflated, I got dressed, then quietly exited the bathroom and the bedroom, closing the door softly behind me so Elsa didn’t wake up.

When I got downstairs, the woodstove was out, and although the furnace had kicked on some time after the electricity returned, the house still had a chilly nip to it.I quickly re-lit the woodstove, then fixed myself a cup of coffee before taking a seat in the sitting room and bringing out my phone.

An onslaught of texts from my brothers greeted me, but it was the one from Bennett about the water taxi that jolted my pulse.

It was too early to call anybody, but a quick check on all the weather apps, and the update from the Wayman and San Camanez harbormasters said that vessels were once again allowed to leave the marinas, which meant we were finally going home.

Despite her haggard, rundown appearance from tying on one too many glasses of wine last night, Lenora was up and in the kitchen, puttering around by five-thirty.

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