Page 26 of On the Line

“Yeah, one you can pay cash for.” She thought for a minute. “And we need to register a charter business with the state, and set up a bank account in the business name.” Her voice trailed off as she got lost in her own head. Then she snapped back to reality. “I can help you with that part, if you want.”

Nervous jitters over involving Ellie in such a scheme mixed with profound gratitude that she was willing to help me out of this mess. I had a hard time answering as I choked back the emotion. “I want you to help with whatever you’re comfortable with. Thank you, Ellie.”

“I’m not at all comfortable with the money laundering part,” she said matter of factly, “but I’d do it for you.”

Relief washed over me like a cool breath of hope. “You must kinda like me to take this risk.” I smiled but was on the verge of tears, overwhelmed by her thoughtfulness—and by the risk she was willing to take on my behalf.

“Well I can’t exactly spend the rest of my life with you if you’re locked up or dead.”

My love for her swelled inside me, filling every corner of my heart as I stared into eyes as blue as the sea. “Do you mean that? The rest of your life?”

“Of course I mean that. I certainly wouldn’t consider helping you launder a quarter million dollars of drug money if I didn’t.” Her sweet smile faded, her expression hardened. “But I’m telling you right now, Spencer, this is the end of it. We take care of George’s money for him, so you don’t get killed. We set up a real business, where you can make a clean living. And you never do any of this ever again.”

“Deal.” I put an arm around her, pulling her close. We sat there side by side, now partners in every sense of the word. There was no problem we couldn’t solve if we tackled it together. “The rest of my life might not be long enough.”

CHAPTER 12

It was the dawn of a new day, and hope seeped in. With Ellie by my side, anything felt possible.

The sunrise lit the sky pink and gold, casting reflected light onto her upturned face. She let out a little sigh when my lips met hers, her eyes drifting closed as she leaned into me. As the kiss deepened, my entire body felt alive, flooded with love and awake with hope for the future we could build together. No matter what else happened outside our little bubble, right here, right now, all was right in the world.

We fell to the side in slow motion, settling on the plywood floor, consumed by the kiss. Ellie’s hands roamed my back, her foot running up my shin as she moaned into my mouth.

I felt myself growing, electrified by her touch when her lips opened to swallow me back into the kiss. My dick pressed into my zipper, seeking her. Our tongues tangled, more and more desperate to find the deepest parts.

I broke the seal of the kiss, my lips trailing across her cheek to her ear. “I could do this forever.” Her body shuddered at the tickle of my words.

I kissed down her neck, breathing in her honeysuckle scent. Tasting the salty sheen on her skin made me hungry for more.I wanted to cover her with kisses, to taste every inch of her. I climbed over Ellie, my hardness pressed into her thigh. I couldn’t help but groan as my mouth moved down her chest. Tugging at the neckline of her tank top, I looked up into her eyes as I freed a breast.

She stared back with a fiery gaze as my mouth covered her nipple, just as desperate for me as I was for her.

Ellie gasped and moaned as I sucked and teased, biting her gently. “Oh, Spencer. That’s amazing.”

I slid a firm palm down her side, halting at the zipper of her denim shorts. She groaned as I pressed into the mound between her thighs, trailing my lips over her stomach until I reached the copper-colored button of her Levis. My heart raced with anticipation as I unfastened her shorts. I hooked around the waist, pulling, and her hips lifted to help.

Her pink cotton panties were moist with her scent under my palm. My mouth watered for her as I rolled her panties down, exposing the triangle of light brown hair.

I locked her gaze that burned with desire as she opened her knees. She knew exactly what I was doing, even if I did not. The sight of her, open to me like that, made me grow until it hurt. I’d never seen a woman’s anatomy up close, but I was certain that Ellie’s was the prettiest pussy on the planet. In the golden light just after dawn, I’d never seen a more beautiful sight.

Lowering to my elbows between her knees, I looked into her smiling eyes as I parted her lips. When I turned my gaze back to her sex, surveying her glimmering folds, I throbbed in my shorts so hard it felt like I might burst if I didn’t get inside her soon. But I needed to taste her first.

I sucked in a breath and swallowed, licking my lips as they moved toward her center. I kissed her tentatively at first, soft pecks up one side and down the other, breathing in her scent as sweet as jasmine. With the tip of my tongue, I traced the same path. Her breath caught when I reached the top. When I repeated the pass on the other side, her eyes opened wide as I reached the apex. Her fingers snaked into my messy brown hair, gripping my scalp.Urging me to stay there.

I lingered, licking the place where her folds met while she moaned. Her supple flesh tightened in my mouth, hardening to a nub. Like a perfect pink pearl under my tongue.

I focused all my effort there when I saw how she responded, sucking harder and harder and then teasing it with my teeth like I had her nipple. Her hips lifted, pressing into my mouth, swirling as she called out, “Oh my god, Spencer.” She writhed under me, gasping. “Don’t stop,” she whined. “Don’t stop.”

Ellie’s escalating pleas were like kerosene on the fire inside me. I gripped her thighs to hold her in place and devoured her until she wailed into the morning air.

Her whole body trembled after her moans died down. She panted, staring in disbelief.

“How did you learn to do that so well?” Then she held up a hand to stop me, her flushed face scrunched. “Wait, maybe I don’t want to know.”

My only previous attempt was a bumbling one in the back of a Cutlass, which I’d quickly abandoned. “Not from experience, that’s for sure. But it came naturally, like everything with you.”

Her mouth curved into a warm smile. “I know what you mean.” Hand running over the tent in my shorts, she squeezed me through the khaki fabric. “Do you want me to do it to you?”

I hadn’t even thought of her reciprocating. I was afraid I might not be able to control myself if she did. “I do. Ireallydo,” I said, stroking her hair. “But not yet. That can wait…” I knelt beside her, tearing off my T-shirt and unzipping my shorts, pushing them to the floor.

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