Page 97 of Here's to Tomorrow

“Fuckfuckfuck. I’m gonna come.”

She tries to pull away, so I grab her hips and hold her steady. I suck hard on her clit and her hands fly to my head in an instant, nails digging into my scalp as she bucks up. She inhales a strangled gasp and freezes for just a millisecond before falling heavily back down on the bed, gasping for air.

Don’t you dare fucking blow your load now, Hudson!

I take a calming breath of my own before giving her a few gentle strokes and kissing my way back up to her mouth.

“Hi.” I smirk at her.

“Hi.” She reaches up, wiping my mouth with her hand, and then surprises me by kissing me right on the lips.

I groan and press into her, my dick straining against her lower stomach. She can feel me, knows I’m about to explode.

“Wanna get laid again?”

I nod vigorously, not even bothering to laugh at the way she phrases her question, and roll off her to grab the condom.

Rae parts for me as I settle between her legs. I line myself up and slip inside my little slice of heaven with ease. We both sigh, and I try not to fall apart. She wraps her arms around my neck and pulls me down for a chaste kiss. I grab her hands and bring them above her head, holding them there as I thrust into her slowly, maintaining eye contact with every push.

My chest tightens at the look on her face. Even though we haven’t spoken the words out loud yet, I can see the love in her eyes. It’s so intense that it’s making it hard to breathe—or that could be from the sex.

It’s in this moment that I realize the difference between the sex we had last night and what’s happening right now. Right now, we’re showing one another how we feel with our bodies. Last night was all about a release for us both—not that it didn’t mean anything, I just know this is a defining moment in our relationship.

I continue my slow pace, grinding harder and harder with each thrust. Even though we’ve been going slow, I’m close. So fucking close. My balls tighten up.

“Rae,” I gasp out.

“I know, Hudson, I know,” she says, her green eyes shining brighter than I’ve ever seen. “I’m right there with you.”

Something about the way she says it that lets me know she’s not only talking about our orgasms, but about us, our feelings, our love for each other.

With our gazes locked tightly on one another, we give in…to it all.

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Rae

Last night was everything I thought it was going to be—awkward, sweet, fun.

This morning was everything I had hoped it would be—amazing, beautiful, meaningful.

Hudson scored major bonus points for not trying to make me shower with him because that shit is weird to me. I also thought he was going to have some comments about me not wearing panties—because I refuse to put on my ones from yesterday after showering—with my skirt, but he’s been a total gentleman…so far.

“Rae? Is that a yes? Or a no? Or maybe even a maybe?” Hudson asks.

“What?” I can feel my face heat. I didn’t hear a word he just spoke, too busy living inside my own bubble.

“Your birthday weekend…me, you, Joey, the beach.”

“Umm…yes?”

He squints at me. “Even though that totally came out as a question, I’m taking it as an affirmative.”

Dread races through me because truth be told, I’m terrified of big bodies of water. Okay, that’s a lie. I love going to Lake Q on nights I can’t sleep and watching the water, and the lake seems big from the safety of the rocks. It’s just…my nightmare. Even though I know it’s only a dream, it keeps me far, far away from the ocean.

But I just agreed to go to one…for Hudson.

He has no idea of my fear. I’ve never told him about my horrible dream because I haven’t had one since I started seeing him—officially—and I haven’t thought about it in weeks. I never expected it to come back and bite me in the ass.

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