Page 24 of The Road Ahead
I couldn’t stop from giggling as his tongue dipped in between my two lower ribs, and I squirmed away from his mouth. “Stopit,” I huffed out, but I didn’t complain when he simply kissed the ticklish spot and then moved on.
Finally, Cooper’s clever fingers got busy and easily loosened the knot, tugging it free. It didn’t take him long to make a start on the buttons, and he pressed kisses to my skin every time he revealed another inch. When the final button was undone, and my shirt fell open, he pushed it aside and took my left nipple in his mouth, sucking gently. My back arched off the bed, and I bit down on my lip to stop from crying out. I wasn’t overly loud in bed, but Teresa and Brad were in the next room and I knew the walls were thin. The less noise I made, the easier it would be to look them both in the eye the next morning.
Once Cooper had finished sucking on the first nipple, he moved over to my other one, latching on. The small nubs were now hard peaks, and I was surprised by how sensitive they were. None of my previous partners had really bothered with them much, but I was rather enjoying Cooper’s ministrations.
I sat up a little when Cooper tugged the shirt from my shoulders, and soon it was off and he was tossing it over the edge of the bed to the floor. Apparently, his urge to keep everything neat and tidy fled during sex. Interesting. I tucked that knowledge away for later.
Sinking back onto the mattress, I pulled him down with me, and his lips hovered a teasing fraction of an inch above mine. I growled and grabbed the back of his neck, drawing him into a kiss. His lips twitched, and I knew Cooper was trying not to smile. I hadn’t had this much fun with a partner in a long time, and I realized that I’d missed fun, lighthearted sex.
The kiss lingered, and I took the opportunity to explore Cooper’s body. I pushed my hands up the back of his shirt, kneading the firm muscles of his back. He was so much bigger than me, but his weight above me wasn’t claustrophobic or suffocating. Instead, it made me feel alive and wanted. I draggedmy nails lightly up and down Cooper’s back, which elicited a low moan against my lips. I’d wanted this for so damn long, and it was a little dizzying that it was finally happening.
“Rio,” Cooper murmured, pulling back to look at me. “You’re so beautiful.”
My dick was so hard that I was a little shocked to find I had enough blood left to blush, but I could definitely feel my cheeks heating. “Thank you,” I whispered. “I hope I’ve made it pretty obvious that I think you’re fucking gorgeous too.”
Cooper chuckled and then pushed back so he was kneeling above me once more. “Stop distracting me. I’m trying to be a gentleman and help you get changed, and to do that I need to remove these.” He tugged on the leg of my shorts, then dipped a finger beneath the hem, finding the crease where the top of my thigh met my hip.
“By all means,” I said, giving him all the invitation he needed.
“Do you know how wild these damn shorts have been driving me all day?” Cooper growled, not making any move to do what he’d just said he wanted to do and remove them. Instead, he continued to trace his finger back and forth in the same spot. “I’ve been catching flashes of skin all day, and I’ve not been able to look away. God, Rio, your ass is a piece of art.” His finger brushed up a little further, tracing over my hip bone. “I’ve been wondering what sort of panties you’ve been wearing under them, and now I know you’ve not been wearing any. Fuck, Rio. You’re killing me.”
“We can’t have that,” I said. “Do you need me to perform mouth-to-mouth?”
He laughed. “Is this the right time to tell you that we don’t actually do mouth-to-mouth anymore, but just start straight in on chest compressions?”
I groaned. “Urgh, don’t go killing the mood by bringingrealityinto it.”
Cooper looked sheepish. “Sorry. It’s just, I hear that used as a pickup linea lot. It’s an ingrained response now.”
I hooked a leg behind his ass and used it to drag him back down to me. “I think we’re a little beyond pickup lines now, so maybe you can forgive me?”
“I think I can manage that,” he replied, before I kissed him once more.
It took a while before Cooper finally remembered he was supposed to be removing my shorts. He kept kissing me as he undid the button and pulled down the zipper, and then I lifted my hips so he could ease my shorts down my legs.
It hit me then that I was naked and Cooper was still completely dressed. It was kind of hot. My dick twitched, and I felt a dribble of precum pool on my stomach.
“Holy shit, Rio.” Cooper’s voice was reverent. “You’re more perfect than I ever dreamed.”
“Okay, you have to stop saying stuff like that or I’m going to literally combust,” I warned him.
“Sorry, can’t,” he said in a faux regretful voice. “I’m bound by duty to always tell the truth.”
I rolled my eyes. “You’re such a dork.”
He nodded. “I know, but I’m okay with that.”
Grinning, I reached up so I could pull him down into another kiss, which he happily returned, though he pulled away sooner than I would have liked. “What’s wrong?” I asked.
“Nothing,” he promised. “I just wanted to check in and see how far you wanted to go tonight? I think we need to have a proper conversation before we go all the way, but that still leaves quite a bit on the table for tonight.”
“Oh?” I asked, a hint of a tease in my voice. “What would those options entail?”
“Well, first off, I can get you dressed into your PJs and we can just keep cuddling and making out.”
“Hmm . . .” I pretended to consider that. “I mean, that sounds nice and all, but I think I’d like to hear the other options on the menu first so I can make a completely informed decision.”
“Wise,” he agreed, nodding solemnly. “The other services we have on offer are guaranteed to please, and include orgasms as optional extras.”
