Page 66 of Inflame Me
“FUCKING HATE THAT my girl lives here,” Dagger says, climbing up the stairs. I agree.
“Let’s just get them home.”And I’ll see what happens from there.
Dagger pounds on the door, and a beat later, it opens just a touch. Tanner’s emerald eyes peek around the door and focus on Dagger. The door flies open as she wraps her arms around him with some kind of screech thing that I may need to replace my ear drum for.
“You’re here!” she says as Mearna comes to the door.
“Yep, brought someone with me.”
Tanner stills and looks around her father. Her eyes well up with tears when she sees me. Well, hell, isn’t that something? I can say that, throughout my entire life, I’ve never had a woman cry because she was happy to see me.
Dagger steps into the apartment just as Tanner flings herself at me, wrapping her arms and legs around me securely. I cup her ass, holding her up, the heat of her pussy hitting me hard. I haven’t fucked since the last time I saw her, and I fucking need it badly.
Her lips collide with mine as her tears hit my face in droplets. She really didn’t think I would come, did she? I can’t blame her, though. With all the shit that Princess filled her with, I’m surprised her lips are attached to mine. Still, I greedily take everything she’s giving me.
“You want to come in?” Mearna says from the side of us as she looks around outside. I don’t give a shit who’s fucking looking. There’s no way I’m detaching from these lips.
I continue to kiss her, carrying her directly to the bedroom and kicking the door shut with my boot. I take her hard and fast, leaving us both breathless.
“I LIKE THESE.” I bounce one of Tanner’s curls in my hand.
She’s lying naked, sprawled out on top of me, her heat keeping me warm against the coolness of her apartment.
“I was having one of those girl days,” she says as if I know what in the hell a girl day is. Whatever. She looks fucking gorgeous.
“Didn’t think I’d come?” I ask, needing to get it out there and over with.
“Not really. You’re not that guy, Rhys. I thought you’d be done with me.”
My gut feels heavy as I pull her lips to mine. “No, not done. We’re just getting started. Come move to Sumner.” Her eyes widen. “I’m not perfect by a long shot, but I want you.”
I’m not giving this shit up.
Can’t.
Won’t.
“How do I know that we’ll last? And for how long? A day, a week? This is a huge change for me.”
The instant her words hit my brain, I know what I need to do. I need to only be with her. It’s new, different, but fuck, I don’t want anyone else.
“I know we’ll work. There’s no other woman for me. It’s only you, Sprite.”
She smiles, and I get closer, brushing my lips against hers.
“Only you,” I whisper.
“Okay,” she whispers back, and I feel like I’ve won the fucking lottery.
PACKING THE WOMEN up wasn’t a hard task. Mearna already had most of her things together from her travels down to Sumner. She agreed right away when Tanner and I came out to talk. She and Dagger were in an embrace that made Tanner still in my arms, no doubt in shock. She was able to pull herself together, though.
Tanner only had a few things she wanted, and by the next day, we were on our way to Sumner, following behind them.
“IT’S SETTLED. THE assholes are backing off with the cash, and we are in the clear,” Pops says as we sit around the table at church. “Ralphie laughed his ass off after I chewed him out for all the stops. I’m guessing he did it on purpose to be a fucking asshole.”
“Figures,” Dagger grunts.
I nod in response.
