Page 3 of The Ranger
An hour later, we leave the club and take an Uber to her place.
I walk Scarlett to her front door—technically she skips—take her key, unlock the door and watch, amused, as she leans back against the doorjamb.
Then, fuck me, she flicks one of her suspenders so that it bounces off her breasts.
Her nipples harden.
“Coming in, Army boy?”
Jesus.Of course, I fucking am.
I close the gap, slide my hand under her short black skirt, grab a handful of her gorgeous ass, then lower my face.
“The question is,wheream I going to come?”
She stretches up on her toes and, with her lips an inch from mine, says in the sexiest voice I’ve ever heard, “Down my throat.”
I lift her, and her legs wrap around my waist.
“Same page, baby.Same page,” I growl.
The door slams closed behind us.
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FOUR MONTHS LATER
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“You!”Scarlett pointsat me as she stands in the doorway of the Black Hawke meeting room.
We’re in the middle of a confidential meeting while Penny holds the door open, looking flustered and apologetic.
“Fuck,” I curse.
I’m not cursing because I never called her again.We’ve occasionally seen one another as friends in the same social circle we hang in, and while there was some awkwardness, neither of us pursued the other again.
I’ve been fully aware I haven’t seen her for a while, and now it’s incredibly clear...and the reason why even clearer.
At least partially fucking clear.
Why she didn’t speak to me earlier will need answering.
For three hours and twenty-something minutes, we fucked like wild rabbits the night I went back to her place.It was amazing.Highly recommend suspender belts for sex play.The things you can do with them...but I digress.
I thought about seconds, thirds and fourths, but Cassy and Josh got married.Then, with Savannah getting shot and Ryder getting married and work being busy, I decided it was better tonotget involved with my boss’s wife’s best friend.
That doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about her.
Trina and Marshall seemed to be dancing around their attraction, and I’d put money on them getting together.Aidan looking unimpressed was a reminder that my decision was smart.
Does it mean I wasn’t keen?No.
Scarlett is wild, but as I plunged inside her, those eyes, which love to challenge, softened, and I saw the girl inside who wanted to love.
To be loved.
That was what made me step back.
