Page 74 of Deal Breaker
“And we’re lucky that we found each other again. We can’t throw it away this time.” I cup her jaw in my hands. “We can do it right this time. Get to know each other again without anyone in our way. We can go as slow as you want, Lan. It’s always been you for me and I’m not willing to lose another seven years.”
She lets out a soft laugh. “We don’t know how to take things slow. That’s never been our thing.”
“Then let’s not take it slow,” I murmur.
She shakes her head and my heart twists. “Ford…there are things we need to talk about.”
“There’s nothing you could say that would change how I feel.”
“You don’t know that,” she whispers. “We need to talk.”
I lean forward, resting my forehead against hers. “Be with me tonight,” I say. “No expectations. No past. Just us. You can say whatever you need to say in the morning.”
Her brown eyes lock on mine, and then she nods.
So, I kiss her.
It’s not soft or slow. I kiss her like I’ve been waiting years to do it. She gasps against my mouth, and I take full advantage, my tongue slipping past her lips, my hands sliding around her waist, pulling her into me, needing her to feel it. All of it.
She leans into me, her hips pressing to mine, and I know this is it. Tonight, I’m not letting her go.
There’s nothing gentle or hesitant between us now—just need, and want, and the sound she makes when I back her into the wall beside the stairs. My hips roll into hers, searching for friction, and my hard cock against her clit has her lips falling open and a moan slipping from her lips.
“You’re hard, Ford,” she says against my mouth.
“I’m constantly hard when I’m around you, Lan. It’s a problem,” I growl before nipping at her bottom lip with my teeth.
She pulls at my shirt, fingers fumbling with the buttons. “Take it off.”
I do, ripping it open, not bothering with finesse. Buttons scatter to the floor as I shrug it off, and her hands are on my chest like she’s been starving for this.
“God,” she breathes, dragging her nails down my ribs. Her bottom lip is trapped under her teeth as her eyes gaze down my body. “Ford…”
“Say it again,” I growl, catching her mouth in another kiss as my hands slide up her thighs and under her dress. “Say my name again.” She whispers it as I grip her ass, lifting her easily off the floor. She locks her legs around my waist as I press her back into the wall, grinding against her. She moans, low and guttural, and I swear it goes straight to my already rock-hard cock.
“You’ve changed a lot in seven years. You’re different but still the same,” she says, drawing paths slowly over mymuscles like she’s seeing me for the first time. “I’ve missed this so much.”
“You have no idea.”
I carry her across the living room and drop her onto the couch, kneeling between her thighs. Her dress is hitched up to her hips, and when I drag it off her in one swift move, she lifts her arms, letting it go. Now she’s in nothing but a pale blue lace bra and panties. Fuck me.
“You’re unreal,” I mutter, leaning down to kiss the curve of her stomach. “You know that?”
Her fingers slide into my hair as I kiss a trail lower. But I’m not giving her everything. Not yet. Instead, I rise again, pull her off the couch and into me.
She tugs at my belt, lips finding my neck. We’re tangled. Desperate. “Bedroom.”
I nod once, already walking her backward. In the hallway, she stops just long enough to pull my belt free with a wicked smile, then lets it drop to the floor.
“You’re beautifulandyou’re a menace,” I murmur, dragging my lips to my favorite freckle on her jaw and then down her neck.
She grins. “You love it.”
She’s right. Landyn might come off as soft and sweet, but behind closed doors, she’s bold and curious. She’s never been too shy to ask for what she wants. Take what she needs.
She’s stunning. Smooth, olive skin. Toned and perfect in a way that makes me ache to ruin her, to mark every inch as mine, to prove no one else could ever touch her the way I will. I pause to take her in. No one has ever been able to turn me on that way she does. When my heart slows to an almost normal pace, I lean in and kiss her, sweeping my tongue into her mouth.
I grab her ass, pick her up, and carry her to my bedroom. Once inside, I kick the door closed behind us, then she unwinds her legs from around my waist and slips down my body until her toes find the ground.
