Page 73 of From the Ashes
“What if it’s worth the risk to me?” I ask, more serious now than I’ve ever been about anything in my life.
“It isn’t,” he fires back, fighting the alcohol in order to maintain eye contact the entire time. “I’d giveanythingto be able to ride again. You still have at least five solid years. I can’t be the reason you miss out on the best years of your career, Walker.”
Dylan pipes up as he takes a seat across from us. “Jake was willing to walk away from billions of dollars for me because he thought I was worth it.”
“And Hud was willing to take on a ruthless attorney, risk bankruptcy, and face civil charges in court for Shan,” Knox adds.
“You gotta take the risk in order to get the reward, man,” Hudson throws in.
“You, assholes, arenothelping,” Phoenix grits out as he leans his head back and closes his eyes.
“Just because we’re not telling you what you want to hear doesn’t mean we aren’t helping,” Jake says, patting Phoenix’s shoulder before moving to the back of the boat.
With Jake’s words, Phoenix’s hands move to my thighs and squeeze. It’s the only outward sign of the war he’s fighting internally until he speaks.
“If you all want to gang up on the drunk guy, who am I to stop you? Is this what you want? To see me break? Lose the shit that I’ve been holding together with duct tape ever since that night happened? Well here the fuck it is. Enjoy the show.”
He reaches out and pulls me to him with his hands on my ass until our groins are flush against each other. He’s shirtless, and so am I, and somehow our torsos are connected in a way they weren’t on the couch the other day.
Phoenix keeps one hand on my ass and splays the other across my back as he claims my mouth frantically. More than claiming, he’sowningme. My moan is loud and obscene as Imelt against him. If he pulls away from me after this, I’ll never recover.
I grip his shoulder with my good hand, letting him push and pull me across his lap. His growing erection rubbing against my own.
I’m going to come on this boat surrounded by his friends, and I couldn’t be happier about it.
Phoenix releases all of his demons into my mouth as his tongue devours me, driving me crazy.I keep grinding on him as everyone around us fades to the background. The only thing that matters is the man beneath me.
When he breaks our kiss to bite and nip my jaw, my fingers dig into his hair as I use that grip for leverage, my wet chest gliding along his smooth skin.
“I’ve hated myself for so long for wanting you,” Phoenix pants against me. “Even then. Even after you messed with my head…because fuck if you didn’t make me feel shit I’d never felt before.” I hope his admission works to cleanse whatever parts of his soul he feels are tarnished by his desire for me.
His hands remain on my hips, simultaneously pushing me downandrubbing me back and forth. When he kisses me again, I reach between us to stroke myself—which is still a challenge left-handed. His dick is getting friction from my ass as I move, but mine is painfully throbbing between us, untouched in my swim trunks.
Without opening an eye, he bats my hand away and replaces it with his own. With one hand now on the back of my neck and the other stroking my cock over my shorts, he whispers in my mouth, “Are you going to come for me, Quick Shooter?”
And those are the most glorious words I’ve ever fucking heard.
“Mmhm,” I moan into his open mouth becausefuck yes, I am.
“Damn right you are. And so am I,” he admits, thrusting his hips into me.
I’ve died and gone to heaven. That’s the only logical explanation for what is happening right now. Well, that, or I took a hoof to the head like he did and this is all a dream.
The terrifying thought makes me grip him harder.
He swallows my moans as I buck my release on his lap. He responds by coming a second later with my name on his lips.
He wraps his arms around me and buries his face in my neck as we come down from the high of our orgasms. In a sleepy voice, he eventually asks, “Did everyone see that?”
I chuckle and look around the boat. At some point everyone gave us some privacy and got back in the water, but Knox makes eye contact with me and answers the question.
“If there is one drop of either of your DNA on my boat, you will be staying at the marina to wipe the entire thing down,” he informs me.
Unable to hide my smile, I turn back to Phoenix. “Yep. Everyone saw that.”
He runs a hand over his face. “Fuck. They’ll never let us live that down.”
I lean forward and drop my voice, ensuring no one hears the next part. “As long as you don’t push me away again…andas long as you put your cock in my ass thesecondwe get home…I don’t care if they give us hell every day for the rest of our lives.”
