Page 71 of Looks Real Good Now
“You know you said the wildest thing on the phone earlier?”
“What, that you made the right choice to retire before you went ahead and actually damaged yourself further? We calling that wild? I thought that it was common sense,” she said quickly, her fingers tracing the edge of her thumb ring.
“No, there was something else.” I moved to sit in between her legs and settled my feet on either side of her hips.
“Are you putting in a formal complaint about the way I signed you up for cooking duties indefinitely? Because I will consider it, but I can’t guarantee that the outcome will change.”
“No, I’ll cook your every meal forever if you want me to,” I replied with zero hesitation.
“Then I have no idea what you’re referring to.” She was fighting off a smile behind the rim of her mug. I cupped her thighs and squeezed, making her shiver.
“Just say it once when you look me in the eyes and then you never have to say it again to my face if you don’t want to.”
“Yeah, right,” she scoffed, blowing more cream onto her face, which she wiped away with her fingers.
“I’m serious, Alana. I know you’ll say it enough over the phone or text or any time that doesn’t require being soft in plain sight. I know you’ll show it in your actions. I know I’ll feel it in the quiet moments and the loud ones. I know you well enough to know that, so just give me one. Look me in the eyes and say it once.”
She took another long sip from her mug before setting her shoulders back.
“I love you.”
I leant forward and pressed my lips against hers. She tasted like chocolate, cream, and the barest hint of whisky. I removed her mug from her hand and pulled her in closer. Her hands threaded through my hair.
She shifted into my lap, and I felt the wet heat of her core against me.
“Are you not wearing underwear?” I asked in between kisses.
“I was hoping to distract you with that before you made me confront my feelings face to face, but you just went straight to it.”
“No, but…the door was open,” I said.
“And given that you only just noticed when you’ve been sitting this close to me for the last ten minutes, I think it’s safe to say that this jersey did a great job of covering me.”
I wrapped my arm around her waist and fell back onto the bed, bringing her with me.
“Get up here,” I said as I nipped at her bottom lip.
“Absolutely not.”
“Why not? And if either of your reasons are you’re worried you’ll crush me or something to do with body hair then skip them and just get up here. I told you that you had unlimited face-sitting privileges and I meant that. Starting now.”
“I wasn’t going to say either of those things,” she shot back.
“Then what were you going to say?”
“Okay fine, I was going to say something about that being hella exposing but I guess I’ll just settle on saying I love you and moving on up.”
I warmed at hearing the words again as she scooched up the bed until her knees were on either side of my head. My hands settled on her thighs, and I guided her down onto my face.
My tongue swiped along her and dipped inside before moving up to her clit. I swirled around it, adding suction now and again. I could feel her inner thigh muscles starting to quake as I drove her closer to release. Her hands pulled at my hair as she tried to ground herself.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” her words were said in a breathy whisper as her hips started grinding down against me. I focused solely on her clit. Lenny’s body bowed forward as she came, muttering a steady stream of curses as she rode out her orgasm. As the aftershocks ran through her, she lifted herself off my face and lay next to me.
“I don’t understand how that’s possible,” she said in between deep breaths.
“What?”
“The speed with which you can get me to come is alarming and confusing. I mean great, but confusing.”
