How’d I get so lucky that he’s changed his mind about me? He’s kissing me like a man parched with thirst, and I’m that fountain of love he’s craving. I can feel the passion and power that this man exudes, and gosh, but I’m melting with each delicious slurp.
I take his beefy hand and press his palm over my breast, giving him permission to touch and handle. Without missing a beat, he moves his hand in a circular and caressing motion while scissoring my nipple between two fingers. His kisses deepen, and he tangles his other hand around the nape of my neck, twisting my hair.
The hard baton between his legs presses against my thigh, and I wiggle my fleshy behind in his lap, so pleased that I’m turning him on.
Maybe I was wrong about him being ashamed to be seen with me because of my plus size. Maybe it was all in my mind. He’s assured me he loves everything about me, and I can’t believe he’s even encouraging my crazy business ventures.
What happened to keeping outsiders away and decreasing traffic?
What happened to sticking to the old ways?
Not that my brain has two cells left to think about Todd’s contradictions. All I know is the floodgates are open, and my heart is being swept away.
I’ve always wanted this big bear of a man, and my fantasies and dreams are coming true. I let out an earthy moan when he lowers his lips to suck on the sensitive spot below my jaw.
I tug the tails of his shirt from his belt and slip my hands into the waistband of his pants. The length of his cock pulses against my exploring fingers, and I gulp at how the myth is real. Big hands. Big feet. Big…
“Gosh, will you two get a room?” Suzette’s amused voice squeaks at the same time the door closes, and Rosalie says, “Oh joy, eye bleach needed.”
I gape at them, my hand still deep in Todd’s pants, and all I can do is give them a cat licked the cream smile.
“I think it’s time you two pick up your Trickvenger maps and figure out the clues.”
* * *
~ Todd ~
Now that Tami’s friends are crazily orbiting her and flinging sexual innuendo, I take Tami’s list of people, times and places, and retreat to the doorway. “I’m going to organize the deputies and give them their patrol assignments.”
“Will you be back for dinner?” she asks.
I give her a wink. “Even better, I’ll go on the hunt with you. Will you wait for me?”
“Sure, if it’s only me and you, I’ll explore every crevice and climb every stump.”
“You got it.” I cross my fingers and give her a parting kiss.
Her answer lifts my heart as I exit the door to the sounds of giggling and teasing.
Let them have their fun. I hate to admit it, but Tami’s sorority sisters bring splashes of color and warbling songs to this sometimes drab and bleak former mining town. New life keeps us mountain folk from turning into living ghosts.
Especially if the newcomers are as psycho-delicous, exoti-maniac, and bubble-luscious as these flirts. We do have to be careful of runaway development, so I’m not exactly giving Tami the green light at the planning commission unless it means greenbacks to support town services, like more police, fire, paving, and bridge expansion. Safety cannot be sacrificed, but at the same time, it would help our town to gain new businesses.
I call Shane and update him with my findings at Diana’s house. “I’ve bagged the costume for evidence, as well as the packet of research materials Viola gave to her. You have anything on Molly?”
“Checked around town, and the guy who owns the gas station said she woke him up last night to fill up her tank.”
“What time?”
“Around two in the morning. She said she had an out of town emergency. Didn’t say what or where.”
“That explains why she’s not around.” I make a note. “How’s the children’s trick or treat going?”
“The Vice Squad is here directing traffic and doing the neighborhood watch. So far so good,” he says.
“Okay, nothing urgent, but at some point, I’ll need you to take Randy and Dillon into the tunnel Tami’s friends found that starts behind the dumpster. Apparently, it connects to a door through the old coal bin and into a mineshaft. The girls think they saw a man at the other end, but for sure the cat ran by. It could be where the killer, if it’s Diana, disappeared after Tami discovered Viola’s body.”
“Sure, I can do by tonight, unless you need me hanging out at the station.”