Page 81 of Reckless Desire

“Hunter, your past might haunt us, just like mine will. Gigi, Jeremy, Dan Ravinski—those people are part of our life. I let Jeremy impact me for way too long. We can’t give those people the power to rule over it. To destroy what we have because we’re not honest with each other. I’m learning to trust you. Hell, I trust you already. Don’t keep things from me.”

She exhales a long, painful breath and opens her arms. I don’t need more encouragement. I eliminate the space between us instantly and fuse my lips to hers. Sydney pushes the coat off my shoulders and finds the hem of my shirt.

As soon as I feel her palms on my ribcage, I growl and walk her backward to the twin bed in the corner. Shit.

We get naked faster than I’d thought possible, and without foreplay I pull on a condom and enter her. I still then, giving her time to adjust to my size, but also savoring the moment. I can’t get enough of her. With her. On her. Next to her. Inside her.

Sydney hooks her legs around my waist and looks at me through hooded eyes. In this shitty apartment, freezing my ass off, on an old and definitely not wide enough mattress, I’m filled with so much warmth and happiness, I wouldn’t change one thing. Having her wrapped around me like this is where I want to remain.

“I love you, Sydney.” The words come so naturally, it startles me.

She gasps. Fuck, those sounds of hers will be the death of me. “I love you too, Hunter.”

I move, slowly at first, my body against her soft satin skin. Eyes locked, we give and take with languid luxury, rediscovering our connection after the confession of love. But passion takes over quickly, and we become a mess of two people desperately chasing release.

Sydney gets there first and as she clenches around me, squeezing me almost painfully, I watch her face. No one is this beautiful when they come. It’s that rare moment when she drops all her barriers. When she lets me in fully, without hesitation.

Watching the raw beauty, with her walls closing around me, I don’t last much longer. I empty myself inside her, but it’s more than that. I give myself to her, body and soul. This woman owns me.

And tonight, it feels like she is finally mine.

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“Is something wrong with the heating?” I ask. I’m not complaining because her body heat is my favorite thing, but how does she bear it? We are on her sofa, a bundle of limbs under her duvet, but my nose gets cold anytime it’s not buried in her.

Sydney sighs. “No. I have the thermostat set to sixty-three degrees.”

“Why would you do that, woman?” I pull her closer. Her back is against my chest as she sits between my legs, pressing against my semi. My cock is a serious overachiever with this woman.

“Economic reasons.” She pats my quad.

I’ve been nuzzling her neck, but I freeze now. This is so fucked up. Unless Jeremy spent like a small country, I don’t see why her family doesn’t help her. And she has me now. I can’t leave things like this for her.

My stomach growls before I say anything, and Sydney jumps up. “Let me make you something to eat.”

Shit. Not that. I haven’t yet told her what a terrible cook she is. “Why don’t we order pizza?” I sit up and grab my phone.

“I’ll make something simple. Pasta maybe? I can’t compare with the likes of Gigi, but I can make you a meal.” She wiggles her hips and opens a cabinet in her kitchen, her attempt at a joke falling flat.

“Come back here right now,” I demand, and she whips around, her hands on her hips. She is naked and my cock twitches. I click on the app and in a few swipes, my order is in. “Here, I ordered us a pizza.”

She shrugs, pulls a bag of chips from her cupboard and comes to sit beside me. I hoist one leg behind her and pull her closer, gathering her between my legs, to my chest, and covering us with the duvet.

“For the record, beautiful, Gigi isn’t anywhere in your league. She isn’t even in the same universe. And this is the best evening ever. If you give me some of that sodium poison.”

“It’s a sour cream and chives special edition, thank you very much,” she huffs, but puts a few chips in my mouth. “Best evening ever, huh?” She faces me, beaming.

“We fucked, so it’s up there in the top ten.” I shrug and Sydney laughs.

I nibble on her ear, my hands dusting the swell of her breasts. Her laugh morphs into a moan.

“If you moved in with me, you’d save more.” I don’t even know where the thought came from, but as soon as the words are out, I become fiercely enthusiastic about the idea.

She shifts again to see my face. “Hunter, we’ve just said the L word, what’s the rush? We need to let Caro adjust to this new situation before we take the next big step.”

She’s right. I have Caro to think about. “But I didn’t hear a refusal. Just a timing consideration.” I pinch her nipple and my cock wonders if there is time for a quickie before our pizza arrives.

“It’s anofor now.” As if she read my mind, Sydney turns and straddles me.

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