Page 149 of Knot That Serious

“Drop me,” she said, eyes half-lidded. “Let me feel it.”

The suggestion punched the air from his lungs. Slowly, so fucking slowly, he allowed her to slide down the wall, her hips arching to take him. Gravity did most of the work as she was lowered onto him.

Her fingers dug into his shoulders, lips parting a little more with each inch she took. Jack angled his head down to kiss her, tasting each of her little noises.

Her head fell back against the wall as the backs of her thighs met the fronts of his, her moan spilling free to echo through the hallway as she took all of him.

He paused where they were, pressing her against the wall and holding them still for a moment.

“C’mon, Jack, move,” Eli whined.

The sound went straight to his cock, throbbing as Eli squeezed around him. He held her up with his hands shelving her ass, and slowly pulled his hips back.

Her nails were digging into his skin, hopefully leaving little marks, proof that this was—again—happening.

He lapped at her neck, her scent invading his senses at the same time he thrust back in. Her sigh tickled the hair by his ear, sending shivers down his spine, making his hips kick a little harder.

Her heel dug into his ass, urging him for more, and Jack was powerless but to obey.

He felt higher than ever, but it had little to do with the joint they’d partially smoked. It was all Eli, all cherries and chocolate and sweet moans and eager touches. It was the promise of more, because after her heat he thought he’d never get to touch her like this again.

But here they were, Eli clinging to him with teeth and nails, which meant anything was possible.

He—he loved this, being with her. Not only this, his cock inside her and her moans in his ear. But this, the easy teasing and the kitchen accidents and being best friends.

I fucking love her, don’t I?

He groaned with the realization, hips stuttering against her.

“Yes, yes, Jack, come on,” she whined, arching into him.

Her hands slid up his shoulders, tangled in his hair, and yanked his mouth down to her.

She lapped at his lips greedily, and Jack panted, parting them so their tongues could twine. As he leaned down to meet her, he adjusted his grip, the angle, and Eli stilled in his hold for a split second before she shuddered.

She nipped at him, his lips stinging before she kissed him again, doctoring the hurt. And then a little moan slipped out as he thrust inside her. He tasted the sound from her tongue, sugar-sweet, as another was muffled into his mouth.

Jack held her against the wall as he swung his hips, pleasure settling in his spine with a sizzle. He fucked the noises from her, each one more desperate than the last.

Sticky heat blossomed between them, gluing them together, and Jack didn’t want to let go. Ever.

He imagined sinking his teeth in, creating a bond between them. It struck him, so fervent he could see it, practically feel it.

God, he’d thought the first time was intense, had chalked it up to the heat, the pheromones. But even now it was like he couldn’t get enough of her. She was in his arms, he was inside her, but they could be even more and now that he’d had the thought it was holding tight, rabid.

“Eli, fuck—” he groaned, and she nodded, lips sliding against his messily.

“Jack,” she panted, breath catching when he drove into her again. She squeezed tightly around him, and her whines were spilling between their lips on each thrust.

Jack adjusted his stance and rolled his hips in a way that dragged her clit against him, making her still in his arms like she’d been struck.

Her head knocked back against the wall and Jack followed her, lips tangling clumsily in their haste and desperation.

It struck him then, just how different things were for them. What he’d told Beckett was… stupid. Jack was stupid. Things had already changed. They were never more different than right at this moment, and Jack wanted nothing more than for it to stay this way, now.

Jack loved Eli, and there was no going back from it. He was stupid to want to.

Her nails dug into his scalp, his shoulders, and she moaned into his mouth again.

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