Page 29 of Slapshot Summer
Their ragged breaths and runaway heartbeats mingled, then quieted together.He withdrew to clean up, and she looked out the window, surprised that it was still morning when she’d already been to the moon and back—several times.When he returned, he stretched out beside her and pulled her into his arms.
“Ready to go to the beach?”she teased.
He looked at her, picked up a lock of her hair, and rubbed it over his cheek.“Fuck the beach,” he muttered.“I want to spend the rest of my vacation in bed with you.Clothing optional.In fact, I highly recommend no clothing.Think of how much we’ll save on laundry.”He gave her an adorable lopsided grin.
She couldn’t hold back a giggle.The words were wonderful to hear, and if she let herself believe them, they would surely stitch up her tattered ego, but this man was obviously an experienced charmer who used his smile and those eyes with lethal accuracy.She couldn’t allow herself to get sucked in.
Just enjoy what he has to offer for the rest of the week.
His expression turned earnest.“Baby, I’m not joking,” he persisted.“That was … You are … like nothing I’ve ever felt.”The grin bloomed into a smile that lit those eyes of his so they shone like quicksilver, and the effect was a devastating genuineness she wanted so badly to believe in.Her heart grew wings and soared.This man made her feel things she never knew she could feel before, and she didn’t want to get off the merry-go-round of bliss.But the ride couldn’t be real—how could it be after only a day?Yet being with him was the perfect balm to soothe away old wounds.
What could it hurt to trust for a few hours, a few days, as long as she kept her eyes wide open so she saw the buzz saw in time to keep from being sliced by its blades?
She could do that.
For six more days, she would delight in everything he had to give her, and she would give it right back.
Chapter 11
All Inclusive
Gotothebeach?Fuck no!Not when heaven was right here in his arms.Josh buried his nose in Lexi’s hair and pulled in her sweet, addictive scent—like wildflowers and oranges mixed together.She was softness and silk and the smoothest curves he’d ever had his hands and lips on, and he felt a strange tug in his chest that made him reluctant to let this moment end—which was a new feeling for him.His usual MO didn’t include lounging or cuddling in bed after fucking someone.Once sex was over and all parties were satisfied, he focused on other priorities crowding his mind and followed his urges to go and do and be anywhere but with whichever woman was in his bed.
Which made him a giant asshole.
Then again, maybe this very feeling was what his mother had been referring to when she’d said a long time ago, “One of these days, Josh, you’re going to meet someone who’s going to knock you for a loop and show you there’s more to life than hockey.She will fill your thoughts day in, day out.She’ll be the only thing you think about, the only thing you want.She’ll become the center of your universe and make you forget any past girlfriends.”
The speech had been so impassioned and, coupled with her faraway look, had made him wonder if she’d been thinking back to his dad in happier times—maybe even some other guy she’d fallen in love with.But because she was his mom, he simply hadn’t been able to go there and ask her.Now that curiosity reared up and took center stage.
He pulled Lexi in tight.With a whispered sigh, she came willingly, seeming to want that closeness as much as he did.He could feel her heart beat against his.
“Are you okay?”he finally thought to ask.Of course she was okay, but for some strange reason, all of him needed to be sure she was happy.
She drew back just enough to turn those gorgeous green eyes on him.“Yeah, I’m more than okay.You?”
“I’m … yeah, I’m okay too.”Wow.He was knocking it out of the park with his stellar pillow talk.In his defense, he had very little practice at it.Beyond that, words containing more than four characters were in short supply at the moment, and stringing them together in coherent sentences was an exercise his blood-deprived brain struggled to overcome.
She must have agreed he was a smooth talker in bed because she giggled.“Good.I’m glad to hear you’re okay too.”Her hand rested on his chest, and she drew tiny circles around his nipple that popped a few goose bumps she must have picked up on.“Is that sensitive?”
“A little, but probably not as sensitive as yours.”With that, he rolled her onto her back and gently latched on to one soft bud, flicking it with his tongue, making it harden into a pretty little pearl.He pulled back to inspect his handiwork, and his eyes couldn’t resist peeking at the rest of her.She was … stunning.All pale skin and pink in the very best places.And that wax job with a perfectly manicured line of dark red hair?God, he wanted to lick that again too.
She lifted her slender arms above her head and curved her torso, as if inviting him to look his fill.He didn’t hesitate to accept her offer.
“What do you think?”he rasped.“Who’s more sensitive?”
She answered by pulling his mouth to the neglected breast.“I’m not sure yet,” she murmured.“Need more testing.”
He chuckled inside.It wasn’t a competition, but damn if his competitive juices weren’t on board with this particular game.He didn’t hold back, bending down to give that side the same treatment, while he glided his hand over her rib cage, her stomach, feathering his fingertips over that sexy little landing strip.
Soon her needy mewls and whimpers filled the room, spurring him on.His dick wasn’t quite as ready to go as his mind was, so he spent the next half hour exploring Lexi’s body and finding out what made her moan, what made her sigh, and what made her back jolt off the bed.What every inch of her skin tasted like.And if it was possible, he was even more turned on than if it had been all about him.
After an extended round of teasing touches, she crawled down his body and sat up beside him, legs tucked beneath her.She reached for his cock, now hard and high.He was beyond ready.She leaned over and took him in her soft, hot mouth, making him gasp.“Oh fuck, baby!”He nearly came right then.
Everything about her shot him to the edge of a bright precipice.The way her tongue and lips moved over him, the way her hands stroked his cock and fondled his balls, the way her silky hair tickled his skin, the way her body looked as she curled beside him, the way she kept her inquisitive eyes on him.The way she pulled him deep into her throat as she sucked him off.The scenes all came together in one single erotic image that sent his mind tripping to a different universe.When the familiar heat began to pool at the base of his spine, he pulled out of her mouth.
Her eyes widened with a mixture of shock, disappointment, and something he couldn’t identify, but it reminded him of embarrassment.He hauled her up level with him and lifted her chin so she looked straight at him.
“Did I do something wrong?”she whispered, her voice reflecting an unsteadiness he didn’t like.
