Page 26 of No Turning Back
“I could’ve handled him.” I stand before him with my hands on my hips.
“No man talks to you like that.” I watch his eyes move down my body and heat when he takes in my outfit. “Now come here and give me those sexy as fuck lips,” he demands, and like every other time he orders me around, I move toward him, forgetting I’m mad at him.
I lean up and he leans down, our lips meeting. His warm lips and scruff cause my nipples to pebble behind my bra and dress. True to his word, we still haven’t had sex, but we’ve fooled around. If I get my way tonight, I’m going to go further with this hot as fuck man.
He pulls away, and I take him in. He’s dressed in newer dark blue jeans and a dark blue button-down shirt with a few buttons left undone. The sleeves are rolled up, showing his sexy forearms and tattoos. He has a blue T-shirt on beneath it.
“Don’t look at me like that, baby. I tell you all the time I’m a moment from taking you the way you need to be.”
“Please,” I beg and lean back against the wall behind me. The same wall he had me pressed against the first time he kissed me.
He shakes his head and moves into the living room. How is he so strong with this? I’ve begged him. I know he wants me, but the doubt is still there.
“Why not? Do you not want me like that?”
He turns back to me and pins me with his eyes. He moves across the room to me. One of his hands lands on my hip and the other is pressed into the wall above my head. I tip back my chin to look up at him. The blue and green in his eyes swirl together, making them look like the sky before a tornado strikes. My body fidgets, and I press my legs together, trying to put pressure on my clit as it throbs.
“Baby, I want you so much I have to go home every night and take care of myself. Every morning I wake up needing you, but I’m not going to take you until you realize that I’m forever. I’m not just here for the moment. You and I are going to have a long time together.”
I moan at his words. My heart clenching. I want forever with him, but it scares me still.
“I can’t?—”
He leans down and takes my lips again. His tongue thrusts into my mouth like I want his cock to do to my body. He pulls away before I can pull him close.
“Don’t say it, because you will want it soon enough. As soon as you realize I’m not going anywhere. As soon as you realize I’m not like your old man or Mari’s father.” He moves away from me, and I stand there taking in his words.
I told him about how my father left me, and how I feel about that. How I felt about both my parents choosing their careers over me. I told him even Mari’s father chose something else over me. I don’t explain that I’m the one who ended her father, permanently.
“Hello, my sweet little girl,” he says, cooing to Mari, who kicks from her blanket on the floor.
She’s rolling and trying to push herself up on her hands and knees. I move to her bag when my legs finally stop trembling, and we get ready to head out.
“We don’t need that,” Tucker says when I reach down to pick up the car seat I removed from my car earlier.
“Oh yes, we do. She can’t ride on our laps.” I swing around to look at him as he chuckles.
“I got a car seat in my truck for her.”
“A rear-facing one?” I can’t believe he knows what she needs.
“Yep. Come on, spitfire, because you’re cruising for a spanking with your attitude.” His words make my breath catch again, and I bite my bottom lip. “Oh no, you don’t. Come on.” He lifts Mari and grabs my hand with his free one, dragging me from the house.
We pull up to Chapelville Steakhouse after dropping Mari off at my mom’s. I turn to him and smile. “I haven’t been here in forever. This is the best restaurant in town.”
“Your mom told me how much you loved this place, and Jayden helped me get a reservation.”
“It’s Valentine’s. This place has had to have been booked for at least a month.”
“Don’t worry about it. Come on.” He gets out of the truck and moves around to my side to open the door for me.
We make our way inside and are seated at a table right away. I can’t believe we are really here. My gram used to bring me here. After a wonderful steak dinner and a couple glasses of wine, this whole night has been one surprise after another. It helps to close the coffin of doubt I had about him. I know he’s proving to me that I’m his focus. Me and Mari. Buying her a car seat. Always being there for me.
He leads me out of the restaurant with his hand against my back, and I feel his touch all over my body. When we reach his truck, I twist around and lean up against it as I pull him toward me.
“Tucker, I want to go home before we pick up Mari. I want to spend time just you and me.”
“Spitfire, do you know what you’re asking me?” I nod. He opens the door and reaches for my hand. He lifts me up and turns me to face him. “I want you so damn much, but we are only going to play because you still don’t get it if you can’t say it.” He pulls away before I can drag him against me.
