Total pages in book: 105
Estimated words: 98538 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 493(@200wpm)___ 394(@250wpm)___ 328(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 98538 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 493(@200wpm)___ 394(@250wpm)___ 328(@300wpm)
“What about Jamie?”
I blew out a breath. “I saw you two together. I thought you might be seeing him.”
Her brow furrowed for a second and then she laughed. “No. Jamie’s gay, Ky.”
“He is? Oh.” Well, okay then. This was promising news. “So I guess you’re not seeing him.”
“Um, no. Last time I checked, I was a woman.”
I chuckled softly. “Yes, you’re definitely a woman.”
Her smile was filled with genuine amusement. My heart flipped. I loved that smile. I’d missed that smile. I’d yearned for that smile.
“And you’re so beautiful,” I whispered.
“Ky,” she whispered, and I heard the longing in her voice. If she’d let me go, it hadn’t been completely. My heart rejoiced as she leaned forward and I met her halfway. This time, our kisses went wild, and the noise in my head became static.
Tenleigh leaned back against the shelf behind her and brought one leg up and around my hip, fitting my erection between her legs. I let out a deep groan, pressing myself into her softness. God, she felt so good. Blood was pounding furiously through my veins.
Suddenly, we were all hands and gasping breaths and grinding bodies, frenzied, needy, out of control.
I palmed her breast over her shirt and used my thumb to circle her nipple and she cried out, reaching down and unzipping my jeans. When she wrapped her hand around my bare shaft, I sucked in a breath and pressed into her hand. “Tenleigh, fuck, oh God,” I groaned out.
Her eyes were wide, filled with lust, her lips parted. I paused to suck in a quick breath at the beauty of her face in that moment.
She kicked off her shoes and unzipped her jeans, urgently pushing them and her underwear down her hips so she could step out of them quickly. She wrapped her arms around me, bringing her leg up again. We kissed deeply, desperately. My mouth moved up her neck, her jaw, sucking and nipping at her lips right before I lined myself up and surged inside her. Our mouths broke apart, our eyes meeting as she gasped loudly. I clenched mine closed at the tight, blissful grip of her surrounding me.
I was inside Tenleigh. Happiness expanded in my chest as I started moving. She moaned again and leaned her head back against the shelves behind her and sighed, “Yes, yes, yes.” I tried to go slow. It’d been so long. I reached between her legs and stroked her, my mouth against her throat as she moaned.
“Jesus, Ten, you feel so good.” I couldn’t help the ragged groan that followed my words as I felt the orgasm swirling in my abdomen. I moved my fingers on her faster. She was so wet. I lifted my head and gazed into her eyes as her moans became louder.
“Kyland, I…I…” she choked out.
“I know, Ten, I know.” And then she was clenching all around me as her head fell back again and she cried out.
“I’m coming, Tenleigh,” I gasped as I jerked into her one final time. My orgasm hit me with so much force, I fell forward on her, unintelligible words flowing out of my mouth as the pleasure moved in waves to my stomach, my legs, all the way down to my toes.
We both stayed like that for several minutes, our breaths raspy as reality flowed back in. I felt like I was home—complete. And yet, at the same time, I was suddenly so unsure. I stepped back and Tenleigh pulled her jeans up and slipped her shoes on while I tucked myself back inside my zipper. Her cheeks were flushed and when she brought her head up, she looked slightly shell-shocked. I could relate. I leaned in and kissed her, smoothing the pieces of hair away from her face that had fallen out of her ponytail.
“I guess…I guess we both needed that release,” she said quietly, glancing to the side.
I shook my head. “That’s not what that was for me. It was more than that. Tell me that was more for you too.”
Her eyes met mine again and she let out a breath. She nodded. “It was more than that for me,” she said quietly.
Hope surged in my chest even though she looked conflicted by her own statement.
We both startled when we heard a car pull up outside. “Shit. That’s probably Jamie,” she said, straightening her clothes. “He was going to stop by before work.”
I nodded, feeling relief in the fact that I knew Jamie was only a friend. “I better go anyway. I have to be at work. But maybe I can stop by tomorrow?” I asked hopefully. “You tell me, Tenleigh. Just tell me what to do and I’ll do it.”
“Why are you working at the mine?” she blurted out.
Damn. “Why? Because I need a job and those are the only ones available.” Liar.