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“I had to win you over because I’d been living in a world without you in it. One that wasn’t worth living in most days honestly. Having you there again, even yelling at me and telling me how awful I was… made me feel alive again. Made me want to try.”
“Here I am teasing you, and you’re being all sweet.” She kisses me softly.
“I can benotsweet if you need me to be. I was trying before this little shakedown here.”
“Hmm. I think I like that. You can be the stalker who moves across the country to be yelled at.”
“Stalker? I think that’s a little harsh.”
“Really? I think I like that. Might be into it…” She laughs softly against my lips before she kisses me again.
36
Madison
“I’minto anything that gets you into the shower with me right now.” Quentin’s voice has taken on a demanding tone that makes me want to do everything he asks for.
“Well, after earlier… you get what you want.” I grin at him.
We make quick work of our clothes, losing them in a trail on the way to the shower. I turn on the water to warm it up, and he grabs me and lifts me onto the counter. He kisses me roughly, and I wrap my leg around the back of his, pulling him closer.
His hands run over my skin, up my thighs and sides, and then down my arms again until they come to my breasts. He cups one and leans down to brush a kiss over the tip of my nipple before he takes it into his mouth. I gasp at how good it feels, and he uses his tongue to tease the peak.
His free hand drifts between my legs, slipping through thewetness he finds there to torment me more, and I slide to the edge of the counter. I wrap my hand around his dick, stroking him as slowly and torturously as he is me. His mouth drifts upward, kissing a trail to my neck and I lean back, spreading my legs.
“Fuck me. Please.”
“No,” he whispers against my skin. “I told you. I’m taking my time. I want to hear you beg. Tease you until you’re whimpering my name so much you’ll give me anything I want.”
“That’s a big ask.”
“I’m very fucking determined.” He nips at my neck and then looks back at the shower, seeing the mist finally roll out from the hot water, he picks me up and carries me in. He sets me down on my feet under the spray, and we stand there for a minute, taking turns and letting the warmth soak into our bodies while his hands drift over my skin.
My fingers make their way down his chest as the water falls over both of us, and I pause at a set of tally marks that sit directly over his heart. I’d been curious when I’d first seen them and more so now. A set of five followed by another set of four. My finger traces over them, and his eyes follow the movement.
“What are these?”
“A reminder.”
“Of?”
“You.”
My heart skips in my chest, and I look up at him. His eyes meet mine and they go soft as he studies my face.
“One for each year we were apart. All because I fucked up. I was giving myself until ten to do something about it. The last one would have been added when the season started this fall.”
“The last one?”
“I figured if I had ten years to fix my shit, find you, andmake up for it and couldn’t do it, that I deserved to live without you.”
“You were cutting it close…” I say quietly. “If you hit ten, then what?”
“Then I was going to say goodbye and try to figure out how I would live life without you. Figured I’d crack open one of those expensive whiskies I’ve been holding on to and end my dry spell.”
“Your dry spell? You stopped drinking?” My brows knit together because I’d seen him drink plenty around me.
His lips tug to one side, and his hands slide down my arms until they reach my wrists.
