I lifted a hand to stop him. “Wait. I need a second.”
Inhale, exhale.I wouldn’t bawl, not now.Inhale, exhale.
When I felt like I could finish a sentence without breaking down, I said, “I want to apologize because I kept underestimating you.”
Chase frowned but waited for me to continue.
“Even as I was falling for you, I kept putting you down in my head. I did it not because I thought little of you. Quite the opposite. You were wonderful from the start, and the more I got to know you, the more amazing you seemed. But I think I was trying to protect myself.”
“Falling for me?” he piped up.
Of course, he caught that. Hope glittered in his hazel eyes. And heavens, he was so beautiful.
I wanted to climb him like a tree, but there was a table full of dishes between us.
I stood and walked around it. Chase turned in his chair, and I straddled him. His hands went to my butt as if on autopilot, and a shy smile replaced the sadness on his face.
“Chase, I’m in love with you too. Been so for a while.”
He attacked my mouth, growling with raw hunger as if we hadn’t just stuffed our bellies with those delicious tacos he’d prepared for me.
He tasted a little of chili. Our tongues tangled, and I felt him growing hard under my ass. Chase was easy, and I loved that.
His hands roamed my body greedily, and I let my mind drift into a hazy future where this vibrant, bold boy was by my side. Not a boy. A man. A man who asked for what he wanted, worked to make it happen, and put me first, even though he could only end up in second place.
We kissed for a long time, and the blurred glimpses of our future might have become a little clearer in my imagination.
Urgency gave way to tenderness, then to passion and want.
I slid to my knees between his spread thighs, pulled his glorious cock out, and made love to it for ages with my lipsand tongue. I teased him, taking him deep into my throat, then lapped at his leaking slit with the tip of my tongue. I adored the taste of his precum.
He came into my mouth, shaking and swearing.
I kissed his softening shaft and rubbed my cheek against it. My briefs were soaked with my slick, but I was in no hurry for him to reciprocate. We had all night.
“You know, even if you weren’t such a sweet talker, I would still have wanted you for your dick,” I said.
He laughed hard as he lifted me from the floor back into his lap.
“I’m so in love with you, Jay.”
His beautiful face was shining with joy as he said it.
CHAPTER 8
Chase
I might have been a bit too cocky.
For one, the house was a fucking mansion. I felt intimidated by the length of the driveway alone.
And second, the man who met me at the door was like a gladiator.
I was tall and broad, and I worked out for a living. But this dude was a powerhouse. The shaved head, full beard, and tattoos weren’t helping to make him look approachable. How were Jay and this alpha even related?
I stuck out my hand, grateful to whatever higher power watching over me that it wasn’t shaking.
“Hi. I’m Chase.”
