“Yes.More,” she moaned, even though she didn’t just wantmore. She wanted itharder. Wanted to satisfy all those forbidden fantasies her mind had refused to abandon.
Whoever had smashed the streetlight above them needed a goddamn medal. They were seconds away from fucking right there in the parking lot, and the darkness provided excellent cover.
Maya pushed into her underwear, fingers brushing over her clit, and that single touch was enough to make Harper’s breath tremble. She clutched Maya’s t-shirt, moaning against her lips as she started flicking over her. Slowly at first. And then faster when Harper sighed out her name.
They should have damned the rules. With how perfect this felt, it was idiotic that they hadn’t done it sooner.
A sharp buzz from her pocket broke the spell. Maya snapped her head back, her hand following, the movement as sudden as if she’d been poked with a cattle prod.
Harper had an equally graceless reaction. Cursing, she pushed herself up on her elbows and dug her phone out of her pocket.
“Hey, Nell,” she said tightly. A relieved sigh sounded on the other end.
“Hey… You left without saying anything, so I got worried.” Nell paused. “Why are you panting?”
“I’m notpanting, I just… I got caught up with something.”
Harper glanced at Maya. She was standing completely still, a mix of awe and confusion playing in her eyes.
“Caught up?” The concern in Nell’s voice was replaced with amusement. “What does that mean?”
“Nothing, I… I’m about to drive home, so…” Harper groaned, knowing that she was about to give Nellsomuch ammunition; all of which she would use for evil. “Don’t come into the parking lot.”
Harper hung up before any more loaded comments could be thrown her way. Silence fell again, this time underlined by Harper’s unsteady breathing.
“Sorry, that… Nell was worried, so…”
Maya’s continued stare made Harper trail off. The confusion in her dark eyes was waning, being replaced with pure wonder. As though Harper was the source of a thousand answers, each bound to a question thought unexplainable.
“You are fuckingexquisite.”
Maya nearly cut herself off as her lips found Harper’s again, but this kiss didn’t match the fast, starved approach of the previous one. Instead, it was slow anddeep, delivered so tenderly that Harper couldn’t do anything but leaninto it.
Harper had always enjoyed the chase when it came to romance. The back-and-forth flirting, the push and pull, thegameof it all. With every past relationship, the first kiss had been a spontaneous affair and always evolved into them immediately taking things to the nearest bedroom, or whichever suitable place was readily available.
But this kiss didn’t feel like Maya was claiming a prize. It was more certain than triumphant. As though it was the first of a thousand more to come.
“I know I said that I was about to drive home,” Harper said, “but… if we’re fast, then I can push it a few minutes?”
A teasing grin slipped onto Maya’s face. “What makes you think I’ll be okay with having you for just a few minutes?”
That comment had no right to be so enticing. Just as the way Maya’s thumb brushed over her chin had no business being so gentle. After what they’d just been doing, this tenderness felt a lot like teasing.
“You’re a very special person, Harper,” Maya whispered against her lips. “If I’m going to fuck you, I’m going to do it right. I’m going to take my time. That doesn’t involve me getting you off in the backseat of your car.”
Harper sighed again, though she had to acknowledge that it sounded suspiciously like a whine. It had been over half a decade since she’d last dealt with the awkward positioning involved with car sex, but she was more than willing to look past that. As long as she got to feel Maya’s lips against her skin.
Harper glanced towards the Lucky Penny. “So if we’re not… What will… How are we…”
Jesus fucking Christ,again? This was a horrible replay of the first time they’d been in this damn parking lot. When Mayahad flashed that pretty smile of hers and turned Harper into a stammering mess.
But she didn’t need to voice her concern. Maya saw it easily.
“Don’t worry about it. We won’t be working together for long, anyway.”
Harper let out a low chuckle. “What about leaving me here unprotected? Does that not matter anymore?”
Maya’s eyes trailed to her cheek. Her thumb followed, brushing over her skin so lightly the touch almost didn’t register.
