I jerk my truck senselessly into the first vacant parking lot, my only thought on sheltering from the storm.
I realized my mistake three seconds later.
We’re in the parking lot of a dingy motel that looks like it hasn’t seen a single renovation since the 90s and is used specifically for hourly-rate activities.
Fuck.
Marlow realizes it at the same time, her glossy lips parting in surprise when she sees the half-lit neon sign with MOTEL written in capital. A blush smatters her cheeks, but she’s filled with renewed vigor. “Answer my question, Thane.”
God help me. I love her bratty side. It makes me want to put her across my lap and slap her tight ass to reddened perfection, before touching her pussy to see if being spanked gets her wet.
I plough my fingers through my hair frustratedly and tug at the roots, grateful for pain elsewhere than in my fucking heart. “Because we said just for tonight,” I rasp. “And I was trying to do the right thing by staying away when all I wanted…”
“When all you wanted?” she eggs on softly.
I turn to stare at her with resignation and so much need. “When all I wanted was to knock on your door and ask you for more,” I confess. “One time wasn’t enough, little cheerleader, and yet I’m already ruined by you. I want more. So much more.”
My admission rings in the air with the quality of a final nail being pounded into a coffin. It’s the greenlight we needed to cross several more lines.
Marlow inhales slowly and admits, “Me too, Thane. I want more. So much more.”
Something inside of me cracks—my resolve, no doubt. My breathing turns heavy and we watch each other with electrifyingly charged energy.
The rain beats faster against my truck until everything is a blur, everything but the beautiful woman sitting less than a footaway. The music shifts to something darker and sexier and our pulses rock to the same tempo.
This feels like the moment before the tipping point, right when all chaos breaks loose.
Without tearing her eyes away from me, Marlow unbuckles her seatbelt and twists her body to the side, her long lays splaying across the seat and her high-heeled feet coming to rest on my lap.
Instinctively, I clasp her ankle and dig my fingers into her skin like a predator trapping its prey.
“You’ve got two choices,” Marlow’s is low and seductive. “We can stay here, just like this, and brave the storm.” Her slim hands dance from her upper-thighs to the hem of her too-short dress, gripping the fabric. “Or we can do what we’ve both been wanting to since the moment I arrived on your doorstep.”
There’s a ringing in my ears and my breaths rattle in my chest. The thread I’m hanging by is about to snap any second. “And what’s that?”
“Fuck each other like there’s no tomorrow, Thane.”
A strangled noise escapes me and my hold on her tightens.
Marlow eyes me with the same restraint I’m lacking, her delicate neck working with a swallow. I’d like to collar her throat. Give it a few hickeys. Rough up her barbie doll perfection until she looks thoroughly mine with all my markings. “We’re in the parking lot of a motel. Whether you meant to bring us here or not, it doesn’t change the fact that we are. So make a choice, Thane. But make the right one.Please.”
“If we do this, there’s no going back, baby,” I rasp.
Marlow watches me with ardor. Later down the line, I’m going to wonder how a perfect college co-ed like her could want a reclusive, loner coach like myself. But right now, I’m putting those insecurities on pause and forcing myself to be in the moment with her.
“No going back,” she vows.
And just like that, our decision is made.
I unbuckle my seatbelt and angle my body towards her, my hands massaging up her strong calves. The song playing in the background is raunchy and mirrors this exact moment in a cosmic manner.
“Come here,” I tell her.
Marlow springs into motion, practically crawling over to me like a horny minx, my words a magic command. I grab her waist to help her sit astride on my lap and then all decorum goes flying out the window.
Our mouths press in a hard kiss that feels like a bigfucking finallyand our muffled groans echo loudly.
Suddenly, everything inside of me feels aligned now that the woman I’ve been obsessed with is back in my arms. She’s the warmest, softest thing I’ve ever experienced and I have this inherent need to protect her forever. Because she feels likeitfor me.
