Connection.
Sensations.
Multiple orgasms.
It’s exhilarating and I wouldn’t trade it for anything even though I’m dying to get my mouth on him—to have my dick inside him.Tanner is worth the wait, and I have a feeling when we finally cross that line, it’ll break me into a thousand pieces before putting me back together. Being with Tanner has already changed me, but reaching that level of intimacy will mark a piece of my soul no one has come close to touching.
“And he’s a single dad; that’s totally hot,” Arden says, drawing Jude’s accusatory gaze.
“Think so?”
“I only need onedaddyin my life.” Her expression is wolfish as he narrows his eyes. “So you can blame my sister for making me be in her book club because hot single dads is a thing.”
“We’lldiscussthat later,” my brother rasps out with more heat than annoyance, and I feel like I’m interrupting somethingI definitely don’t want to be around for. “Have you met his kid yet?”
“Uh, kind of. He was at Vetted Paws when I was there to help Sorren so I met him then, but it wasn’t in the capacity of me dating his dad.”
Arden points at me and then looks at Jude with wide eyes. “See?Dating his dad… You can’t tell me that’s not hot.”
“It is pretty hot,” I confirm but my brother ignores me.
“I don’t know if it’s the baby or you that makes me more tired.”
“She’s cute but I suck your?—”
“And on that note…” I laugh, rubbing the heels of my hands into my eyes like that will erase the last thirty seconds. “Arden, I love you, but please don’t ever start a sentence like that again.”
“Sorry.” She blushes but she’s already moved closer to Jude on the couch. “I’ll let you know when Salem is up and you can have all the time you want.”
“Great, I’ll see you guys later.”
“Doyou know what the worst part is?” Tanner asks as I sit in his kitchen later that night, the questions sounding more rhetorical than anything else.
“What’s that?”
“On top of actually dating in my thirties, I have to basically date these parents and figure out who I can tolerate because apparently my son, through some weird kind of extrovert osmosis from his bonus father, is now friends with everyone.”
“Extrovert osmosis?” I manage to repeat without completely breaking into a smile as Tanner huffs as he stalks around the kitchen.
“He sure as hell doesn’t get it from me or Fallon.” I snort out a laugh and Tanner slams his hands on his hips. “This isn’t funny. I had to listen to this guy talk about his new grill and smoker attachment for an hour and then he wanted to invite me to go golfing.”
“Everyone loves a good smoker.”
“Be serious.” He huffs and I nod solemnly as I stand and move toward him.
“I am. Also, golfing sounds fun.”
“I hate golf,” he grumbles as I cup his face in my hands.
“Know what will make you feel better?” I tease, leaning in to press a kiss to the corner of his mouth.
“Not having to golf or pretend I care about any of the parent gossip?”
“I mean, sure, that too,” I agree, my hand sliding down his chest until I’ve reached his belt, “but I thought sucking your dick would help alleviate some of thatstress.”The emphasis on the last word is accompanied by yanking his belt open with enough force that his hips jerk toward me.
“Oh.” He swallows hard, his Adam’s apple bobbing as I flick open the button on his jeans.
“Tanner?”
