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Long and curved, he had several ridged veins wrapped around his shaft, his tip cherry red and shaped like a mushroom. It was also really wet, which made my teeth sink into my lips.

Niall watched me staring at him, groaning as he finally covered himself with the condom. When he was done, he surprised me by rolling onto his back. “I don’t usually do this, but I’m going to let you take the lead.”

He offered me his hand and I took it, frowning as I climbed astride him. “Why?”

“To let you set the pace.” His gaze held mine. “Something tells me we need to do this your way.”

I positioned myself above him, sliding my free hand into his as well before I bent over to kiss him once more. “Are you sure you can’t read my mind?”

“I wish,” he gritted out as I started sinking down on him.

I fell silent as I focused on the sensations he was eliciting from me with every inch I took in. It had been so long that this almost felt like my first time, but it was so much better than my hurried, clumsy wedding night with Carter.

Niall watched me closely, taking direction from me as I sank further down. Then I finally buried him to the hilt in my body.

“Shit, Tallulah,” he breathed, hips twitching slightly and his features clenched with restraint. “So tight.”

I slanted my lips over his, adjusting to the full feeling of having him inside me before I started moving. Sparks flew through my body as he dragged against all the most sensitive parts of me and I moaned, stilling when I realized I was much closer than I’d thought I’d be.

“No holding back, remember?” he murmured into my mouth. Then he started thrusting gently, slowly rocking in and out of me as his hands moved to my hips and my eyes rolled back in my head.

I leaned forward to kiss him again, and my clit rubbed against his pelvis. It felt like I’d been struck by a bolt of orgasmic lightning. “Oh!”

Niall groaned and pressed his hand to the small of my back, holding me right there as he started moving faster. My breathing picked up speed, pleasure licking through me until the orgasm finally hit.

My muscles seized and my brain fractured as I screamed his name and felt him swell deep inside me. His hips lost their rhythm as he finally found his own release before we collapsed onto the bed together, sated for now, but not for long.

We spent most of the day in bed, but that night, I put on another one of his shirts and he wrapped his arms around me in the theater room. “What scary movie would you like to watch?”

“I want to watch something you’re actually interested in,” I said, burrowing into his side on the seat we were sharing.

Today had been like something out of a fantasy, and while I was afraid of what tomorrow might bring, I was also really looking forward to finding out.

20

NIALL

After a weekend tangled in the sheets with Tallulah, I sat down in my office with only one thing on my mind—my girl.

These last couple days had been some of the best of my life and I couldn’t stop smiling. It was awful but wonderfully so.

For the first time in my life, I’d spent an entire weekend in just one woman’s company, and instead of getting bored, I was more intrigued by her than ever before. We’d talked, and laughed, and joked around. We’d cleaned up the decorations after the party and ended up fooling around in a pile of fake bats and spiderwebs.

We’d cooked together, showered together, and she’d told me a few more things she wanted to try together at some point. All in all, it really hadn’t felt like a one-and-done thing, and I was here for whatever would happen next.

Jake walked in while I sat there, smiling stupidly at my computer, and immediately, he grinned and shut the door behind him. “What exactly did you get up to this weekend that put you in such a good mood?”

“Nothing,” I said.

I wasn’t ashamed of Tallulah or what we had, but it was new and we hadn’t discussed telling anybody about it, let alone somebody who worked with us. Before I said anything to anyone about it, she and I needed to have a conversation. Until then, there wasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that I was talking.

“Just tell me what you need, Jakey.”

He grimaced. “Fine, but I’m afraid it’s bad news. I was hoping to get some good news before I broke this to you.”

I arched an eyebrow at him, my patience suddenly wearing thin. “What is it?”

“The contractors working on the old Lefevre house have run into some trouble,” he said. “The house was on our list of properties to be dressed up for Halloween, but renovations are running over. Apparently, Tallulah went out there this morning and now she’s trying to help them and prepare for the Hallow’s Eve Festival at the plantation.”