Page 59 of Searching for Love

“Thank god you fixed the bed.” She started pulling her jeans off her legs.

He nodded and cursed under his breath when she fought the zipper on his pants.

“Too many damned clothes,” he groaned as she kicked off her sandals so he could pull her pants the rest of the way off her legs.

“Next time, we start this naked.” She laughed as he jerked his shirt over his head.

She flipped hers off and tossed it across the room, then knelt on the bed in her panties and bra as he finished removing his jeans. When he knelt beside her, pulling her body against his, she knew that she’d never tire of the feeling of him.

“This will never get old,” she groaned as he traced her neckline with his tongue.

“I need to be inside you now. We can go slow and enjoy one another later.” He dipped a finger under her panties and slipped into her heat smoothly.

“Yes,” she cried out and arched into his touch. “Please,” she begged as she reached out and took him in her hand.

“I swear we’ll go slower next time.” He reached away from her to grab a condom from his nightstand.

Then he was back, nudging her shoulders onto the bed and covering her.

She couldn’t remember feeling anything this strong before. The desire was going to make her burst if he didn’t touch her again. If he didn’t kiss her again soon.

Wrapping her legs around his hips, she held on as he claimed her once more. He took what he wanted and at the same time gave her the world.

“We should have won some sort of award just now,” she said a little breathless. Their bodies were covered in a layer of sweat as they lay on his bed looking up at the ceiling.

“Speed fucking.” He laughed. “It’s a sport. I think.”

She laughed and rolled towards him. “We can go for the slow award later. Right now, I think I want a shower.”

“Ditto.” He rolled towards her until they were face to face.

She watched his eyes move over her face, dip to her lips, and back to her eyes. Instantly, she could tell he wanted her again.

“Keep that up and we might not make it to the shower.” She touched his cheek.

“Everything is happening so quickly,” he said as he closed his eyes.

“We did just claim an award for that, right?” she joked.

He smiled and looked at her. “The business, us, everything with my… Diego.” He took a deep breath. “Oh, I almost forgot. Mom and Sophia told you about putting an offer on the cottage, but I forgot to mention that I put an offer on the place on the inlet the other day.”

She smiled. “Hannah told me. She called me seconds after you left.” She shrugged. “I figured you’d tell me when you wanted to.”

He nodded and rolled towards her again, touching her face gently. “So much has happened since we were here last.”

She smiled. “Bad and good.”

His smile slipped a little. “Sorry about the bad.”

“The good has far outshined the bad.” She leaned in and kissed him. “Like tonight.”

He nodded. “That shower,” he said against her lips, “is going to have to wait.”

The next few days flew by so quickly that the only thing Avery remembered were the long nights in Lucas’s arms and hanging out with Sophia and Emily each day at work.

Sophia helped her get a few more details together for Hannah’s bachelorette party and even helped decorate that morning.

After donning the dress she’d picked out to wear to the rehearsal and the dinner following, she left Lucas and headed over to Sunset Venue.