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I wasn’t sure she would, even though I suspected it would help her move on, much like talking to her mother today had to be cathartic.
At home, Everly helped me get Wren into bed. She didn’t wake up, so I wasn’t able to get her to brush her teeth or change. When I went downstairs, Everly had a bottle of wine and two glasses set out. “Want to drink a glass with me?”
I stretched my arms over my head. I’d used muscles I hadn’t in a while playing football. I flipped on the fire, taking the bottle from Everly to pour a glass for her and then one for me.
Raising my glass, I said, “To our first Thanksgiving together.”
“To our first Thanksgiving.” Everly smiled before she clinked her glass with mine. We both took a long pull of the red wine.
The light of the fire danced over her face, making her skin practically glow. Unable to help myself, I set my glass aside, cupping Everly’s face, and kissed her like I wanted to all day. I wanted her to feel my love, to know, deep down, this thing between us was real. It stopped being a fake role we had to play a long time ago. I wanted her to know I would be by her side through everything. We were her family now.
“What was that for?” Everly asked when I pulled back slightly.
I took the glass she still held and set it aside before I picked her up. She laughed into my ear as her legs wrapped around my hips.
“I like when you manhandle me,” she whispered as she tugged on my earlobe.
The sensation zipped down to my dick.
I’d deal with the fire later. Much later. I wanted to pleasure her and make sure she knew that she was the most important person in my life, aside from Wren.
Her mouth met mine, and I wondered how I had kept her as a friend for so many years. Maybe a part of me knew that she’d wreck me if I let her in. But I had, and there was no turning back. I could only hope I could convince her that she was mine.
After carrying her back inside, I crossed the hallway, shutting the door to our bedroom behind me. I had the wherewithal to pause and lock it. Then I laid her gently on the bed, taking her in, her hair spread out on the pillow, her eyes dancing with happiness. I eased back so I could remove her clothes before covering her body with mine.
I was content to kiss her.
Everly’s hand caressed the back of my neck. “Why are you still dressed?”
I smirked down at her. “Because tonight is for you.”
Her lower lip protruded. “But I wanted to taste you.”
We hadn’t done that, and my cock twitched at her offer, but I held firm. “Not in the plans for tonight. Another time.” Tonight was for her.
I kissed her, taking my time before dropping softer ones on her chin, her collarbone, and the rise of her breast, then finally sucking her nipple into my mouth.
Her hand at the back of my neck kept me tight to her. Her hips rose up to meet mine, creating a delicious friction against my cock.
“Please, Harrison.”
She didn’t say what she wanted, but I had a plan for the evening, and I wouldn’t be deterred from it. I moved lower, dropping kisses as I went, her stomach quivering under my touch. Then I settled between her legs, breathing in the scent of her.
Everly propped herself on her elbows so she could watch. “I think I like you there.”
“I do too.” I loved it. Keeping my gaze on her, I licked her.
Her mouth dropped open slightly, and her head dropped back. It was a nice reaction, but I wanted more. I wanted her writhing under me, begging for her release. I wanted to draw out her pleasure and make her yearn for me to fill her up.
I paid special attention to her clit, sucking it, circling it with my tongue, and tugging it into my mouth, watching as she whimpered, falling back onto the bed, her fingers twisted in the comforter. When I inserted my fingers, her mouth fell open with a gasp.
She was almost where I wanted her.
“Harrison. Please. Please. Please.”
“Please what, sweetheart?” I eased back, kissing the soft skin of her inner thigh, first one, then the other, as her muscles trembled.
“I need you. Inside me.”
