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He knew Sunnie was on the pill. She had been since she was seventeen. He could still recall the first time Finn had realized that, coming across the pink packet of pills in her nightstand drawer one day when he was looking for spare batteries Sunnie had told him were there. She hadn’t remembered what else was tucked there as well.
Their parents hadn’t been home, and she and Landon had been sitting in the living room, waiting for him to return with the batteries for the DVD remote.
Finn had tossed the pills on her lap, asking her what the hell those were for. When she’d rolled her eyes, dissing his overprotective older brother routine, Finn had lost it, claiming she was too young for sex.
What would Finn say when he found out about this?
Landon shoved that thought aside as he pressed the head of his cock just inside her. He paused, his gaze capturing hers.
It was too soon for this.
She wasn’t ready for what he wanted. Everything he wanted.
He thought he saw that same glimmer of panic reflected in her eyes when she looked at him.
Then, dammit, she smiled…an easygoing, pretty, purely Sunnie smile.
Landon lowered his head and kissed her, then—
There was a knock at the door.
They lay there, frozen, the head of his dick no more than an inch inside her.
Sunnie’s chest rose and fell rapidly, drawing his attention to her breasts, still hidden beneath her cheerleading sweater.
Neither of them spoke.
Then there was another knock. “Landon,” Finn called from the corridor. “Open up, man. I know you’re home. I saw your car outside.”
Her brother’s voice had the effect of someone dumping a bucket of ice water on them. Sunnie scrambled to push him off her, sitting up and tugging her skirt down. She was shaking her head slightly, as if trying to come out of some sort of spell.
Landon moved away, sitting on the couch. He was naked and his erection was pointing skyward. He didn’t want to consider the case of blue balls he was going to suffer for this.
“Give me a minute,” Landon called out when Finn knocked a third time.
He rubbed his eyes wearily, opening them when Sunnie moved closer, her hand cupping his jaw, pulling until he looked at her.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered.
He frowned. “Not your fault. I…we’re… Finn and I have tickets to the Orioles game tonight. I forgot.”
* * *
Sunnie struggled to catch her breath. “We almost let that go too far. We shouldn’t have done that.”
He didn’t respond, not with words, not with a single nod or shake of his head. Instead, he just looked at her, and she fought to figure out what he was thinking.
“Say something,” she urged when the silence dragged on.
Landon moved forward, placing his forehead against hers. “There are a lot of things I’ve done in my life that I shouldn’t have,” he admitted, though Sunnie doubted that. Landon was too thoughtful to act carelessly. “This wasn’t one of them.”
“This is all still pretend, right?”
Landon sighed, his face unreadable.
Finally, he nodded. Just a nod. No words.
Landon had never lied to her. Not once in her life.
