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My tongue strokes through her mouth, across her lips.
She moans.
I don’t hold back. I fuck her against the wall harder than I’ve ever gone with anyone. Her body jolts with each thrust, legs stiff as her hands come down and her nails rake over my back. And when I feel it building in me, the release I’ve been so desperately craving, I let her have it. All of it. A guttural sound tears from my throat as I come inside of her.
THIRTY-TWO
Scarlet
The grounds are lit up like something out of a fairy tale. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen my home look so beautiful, and it’s only deep, deep pride that I feel as I stand on the terrace overlooking the front of the house. The marquee is the centrepiece of the view, but the way lanterns spread a soft glow, guiding the pathways to and from the house, my parents’ garden, the meadow. The gentle coaxing of the string quartet as it drifts effortlessly around the boundaries. It’s truly something special.
I’ll never forget this moment.
Seeing this.
People have been arriving for the past half hour, and I should be down there. I should be welcoming them. Thanking them.
I just needed a minute first.
“Scar, you really outdid yourself. It’s perfect.” Nina stands at my side, her throat working as she beholds the vision before her.
I swallow the lump in my throat, knowing tonight will be too emotional to fully clear it. “You really think so?”
She tilts her head, smiling in answer.
“I did good, didn’t I?” I grin back.
She seems to get lost in the view again, her eyes roaming every detail. I hired a team to help me set everything up, but Nina’s been here every day, every spare second, making sure we’d be ready. I’ve been impossible at times, the pressure and stress of not pulling this night off making me a snappy, moody cow. She didn’t let it deter her, though. She still turned up.
And then so did he.
Every night Lance showed up and carried on when I couldn’t, crawling into bed and holding me in the early hours.
It’s as if he never left.
“Have you heard from Mason?”
My throat seems to tighten further at Nina’s question, and I clear it. Nina invited Mason on Wednesday night, and he, to our absolute shock, agreed to come. They seem so close to finding their way back to one another, and I can only wonder, selfishly, that maybe the only reason he’d come tonight is because of Nina, because of what that might mean for them. “No,” I tell her, grasping the railing and leaning back, looking up at the clear sky. It rained all week, and at one point, I didn’t even think we’d get the marquee up. “Not even a text,” I eventually add.
Nina doesn’t say anything, and I’m glad she doesn’t. We’ve known each other for well over a year now. She knows I don’t want excuses made for my brother. If he wanted to reach out to me, he would. And if he wants to be here tonight, he will be.
It will not affect my night, regardless.
“There’s Mummy.” I turn at the sound of Lucy’s voice, my face lighting up when I see Ellis in her arms. He’s dressed in a black tux, his thick dark hair combed back. He looks absolutely adorable.
He looks exactly like Mason.
“There’s a guy downstairs who says he has a fifty-kilo block of cheese.”
My face drops.
No, he didn’t.
“What?” Nina laughs. “Why so much? The pantry is full of everything we need.
“Oh my god.” I rush past them, picking up my gown as I make my way through the bedroom.
I take the staircase as quickly as I can, my dress pulled up around my knees as I round the door to the kitchen.
