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Holiday Hearts Chapter 66
When they both ran out of breath, Matt reluctantly pulled out of Summer's snug, wet heat and all but collapsed on his side next to her.She rolled to face him, face glistening with sweat, her eyes gleaming and a smug smile on her face. Reaching up with one shaky hand, he smoothed a strand of hair off her cheek."Wow." She blinked and dragged in a lungful of air. "I always thought the dreams exaggerated reality.""Me too." There was a box of tissues on the nightstand and a trash can beside it so he rolled over and dealt with the condom before turning back to her. "I guess we both learned something new.""Now it's my turn to explore," she said with a wicked grin. She rolled on top of him, forcing Matt to his back.He went without a fight, content to let her have her turn."You're leaner than you were a year ago but still in good shape. Did you lose some weight in the hospital?""A little." Damn, she was observant."And all these new scars." She knelt above him, kissing each and e
Holiday Hearts Chapter 67
Matt stretched "I don't suppose this place has a hot tub.""Nope." Summer yawned against his chest. "That's one thing I love about my condo. Has a gorgeous pool and spa area.""I'm thinking of adding a hot tub in my yard," he said. "My hip loves the idea. There's already a nice pool.""I'm still shocked that you bought a house right away," she mused, running her fingers through the sparse hair on his chest. "I might have asked you to stay with me in my place.""I wanted a home." He smiled at her words though. "I hope you like it too. Maybe you'll... Well, it's big enough for two. Maybe even a family someday.""Wait." Summer sat up in bed and glared at him. "You're saying you bought a house, hoping I'd come live in it with you, and you didn't even check with me first? You didn't ask if I was interested in moving. You didn't ask if I'd like the place. You just bulldozed ahead and picked the house all on your own? Before we'd even met face-to-face?""Well, I couldn't exactly ask you
Holiday Hearts Chapter 68
"Can I take you out to dinner then? I think maybe we should slow things down, spend some time together doing the so-called normal things." He clenched the table in both hands as he waited for her answer, and she'd bet he didn't even know he was doing it. The fact that she had the power to make him nervous made her want to forgive him all the more."I know a great barbecue place not too far away," she offered. "We wouldn't have to dress up or anything. Just throw on some flip-flops and go.""You're asking a Texan to go to a barbecue place in South Carolina?" The teasing glint was back in his eyes and her heart lifted."Boy, you haven't tasted real barbecue until you've had Charleston barbecue." She stood and shook out her mostly dry hair. "Come on. Tonight you can drive and I'll buy dinner." She hoped he recognized an olive branch when he saw one. And a test. Could he stand to let her buy dinner?"Yes ma'am." He drained his glass and stood. "Anything you want."Well, at least he's
Holiday Hearts Chapter 69
All that ran through Matt's mind as he locked the door behind him, grabbed the box of condoms and followed Summer through to the master bedroom was, Thank you, thank you, thank you! She'd given him another chance. He wasn't stupid enough to waste it.Inside the bedroom, Summer waited beside the bed, which was still rumpled from earlier. She'd already kicked off her flip-flops and had her hands on the waistband of her jeans."Hold it right there," he said. "I'd like to undress you this time - if you don't mind, that is.""Not at all." She licked her lips, and his cock pulsed against the fly of his jeans.He kicked off his own sandals and walked toward her. "Am I still allowed to tell you what to do in the bedroom?" It was a serious question. He'd always been the dominant one in their sexual encounters - well, almost always.She dipped her head. "I'd like that. But just in the bedroom. That's the only part of my life where I'm at all submissive. Can you deal with that?""I get it.
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Matt picked up one of the strips of toweling and knotted it to the foot rail of the bed. "No safe words, no games. Just say no or ask me to stop at any time, and I will, no questions asked. Okay?""Perfect." Summer looked up at him, her eyes wide, her smile trusting. Lifting her foot for him to secure it, she stayed otherwise utterly still.He looked up at the wetness coating her pussy and could practically taste her on his tongue. It didn't take him long to tie the other foot, spreading her open for him."Hurry," she murmured. He could tell she was struggling to keep her hips from wriggling. "I want you, Matt.""I want you too, darlin'. But part of this game is that you only talk if I ask you a question. Got it?""Yes, Matt." She licked her lips and watched him tie her right hand to the headboard.Finally, when he had the left secured, he stood next to the nightstand, stripped off his jeans and rolled a condom onto his aching cock. He looked down at Summer, who eyed his erection
Holiday Hearts Chapter 71
The next two days flew by in a haze of passion, shopping and getting to know one another. Summer took Matt to the mall for sheets and towels. He treated her to ice cream cones on the beach. They swam and made love and occasionally came up for air.Monday, they waited at Matt's house while things were delivered, and Summer fell in love with the twenties-era jewel. Looking around, she could see how well their tastes coincided. They even tried out the pool - without swimsuits.Now it was Monday night and the idyll was over. Summer's family would arrive in the morning. Shortly before sunset, she put on her blue and white sundress and grabbed her turquoise beach blanket."Come on. I want to talk to you down at the beach." She took Matt by the hand, delighted that he was still wearing a pair of cutoffs, like her, mimicking their dreams.He came along willingly, taking the blanket and spreading it out on the sand. Both of them brushed off their feet before sitting down cross-legged in the
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Part 5: All Hallows Evie"Thanks for the help." Sam Holiday waved from the porch of his new - well, old but new to him - house, as the last carload of his siblings drove away. He eased down onto the porch swing and sipped a beer as the autumn sunset painted the sky. He'd turn thirty-five in ten days and he'd just bought his first home. It felt damn good. Now if only he had someone to share it with.Shaking off that thought, Sam got up and went into his kitchen to clean up the remains of the pizza, beer and soda he'd fed his family to bribe them into helping him paint, clean and finally move in. It had been a long month of repairs to get the old Victorian lady into shape, and he still had a long way to go. But at least now the wiring and plumbing were up to code, and he had a decent kitchen, bath and bedroom. The rest would come. Including, someday, maybe, a wife and family to help fill up all those empty rooms upstairs.In the last two years, Sam's four siblings, one older and thr
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By morning, he'd almost convinced himself that Evie had been a dream. He would have, except for two things. The first was that weird stuff often happened around the Holiday family. The second was that this wasn't the first time in his life Sam had seen a ghost. They were all over the place at his grandparents' family home in England, and 'round about town here in Charleston.He had to admit, though, Evie was the first ghost who'd turned him on. All night long he'd had wild, sexual dreams about the blonde beauty. His body still quivered with frustration.Today, he was damn well going to find out who she was. He'd taken the time off from work to move into his house, so he didn't have anywhere he needed to be, not until after Halloween. Painting would wait. Finding out about his ghost wouldn't.Sam had a file on the history of his house from the local historical society, including some old newspaper articles. Flipping through them, he found her almost at once."Evangeline Bonnell, age
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