My feet are burning and filthy. I can feel the grit from the road cutting into my skin as I walk, brushing them off against my ankles every few minutes. I even put my heels back on for a while and walk until my feet hurt, then go barefoot again.Greenville is very quiet, only a single car passes me as I walk. It stops and a man offers me a ride, but he looks like he might be a cannibal-murderer, so I decline and keep going.I’m still ringing like a bell from the orgasm the mechanic gave me. I didn’t even realize just how badly I needed it until I was melting against his tongue. No man has ever done what he did to me and I finally realize what’s been missing in my life.To be honest, I can’t even believe what just happened. It’s just not something I would ever do. In fact, it’s the opposite of everything I’ve been about in my life up until now. The way he spoke to me flipped a switch deep down inside me, and I responded back in a way I never would have thought possible.After what seem
“Mmmm, buttercream! I simply adore buttercream! Don’t you, Bradley?”Bradley looks up from his phone, completely disinterested, and shrugs at my mom, who is sampling a spoonful of frosting from the girl behind the counter. She’s obviously a small-town girl and is doing her best to hide the fact that she clearly knows that we’re from out of town……and from money.“Come here and try this, sweetie,” she tells me, motioning to me like I’m a Pomeranian wearing a pink fluffy collar. I try not to mope as I walk over to her. I try to take the spoon, but she shakes her head and moves it toward my mouth like she’s feeding a toddler.“Really?” I frown.“Open wide!” she smiles. It’s probably better just to go along with it than start an argument in the shop, so I do, and she clinks the spoon against my front teeth before scooping it up and leaving a huge clump of frosting on my tongue. I nod and force a smile.“Yeah, it’s good,” I tell her.“Great, isn’t it!?” she asks enthusiastically. I mean –
“Vincent, wait!” I protest, the rough skin of his calluses scraping against my hands. “What are you doing?”But he doesn’t wait. He spins around and pulls me to him with a strength that takes my breath away. His strong lips find mine and I instantly give myself over to him. My mouth hangs open and accepts his tongue as his strong hands start to explore my body. I’m wearing pants today, but suddenly wish I was wearing a skirt, as my zipper sticks as he tries to tug it down.I can smell the shop on him – feel the dirt on his hands and the sweat in his t-shirt. Heat pours from his body and I’m instantly wet for him as he finally pulls hard and undoes my pants.I stagger back as he pushes me up against the back wall of the shop, kissing me all over with a furious passion. The world’s spinning again. It’s like I don’t even know where I am when I’m in his arms. I reach up and feel the taut, broad muscles of his strong back, flexing as he slides a hand down my pants and presses two fingers a
I’m watching the sky from the shop as the last of the sun vanishes over the tree line.“You want me to close up?” Tucker asks as he comes into the garage from the office. “You look like you’ve got a big date or something.”“Who me?” I ask, forcing a smile.“Yeah, you,” he chuckles. “You got that starstruck, lovey-dovey look in those big fuckin’ goofy eyes of yours.”“Anyone ever slap you around before, Tucker?” I ask, uncrossing my arms. He keeps smiling, but takes a nervous step back.“Hey, man. I trained in Jiu-Jitsu, all right?” he smirks. “I may be pretty, but I know how to move.”Uh huh.“Go home, Jackie Chan,” I tell him. “I’ll close up.”“You’re the best, Vincent,” he says happily. “I got a date in Thomaston. Single mom who has no idea how hot she is.”“Don’t you get tired of it?” I ask him as he starts to walk off.“Tired of what?” he asks, turning.“Just girl after girl after girl. Night after night.”Tucker looks at me like I’m crazy. “You’re kiddin’? You think DiCaprio gets
I can’t help but react to Donna’s body pressed up against mine, and her intoxicating smell in my nose, but I can feel her fiancé’s eyes on me as she hugs me. It’s beyond awkward.“Bradley,” she says, turning to him. “This is Vincent, my mechanic. He’s doing such a great job on your car that I thought I’d invite him for dinner!”What. The. Fuck?Bradley looks at her, looks at me, then looks back at her. I can tell he wants to say something, but he manages to put on a polite face and force an unconvincing smile.“Well, wasn’t that nice of you?” he says condescendingly. He turns to me. “You picked a good night for it. We’re having foie gras, caviar and white asparagus. Do you like foie gras – what did you say your name was again?”“Vincent,” I tell him. “And I don’t know. Never had it.”“Oh, of course you wouldn’t have,” he laughed. “It’s more of an upscale, city thing. I wouldn’t expect a person like you to have tasted it.”I’m going to break his face.“But I’m being rude,” he laughs. “
“Shoulda known better,” I mumble as I watch the ice cubes slowly melt in my Jack and Coke. “Shoulda fuckin’ known better.”“You know, talking to yourself is a bad sign. Do I need to bring you by the hospital?”I look up at Lexy, the rocker-chick bartender at Chrissy’s, who’s giving me a look like she either feels bad for me or thinks I’m pathetic – maybe a mixture of both.I’m a little tipsy and still wondering what the fuck just happened. Actually, I know what happened, Donna totally ambushed me. She invited me to dinner just so she could flaunt her rich, city-girl life in my face. I bet she loved having two guys fight over her like that. I haven’t been in a fight over a girl since Tommy Clarence pushed Emma Carlsen on the playground in fourth grade.“Do they have any treatments for a broken heart?” I ask with a smirk.She was mine. Donna was mine, and now I’m sitting miserably at the bar, trying to keep the images of her with Bradley out of my mind by filling it with booze. Just the
“Bro, you’re never going to believe it!”I cringe as Tucker races out of the shop to great me the next morning, looking like he’s just had about six cups of coffee. There’s no doubt in my mind that he’s about to tell me about yet another one of his wild-girl adventures, and having not slept a wink last night, but I am not in the mood to hear it.“You’re moving to Florida,” I suggest. He laughs and waves a hand at me.“My date? It turned into multiple dates!” he says with a wink. “Not like…multiple dates, but multiple girls.”“Is that right?” I ask, wishing my head didn’t hurt so bad as I open the door to the office and head inside.“You haven’t lived until you’ve had a girl riding you while the other girl sits on your face, dude!”“Mmm,” I grunt back as I take a seat and check the business e-mail. There’s really nothing important, but I pretend there is, hoping Tucker will go away. He doesn’t.“The first chick was wild,” he laughs. “We were doing our thing, and then all of a sudden sh
The speed at which Vincent moves takes my breath away. Before I can blink, his rough hands are around my waist, and then I’m on his shoulder as he’s carrying me toward the back of the garage. I feel his taut back muscles against my stomach, and his manly scent has my head already spinning.I hear him kick a door open and find myself in what looks like a break room. He slams the door shut behind us, then throws me down on an old dirty couch that smells of must and wear.“Oh, fuck,” I gasp, my mouth hanging open as he slides out of his shirt, revealing his pristine body to me. I trace the lines of his abs with my eyes and feel myself get even wetter than I already was as he pops the top button of his pants. I kick off my heels and get to work on my pants.I need him. Now.He helps me out, grasps my jeans by the ankles and tugs, almost yanking me off the couch with them.“They’re tight!” he laughs under his breath, finally getting them off. I reach up to grab his face and pull it to mine
I love everything about our little seaside village of Ferragudo, but it’s especially magical in the early hours of the morning, when only the fish and the birds are awake. I love coming out onto our deck to observe the calm, quiet world. Usually, I can even manage to get a good page or two written before the kids wake up.I curl my hands around my mug of coffee, the tendrils of steam evaporating into the cool air, and smile before taking a sip. The last ten years have been better than anything I could have ever hoped for. Finn and I had the most beautiful wedding right here on the beach, just a few miles away from where we now live.The ceremony was small and intimate and absolutely perfect. Finn cried, and yeah, I was a blubbering mess by the end as well. Standing there next to him, peering into those deep brown eyes while the waves tickled my feet was one of the greatest moments of my life. I finally felt like I was right where I belonged, with someone who wanted me as much as I wan
Zarina slumps over the balcony as I pull out of her, our combined releases dripping down her thighs. Jesus, I’m almost ready to go again at the sight. Spinning her around, I scoop my woman up in my arms and carry her to my bed, ridding her of her clothes before stripping down and crawling in beside her.She snuggles up next to me and I wrap an arm around her, tucking her closer into my side. “I love you so damn much,” I whisper into the top of her head. She sighs so sweetly, her breath tickling my bare chest.“I love you, too. Thank you.”“For what?”Zarina props herself up on her elbow, looking down at me. “For...everything. I...I don’t know how to explain it. Like your letter said, we haven’t known each other that long, but in a way, we have. I know you. I feel you right here,” she whispers, placing my hand over her heart. I slide it up her chest and wrap my fingers around the back of her neck, drawing her down for another kiss.“I feel you, too,” I murmur against her lips.“Did...d
Twenty minutes later, we're pulling up to my apartment. I've traveled from city to city and country to country over the last nineteen years, but this little apartment has served as home base in between gigs. I want something so much grander for my wife-to-be, but this will have to do for now.“It’s beautiful,” Zarina whispers as I help her out of the cab. The building itself is painted white, matching the other homes and buildings here in Ferragudo, Portugal. The seaside town is quite breathtaking and picturesque with boats adorning the shores and whitewashed homes dotting the skyline.“You’re beautiful,” I say with a grin when she rolls her eyes. “Now let’s get inside before I lose my mind.”I drag my Zarina through the lobby of the apartment building, almost forgetting her damn luggage again. She giggles and spins around in my arms once we step inside the elevator, getting up on her tiptoes to give me a kiss. I wrap my arms around her and haul her into my chest, groaning when I feel
I wipe a sweaty palm on my jeans and tighten my hold on the bouquet of wildflowers I gathered from one of my favorite parks overlooking the ocean. The plane should be landing any minute now, and I pray to every god I can think of that my babygirl is on it.These last three days have been absolute misery without her. I knew Darren would be upset, but I underestimated his temper, as well as his connections. After we gave our statements about what happened in the hotel room, Darren talked to the officers and apparently greased the wheels to have me fucking deported.After an arduous and humiliating journey back to Portugal in cuffs, I spent the night in a holding cell. I was released yesterday when they realized the charges were bogus, but TSA took my passport, so there was no way to hop on the next plane back to New York.And God, that’s all I’ve wanted to do. I won’t rest until Zarina is in my arms again. I need to hold her, to look at her sharp, beautiful eyes and tell her I love her.
Over and over, picture after picture, Finn poured his heart out to me. That day at the farmers market he told me he communicated better with photos, but I think his words are just as powerful.Underneath the pile of photos, I see a letter folded up. I reach for it, handling it like a sacred document. To me, it is. Something falls out of the letter when I unfold it. Picking up the scrap of paper, I gasp when I see it’s a plane ticket to Portugal. My name is at the top, along with tomorrow’s date. Was this his plan all along? Was he going to bring me back to Portugal with him?I set the ticket down on the bed and reach for the letter again, hoping to find the answers to my questions.Zarina, my beautiful babygirl,I love every moment of every day with you. Everything you do is enchanting. Magical. I didn’t know what was missing in my life until you flashed those eyes at me and challenged me for control.We haven’t known each other long, but at the same time, my soul knows yours. You fee
Three days. It’s been three days since Miriam hauled me out of the hotel. Three days since Finn made love to me. Three days since my heart was healed and then shattered.Where is he? What happened? Finn told me he loved me, but the doubts are starting to creep in.That first day, I collapsed on my bed and cried myself to sleep. I was so certain I would wake up next to my Daddy, but when I blinked my swollen eyes open, I was alone, just like I always am. I barely left my room the second day, only venturing out into the house to use the bathroom or grab something to eat.My father won’t even look at me. He’s hardly spoken ten words to me in the last few days. All I know is that he and Miriam got a call when they landed in Bora Bora from someone who saw Finn kissing me at the wedding. According to Miriam, I ruined her wedding and made a fool out of myself and my family.Last night, my dad told me he set up an interview with the dean of NYU next week to discuss my schedule for the fall. M
I feel her pussy knot around my shaft, squeezing me so damn tight it hurts in the best way. Zarina inhales a sharp breath as wave after wave of pleasure wracks her body. She claws at my back, ripping my skin open, making me roar my release and fill her with my seed. I come so damn hard I feel like I might pass out.“Breathe,” I say to myself as much as her.Zarina gasps for air and clings to me as her body trembles with the last of her orgasm. I slide her down my body and hold her close, kissing the top of her head.When we both have somewhat recovered, I step back and pour body wash into my hands before rubbing it over the dips and curves of her body. Zarina leans into me for support, making me smile at how thoroughly fucked and sated she is right now. When I’m done, she soaps me up and places a sweet kiss over my heart.I cup her face and kiss her deeply, passionately, but slowly. One drugging kiss leads to another and another, and before I know it, I’m spinning her around and placi
I strip out of what little clothes I have left on and then practically tear Zarina’s dress off of her, leaving her in a matching bra and panty set.“Hey!” she shrieks and then giggles. “Be careful! I don’t want you ruining another dress of mine.”I kiss her neck, needing my lips to be on some part of her body right this goddamn second. “I’ll buy you a new one,” I grunt, biting and kissing her again.I slide my hands down her body, gripping her thighs and lifting her gorgeous, curvy body up into my arms. She gasps and hooks her ankles behind my back. I growl and kiss down her neck as she arches her back and presses her body into mine.“Fuck, I need you,” I grunt before nipping at the sensitive skin below her ear.“I’m yours, Daddy,” she pants, rubbing her hot little pussy over my stomach letting me know she needs me, too.“Take a shower with me.” It’s not a question, it’s a command.She nods her head and twists her fingers in my hair, pulling me in for another kiss.I carry her into th
We walk silently through the market and take a cab back to the house, where I direct Zarina to pack an overnight bag. The sassy little smirk she gives me nearly has me tossing her on her bed and burying my cock between her pouty lips, but I manage to restrain myself.Once we’re packed up, I order an Uber to Four Seasons, ready to show my little love everything she’s asking for. Zarina smiles at me and snuggles into my side, content to let me take care of every little detail.My chest swells up with pride when I step out of the car and hold my hand out for my babygirl. She doesn’t hesitate to take my hand and let me lead her through the opulent lobby and onto the private elevator. I love that she trusts me like this. As soon as the doors shut, I slide my hands down her body and grip her hips, pulling her back against my front.She moans softly, melting into me as I trail kisses up and down her neck. My hands roam up her generous curves until I’m cupping her breasts. Zarina gasps and th