“Damn, I’m going to come,” he warned her.
She refused to back off, wanting to take him all the way. Her own arousal was off the charts, her panties wet, her sex full and pulsing with need.
He thrust into her mouth, once, twice, and came with a loud groan, and she swallowed everything he had to give.
She was about to collapse onto the floor when he lifted her up and carried her to the bed, coming down beside her. He propped himself on one side and curled her hair around his hand, and they lay together, their breathing synchronized, the world around them quiet.
She could get used to this, she mused, happy with a man for the first time. That the man was Derek continued to take her by surprise. But the more time they spent together, the more she fell under his spell.
* * *
Derek caught his breath, well satisfied after the surprise blow job she had had given him. She never ceased to amaze him. From how kind she’d been to Kendall, a woman she’d just met, to the generous donation she’d been willing to make to House of Hope, to watching her drop to her knees in front of him…
He’d never been so fucking hard … or humbled in his life. There was something special about this woman, something he’d known from the first, all those years ago.
She had him wrapped around her pretty little finger. Not that he had a clue what to do with her.
“Question,” he said. Because Lucas had reminded him he was getting married next weekend in a small ceremony, and after seeing him with Cassie tonight, he’d offered to have Derek bring her as his date.
“Yes?”
“Maxie and Lucas are getting married next weekend. On Valentine’s Day.”
“Aww, that’s so romantic.”
He smiled at that. “Do you want to come as my date?”
“I’d love to! Thank you.” She leaned over and placed a kiss on his chest, and his body stirred. It didn’t take much when it came to Cassie.
“I had a nice time with everyone tonight,” she said. “Lexie, Maxie, and Kendall were sweet.”
“Glad you liked them. They’re all good people.”
“Not Julian?” she asked.
He paused. “Julian was a good guy. He was one of us. And then he got involved with the wrong people. Drugs… I wouldn’t have thought he was capable of the shit he pulled on Kade, but I guess I didn’t know him as well as I thought.” But Derek had a problem thinking of Julian as all bad.
“I think something had to have happened for him to do what he did to someone he once considered a friend.” Derek shook his head. “But I don’t know.”
“Kendall seemed upset to see him. But she couldn’t stop staring at him either.”
Derek frowned. “That went both ways. But if she knows what’s good for her, she’ll steer clear. Kade will never forgive him, and she needs her twin on her side.”
Cassie sighed. “Family is complicated. Relationships are complicated,” she mused.
“Life is fucking complicated.”
Her laugh warmed him. And his groin started to perk back up again. He pushed himself up and rolled on top of her, his now hard cock gliding over her soft, wet pussy.
He brushed her hair off her face, staring into wide brown eyes at the same time he raised his hips and pushed inside her, gliding home as if he belonged there.
They groaned in unison, their joining electric.
He rolled his hips against hers. He kissed her, sliding his lips back and forth, losing himself inside her. She grabbed his hair in her hands, holding him tight as they rocked together, climaxing simultaneously, his entire being caught up in hers.
They lay in silence, his eyes growing heavy.
Derek woke to the smell of something delicious cooking. With a grin on his face, he headed to the bathroom, used her toothbrush, and washed up before he met her in the kitchen.