Never Gonna Happen - Cynthia Eden Page 0,63
savored. You enjoyed. You made that shit last.
Her hips arched against him. “Sebastian! I need…more!”
He’d give her everything. He withdrew, thrust, and withdrew again. The flimsy headboard banged into the wall and the springs of the mattress squeaked as he became wilder and rougher. As he surged into her and pushed them both toward the pleasure that waited.
She came first. He felt the contractions of her inner muscles around him, and his dick surged into her again and again.
He erupted and poured into her as he came on a release that rocked his whole body.
His breath heaved in and out. In and out.
His eyes were on her. He hadn’t looked away. Couldn’t look away. She was flushed with pleasure.
Her legs were still around him. Her arms were on his shoulders. Her arms—
Sebastian swore. “Did I hurt you?”
“I don’t know. Give me a few minutes to think about it.” Her eyes closed.
“Alyssa.”
Her lashes lifted. “Yes.”
His heart squeezed. He was such a bastard—
“It hurt me on my birthday, when I thought you didn’t want me. We’d just met and it shouldn’t have mattered, but it did. You did.”
He shook his head.
“And it hurt me that I had to pretend over the years that you didn’t matter to me. That I had to act like we were…distant friends, at best. Strangers, at worst.”
“We’re not strangers.” His voice was gruff.
“It hurt me to keep my secret,” she whispered.
“What secret is that?”
“That every time we met—every awkward party, every tense get-together—I wanted to be close to you.”
I was the same way, baby. Being near you was hell. But being away from you? Even worse. “Why didn’t you say something sooner?”
“Why didn’t you?”
Fuck. Because I was afraid you didn’t want me. Because I thought being in your life—even distantly—was better than not having you at all. “Because I can be a dumbass.”
Alyssa snuggled close to him. “It’s been a long day.” Her voice was softening. Slurring a bit.
He pressed a kiss to her temple. “Sleep, baby. I’ve got you.”
“No, I’ve got you.” Her arm snaked around his stomach.
You always had me. You just didn’t know it.
He reached out and turned off the lamp. Darkness fell into the room. He pulled the covers over her, and a few moments later, Alyssa’s breathing evened out as she slipped into sleep.
Sebastian didn’t sleep, though. He stared into the darkness, and he thought about what would happen next.
***
Dex glowered at the guard before him. “Is this like your first day out of training or some shit? You’re here to watch the perimeter. You don’t let the guy just slip past you.”
The guard was sweating.
“You know what? I can’t trust your ass. Go switch out with Baylor. He’s got better eyes than you, and he’s not green.”
The guard hurried away.
Dex heaved out a breath. He did not need this crap. Was it too much to hope that the agency would just send him agents who could do their jobs? And not screw up royally?
He glanced up at the second-story window.
The light had just turned off up there.
Not like it took a freaking genius to figure out what had just happened in the apartment. He’d seen the jealousy burning in Sebastian’s eyes. The man had barely been able to keep his hands off Alyssa.
How the hell did you last all these years? He’d had no idea Sebastian was so very taken with Antony’s younger sister. Though, he did have to admit, he could see the appeal. If you went for that type.
Baylor hurried toward him. Even saluted. What in the hell? Did it look like he was a general or something? He’d never been in the army. All those rules and regulations weren’t for Dex.
He liked to make his own rules. “If anyone gets in this building without you seeing, I’ll wreck you, Baylor.”
Baylor nodded. “Yes, sir.”
The others were in position. Sebastian was upstairs. No doubt, he was staying very, very close to Alyssa.
If all went according to plan, an attack would be coming soon. He’d certainly left enough breadcrumbs for the perp to follow.
Staying in the shadows, Dex made his way back inside. He and Sebastian needed to have a come-to-Jesus meeting because his gut told him Sebastian had made some plans that were truly going to screw with Dex’s future agenda.
Sebastian could be annoying. He could be arrogant. But the guy got the job done. He was a good agent. Fast and savvy. There was nothing Sebastian couldn’t do with tech.
Losing him wasn’t an option.
Keeping him, well, that just might