Return to the Darkness - Ripley Proserpina Page 0,8

feeling a little lightheaded. How about we eat and go to bed?”

That sounded perfect. “I’m going to shower quickly, and I’ll meet you in the kitchen. I’ll rummage through the cupboards when I get down.”

Aaron chuckled but turned it into a cough when I glared at him. “Have a comment?” I asked.

“No,” he replied. “Just…” I could see him searching for a way to save his ass. “There’s deli meat and rolls.”

Sandwiches. I could handle sandwiches. “Sounds perfect.” I slung my leg over the side of the tub, gripping the edge with my hands so I wouldn’t fall. As my foot touched the wooden planks of the porch, I happened to look up into the sky.

My breath caught. I’d forgotten how big the desert sky was. I could get lost in the tiny dots of lights. From a purely objective standpoint, it was beautiful.

“Not so bad,” Colton’s voice sounded in my ear, his breath wafting across the damp skin of my neck.

I shivered and crossed my arms. No. It wasn’t a bad view. But I wasn’t quite ready to admit that yet.

Chapter 3

I sort of expected someone to join me in the shower. In fact, I waited a little bit longer than necessary under the stream. Stupid me. I should have just told them what I wanted. After my tirade in the airport, no wonder they were giving me space.

Damn. That would teach me to throw a hissy fit.

I finally turned off the water and dried off with the nearest towel. I could get used to a house like this. I’d never lived in luxury. My heart panged for the little house that had been mine for a while. I’d always miss it. This was just a rental, but I was going to enjoy how the shower was big enough that I could have fit my entire bathroom inside of it.

Coming out wrapped in a towel, I discovered I wasn’t alone. Colton had waited.

He narrowed his gaze. “I considered coming in. Wasn’t sure if that was a good idea or a bad idea.”

I dropped my towel. “I waited.”

He jumped up. “Sorry, wrong choice.”

Colton wrapped me against him. He was warm, and he smelled like cinnamon and coffee.

I dropped to my knees, and he stared down at me. “Lacey?”

“Can you stand there and take it?”

Colton flared his nostrils. “You’re for real?”

I nodded. I’d never been so serious in my life. I pulled down the zipper on his pants. We never had time for this type of thing. Make love, run for my life from a demon or a nightmare or whatever, and spend the next day stressed. We were hardly out of danger now. Who knew what the fuck was going on?

But what I wanted to do—yes, a lot—was take his hard, getting-more-erect-by-the-moment cock and suck until he came in my mouth. My mouth watered.

I wanted to pretend that I was just on vacation in this big, beautiful house, which meant that making love to Colton was all I had to do that day. I tugged at the waist of his pants, letting them pool around his feet. He stepped out of them. His cock jutted out of the waist of his boxers. I could reach the tip, and I stroked it for a second before cupping it in my palm.

“Lacey, you’re on your knees in front of me, totally naked. I’m not sure if I’m really awake. But if I’m sleeping, I never want to wake up.”

I smiled. “Oh, I’m real. Flesh and blood. And totally hot to do this right now.”

I yanked his boxers down, hard. He sucked in a breath. It almost felt like I was playing a role. I wasn’t this girl. This confident, sure of her sexuality woman, who had no qualms about getting on her knees.

I stroked him once from tip to shaft before I put him in my mouth. He let out a moan, and his knees wobbled before he righted himself. Could he manage this? Or were we going to move to the bed so he didn’t hurt himself? I guessed we’d find out.

It wasn’t something I had a ton of experience with, so I was going to rely on Colton to tell me what felt good.

I moved closer. My towel had fallen to the floor, and I knelt on it. I held his dick in my hand and made one slow lick up the side before flicking my tongue over the smooth head. Colton gasped, tripping backward. I glanced up and found