Dare Series Collection - Shantel Tessier Page 0,332

love anyway? All the movies tell you that it’s sweet and romantic, but it’s such bullshit. Cole and Austin are proof of that. You don’t always need hearts and flowers to prove you love someone. Sometimes you need each other’s names carved in blood.

I push away from him, and he allows it. I stand on shaky legs. I’m not drunk, but I’m not sober either. He sits there looking up at me. Is he waiting for me to leave? For me to shout at him? Beg him? I want to fall to my knees and tell him that it’s me he wants. That it’s me he sees. Not her. But that’s just the wine talking, so instead, I go for plan B.

I remove my shirt and kick off my shoes. I’m shoving my jeans down my legs when he sits up straighter in his lounge chair. “Demi …”

“Shh,” I say, straddling him again. But only now I’m naked. I place my hands on his handsome face and look at his pretty blue eyes. “I want you to fuck me, Deke. It’s just you and me. No lies. No pretending. Can you do that?”

His large hands slide up my bare back, making my body break out in goose bumps. I shiver and it has nothing to do with the cool night. “I was never the one faking it, Demi.”

I lean in and capture his lips with mine, done talking for the night.

DEKE

I wake up with an arm draped over my chest and a soft leg over my thigh. Demi’s blond hair covers most of her face, and I push it back to give me a clear view of her. After we had sex last night out on the patio, we took a shower together where I took her again up against the wall. She didn’t hold anything back from me. I think Demi is confused on who she really is, but she didn’t hide.

I lean in and kiss her cheek, and her eyes flutter open. “Good morning, princess.”

“Good morning,” she whispers.

I go to pull away from her, but she tightens her hold on me. “Five more minutes,” she whispers.

I move to my side and wrap my arms around her, pulling her small frame into me. “Five more minutes.” She closes her eyes. “How do you feel this morning?” I ask. She had quite a bit to drink last night. And I tried to be gentle with her since I know she’s still getting used to sex, but it was hard to restrain myself.

“Like I knew I would,” she mumbles into my chest.

“Want me to get you some ibuprofen?”

She shakes her head. “I just want five more minutes.”

When I open my eyes some time later, I’m alone. Sitting up, I look around to see her clothes that were lying on the floor are now gone. I throw off the covers, get up, and pull on a pair of jeans. As I make my way down the stairs, I hear voices in the kitchen.

Demi stands at the kitchen island with her hand in a plastic container full of brownies. She places one in her mouth and moans, closing her eyes. “This is by far the best thing I’ve ever put in my mouth.”

I lean down, and whisper, “That’ll all change once I fuck that mouth with my cock.”

She begins to choke on the chocolate at my words and pieces are flying out onto the counter. She grabs for the bottle of water and gulps it down. Slamming the bottle down, she sucks in a long breath.

“See, it’s already choking you.” I smile.

She stares up at me with watery eyes from her near-death experience by her favorite snack.

Placing my hand on her face, I say, “Cheeks flushed. Lips swollen and tears running down your pretty face.” I kiss her cheek and taste the saltiness. “You’ll be a beautiful mess, Demi.”

Her lips part, and she licks them.

“Good morning,” Cole announces, entering the kitchen.

He’s a cheerful fucker. He and Austin must have made up last night. For once, I didn’t hear them fucking ’cause I was too busy doing it myself. I’ve brought girls home but never slept with them in my room unless Lilly was staying at a friend’s house. I don’t like the idea of having them around her. She sees Austin and Cole kiss and love on one another even though Austin tries to stay discreet. She’s never asked about it, and as far as I know, they haven’t sat her down to