like this before in my life. There was so much passion. So much emotion in it. God, I needed to go slow so I could remember every single moment.
I was about to push her pants down when, fuck, someone knocked on the bedroom door. Timberlynn and I stopped kissing and both froze. Like two goddamn teenagers. Jesus.
Then my mother’s voice came from the other side of the door. “Tanner? Timberlynn? Are you still wrapping presents?”
Timberlynn pushed me off of her so hard, I nearly fell off the bed.
“We are, so don’t you dare come in! We’ve only got two more to go!” Timberlynn called out.
I was stunned by how normal she sounded. As if I hadn’t just had my fingers inside her. Hell, we were about to make love until my mother interrupted. My whole world was turned upside down from what we had shared, and she sounded perfectly normal. Not a quiver to her voice. Not a breath out of place.
“Okay, well, our guests are gone, so when you kids are done, come on down and watch a movie with us! Kaylee and Ty are on their way over as well.”
Timberlynn stood there, staring at the door, her hand over her mouth and her other arm wrapped around her body. She dropped her hand as if she was going to say something but couldn’t.
“Sounds great, Mom. We’ll be right down,” I said, adjusting my hard as a rock cock. Timberlynn looked over at me, and then down to the bulge in my pants. She quickly looked away and shook her head.
“I can’t believe we did that and with your parents right downstairs,” she whispered. “I almost let you…we almost…oh God.”
With a slight grin, I made my way over to her and placed my hands on her arms. Her back was faced toward me as she stared out the window. The moment I touched her, though, she jerked away.
“Don’t touch me.”
My hands instantly went up. She spun around and looked at me like I was some sort of monster. My heart sank to my stomach.
“That shouldn’t have happened,” she stated.
“Why not?” I asked. “I wanted to do that, and I’m pretty damn sure you told me yes.”
Her throat bobbed as she forced herself to swallow and find the words to speak. “I did, I mean, I wanted you…but no. It can never happen again, Tanner.”
“Never?” I asked with a smirk and took a step toward her.
“Never!” she shouted. “It was a mistake, and if I hadn’t been drinking, I would never have allowed you to touch me. Ever.”
I took a step back in shock. “Are you saying I took advantage of you? I told you to tell me to stop if you didn’t want me to touch you.”
“No, I’m not saying that at all. I did want you, but it was only because I had a moment of insanity and irrational thoughts.”
It felt like a dagger hit me right in the heart. Timberlynn looked as if she might burst into tears.
“A moment of insanity and irrational thoughts?” I asked in a confused voice.
She looked down, then back up. For a moment I thought she was going to come to me. She looked so lost. Then her body went rigidly straight and she lifted her chin. “I’m not Lindsey or some girl on the rodeo circuit, or your special friend you can fuck and then walk away from.”
I narrowed my eyes at her. “I never said you were. I don’t want a quick fuck with you. I want more, and I thought you knew that. I thought you felt the same way.”
She let out a shallow laugh. “Oh, so you want more? Is that what this is? Mess around with me, and see if you’re ready to settle down for a bit?”
I shook my head as I tried to make sense of what was happening. “What are you even talking about?”
“No, thank you, Tanner. Not interested.”
My confusion was replaced by anger. “You sure as hell were interested a few moments ago, and all day when you let me flirt with you, even hold your hand.”
Panic flashed across her face as she looked away. She was thinking of something to say, a response that would invalidate what we’d shared that day. I saw the moment she picked the words she would use as her weapon. Her entire body went stiff. She didn’t bother to look at me when she launched them out in full attack. “You’re the last man I would want