put an arm around her. “Don’t you worry, cupcake. I’ll buy you something with the winnings.”
Diana nudged Patrick. “You’ll buy me something if you win, right?”
“Umm.”
“Patrick,” she said and slugged his shoulder, which brought a round a laughter.
“So, when’s the shoot-off?” Patricia asked. “I need to make a note in my betting book.”
Phones, usually prohibited at the Long table, landed on the table as all the men began checking schedules.
“I might can make next Friday,” Benjamin said, “providing the team isn’t called up.”
Danny snorted. “Right. Called out. Sounds like ‘chicken out’.”
“Danny, I swear I’m going to disown you as my brother,” Holly said as she leaned forward to speak around Benjamin.
“Naw,” Danny said. “I’m your favorite brother.”
Holly rolled her eyes.
“You know Blind Harry’s?” Patrick asked Benjamin.
“Sure. I’ve shot there before.”
“Shoot me your cell phone number in case something comes up, and someone can’t make it.”
The shoot-off was set for the following Friday at four.
Benjamin rubbed his hands. He would humble some cops and make a few bucks at the same time. A win-win in his book. .
Over strawberry shortcake with homemade ice cream served in the back yard, Benjamin joined the other guys and the kids for a few sparkler races.
After their goodbyes, Holly and Benjamin went to their respective rides. They waved bye and drove away. About a block away, Benjamin pulled to the side of the road and she pulled up next to him. She held up her overnight bag. He grinned. When he pulled back onto the street, she pulled in behind him and followed him back to his house.
Asking a woman to pack an overnight bag for a stay at his house was a first. Usually, he preferred to have sex at the woman’s place. That way, he was free to leave. Having a woman at his house took away some of his control, and he liked to always be in control. So, why was Holly different? Why wasn’t he freaked out by her coming home with him, knowing full well she wouldn’t be leaving? Was it because she knew he wasn’t in this for the long haul? Hadn’t she said she wanted the same?
Except when this thing had started, sex hadn’t been on the table, and now it was. Would that change their deal?
The minute she crossed his threshold, he had her against the wall, their mouths on each other like starving animals. Hands ran up and down. Clothes were flung to the floor as they made their way to his bedroom.
“Fuck, you’re hot,” he said.
“More action. Less talking,” she said, wrapping her fingers around his stiff cock.
He arched his hips backwards and out of her reach. “Not yet, peaches.” He knelt and nuzzled his nose to her sex. “I’ve been dying for you all day.” He used his thumbs to separate her folds and lick. “Spread your legs for me. Let me taste all of you.”
She did as he asked, widening her stance.
He put one leg over his shoulder to open her up wider for him. He breathed in and blew warm air across her opening.
“I can’t stand here,” she said with a whimper. “My knees are going to give out.”
He stood, flipped her over his shoulder, and raced to his bedroom. He sat her on the edge of the mattress and draped both legs over his shoulders. He tongued her opening while rubbing her hardening nub. On either side of his head, her thighs began to quake and he knew she was close. A hard suck on her pussy sent her over, her hips jerking in response.
“Have you ever done it from behind?” he asked as he covered his erection. Without waiting for her answer, he turned her onto her stomach. “Put your feet on the floor and lift your hips,” he ordered.
As soon as she did, he pushed inside her. She moaned and pushed back against his groin.
He began pounding inside her, her canal squeezing him like a velvet-covered hand. At this rate, he wasn’t going to last long and he wanted it to go all night.
Sweeping her long hair off to the side, he pressed his chest into her back. “Want to see something unbelievably sexy? Turn your head the other way.”
She did, and he couldn’t miss the way her eyes opened wide as she realized there was a mirror, and she was watching him fuck her.
“Have you ever watched yourself be fucked, princess?”
She bit her lip and shook her head.
His fingers dug into her flesh as he held her in