His lips met hers, his hands cradling her ass as he spun them away from the door and walked her toward his built-in couch. “God, you’re making me crazy.” He eased her down until her back hit the soft gray cushion, black pillows resting against her arms.
Sarah had never been so turned on in her life. Flaming heat licked its way across every inch of her body, a need so intense it had her core trembling and aching for release.
Cooper came down on top of her, holding his weight above her.
“You have too many clothes on,” Sarah said, reaching for his shirt, greedily tugging at the material and trying to force it out of her way. He reached behind him, grabbing the material, dragging it over his head, and tossing it to the floor.
“Better?” he asked with a sexy quirk of his lips.
“Much.”
Her hands went right to his chest, splaying out across the hard muscles. She traced each defined line, staring in amazement and the perfection beneath her hands.
He let her explore for a few moments then grabbed her wrists and pushed them above her head again. “My turn,” he said, tugging at her dress.
With a soft moan, he inched her dress down farther until it was nothing but a pile on the floor. An awed smirk spread across his face as he looked down at her in nothing more than a black lace bra and matching panties.
His intense stare, filled with hunger and desire, flicked up and down her body in long torturous glances. She squirmed under the heated craving of his gaze.
She knew she was in great shape, thanks to her dedicated treadmill regime. But being the attention of someone’s desire, knowing that he was absorbing every inch of her body, looking as if he were burning it to memory made her unsure of herself.
Her arms instinctively wrapped around her midsection, but Cooper quickly pushed them out of the way. “Don’t,” he said, so much yearning in that one fervent word. His eyes met hers, pools of navy blue darkened with passion. “The first thing about having fun is to not think. Let go of any insecurities you have because trust me”—his gaze dragged over her body, a red-hot hunger burning bright in his irises—“you have no reason to have any.”
Normally, she was able to keep her insecurities bottled up on the inside, but Cooper had stripped her bare, mind and body. She couldn’t hide from him. Not anymore.
The tension that crept into her veins when his hungry eyes turned on her began to loosen. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pushed her fingers through his hair.
Looking up at him, she fell into those beautiful eyes and she was afraid that if they kept talking she would fall further with no return. Cooper Hayes was the type of guy she could fall in love with if she let herself. But she couldn’t. Cooper didn’t do relationships.
Cooper Hayes was meant to be a good time, and she had to remember that.
She lifted up, brushing her lips against his ever so softly before pulling away. “No more talking,” she said then crashed her lips to his in frantic desire, showing him what she really wanted.
He didn’t disappoint, of course, taking the lead and scooping her up until she was straddling his lap. His erection pressed insistently against her. The only thing between them was the thin lace of her panties and his jeans that she desperately wanted to rip off.
His hands ran down her arms then found their way to her waist, wrapping around her midsection. She grinded against him, showing him what she desired most as she reached down for his zipper.
He groaned as his head fell back. She was about to get the stubborn button through the hole when he stood up, securing a hand beneath her ass.
A small yelp escaped her lips as he walked her to the ladder that led up to his tiny bedroom. “I need more room than the couch,” he said as he released his grip and let her slide down the front of his body. He nodded to the ladder. “Go.”
Knowing what was awaiting her once she got to the top, she didn’t waste a second as she placed one foot on the bottom rung and hoisted herself up. By the time she got to the second his hand came around her, halting her advances.
His tongue swirled over the curve of her ass as he pulled the material out of the way. She sucked in a ragged breath as hot need coursed through her body.
“I love these, but they’re in the way,” he said as his fingers hooked into her panties and ripped them down to her ankles.
There she was, standing on a ladder, completely exposed to this impossible man with an insatiable appetite. She kicked the strips of lace out of the way and went to continue up the stairs when his hands pressed into her stomach, pushing her back to his insistent mouth.
His finger slid through her slick folds, and her hands tightened on the ladder preparing for more of his assault. A loud moan tore from her mouth as his tongue replaced his finger, and a parade of tiny explosions detonated throughout her entire body.
Letting her inhibitions disappear she leaned into that devilish tongue, absorbing every delicious sensation it created. His hands dug into her sides, and she could feel his satisfied moans against her swollen folds.
Her body jerked as his thumb came down on her sensitive button, rubbing slow insistent circles. She felt herself moving toward the edge, a tight coil growing ever tighter with each stroke of his tongue and swipe of his finger.
Gradually a tremor moved up her body pushing her toward the fall. She closed her eyes ready to succumb when a large hand came down gently but with enough force to knock her away from the edge.
Cooper stepped up on the ladder behind her, pressing his body against hers, his mouth brushing her ear. “I told you I want to see your face when you come.”
His words sent her spiraling. The need to feel him inside her grew with each breath. She reached behind her, cupping his straining erection. “You need to free him first,” she said, forcing herself to keep her voice steady.
In one quick motion, Cooper jumped from the ladder and within seconds was back behind her, bare and eager. His length pressed against her back, and she reached behind her taking him in her hand. She stroked up and down, causing him to groan and making her feel for the first time together in control.
She was used to being in control. It was who she was, but somehow Cooper managed to strip her of it completely, and for once she was okay with letting someone else take the reins.
“After you,” he said, his hand resting on her ass and giving it a little push up.
She let him go and climbed the rest of the way until she was at the top, looking down at him and his tiny home beneath him. She crawled to the bed, knowing the space wouldn’t accommodate her height.
Cooper stood, his size becoming apparent in the small space. He was bent at a ninety-degree angle as he stalked over to her. His eyes focused and determined. A carefree smile pulled at his lips just as he tackled her to the bed.
“Cooper!” she exclaimed, but couldn’t help the laugh that burst from her at the unexpected playfulness.
They wrestled a little, laughing like two teenagers before he flipped her beneath him and pinned her hands above her head.
She smiled up at him, trying so hard to remember the last time she felt this free. “Why do I feel like you watched a lot of WrestleMania when you were a kid?”
“Because I did.”
“Knew it,” she said with a laugh.
“I bet you played with Barbies and had all of their outfits color coordinated.”
She tried to hide her smile as she looked away. “Maybe.”
He turned her face back to his, tucking her hair behind her ear. She could feel the shift from hot passion to sweet affection. Fear began to overshadow her carefree state. She wasn’t ready for the night to end, but it also couldn’t become something it wasn’t.
She reached down, stroking his incessant erection until the sweet affection turned to pure hot desire. His lips came down on hers hard and demanding. The fear dissipated with each stroke of his tongue.
He dipped his head, taking her nipple into his mouth as he pinched the other between
his fingers. Her body arched into his, greedy with want. It took him only seconds to get her wound up again.
She heard the sound of a drawer opening then the rip of a wrapper
She opened her lust heavy eyes as he rolled the condom on then came over her. “No turning back,” he said as he glanced down at her.
“Good.”
He positioned himself at her slick entrance then caught her gaze just as he thrust inside her. She moaned as she adjusted to his size.
“Shit, baby,” he said as his body stilled as if he needed a moment to adjust, too. The veins in his arms bulged, his breaths evening out before he started to move.
Each slow thrust basked her in ecstasy, showing her all that she had been missing out on over the years.
His hand cupped her cheek, his thumb running across her heated skin. “Look at me,” he demanded.
She opened her eyes, meeting his blue ones seeing that sweet affection again and wishing she could look away but the truth was she couldn’t. No matter how much she wanted to avoid succumbing to the growing feelings she’d been trying to ignore she simply couldn’t. They were stronger than her. Persistent and unwavering as they grew with each laugh, smile, glance and touch he sent in her direction.
She was under his spell and she had never been more content with defeat. She embraced it, wrapping her arms around his neck, staring into the dark pools of blue as he pushed the boundaries of pleasure until she was teetering on that edge.
This time he didn’t stop, letting her fall into the abyss. Stars exploded behind her eyes as hot waves crashed into her.
“That’s right. Let go, baby.” His voice sent her spiraling further. Her body racked with tremors as the pleasure continued to flow through her at unyielding speed. She didn’t want it to end, but at the same time it was so intense, and she didn’t know how much more her body could take.
Just as her breathing slowed, the tremors turned to mere aftershocks, Cooper got on his knees, pulling her legs up over his waist and pumped into her with unrelenting thrusts.
She tightened her legs around him, holding on for the ride. His hand came down just below her shoulder, dragging down her breasts and over her stomach before stopping at her swollen nub. He swiped his thumb across the bundle of nerves, and her body wrenched at the intense pleasure it shot through her.
He continued to rub sweet circles as he pumped into her over and over until she cried out his name, her head falling back against the pillows. He thrust one last time, his body tensing then twitching as he spilled his release.
A moment later, he collapsed beside her, his breaths coming in short jagged gasps. She found the strength to push up on her elbow and look down at him.
With a smile she said, “That was fun.”
Chapter 5
Cooper laughed. Sarah’s playful side that he knew was hidden beneath the aloofness had come out to play with him.
He propped himself on his elbow, mirroring her, and nodded. “Told you a little fun was good for you.”
“Is that what you tell all the girls you bring up here?”
“What girls?”
“Oh please. I’m not naïve. I know your reputation.”
“Not denying it, but I’m also not lying. Since I built this place I haven’t had a single girl here. Other than family that is.”
Her eyes widened in either shock or awe, he couldn’t really tell. “Why me?”
“Why not you?”
She bit her lip, and damn if that didn’t get him hard again. “That’s not an answer.”
He reached up, running a finger down her cheek, needing to feel her again. “There’s something about you, Sarah. I just can’t resist.”
“I know what you mean.” Her eyes dropped away, and he lifted her chin. He liked looking at her, loved how whatever she didn’t say was visible in the dark round orbs of her eyes.
She was resistant to whatever this was between them, scared maybe, but he needed her to know that he was willing to try if she was. In all of his years and travels, he had never met someone like her. Someone who made him not want to quickly jump out of bed and figure out a way to get her to leave. No. He wanted her to stay. He wanted to go to sleep with her in his arms and wake up in the morning exactly the same way.
“You hungry? Thirsty?” he asked her, needing to get out of his head.
“I could go for a water.”
He kissed her head and got up, moving across the small space not bothering to cover up. He loved the blush that crept up her neck when he caught her staring at his ass. Loved the way her tongue dabbed her swollen lips when she caught sight of his slowly shrinking erection. But what he really loved was the way her dark eyes lightened whenever he looked into them. How he could almost see past the carefully placed cold façade that she placed between them on that first day to the girl who just wanted to break free and have a little fun.
“One water, coming right up,” he said as he made his way down the ladder.
He bent down to his mini fridge and pulled out two bottles of water. When he turned to go back, he was blessed with an amazing view of Sarah’s ass coming down the ladder.
She didn’t bother to cover up and while to most it wouldn’t seem like a big deal after what they’d just shared, he had a feeling for Sarah, being exposed and vulnerable like this, was a very big deal. It made him think she was comfortable with him.
“Hey,” he said, coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her. He pressed the cold bottle against her breast, causing her to jump back into his chest.
He smiled, holding the bottle in front of her. “One water as promised.”
“Thanks,” she said, but her voice sounded distant as she moved away from him, her eyes scouring the small space.
“What are you looking for?”
“My purse. Have you seen it?”
“Did you grab it when we left the truck?” he asked before taking a swig of water.
“Shit,” she retorted.
He could almost feel the tension rolling off of her in waves.
“What’s the matter?”
“My phone is in my bag and…” She took a deep breath before continuing. “I just like to have it when I’m not with Tommy in case something…”
Fully aware of her momentary freak out, Cooper stepped toward her, snaking his hand around her waist and drawing her close. He reached up, tucking her hair behind her ear. “I’m sure he’s fine, but if you want I’ll go get your phone.” He didn’t like the unease in her eyes, the tension in her shoulders. He would do anything to ease her growing worry.
She shook her head. “You know what. You’re right. He’s slept over with his friends before. I know the mom. He’s in good hands.”
“I know someone else in good hands,” he said as he let his fingers slide down her bare sides to the curve of her ass. He grabbed the round globe, massaging the thick flesh and drawing her tight against him. His erection jumped back to life, pressing insistently against her stomach.
“Oh,” she said as he made his intentions known and kissed her neck. “Pretty sure of yourself?”
He responded with a nip at her shoulder. She let out a startled screech that turned to laughter—better than the sounds of Sutherland Falls after a four-day trek along the Milford Track in New Zealand’s South Island.
“Do I have a reason not to be?” he asked, trailing his lips down to the two perfect mounds and swirling his tongue around her nipple.
“No,” she breathed.
“That’s what I thought.” He reached down, grabbing her ass and hoisting her up. She wrapped her legs around him as he walked them to the couch.
He sat down on the cushion, her legs straddling his hips, and dipped his head, taking her nipple back in his mouth. She tasted sweet and salty—the perfect combination.
Her fingers thrust into his hair, tugging at the strands as he grazed his teeth over the tight bud.
“Want to play a game?” he asked against her skin.
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“Truth or Dare.”
“That’s a kid’s game.”
“Not the way I play,” he said with a tilt of his lips. “So truth or dare?” She didn’t respond right away so he ran a finger over her hardened nipple. “Come on, Sarah, you know you want to.”
“Dare,” she said.
“I did not think you were a dare type of girl.”
“Neither did I.”
“You threw me. Now I have to think here.”
“While you’re thinking, truth or dare?”
“That’s not how this works.”
“What can I say? I’m impatient. Truth or dare?”
“Truth,” he said, and she smiled. “Didn’t expect that, huh?”
“I’m realizing when it comes to you I have to expect the unexpected. So Cooper, tell me… Did you think the night would end like this?”
“I never like to be too sure of myself, and I had no expectations.”
She rolled her eyes. “Right.”
“No, really. I honestly wanted to go out with you, and I didn’t care if we ended up back here or not. Though, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t hope we would. Was this your plan all along tonight?” he asked, but she rested a finger against his mouth and shook her head.
“I believe I said dare, not truth. You’re going to have to wait till my next turn.”
“That’s how we’re going to play this?” he asked, and she nodded. “Okay then. I dare you to touch yourself.”
Her eyebrows knitted together. “No.”
A devilish smile spread across his face. “Yes.”
“I won’t.”
“You have to.”
She straightened her shoulders which put her tits right in front of his mouth. He couldn’t help himself capturing a perfectly tight nipple between his teeth. A sexy moan rose in her throat. “I’m waiting,” he said as he pulled away.
Her hand came up slowly, her fingers brushing ever so slightly against the now wet bead. Her lips parted as she traced the light brown circle, causing his cock to pulse with need. She worried her lip between her teeth, and he nearly exploded at the sight as she pinched the bud between two fingers.
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