Page 21 of Heat & Hard Candies

He moved inside me slowly and smoothly, dragging me back to the edge as we made out.

I pulled away before I came again, lifting my lips to his ear and murmuring, “I’m yours, Kyle.”

He snarled, his body shuddering, then swelling.

I screamed my pleasure as I came harder and faster than ever, his erection growing bigger as he fucked me.

One climax became two, then three, when the heat of his release flooded my channel.

“I wasn’t done with you, wicked little thing.” His words were gravel, his eyes bright and hot.

I arched on his cock, still panting as I tried to recover from my climaxes. “You can only get off twice.”

“Until I recover.” He carried me out of the shower, still impaled on his cock until we reached the nearest hot spring. He set me down on the ledge and slipped into the water, opening my legs wide before he looked up at me. “You’re so fucking beautiful.”

“You make me feel like I am,” I admitted.

His chest rumbled, and he kissed my core until I was coming again, on his mouth.

Then he fucked me again.

When we finally settled into the hot springs, his arms were wrapped around me and I was sitting on his lap. The tension between us was gone completely, and I felt good.

Really, really good.

Jordan and everyone else returned shortly after that, and when they did, they brought food. I tried not to make eye contact with any of them at first, feeling awkward as hell, but Kyle chatted with them and thanked them as if nothing had been weird at all.

So, my awkward feeling faded.

We sat on the rock ledge, letting our feet dangle into the spring while we ate.

When we were done, we sank back into the water, and Kyle asked me about my favorite series. He remembered the name of it, and when I launched into a basic explanation of the plot, he asked all the right questions to keep the conversation going. We talked about it for hours, and I enjoyed the discussion with him even more than the one I had with Oz.

Kyle was just… fun.

And funny.

He made things easy, and he made me happy.

I couldn’t think of any more important trait I wanted in a man, other than the basics of honesty and loyalty and whatnot. ButI knew him well enough from seeing him play Survival month after month to be confident that he had those traits too.

And every time we interacted, I was even more sure that I’d chosen right.

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KYLE

Oz was gonewhen we got back from the hot springs that night, just like I’d planned. I’d warned Launa about it, and though she rolled her eyes at me, she couldn’t hide her amusement at the way I was targeting anyone she might be interested in.

It fucking sucked to go back to acting like we weren’t together, but the eleventh day was done.

Which meant there were only fifteen days left.

Barely more than two weeks.

The time was passing quickly, and we’d be done before we knew it.

The next two days were over soon enough, and then the next puzzle challenge arrived.

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