Page 57 of In Full Bloom

Katie’s fingers tug at my hair, bringing me back to this moment. I lick across her breast again, then press my open mouth over the cup of the bra. She arches back, pushing her hips into mine and her chest forward. Her hair spills down her back and I tangle my hand in it, holding her in that position.

“Yeah,” I mutter. “Hotter than the last time.” She utters an unintelligible sound. “I know who you are now.” I use my free hand to tug down the front of the bra. It’s too rigid to move far, but I catch a glimpse of the dusky edge of her nipple. I press my mouth as close as I can to it and suck her skin into my mouth, rolling it between my lips and tongue.

Katie arches back even further with a hiss of pleasure. The sound shoots straight to my groin where my throbbing cock is still pressed against her. “You like putting in the work, huh, cowboy?”

“Only if it’s worth it.” I tug her hair to expose her neck further, so I can tease the skin there with my mouth. I slide myother hand down and grip her ass, admiring the gorgeous curve and how well it fits into my palm.

“Oh, I’ll make sure it’s worth it.” Another groan and a flurry of shivers ripples through her. She pushes her ass back into my hand, trying to change the angle so my fingers brush the inside of her thighs. I’m just beginning to slide them forward when a sharp sound cuts through the room.

Katie’s head jerks up as I slam my eyes closed and press my face into the curve where her neck meets her shoulder. “What’s that?” she asks.

“My alarm,” I say into her neck as I settle both my hands on her waist. She’s stopped grinding down on me and we sit with her across my lap, her fingers in my hair as we pant together. “I set it before in case I fell asleep. I didn’t want to sleep through school pick up.”

“Well, it’s probably a good thing you set it, because we would definitely have missed pick up otherwise.”

I huff a laugh and lift my head, reaching for my phone on the mattress beside me to shut off the alarm.

Katie threads her fingers into my hair and stares at me, her gaze soft as it meets mine. Her confidence from a moment ago seems to have evaporated.

I close the tiny space between us and press my lips against hers in a sweet, chaste kiss. “We’ll resume this another time,” I whisper in the quiet between us.

She nods. “We should probably discuss what all this means at some point too.” She chews her lip, looking nervous and uncertain.

I kiss her again. “We will. Soon. I promise. But, for now, can we be careful around Sadie? I don’t want to confuse her.”

“Of course,” Katie says. She pushes back and slowly climbs off my lap. “Come on, cowboy.” She reaches for my hand and helps pull me off the bed. “Let’s go get your girl.”

I reach for my jeans and laugh as she eyes what’s going on in my underwear. “Your fault, princess.”

She smirks and looks far too pleased with herself.

25

KATIE

I loveSadie with all my heart, but does she have to finish schoolright now?

Dallas was so close—so close—to running his fingers along the centre seam of my leggings when that cursed alarm went off.

I grab my t-shirt off the floor and pull it over my head. When I can see again, I catch sight of Dallas. He has his jeans on now, hiding the impressive sight of his hard length pressing against his dark boxer briefs.

I shiver at the feeling still lingering between my legs, the one caused by spending the last however long grinding my pussy against that dick with only a few layers of thin fabric between us.

Dallas taps at his phone screen a few times, then slides it into his back pocket. He’s still shirtless and the sight of the muscles in his back flexing as he moves nearly sends me to my knees.

It wouldn’t be a bad position to be in right now.

I shake that thought from my head. I have to get it together. We have to pick up Sadie in a few minutes and then I have to go back to work and pretend like I don’t want to climb her dad every chance I get.

Dallas turns and catches me ogling him. “You can’t look at me like that,” he says, his voice raspy. “I’ll never get anything done.”

“Well, maybe you shouldn’t look like that.” I gesture at his shirtless body. “I mean, fuck, I knew what you looked like without your shirt on, but god damn, now I know I get to do that again …” I trail off and bite my lip.

Dallas’s eyes flare with heat as he steps closer. “You get to do it again, and more, princess. Soon.” He presses his hot body against me and leans down to ghost his mouth over mine.

“Stop,” I groan, as a twist of lust lances through my pelvis. I push him away. “You have to not touch me right now or we’re never going to make it to pick up Sadie.” He sighs and runs a hand through his hair. “And please, put your shirt on or I can’t be held responsible for my actions.”

He tips his head back and laughs, then picks up his blood-covered shirt and studies it. “Hopefully I have a clean one in the ute,” he says. “You ready to go?”

---