Page 45 of An Ex Affair

“Just getting the dirt off,” she muttered.

She finally stood, fully dressed, in front of me. She folded her arms across her chest, looking so damn cute with a frown on herface and the shine of sweat on her brow like she’d just gotten thoroughly fucked.

I bent down and kissed her, holding her face in my hands and backing her up until her back hit a tree trunk. All my frustration and want came through the kiss. I was semi-hard again just from kissing her. She let me devour her mouth, giving me time to get it all out before she slowed the kiss and banded her hands around my wrists.

“Hey,” she whispered against my lips. “Next time, let’s try someplace a little more comfortable, huh?”

Breathing hard, I flexed my hips against her, letting her feel exactly what she did to me. “So, like, not against this tree?”

Tully’s eyes were wide as she stared up at me. “I mean, I guess?—”

She didn’t even get the rest of that thought out before my hands were shoving her jeans back down her legs. I only got one leg out, but that was fine. Tully jumped and I caught her, pressing her against the tree as I slid right back inside her. I wasn’t quite hard enough, but I knew if she gave me a second, I could get there. I rested my forehead against hers, just relishing the feel of her around me. So hot and wet and perfect. She must have known what I needed because she started whispering words I’d never heard out of her mouth before.

“Have I told you how much I love your cock, Colson Wolfe?”

I flexed my hips, feeling new life pumping into my veins. “Tell me how much, baby.”

She kissed the side of my cheek, then my chin, making her way across my face. “Best dick ever. Hard, long, just the right size for taking my breath away. I think I’m going to need your cock every day here in Blueball. Pussy or throat, doesn’t matter. Think you can do that for me?”

Yep. Her words worked like magic. I pulled out and thrust back in, hearing her little gasp of air. My dick was back.

“I think I can do every day and twice on Sunday.” I gritted my teeth and railed her right against the tree until she screamed my name again, nails clawing at my shoulders. This round I took her on my timeline, setting a fast hard pace right through her orgasm and into mine. Tully lay against me afterward, not one single bone in her body holding her up.

When I caught my breath, I pulled her away from the tree and lowered her to her feet, massaging blood back into her arms and torso. Her head was still buried in my chest like she was asleep on her feet.

“Take me to bed, Colson,” she murmured.

“Baby, we live with my mom. You’re gonna have to put pants on first.”

She snorted against my chest and finally lifted her head. “Oh jeez. I really need to buy my own place.”

I squatted down and helped her leg back into her jeans, acting casual even with my heart hammering in my chest again. “Yeah? You thinking of buying a house?”

Tully leaned heavily on my shoulders, letting me pull up her pants and button them. I may have copped a squeeze of her ass along the way, but that was the tax she paid for making me dress her.

“Yeah. I have a job here. Now I need a house here.”

Hope wasn’t something I let myself feel often, but I felt it then. Intensely, actually. I knew this thing with Tully was just physical, but hearing her talk about sticking around Blueball had hope rising in my chest for the first time in nineteen years. The thing was, I wouldn’t press her for anything more than she could give. I’d made the mistake of not listening to her when we were kids. I hadn’t realized how much her mama’s behavior had affected her. Now that I knew, I wouldn’t make the same mistake twice.

I whistled for Hayes, who lifted his head and lazily got to his feet when he saw we were leaving. I rescued my shirt, slipping it on and putting my hand on Tully’s back to lead her to my truck. She got inside and I made sure she buckled up before I detoured to the carriage house on foot to drop Hayes off with Sophia. Tully’s mom was sitting on the couch reading when I knocked and came in. She gave me a once-over as I filled up Hayes’s food and water bowls, but she didn’t say a word. I almost got out of the house when she called over her shoulder.

“Tell Tully good night for me.” Then she started giggling, sounding just like her daughter.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Tully

This was probably the strangest,yet best week I’d had in years. Colson and I were still living under Gigi’s roof, but Mama’s kitchen was almost done and it was truly a work of art. Our mamas were giving us not-so-subtle side-eye all the time, which made it quite hard to sneak around. We’d been interrupted every time Colson and I tried to sneak out of the house for nefarious purposes. I was starting to think we were being thwarted on purpose.

Despite that, I still tiptoed into his room every night to sleep. The man had made snuggling an art form, especially when he woke me up with work-rough hands massaging my back, legs, and arms.

Today I was out on the coast, helping Em build the fireplace in the incredible living room of her rich client. The rock I’d ordered from a tiny place in New York, who sourced all their material from Italy, had finally arrived. Pip and Savannah slipped back into the room to gawk as Em and I were installing the rock. It was dirty, hard work, especially because Em wasn’tcleared to be back to full workload, which meant I needed to step up to help.

“Don’t you two have some bathroom vanities to install?” Em barked, nearly sending me off my ladder. The woman was tiny but she possessed a bark definitely worse than her bite.

The two ran from the room with barely repressed peals of laughter. I turned to look at their retreat, making my own laughter bubble up. Pip had both meaty fists in the air, middle fingers raised. Em just rolled her eyes and bit back a smile. I’d tried to keep the same relaxed, friendly atmosphere on my show, but quickly found that constant cameras, microphones, and bossy directors kept most of the people around me from relaxing enough to be friendly in return.

“I love it here,” I said wistfully, realizing this warm glow coming from my chest was new.

---