Page 161 of Wildest Dreams

I press a kiss against his mouth and Tanner keeps it chaste and gentle, or at least he tries to until his body won’t let him anymore. He pulls back with a groan, gaze dropping to the thick tent in his jeans.

“Fuck,” he pants, quickly gripping it and urging it to go down. “Sorry,” he rasps at me, hunching down once more so that he can kiss me again.

“I know we’re not gonna, uh… be doing anything physical while we’re here,” he murmurs, eyes still on his enormous erection as he rakes a hand through his hair, “but I’m gonna apologise in advance for how hard I’m gonna get when we’re trying to sleep tonight. And when we wake up tomorrow. And probably just every couple of minutes throughout the day when we’re alone together.”

“Will it make it even harder if I say that I love you too?” I breathe.

Tanner’s mouth crashes down to mine and suddenly I’m squealing as we tumble to his bed.

“Say that again,” he rasps, pulling back to look down at me. His eyes are hazy and heated and filled with so much love.

“I love you,” I tell him, feeling my cheeks flush under the directness of his gaze.

“Again,” he demands, licking his lips as he watches me giggle.

“I love you,” I whisper, hands stroking over the swollen muscles of his chest.

“I love you too,” he rumbles, his eyes unblinking as they burn into mine. Heat pools in my stomach as his gaze slow-rakes me up and down. “I love you so much that I wish that I was inside of you right now,” he murmurs, one fist bunching the side of my dress so that he can scrunch it up to the top of my hip. He settles his lap between my legs, thrusting roughly over my panties.

“You’ll have to wait,” I whisper, eyes rolling back as he squeezes my ass.

He thrusts harder, his back muscles rolling, until his bed slams against the wall and I’m instantly yelping, laughing as I shove him off of me.

He laughs, covering his face with his palms, before pulling me against his chest and pressing kisses all over my forehead.

“Maybe they’re still outside and didn’t hear that,” he murmurs, making me giggle as he squeezes my butt.

“We aren’t, and we did!” Wyatt yells through the wall, making my eyes grow wide before I groan into my hands.

Tanner rolls on top of me and shouts a quick, “Mind your goddamn business!”

And then we’re laughing, Tanner holding me tight in his arms.

I fall asleep to the sound of his steadily beating heart.

Chapter 37

Tanner

Present day

“How long’s it gonna be until y’all come back?” Wyatt asks, gravelly as hell because he slept until 2pm today.

We both look up as Aisling makes her way down the stairs. She’s holding her rose in one hand and wearing the only change of clothes that she brought with her for our stop here in Carter Ridge. Denim jeans and a grey fitted long-sleeve shirt, which has me folding my arms over my chest as I watch my brother grin up at her.

Wyatt holds out an arm for her as she reaches the last step so that he can give her a parting side-hug and I stare him out as he gives her a squeeze. I’m not much caring for the smug wink he gives me as he squishes her.

“If you hold my girl any longer, we won’t be coming back, period,” I tell him, only half joking, but he breathes out a laugh and releases Aisling anyway.

Cobe’s tail pounds the hardwood like a jackhammer and he all but purrs when Ash leans down to gently stroke him behind his ears.

She’s still a little anxious about being around such a massive dog but Cobe has been on his best behaviour with her, initial excited pissing aside.

He’s been following her around, giving her his most innocent eyes, and settling down beside her anywhere that she happens to sit. If anything, I think that he can tell that she’s been a little scared, so being gentle while keeping her close is his way of putting her at ease.

And I feel pretty fucking proud of AislingandCobe, because it’s ninety-nine percent worked.

Not one to miss out on a little loving, Cookie shoots down the hallway and flies straight into the calf of my jeans before putting herself right and then trotting over to sniff Aisling goodbye.

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