Page 99 of Begin Again

Chapter 28

My eyelids kept drooping shut. I was bored to death. Our instructor was anything but motivated and just read aloud some random historical facts from a packaged presentation. Film and TV was normally one of my favorite classes, but today it was monotonous beyond compare.

Kaden, sitting a few rows behind me, seemed to feel the same. Whenever I stole a glance at him, he was playing with his cell phone or gazing at the ceiling of the stuffy classroom. I tried not to be caught staring at him, but it wasn’t easy. Especially since I knew how it felt to have his muscular arms wrapped around my naked body.

When I left the room after class, Kaden was right behind me. He reached for my hand and entwined his fingers with mine. He had done this a lot in the last few days. He touched me whenever he had a chance, no matter who was close enough to see us.

I liked it. A lot.

“I want you. Now,” he whispered, as we walked together outside. He brushed his lips against mine.

We had arrived in the parking lot. Students were streaming past us on their way to lunch.

“Come here,” murmured Kaden, pushing me right into his Jeep. Then he kissed me full on.

“Kaden,” I said, struggling to speak. “We’re in public.”

He mumbled into my mouth. “You should be glad you got out of that classroom alive.”

I smiled and pushed him back. His eyes were dark, and he could hardly control his heavy breathing. Over the last few days I’d learned a lot about him, especially that he was always ready for anything.

“Want to go on a hike?” I whispered.

He grumbled.

“I have to work on an essay later, but I would love to go to the mountain,” I suggested, surprising myself a little with how seductive my voice sounded. “And there are other things we can do after that.”

Kaden didn’t need to be told twice. In the blink of an eye he had off-loaded me to the passenger seat and started up the engine. But in the end we didn’t manage to bring this plan to fruition. We didn’t go for a hike. We didn’t even leave the Jeep. Instead we parked at the edge of the mountain, the only car visible for miles. I’d planned to give him a quick kiss, but somehow I ended up straddling his lap.

I clung to his shoulders as he plunged his hand up my sweatshirt and under the shirt beneath it.

“I thought we wanted to hike,” I sighed as we kissed.

“You wanted to hike,” he corrected me and moved his hips until his erection pressed against my pants. I pushed into him. “I just wanted you.”

I looked into his warm eyes.

“You have me,” I whispered, stroking his stubbly cheeks. “You have every last bit of me.”

“Come here,” he whispered, his voice gruff.

“I’m already here.”

“That’s not what I mean.” Kaden ran his hands over my waist and farther down, until he reached the edge of my pants. The elastic band made them great for hiking—and easy for Kaden to pull off.

I fiddled with Kaden’s belt and gave a triumphant cry when it came free, followed by his pants and boxers, pushed down as low as necessary. Breathless, Kaden laughed and reached down to help me. Then he kissed me again, with hunger and passion.

“Come here,” he murmured again. How he’d managed to pull on a condom I didn’t know—or care. I groaned as he pulled me onto his lap and then entered me.

For a moment we looked at each other, panting. Then Kaden held my waist. I lifted my pelvis, then sank back down. Again and again and again. Kaden helped me find our rhythm, although I could tell how hard it was for him to let me be in charge.

Our eyes locked as we moved together, each setting the other’s body on fire. We rocked faster, with more desperation, and our gasping filled the car.

Kaden groaned my name. And then he touched the spot that drove me crazy. I came soon afterward, calling his name, and Kaden followed suit. Exhausted, I collapsed against him and smiled into the crook of his neck.

“I like that much better,” murmured Kaden.

Disentangling myself, I looked at him, eyebrows raised.

“Making you smile instead of cry, I mean.” He frowned as if he couldn’t quite believe he’d just said what he’d said.

Now with my forehead against his, I smiled even wider.

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