Page 129 of A Bond Beyond Blood

I lifted my hips, obliging, and she sucked in a breath, then rocked again.

Her hair cascaded around us, filling my nose with the scent of her.My girl.My Jackie.All over me, surrounding me,kissingme.

My cock swelled, twitching to get closer to her, eager to get past the layers of clothing between us.

The thundering footsteps on the stairs outside told me that wasn’t going to happen.

I froze, waiting for Vinny to rip the door off the hinges and break my neck.

But he stopped on the other side.Waiting.

What’s his game?

“Gannon,” Jackie breathed, kissing my unmoving lips.She pulled back, brow furrowed as her eyes flicked back and forth between mine.“G?”

With a sigh, I dropped my hands to the couch.“Your boyfriend’s home.”

Her gaze flicked to the door, and I swear the scent of her deepened, grew more pungent.It slipped past my nose and down to grip a fist around my balls.

Jesus fucking Christ, was she turned on by the idea of him catching us like this?

He’d choke me with my own erection, and that probably wouldn’t even be the worst of it!

When she looked at me again, she laughed at my wide eyes.

“Relax, Gannon.He’s not going to hurt you.”

Vinny snorted on the other side of the door and her eyes sparkled with mirth.

What was I missing?I was definitely missing something.

“Thank you for coming over.”Jackie smiled in that soft way of hers and another piece of my broken heart snapped back into place.She was coming back to me.Little by little, baby steps, even, she was making her way back to me.We’d be okay again.

“I should get to bed,” she said, a hint of regret tightening her voice.“I have to be downstairs early tomorrow.”

I inhaled a deep breath, wincing when my cock twitched against her heat.

Jackie shivered and rolled her hips forward absently.

I glanced back at the door.He still hadn’t come inside.What the fuck was happening here?He had to be able to smell her the way I could, right?Was that a vampire thing or just amething, like, because I was so attuned to her already?

The door opened and Vinny strode inside.“You heard her.Time’s up, kid.Tick tock.”His gaze landed on her and he didn’t even try to hide the hunger in his eyes.He licked his lips and I dropped my head back, staring at the ceiling as, in my peripheral, she climbed off of me, then strode down the hall to their bedroom without another word.

“Fuck me,” I murmured.

“Not this time, kiddo.But you did good.She’s definitely smiling.”

Before I’d even managed to pull myself off the couch, throbbing cock and all, he’d disappeared down the hall.The bed creaked as he tossed her on top of it, followed by murmuring I couldn’t quite make out, and then Jackie made a sound of pleasure I’d never heard before that grabbed a hold of my cock and shattered my pride all at once.

Jesus, what was he doing to her?

Something thumped against the wall, then she screamed his name, andI swear to GodI’ve never moved so fast in my life.I was down the stairs and halfway across the street before I even realized I’d taken a step forward.I glanced back at her apartment, thankful I’d at least thought to close the front door behind me, then I stared longingly at that door.

This was one of those times that throwing myself off the balconywithoutlanding on my feet would have come in handy.

But since Iwouldland on my feet, I let that thought anchor me.

Because I would land on my feet with Jackie, too.He may have her now, but she wanted me.A lot.And if we were competing, it really wasn’t a fair fight.

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