Page 20 of Beach Reads
You’re going places, Darla. And Jesse…
“You’re gonna get it,” I blurt. “You’re gonna do so well, Hendry.”
His smile is strained. Shy and uncertain. It’s surreal seeing that expression on one of the finest physical specimens on the planet.
“I might not get it, actually. It’s a big role, and the director’s a huge deal. It’ll be competitive. And I’ve stayed onRiptidefor solong, I might be typecast going forward. People might think that this is all there is to me.”
A pretty face and smoldering eyes. That jaw, with its own Twitter account.
“Well I’m sure you’ll get it. But even if not, there will be other roles. Other auditions.” I swallow hard, and I don’t even know where this is coming from. Maybe I’m way off base, but I feel like Jesse needs to hear this.
The famous star ofRiptideneeds my pep talk. Such a weird world.
“It’s going to happen for you, Jesse.” My fingers pluck at the hem of my dress. His eyes are glowing, searing into me from across the room. “If not next week then soon.”
He takes a step forward. The floorboards creak beneath his muscled weight. “My agent doesn’t think so.”
I scoff, irritated. “Then you need a new agent. What an asshole.” And I have about a million more things to say about that, but now Jesse’s coming for me, barreling across the open plan room.
I lift my arms, heart pounding.
He sweeps me up against his chest, lifting me off my freaking feet, and I’m so dazed that I let out only a single squeak when he carries me aloft, then presses me against the wall.
Jesse Hendry hitches my thighs around his hips. He reaches between us, flicking the top button of his jeans open.
“Next time, I’m getting you naked. You hear?”
My salute is wobbly. Not as cocky as I was aiming for. “Yes, sir.”
And I want that too: I want his bare skin sliding over mine; I want the tickle of his chest hair against my boobs; and I want us to sink together, no barriers between us. But there will be plenty of time for all that—our whole lives, if the intuition purring happily in my brain is anything to go by.
“Baby.” Jesse shifts his hips, sliding me a little higher against the wall. The head of his cock nudges at my entrance, and his eyes are so, so blue. “You gonna let me?”
“Yes.” Oh my god, yes.
He presses up into me, letting gravity drag me down onto him at the same time. It’s tight, and the stretch makes my eyes water, but it’s also the best feeling ever. I’m surrounded by him. So filled.
“God.” Jesse rocks his hips forward, and his cock slides an inch deeper. I let out a strangled moan, burying my hands in his dark hair. “I can’t believe you’re letting me do this, Darla. But I’m gonna deserve you. I’m gonna be worthy.”
He already is, and I suck a trail of hot kisses along his throat. Try to show him so.
Jesse grunts and fucks into me deeper.
His muscles flex and shift in his shoulders, and Jesse’s breaths come in short pants as he sets a steady rhythm. With each thrust, each delicious grunt, he fucks me a little harder. A little deeper.
I must be super heavy to hold up like this, but he’s not struggling. The only signs of strain come when I lick his neck or tug his bottom lip between my teeth, and then his thrusts get wilder. Kind of sloppy, in the best way.
Ilikehim uncontrolled. Fraying at the edges with how badly he wants me.
“You’re gonna be a big star, Jesse Hendry.” I tug a fistful of his thick hair. “And I’m gonna work on movies too. And from now, I’m gonna be your woman.”
“Yes.” He flattens me against the wall, bucking into me, sighing as happily as if I’d told him he’d won an Oscar. Like I’m the ultimate prize.
And even though I had his poster on my bedroom wall, I never once in my whole life imagined this could really happen.That Jesse Hendry would want me back; that he’d pop my cherry in his beach house. That he’d grip me and groan into my neck like I’m his personal salvation.
When he jams a hand between us, I frown down in confusion for half a second. Then he starts rubbing at my clit, and paired with the thick length of his cock sawing in and out of me—I see stars.
“Jesus!” My head bangs against the wall.
