Page 44 of Lovers at Seaside
PARKER WAS BONELESS again, floating in the post-lovemaking daze she’d come to know, to crave, with Grayson. He gathered her in his arms and laid her on the bed, following her down.You love me, you love me, you love me.She ached to tell him she’d been falling in love with him for months, but they were supposed to be taking their lives day by day, living fornow, and the fear of laying her heart on the line without knowing what the future held was too much. What would happen when she went back to her life in California? And after his foundation work was completed? His life was here at the Cape, and hers was all over the place, depending on the roles she took on. She knew it didn’t make a lick of sense to think it would hurt less if they broke up and she hadn’t said she loved him, but she was learning that when it came to love, nothing made sense.
He brushed her hair from her face, a tender smile on his. “Had enough, baby?”
“No.”I love you.“You promised me more.”
“I always keep my promises.” He brushed his thumb over her lips. “I love your mouth, baby. And your eyes. And your cheeks. And most of all, your—”
“Heart?”I love your heart.
His eyes turned wicked. “That, too, but I was going to say your knockers.”
She laughed, loving his sense of humor. “You were not.”
“You’re right. I was going to say your sweet, delicious…kisses.”
She rolled her eyes.I love your kisses, your touch, that wicked love machine between your legs.
“Yes, yourheart, you dirty girl. I love that sweetness between your legs, too, in case you’re wondering, but that’s just an added bonus.”
Her jaw gaped.
“And I love that, right there. That oh-my-gosh-you-filthy-pig look you give me. You love to hear me talk dirty, but you hate that I know you do.”
Spot. On. Another reason I love you.She pushed his shoulders, urging him lower. “Stop teasing and keep your promise.”
He framed her face with his hands and kissed her softly.
“Grayson?”I love you.
“Yes, dirty girl?”
“Stop.” She playfully swatted his arm. “I’m being serious.”
“Love you, baby,” he said between kisses.
His words wound around her as they made love again. Her thoughts ebbed and flowed.I love you. I’m scared. I love you. I love you.
She lay in his arms afterward, their bodies spent from their lovemaking, her heart bursting with love.
“Sleep, baby. I’ve got you,” Grayson murmured.
You do, Grayson. You definitely do.
Chapter Seventeen
“KURT HAD TO fly back to New York for a book signing.” Leanna bounced her little boy, Sloan, on her hip. At just over a year old, he was the spitting image of her, with brown hair and the prettiest hazel eyes Parker had ever seen.
Parker was glad she and Grayson had seen Kurt earlier in the week, when they’d gotten together at Pete and Jenna’s beach house for dinner. She and Grayson had been spending the early-morning hours consuming each other instead of food. But they’d made a concerted effort today not to get sidetracked by mind-numbing kisses and spend time with their friends at Seaside. She was glad they’d come. It was fun seeing everyone working together, cooking, and taking care of each other’s babies.
“Too bad Blue and Lizzie and Hunter and Jana couldn’t come. They said they were busy.” Sky picked up a sippy cup from the deck and set it on the table. Grayson had given her a hard time about giving everyone framed copies of their front-page kiss—including, it turned out, each of their friends—but Sky had taken his complaint in stride.A kiss like that should be memorialized.
“They’re busy in bed,” Bella said.
The guys nodded in agreement. Parker wondered if they’d known that’s why she and Grayson hadn’t joined them for breakfast before today.
“You have sex on the brain,” Leanna said to Bella. “They’re probably…”
“In bed,” Sawyer said. “Which is where we’d be if I didn’t have a training session in twenty minutes.”
