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I drop her onto the mattress. She laughs as she reaches for the button on my jeans. She's much more adept at getting my fly undone. I shove the jeans down. Her hand wraps around my cock. I'm so hard, that I groan with need as she touches me.

"Nev, I might come just looking at you." I gaze down at her stretched out on my bed. Every inch of her is breathtaking.

I lean down over her and take a nipple into my mouth. I suckle it and tease it with my tongue. Her hand smooths over my back as she arches her body toward me. I pause to pull a condom from my nightstand.

"Why am I not surprised you've got one handy," she says wryly.

"You know me—I'm a responsible little bugger."

She pushes her head back into the pillow and laughs. It's so normal and familiar with her. It's as if we've been together forever.

Her laughter fades. "You are something, Zander," she gazes up at me with admiration, and my chest tightens. This has started. It's always been there, waiting on the edges, teasing us and then tossing in one disappointment after another, but it was always there. We've always loved each other. We were both just too stubborn to admit it.

"I'm only something because of you, Nev. I'm nothing without you." My mouth comes down over hers as I lean down. The muscles in my arms shake as I hold myself up, both not wanting to crush her beneath my weight and because I know once my body touches hers, it's all over. I won't be able to stop. I pull from the kiss and stare down at her. "Are you sure?"

She stares up at me long enough that I worry she's changed her mind. I prepare for both the physical and mental anguish of the heartbreaking possibility.

Nev curls her hand around my neck. "Zander Wilde, I've been sure for years, so if you don't fuck me soon, I might die from anticipation."

"I know the feeling," I growl and kiss her again. My hand sweeps under her ass and I push her pussy higher. I watch her beautiful face as I slide into her. Her hot, wet pussy swallowing every inch of me. She moans with pleasure as I fill her. I move slowly inside of her, rocking back and forth as she meets my movements with her own. Her fingers dig into my arms.

"Zander." My name comes out on a soft erotic whisper.

I lean my face close to her ear. "Say it again. Just like that."

"Zander," she repeats. My movements speed up. She wraps her silky legs around me to lift herself up and meet my thrusts. My fingers dig into the flesh on her ass, holding her tightly against me as I impale her over and over.

Her fingernails dig into my arms. "Zander, yes, fuck yes!"

A hot flush covers her skin, and her legs tighten around me as her pussy clenches around my cock. Her body trembles and writhes beneath me as I, too, fall over the edge of an orgasm. Still buried deep inside her, I come. I collapse down next to her and take her into my arms. She snuggles against me, and I'm searching for another time in my life when I've ever felt this fucking happy, but I can't find it.

Nev kisses my chest. "Well, pal, do you think we can make this work?"

"It'll probably go better if you don't call me pal."

Her laughter tickles my chest. She peers up at me. "But I feel like you're my pal too. Is that all right? Bestie?"

"Bestie works but not when we're naked in bed." I smooth my hand down her back and give her bottom a quick spank.

She squirms. "Wow, ok, point taken. Everyone is going to lose their shit."

"Oh yeah, this'll be as big a news story as when old John Morris smashed his fishing boat on the rocks in the cove. But you know, I don't think anyone will be all that surprised."

"No, I guess not. I mean I think we're more surprised than them." She yawns. "I'm still feeling the effects of yesterday's nightmare."

"Yeah, me too, but my headache finally went away. I think sex is better than aspirin."

"Not sure if the two are interchangeable, but I suppose if your headache comes back, we could give it another go and test the theory."

I lift my hand to my temple. "You know I'm feeling one coming on right now."

"Hmm, is that so? Well then …"

twenty-six

Nev

Zander is in the round pen when I arrive at the ranch. Colin and Nate are riding, too. Colin sees me first. "Hey, Zander, your lover is here," he teases.