Page 60 of Cursed Touch
“Am I supposed to?”
He shrugged. “Honestly, I don’t know. I’ve never butted into my family’s sex life,” he said, his lips quirking.
She closed her eyes, thinking back to the moment when her orgasm had consumed her. “Okay, this is probably going to sound strange as hell… You know that moment when you know you’re going to come?”
“Yeah?”
She exhaled. “I felt that, but right after, it was like my mind, body, and soul were torn wide open. Just as soon as I felt that, it went away. Ever since, it’s like this hum running through me. I feel like my normal self, but different.”
He scoffed. “That doesn’t sound strange to me at all because about around then was when I saw the bursts of lights in your eyes. And oddly enough, you feel different to me. We’ll have to ask my family about it. I’m sure they’ll know.”
She turned on her side, facing his chest. He smelled of the bodywash and a distinct scent that was all him. His arm came around her and held her tightly, her softness against his hard body. She did not feel self-conscious to lay naked in his arms. She was where she belonged.
“Sleep, baby. We have time for a nap before we need to get ready and leave,” he whispered into her damp hair.
His breathing, scent, and warmth lulled her to sleep. Her dreams were filled with varying scenes of water: the beach, waterfalls, rivers, and lakes. The soothing sound of water cascading and washing ashore soothed her senses. Peace settled in her heart and mind until Carter’s sweet voice pulled her to the surface.
“Wake up, sleepyhead…”
She turned onto her back and blinked a few times as her eyes adjusted to the afternoon light spilling in. “Mmm… You woke me from a great dream.”
Carter plucked her nipple, causing a hiss of pleasure to slip free. “What were you doing in the dream? And was I part of it?”
She giggled. “You were not,” she said, enjoying the way his face scrunched and his lips turned down. “I was by myself, surrounded by different kinds of water, and it was peaceful.”
He swatted her exposed rear, earning a yelp from her. “That’s for making me think you were dreaming with another. Now, up you go. We need to go.”
She rubbed the sting from her skin and took his help off the bed. Carter was already wearing his discarded jeans from earlier. His chest and abs were still exposed to her view before he walked into his closet.
“I brought your clothes up. They’re in the bathroom,” he called.
Vanessa made quick work of getting ready and stared at the mess that was her hair. The one downside to her short hair was it required actual attention. She rushed out to the bathroom she used and set out to blow-drying it. She needed it to look like anything that didn’t say: “I just had the best sex of my life and went to bed with wet hair.”
Cars lined the driveway and street near Junior’s house, clearly indicating they were the last to arrive. It would be the second family dinner she had attended but the first since they had claimed each other.
“Think they’ll know?” she whispered as they walked up to the door.
He chuckled. “I’m sure Ethan knew the moment it happened.”
She groaned and covered her face with embarrassment.
“Because they know doesn’t mean they will say anything.”
When they reached the door, Carter let them in to the boisterous sounds of his family chattering. A baby giggled, and the sound of a young girl screaming in delight reached them before they walked into the open room.
“Ay! Look who decided to come after all!” Junior called.
Vanessa pinched his waist. “I thought you said—”
Carter chuckled and whispered in her ear. “He’s not. Now quit worrying.”
His firm kiss to her temple soothed some of her nerves, until her gaze landed on Ryan. The man’s face contorted before he searched the room for his wife. When Brandy took them in, her head cocked to the side as she stopped midsentence in her conversation with Serena.
It continued like that with nearly everyone in the room pausing to stare. The other humans looked on with question, and the children were oblivious to the change in the air.
“What?” Vanessa snapped, unable to take their scrutiny any longer.
“What the hell, guys?” Carter asked as he pulled her tightly against her side.
