Page 17 of Claimed By the Hitchhiker

I’m about to retrace my steps when footsteps crunch on fallen leaves. I whirl around to find Damien’s massive frame sauntering to me.

“Dani?”

I raise my hand holding the bouquet and wave it. “Here.”

When he’s close enough, his eyes flick behind me and to my sides. “I woke up and you were gone.”

“Sorry. Couldn’t resist waking up early to explore these woods.”

His eyebrows furrow, a sigh escaping his lips before he massages his nape. “You can’t do that yet. They’re still on the loose. Until we’ve locked them up, you can’t go wandering without me. It’s dangerous.”

Oh. My cheeks burn, and I hang my head. God. I’m so stupid. I got carried away. “I-I’m sorry. I didn’t think. I just felt…I felt so safe with you, for a minute, I forgot about them. I won’t do it again. I promise.”

He nods, lifts my chin, and plants a soft kiss on my lips. “We’ll get them, Dani, and you don’t have to always look over your shoulder anymore.”

Before I can even form a response, he grabs my face gently and kisses me. Then, I completely forget about everything else, and my racing heartbeat is the only thing I hear.

I wrap my arms around him, and his hands go to my ass, lifting me and hooking my legs around his waist, locking them at the ankles. He backs me to a tree, and the rough bark pokes my scalp.

Damien saws his tongue in and out of my mouth, a demonstration of what he did last night, the stiff spear of his erection pressing against my core. I’m already panting, heat kindling in my veins, a flurry of pulsations making my limbs weak. I want him inside me right now.

We must have been thinking the same thing because he lowers me just to hook my shorts to the side and spring his cock free from his sweatpants. I still can’t get over how big he is everywhere.

With one hand under my ass to lift me again and the other wrapped around his thick girth, it takes no time for Damien to slam and pound into me relentlessly. I rock against him, my breathing labored.

My fingers tunnel through his hair as I ride him, bobbing up and down and rotating my hips, taking all of him and trying to milk him dry. He flattens me to a tree, hips rutting wildly.

And then he hits the spot.

My breath comes in short bursts as my own orgasm blinds me, making me shake and let out a long moan. But he follows closely. He swells inside of me, delivering his spend, and hot jets of come fill me, rivulets dripping out of me.

He kisses me long and hard one more time before he pulls out and tucks himself in.

What a way to start the day.

* * *

“Baby,I need to call them and check where they are and if they’re almost here. Come on. Let’s go.”

I’m sitting in front of the TV and shaking my head. “Can I stay here? It won’t take you long, right? I don’t think I’ll be much help anyway since I’ve already given you everything.”

Nothing escapes Damien, even small sighs. With his brows drawn together, he kneels in front of me and holds my small hands in his large ones. “Baby, what is it? Tell me.”

“I don’t want to go with them, to be honest, not even to just stay in the car. I don’t want to see the faces of the law enforcement officers as they take pity on me or whatever. Please, Damien. You said you’d only be gone a few minutes for a quick call. I’ll stay here and lock the door. I mean, you did leave me last night and I was fine.”

He’s conflicted, and I know he hates having me out of his sight even for one minute. But time is running out. “Okay, but I’ll also leave my gun. Do you know how to use it?”

I nod, even though I’ve only read about it. There’s no way I’m shooting anyone. I can’t. I don’t have it in me.

He kisses me softly and smiles. “It’s almost over, baby. Tomorrow, you’ll start your new life.”

“With you?”

“Of course.”

That makes me smile in return. There’s no other place I’d rather be than beside him. “Okay.”

Damien waits on the other side of the door while I slide the first bolt with a click. I reach for the second bolt and lock it in position.

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