Page 136 of Finn Rhodes Forever

“There’s no one around,” I told her with a grin, gesturing at the flowers up on the cliffs. “Obviously.”

She chewed her lip, returning my smile with hesitance.

“Take your clothes off,” I told her, using the tone that I knew made her wet.

Her eyes turned hazy as she did as she was told, and something hot wrapped around the base of my spine. Blood rushed to my cock and her eyebrows shot up as her eyes dropped to it.

“Good girl,” I said in a low, pleased tone as she dropped the last item of clothing on the shore. I stepped toward her until I towered over her, dropping my mouth to her neck to skate my lips over her skin. Her breath caught. “You’re always such a good girl for me.”

She shuddered and I took her hand, leading her into the water. We swam around the shallow pool, racing across the length a few times, splashing each other, and studying the rock formations down the cliffs.

“This is so easy,” Liv said at one point, pushing her wet hair back and smiling at me. Her eyes were so soft as she swam to me, letting me pull her into my arms. Her legs wrapped around my waist and my cock stiffened.

I leaned forward to kiss her and that familiar urge that had me by the throat made me lift her out of the water and carry her to the ledge behind the waterfall. Behind the curtain of water, it was dim and misty, and I pushed her back against the wall as my mouth crashed into hers.

“Again?” she murmured against my mouth, already grinding against me.

I nodded, moaning as her hand wrapped around my cock, jerking me.

In the low light, her eyes turned molten. “Your moans are so good, Finn.”

This time was different, against the cliff face beneath the waterfall. I forced myself to slow down, not just because she was sore but because being here, in the middle of the forest with the woman I loved, surrounded by the flower she’d been searching for, it was everything. Nothing would ever compare to being with her.

“I love you,” I whispered as she began to clench me. “I love you so fucking much, Liv, and I’ll wait until you’re ready to say it back.”

51

Olivia

“Hi,”Finn called, pushing the door of his parents’ place open. “We’re here.”

We stepped inside and kicked off our shoes. Conversation filtered through the house, and my pulse beat in my ears.

I swallowed past a rock in my throat, glancing around the familiar foyer. Elizabeth had changed up the side table near the door, and there was a mirror hanging over it. My reflection blinked back at me, face tanned and freckled from being outside all summer.

I hadn’t been inside this house since that night, the one before Finn left.

“Hey.” Finn’s warm arm wrapped around my shoulders and he pulled me into his chest. “You okay?” he murmured against my temple, and I nodded.

“Just nervous,” I said with a shrug and a small smile.

He glanced at the door with sparkling eyes, tilting his head. “You want to ditch this?”

I snorted. “No.”

“Come on,” he teased, voice low in my ear, and a shiver rolled down my back.

Since we got home from hiking, Finn and I had been having a lot of sex.

The best sex. Toe-curling, eye-crossing, crying out each other’s names kind of sex. Day and night.

Finn had said he loved me at the waterfall. I’d been replaying the words in my head constantly. He hadn’t said it again since, but I knew he felt it.

I wanted to say it too, but every time I tried, my mind reminded me that Finn loved a chase and a thrill. He craved the fun and games part of a relationship. If that was over, he’d get bored.

My stomach tensed. I didn’t even want to think about that, after everything that had happened in the past few months.

Cole still hadn’t contacted me, so there was my answer. People got bored and people left, so I kept my mouth shut.

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