Total pages in book: 37
Estimated words: 33445 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 167(@200wpm)___ 134(@250wpm)___ 111(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 33445 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 167(@200wpm)___ 134(@250wpm)___ 111(@300wpm)
He kept his focus on her, and she made sure to stay silent. What Riley was saying, she knew was what she’d want to hear.
“Christian was out of town, so it was just Tallin and I. One thing led to another and we were both trashed, and saying a bunch of shit we’d never told anyone.” He ran a hand over his hair again, an act she knew was due to nerves. “I admitted how much I was in love with you, and how I never told you because I was too weak, and also because I knew you were leaving and I didn’t want to screw up the plans you had.”
She felt her heart jump at the fact Riley was sharing this, and that he’d never told her his feelings because he didn’t want to get in the way of her plans with her career.
“Tallin, even piss ass drunk, seemed like he was sober. He admitted how he felt, too, but we both thought it best to just let it go because of where you were at in your life, and the fact we were all friends.”
“Oh, Riley.” She wished that they’d been able to take about this stuff back then, but the truth was she hadn’t appreciated how precious life was until Christian had been taken away.
The truth was she knew she’d always been in love with them, but she’d never fully accepted it, never allowed herself to bring those feelings up from her soul.
She’d focused on school, on starting her career. Now that Christian was gone and the truth of their emotions was coming to the surface, she was tired of hiding, of not doing and experiencing what was important in life.
“We are in love with you, and during that drunken talk, and even more recently, after you came back to Burkett and have been staying here, we decided that if there was ever a chance we were able to be with you, we’d take it, no matter what.” He smiled, but it didn’t quite reach his eyes. “And we knew that if you wanted one of us but not the other, we’d step away, let you be happy.”
“And if I want both of you?” she whispered, her heart beating so fast.
He took a step closer to her, so close she felt his heat. “Then we’d be the two luckiest men in the world, Lilly. We’d share you, protect you, make you so damn happy you never had to fear that the sadness of what happened would consume you.” He reached out and cupped her cheek. “We’d be so good to you, sweetheart.”
She licked her lips, leaned more into Riley’s touch, and knew she wanted this, wanted both of them. “I want to be with both of you, Riley. I’m in love with you and Tallin.”
He smiled, and this time it did reach his eyes. “I know, sweetheart. I know you were with Tallin last night, and I’m happy about that.”
Her heart palpated.
Riley took another step forward. “In fact, knowing you were with Tallin, knowing that there was even a possibility you’d want us both in your life, turned me on so much, Lilly.” He took hold of her wrist and placed it between their bodies, right over his erection. “This is what you do to me. Just thinking about you, thinking about you with Tallin, getting off because of it, because you want both of us, makes me so damn hard Lilly.”
Lilly couldn’t control the torrent of emotions moving in her.
“Do you like knowing you do this to me?” he asked with heat in his voice.
She couldn’t answer, couldn’t find her voice. Instead she nodded. And then something crackled and sizzled behind Riley’s eyes. He started kissing her, claiming her mouth with all the possession she yearned for.
He went for her shirt, pulled it up and over her head unceremoniously, and never once did he stop kissing her.
Lilly pulled back and breathed heavily when he unhooked her bra and slid it off her body. Her breasts spilled free a second before his mouth latched onto one of her aching nipples.
She threw her head back and moaned, not about to stop the sound from leaving. He gripped her breast with his other hand and tweaked her nipple between thumb and forefinger.
He let go of the elongated bud with a resounding pop, and her skin cooled when the chilly air touched the sensitized flesh.
Riley covered her mouth with his again. He lifted her up and onto the desk, and she spread her legs wide to accommodate his larger frame. A gasp left her when he ground his erection against her jean-covered pussy. She wanted to be fully naked for him.
She tilted her head to get better access to his lips, his tongue roaming the inside of her mouth with such skilled concentration she thought she would pass out from the pleasure.